Announcing the news along with set of regulations for commercial drones, Civil Aviation Minister Suresh Prabhu on Monday said that new progressive regulations will encourage a vast Made in India drone industry.
Under the proposal, water aerodrome would be set up near locations of tourist and religious importance. The Airports Authority of India has already identified the sites in Odisha, Gujarat, Assam, Maharashtra and Andhra Pradesh where water aerodrome would be developed.
Delivering the Suresh Neotia Memorial Lecture on "Future of World Trade in Rising Clamour for Protectionism", Prabhu said the government was also preparing a cargo policy that has a tremendous growth potential.
However, the proposed rule won't apply if the tickets are booked less than 96 hours (four days) before the scheduled departure time of the flight.
The chopper company is a 51:49 joint venture between the Civil Aviation Ministry and oil behemoth ONGC.
Jayant Sinha claimed that more people were opting for air travel because the country had the cheapest fares in the world.
The bidding process is expected to be finished by June, by when the winning bidder will be chosen, and all the "legal formalities" will be completed by December, Sinha said.
It permitted foreign airlines to invest up to 49 per cent under the approval route in the debt-ridden, loss making national carrier, said an official statement issued after the Cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
The report by the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Transport, Tourism and Culture noted that "airlines are charging more than ten times of the advance booking fare".
The 26-page report "Issues related to improving consumers' satisfaction of airlines" was done after consulting with Civil Aviation officials and various industry stakeholders.
The Naresh Goyal-owned private carrier had posted a net profit of Rs 549.02 crore in the same period last fiscal.
The government has given its nod for the disinvestment of Air India, which is staying afloat on taxpayers' money, and has a debt of over Rs 50,000 crore.
Sinha also informed that the construction of the Pakyong airport in Sikkim was complete and it will make reaching the northern part of the state, especially tourist attractions such as Nathu La Pass, easier.
Guruprasad Mohapatra, Chairman of the AAI, said that Raipur, Patna, Ranchi and Guwahati airports have all the facilities for 24-hour operations, including the one required for night landing.
Yogi Adityanath said that his government is stressing on air connectivity along with road connectivity in order to help regional development and tourism as well as create better employment avenues.
Minister of State for Civil Aviation Jayant Sinha told media persons that for every subsequent offence, the ban will be twice the period of the previous ban.
Air India and its subsidiaries have nearly 20,000 employees with 11,500 being on the airline's payroll
A CBI court last week sentenced the self-styled godman and chief of Dera Sacha Sauda sect to 20 years in prison –- 10 years each for two rape cases.
On July 1, Amit Shah allegedly held a meeting at the Goa airport complex in the presence of CM Manohar Parrikar.
The civil aviation ministry has sought postponement of the GST implementation by two months on the ground that airlines need more time to revamp their systems to comply with the new tax regime
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