New Delhi, February 2024: Union Minister of Civil Aviation and Steel, Shri Jyotiraditya M. Scindia inaugurated the new Terminal Building at Dehradun Airport from New Delhi. Shri Puskar Singh Dhami, Chief Minister, Uttarakhand also joined the event from Dehradun. In his inaugural address, Shri Jyotiraditya M. Scindia said, “The construction of the New Terminal Building […]
Hyderabad, January 19, 2024: The largest event in the Civil Aviation sector in Asia, the mesmerizing four-day “Wings India 24” extravaganza kickstarted in Hyderabad. Spanning across commercial, general, and business aviation, the theme for the show is “Connecting India to the World in Amrit Kaal: Setting the Stage for India Civil Aviation @2047”. Held at […]
New Delhi, 17 July 2023: Shri Jyotiraditya M. Scindia, Union Minister for Civil Aviation and Steel inaugurated a new runway and a dual-way elevated taxiway at New Delhi International Airport. With this, the IGI Airport, New Delhi has become the first airport in the country to have four runways and becomes the first airport in […]
Mumbai, July 06th, 2023: Expansion and upgradation of Phase 1 and Phase 2 of the Security Checkpoint Area (SCP) at T2 Terminal of Mumbai International Airport Limited (MIAL) have been completed creating additional space to boost capacity, resulting in lower wait time and increased convenience for the passengers. Union Minister of Civil Aviation and Steel, […]
The number of passengers who have installed the DigiYatra application on their mobile phones has crossed one million this week. Since its inauguration by Minister of Civil Aviation and Steel Shri Jyotiraditya M. Scindia on 1st December 2022, 1.746 million people have used this facility. DigiYatra application user base as on 20th June 2023: Airport-wise […]
The Civil Aviation sector in the country has witnessed impressive growth, with the number of passengers carried by Domestic airlines growing substantially. Based on the Air traffic data provided by different Domestic airlines, the passenger count reached an impressive milestone of 636.07 lakhs during January-May 2023, reflecting a significant annual growth rate of 36.10%, compared […]
On the completion of nine years of the Modi Government, Minister of Civil Aviation, Shri Jyotiraditya M. Scindia today shared the achievements of the Ministry of Civil Aviation in the last nine years in New Delhi. He said, “Under the leadership of Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, the aviation sector which was only limited to […]
The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has simplified the process for the grant of Heliport License. Now the applications for NOC/Clearance to five external organizations can be routed through a single tab in the applicant’s eGCA profile. The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) grants Heliport License/ Operational Authorization to the heliports at the […]
Remarkable growth in the number of passengers carried by domestic airlines has been noticed. According to the traffic data submitted by various domestic airlines, the number of passengers reached a record-breaking 503.92 lakhs, marking a substantial annual growth of 42.85% compared to the corresponding period of the previous year which was 352.75 lakhs passengers. This […]
Following four successful rounds of the Regional Connectivity Scheme (RCS) – Ude Desh Ka Aam Nagrik (UDAN) and with the version 5.0 of the fifth round underway, the Ministry of Civil Aviation has launched UDAN 5.1 to further enhance the connectivity to remote areas of the country and achieve last mile connectivity through helicopters. For […]