Hardeep Singh Puri
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Flight fares to have minimum, maximum limit: Aviation Minister on new guidelines | Key takeaways
India | May 21, 2020, 05:45 PM ISTUnion Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Thursday addressed a presser on new air travel guidelines ahead of the resumption of domestic flight services from May 25 onwards.
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Keeping middle seat vacant is not viable: Hardeep Singh Puri
News | May 20, 2020, 11:03 PM ISTAs airlines brace up to resume domestic operations from May 25, Union Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri stated that keeping middle seat vacant to ensure social distancing is not viable.
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'Small percentage of domestic flights will operate from May 25': Civil Aviation Minister
News | May 20, 2020, 10:14 PM ISTBriefing on the aviation industry in lockdown 4.0, Union Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri informed that only a small percentage of domestic flights will operate from May 25.
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Domestic flight service can resume before lockdown 4.0 ends: Hardeep Puri
India | May 20, 2020, 01:16 PM ISTDomestic flights in the country could resume before the end of lockdown 4.0. Union Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri told ET Now that the government is ready to resume flights any day now.
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Indore, Mysore, Chhattisgarh's Ambikapur get 5-star rating for being 'garbage free' cities
News | May 19, 2020, 04:06 PM ISTUnion Housing and Urban Affairs Minister Hardeep Singh Puri announced the results of cities which got 5-star ratings for being 'Garbage Free'.
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Navi Mumbai, Indore, Surat among six cities declared as '5-star garbage-free cities'
India | May 19, 2020, 01:46 PM ISTUnion Minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Tuesday announced results of garbage-free star rating of cities. This initiative was launched under the Swachh Bharat Mission to achieve the goal garbage-free nation.
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Flight services likely to resume soon, high-level team inspects preparedness at airport
Business | May 11, 2020, 02:04 PM ISTAfter announcing a partial resumption of train services on Sunday, the government is all set to begin flight services in a bid to kickstart the aviation industry. A high-level committee comprising DGCA officials, CISF, Airport authority officials including AAI and DIAL officers today inspected preparedness for the resumption of services at the Delhi International Airport.
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Govt to operate 64 flights to bring Indians stranded abroad. Check flight details, ticket prices
India | May 05, 2020, 04:40 PM ISTWith India set to begin one of the largest evacuations amidst the coronavirus pandemic, Union Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Tuesday announced that 64 flights will operate from May 7 to May 13 to bring back stranded Indians from abroad.
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Domestic air travel has come down by 20-30 per cent after coronavirus outbreak: Hardeep Singh Puri
India | Mar 17, 2020, 10:50 PM ISTDomestic air travel has come down by 20-30 per cent after the coronavirus outbreak and the aviation sector is suffering losses due to it, Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said on Tuesday.
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Nearly 12 lakh international passengers screened for coronavirus: Civil Aviation Ministry
India | Mar 14, 2020, 01:55 PM ISTCivil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Saturday said so far nearly 12 lakh passengers coming from abroad have been screened for coronavirus at various airports across the country.
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Air India disinvestment process going on extremely well: Puri
Business | Mar 06, 2020, 02:25 PM ISTThe disinvestment process for Air India is going on "extremely well", Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said on Friday. On January 27, the government came out with a Preliminary Information Memorandum (PIM) for Air India disinvestment.
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This time, no problem in Air India's divestment: Minister
Business | Feb 17, 2020, 03:35 PM ISTCivil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Monday exhumed confidence that this time around there will be no problem in Air India's divestment.
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Air India's debt rising due to competition from LCCs, high operating costs and interest burden: Puri
India | Feb 05, 2020, 07:24 PM ISTAir India's debt has been rising for the last three years as it has been incurring losses for reasons such as an increase in competition, especially from Low-Cost Carriers (LCCs), high-interest burden and operating costs, Union Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Wednesday.
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'You paid Rs 2000, don't own aircraft': IndiGo pilot accused of threatening, abusing passengers
India | Jan 15, 2020, 08:55 AM ISTAn IndiGo passenger on flight 6E 806 from Chennai to Bengaluru, Supriya Unni Nair, has alleged the flight captain Jayakrishna for being abusive, threatening her and her 75-year-old diabetic mother after she requested for a wheelchair for her mother. Matter under internal review, says IndiGo.
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Air India will keep on running till it is privatised: Aviation minister
Business | Dec 31, 2019, 09:04 PM ISTWeeks after the Air India chief stated that the airline's financial situation was "grossly untenable" for sustaining operations, Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri clarified on Tuesday that the national carrier, which is incurring a loss of Rs 20-26 crore daily, will keep on running till it is privatised.
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Trying to privatise Air India as quickly as possible: Hardeep Singh Puri
Business | Dec 31, 2019, 02:29 PM ISTUnion Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri while speaking on Air India's privatisation said they don't become a slave to or victim of certain deadlines but are trying to privatise Air India as quickly as possible.
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Centre takes up unauthorised drones issue with states
India | Dec 12, 2019, 04:25 PM ISTn a written reply to the Lok Sabha, Puri said the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) keeps track of the registered civil Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPAS).
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Lapses allowed to continue with impunity: Hardeep Singh Puri over Delhi fire
National | Dec 08, 2019, 11:21 PM ISTTerming as the statement by Puri "shocking and false", the AAP government claimed that the Union Housing and Urban Development minister's statement was aimed at hiding "corruption and inefficiency" of the BJP-led civic bodies in Delhi.
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Time to help, finding lapses next move: Hardeep Singh Puri
India | Dec 08, 2019, 04:10 PM IST"People come from Uttar Pradesh and Bihar. They are our brothers and sisters. They are out citizens. It is not the issue who comes from where. I want to tell on record that we should provide all necessary help to the affected families," Puri said.
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Providing jobs to ex-Jet Airways employees not in our domain: Govt
India | Nov 27, 2019, 05:31 PM ISTThe Naresh Goyal-led Jet Airways, which was the largest private carrier at its time, was grounded on April 17 due to financial troubles. Jet Airways employed around 18,000 people, when the carrier suspended its international and domestic flights.