The problem deepened when air travel collapsed during the Covid-19 pandemic. While global flight activity has gone up, its proven difficult to re-staff airport control towers.
Companies should not unnecessarily increase fares to increase their profits and should adhere to aviation regulations. The need today is to issue licenses to new players.
While the commission didn’t mention provisions under which IndiGo's market domination would be examined, Competition Act 2002 prohibits abuse of dominant position by any enterprise.
Delhi HC was hearing a challenge to Centre’s decision to revoke security clearance for the Turkish ground-handling firm, citing threats to airport security at multiple Indian airports.
While expatriate pilots are hired at significantly higher salaries, Indian pilots’ salaries have been stagnant for over a decade, with allowances even being reduced after the Covid-19 pandemic.
Over 510 flights have been hit by hoax bomb threats in the past couple of weeks. Despite arrests and suspicions of Sikh radical links, authorities still have no clear answers.
Action comes in wake of 20-hr delay in Delhi-San Francisco flight, during which passengers were kept seated inside aircraft for hours. Mumbai-San Francisco flight also saw delay on 24 May.
Pakistan's SSG team was not adequately provisioned for the inclement weather. If it managed to consolidate its position, the story of Siachen would have been different.
The reopening of the Strait of Hormuz eases supply fears, but controlled shipping, slow output recovery, and high costs may delay oil flow normalisation for months.
This special edition of Cut The Clutter, straight from the Siliguri corridor, details the strategic importance of the narrow strip of land in West Bengal, and how it’s a vital link connecting the Northeast to the rest of India.
American objectives are unmet. They neither have muscle nor motivation to resume the war. As for Iran, the regime didn’t just survive, it’s now led by more radical individuals.
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