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Civil Aviation Minister orders setting up a mechanism to regularly Monitor Airfares
Union Minister for Civil Aviation Hardeep Singh Puri has ordered setting up a mechanism to regularly monitor airfares in the country. With the setting up of new mechanism, the airfares will now be regularly monitored by Union Ministry of Civil Aviation and Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA). Key Highlights The Aviation Ministry move to ..
Month: Current Affairs - September, 2019
Category: Economy & Banking Current Affairs
Topics: Airfares • Aviation turbine fuel • Directorate General of Civil Aviation • Hardeep Singh Puri • Union Minister for Civil Aviation • Union Ministry of Civil Aviation
Arun Kumar appointed as DGCA Director General
Appointments Committee of Cabinet headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has approved appointment of Arun Kumar, Additional Secretary and Financial Advisor, to Union Ministry of Civil Aviation as the new Director General (DG) in Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) in rank and pay of Additional Secretary. About Arun Kumar He is 1989 batch IAS ..
Month: Current Affairs - July, 2019
Category: Awards, Persons & Places in News
Topics: Appointments Committee of Cabinet • Arun Kumar • B S Bhullar • DGCA Director General • Directorate General of Civil Aviation • International Civil Aviation Organisation
Arun Kumar appointed as new chief of Directorate General of Civil Aviation
Arun Kumar, an IAS officer of 1989 batch of Haryana cadre, has been appointed as the new chief of the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA). Kumar is also the additional secretary in the Ministry of Civil Aviation. The DGCA is the Indian governmental regulatory body for civil aviation under the Ministry of Civil Aviation ..
Topics: Aviation • Aviation accidents and incidents • Boeing 737 MAX groundings • Bureau of Civil Aviation Security • DGCA • Dirección General de Aeronáutica Civil • Directorate General of Civil Aviation • Government of India • Indian Administrative Service • Ministry of Civil Aviation • Transport
AAI signs pact with Boeing to modernise India’s Air Traffic Management
The Airports Authority of India (AAI) signed a technical assistance agreement with Boeing to develop and modernise India’s Air Traffic Management. Key Highlights Roadmap: Aerospace major Boeing entered into a technical assistance pact with AAI to jointly develop a comprehensive 10-year roadmap for modernising air traffic management in India. It is expected to be developed ..
Month: Current Affairs - June, 2019
Category: Economy & Banking Current Affairs
Topics: AAI • Aerospace • Air traffic management • Boeing • DGCA • Directorate General of Civil Aviation • NAS • National Airspace System • United States Trade and Development Agency • US-India Aviation Cooperation Program • USTDA
Aarohi Pandit became World’s 1st woman to cross Atlantic Ocean solo in LSA
India’s Captain Aarohi Pandit became world’s first woman to cross Atlantic Ocean (AO) solo in a Light Sports Aircraft (LSA) named Mahi. Key Highlights Aarohi Pandit is a 23 year old commercial pilot and LSA licence holder from Mumbai, Maharashtra. About: This achievement is part of her ongoing Women Empower (WE) Expedition in the tiny ..
Month: Current Affairs - May, 2019
Category: Awards, Persons & Places in News
Topics: Aarohi Pandit • Canada • Commercial Pilot • DGCA • Directorate General of Civil Aviation • Global Circumnavigation Flight • Greenland • Iqaluit Airport • Keithair Misquitta • LCA • Light Sports Aircraft • Mahi • Scotland • Sinus 912 • Social Access • UK • Women Empower Expedition