During the Budget presentation on February 1, FM Nirmala Sitharaman had said that the government is hopeful of privatising the national carrier by the first half of 2021-22
Fare bands for airlines are not going to be permanent and will be done away with as soon as the normal operations resume, Civil Aviation Secretary Pradeep Singh Kharola said on Thursday. In response to a question on fare bands, Kharola said the Civil Aviation Ministry is closely monitoring the ridership. Fare bands are not going to be permanent, he told reporters. He said flight operations are operating at 80 per cent capacity of the pre COVID-19 period. Of the 80 per cent, the utilisation has only been 60-65 per cent. As soon as the normal operation starts, the fare bands will go away, Kharola added.
Air India s total debt stands at Rs 38,366 crore as per FY20 government data
Updated : February 03, 2021 07:46 PM IST
The total debt stands at Rs 38,366.39 crore after transfer of debt amounting to Rs 22,064 crore to the special purpose vehicle called Air India Assets Holding Ltd in FY20 , the Civil Aviation Ministry told Rajya Sabha share
The total debt of national carrier Air India as per provisional figures of 2019-20 (Apr-Mar) stands at Rs 38,366.39 crore. The total debt stands at Rs 38,366.39 crore after transfer of debt amounting to Rs 22,064 crore to the special purpose vehicle called Air India Assets Holding Ltd in FY20 , the Civil Aviation Ministry told Rajya Sabha on February 3.
February 3, 2021
You are reading it here first: Twenty six more green zones have been approved for compliant drones to fly in India, bringing the total to thirty-two green zones, as per an order by the Civil Aviation Ministry. Green zones are essentially uncontrolled airspaces where an Air Traffic Control (ATC) service is not necessary. Drones compliant with the “no permission, no takeoff” (NPNT) protocol will be able to fly in these airspaces. In April, the Ministry had approved six such airspaces.
The latest airspaces to get approval are in the states of Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Jharkhand, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Odisha, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, and Uttar Pradesh. The order, signed by Amber Dubey who is joint secretary at the Civil Aviation Ministry, said that the green zones will be enabled on the Digital Sky platform soon.