Passengers in Qatar airways can now travel seamlessly to and from India, over 150 destinations on single ticket
The Dollar Business Bureau Qatar Airways and Vistara on Tuesday entered into an interline partnership, under which customers of the two carriers will have seamless travel to and from India to over 150 destinations. The partnership is effective from Monday, Qatar Airways said in a media release. The Gulf carrier currently operates to 13 cities in India from Doha while Vistara, the Tata-SIA run domestic carrier operates to 18 domestic destinations. An interline arrangement refers to a pact to issue and accept tickets for flights that are operated by the partner airline. When selling an interline ticket, the operating airline's own flight numbers are used. According to the Interline partnership arrangement, passengers holding a Qatar airways’ can travel seamlessly to and from a wide range ...
Civil Aviation Policy envisages growth of cargo volumes to 10 mn tonnes by 2027
The Dollar Business Bureau The National Civil Aviation Policy, 2016 has envisaged growth of cargo volumes to 10 million tonnes by 2027. As per data maintained by the Airports Authority of India (AAI), air freight handled at Indian airports grew by more than 20 times from 0.08 million metric tonnes in 1972-73 to 2.5 million metric tonnes in 2014-15, and its compound annual growth rate (CAGR) was 8.8% during 2013-14 to 2016-17. Measured in million tonne-kilometers, the data maintained by the World Bank also shows that air freight transported by India went up from 96.3 million tonne-kilometers in 1970 to 1,833.8 million tonne-kilometers in 2015. As per data maintained by the Airports Authority of India (AAI), air freight handled at Indian airports ...
New terminal to be built at Leh airport for Rs 200 crore
PTI A new terminal will be constructed at Leh airport with an investment of around Rs.200 crore which will increase the passenger handling capacity, Civil Aviation Minister Ashok Gajapathi Raju said today.With the new terminal, the peak hour passenger capacity is expected to go up to 800 from current level of 250.State-owned Airports Authority of India (AAI) is operating the Leh airport, which has been seeing increased flight movements in recent times."Leh Airport - New terminal to be constructed at Rs.200 cr to increase peak hour passenger capacity from 250 to 800," Raju said in a tweet.Leh airport handled little over four lakh passengers in the last financial year ended March 2106. During the same period, there were 3,434 aircraft movements.Last month, the Jammu and ...
Indian air cargo industry to grow at 5.5%, says study
The Dollar Business Bureau The total market opportunity in the Indian air cargo sector is expected touch 2.8 million tonnes by 2018, increasing at a compounded annual growth rate of 5.5%, a study said. In 2014, the market size was 2.26 million tonnes. Experts said that the industry will maintain the growth path for at least the next five years. According to analysts, one of the major reasons behind the growth of the air cargo industry has been the relaxation of the FDI (foreign direct investment) limit by the government. The present government is willing to attract foreign investment and that has proved to be a major boost for the industry. “Allowing 100% FDI in existing airports and under ...
Government to develop new cargo terminals at 24 airports
The Dollar Business Bureau The government has identified 24 airports across the country for the development of cargo terminals. Airports located in tier-2 and tier-3 cities have been identified where common user domestic cargo terminal (CUDCT) will be established after checking feasibility, Mahesh Sharma, Minister of State, Civil Aviation, said in Lok Sabha. The facilities will be developed after carrying out feasibility study and minor modifications in the old/redundant passenger terminal buildings, he said. The Airports Authority of India (AAI) has decided to utilise redundant passenger buildings with minor modifications such as civil or electrical works or by creating a new facility for international cargo operations. The AAI has already established common user domestic air cargo terminals at Coimbatore, ...
