The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) on Tuesday directed carriers not to offer unserviceable seats to passengers on domestic and international flights. This follows an earlier audit of seats and cabin fittings by the aviation regulator, which found that carriers had many broken or unserviceable seats. In a communication to all domestic airlines, the … Read more
Scindia further said that at a time when the airline industry world over is facing turbulence, two new airlines, Jet and Akasa, will soon launch their services. As many as 3.82 lakh passengers undertook air travel daily in the last seven days, giving hopes of revival of the sector scarred by Covid-19, Civil Aviation Minister … Read more
Businesses like hotels, civil aviation and tour operators, which are the hardest hit by the second wave of COVID-19, will get help through the expanded Emergency Credit Line Guarantee Scheme (ECLGS), a report said on Wednesday. It will also support build-up of healthcare infrastructure, mainly oxygen availability, in tier-2 and beyond cities and the hinterland, … Read more
Shares of aviation majors including SpiceJet and InterGlobe Aviation rallied up to 12 per cent in Friday’s early trade after the cap on the number of domestic flights that domestic airlines are permitted to operate was increased from 70 per cent to 80 per cent of their pre-Covid levels. SpiceJet was up 11.86 per cent … Read more