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India aviation watchdog puts jet repo request from Go First lessors on hold

By Aditya Kalra NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's aviation watchdog has put on hold requests from lessors to repossess planes from airline Go First as the carrier's bankruptcy process imposes a freeze on

Govt plans to mandate use of 1% sustainable aviation fuel for domestic airlines by 2025

The initiative is introduced in a bid to cut emissions from the sector, since India does not have policies governing sustainable aviation fuel yet.

Global aviation body places India on watchlist after bankruptcy protection for Go First

The move by Aviation Working Group could raise leasing costs for Indian airlines and hurt lessors’ confidence just as the world’s third-largest domestic market faces record growth.

Go First crisis could drive up airfares, be ‘silver lining’ for rival airlines

As aviation stocks soar after Go First's 'surprise' decision to file for bankruptcy, experts say move expected to significantly benefit other players such as Indigo, SpiceJet & Air India.

SubscriberWrites: Aviation entrepreneurship is on the rise. Need to push for growth through incentives

It is time grassroot aviation entrepreneurs are provided the support they need through infrastructure and capital, writes Alok Anand.

Air India making global waves with Airbus, Boeing deals, unleashes nation’s aviation promise

Air India's estimated $80 billion deal is more than a big bang statement. To know its significance, just see what Biden and Macron have been saying about it.

Korean Air jet with 173 passengers overruns Philippines runway, no injuries reported

The jet flying from Seoul to Cebu tried landing twice in poor weather before it overran the runway. The airline has not had a fatal crash since 1997, based on the Aviation Safety Network.

Booked for forcing flight takeoff, Jharkhand BJP MP engages in online spat with IAS officer 

Godda MP Nishikant Dubey was booked Friday forcibly taking clearance for a chartered flight. He has denied the allegations saying he took ‘necessary permissions’ before takeoff.     

Limits imposed on domestic airfares to be removed from 31 August, says Centre

The Union Aviation ministry had imposed lower & upper limits on domestic airfares based on flight durations when services were resumed in April 2020 after a two-month Covid lockdown.

Air India chief Rajiv Bansal appointed as Civil Aviation Secretary

K Rajaraman, additional secretary in the Dept of Economic Affairs, was also appointed as Telecommunications Secretary during a top-level bureaucratic reshuffle Wednesday.

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Postcards from Hyderabad—stories Europeans told about the city

For all their colonial underpinnings, postcards from Hyderabad also inadvertently preserve a trace of local memory: a glimpse of a street, a face, a forgotten name.

Navigating Trump’s tariffs is no child’s play. Indian toymakers are losing out on orders, enquiries

Indian toymakers are now exploring new markets, but they want govt to negotiate a trade deal with US soon, introduce incentives and subsidies to make the industry more competitive.

What is Project Sudarshan Chakra, announced by Modi from ramparts of Red Fort

The project is meant to be a ‘protective shield that will keep expanding’, the PM said. It is on the lines of the ‘Golden Dome’ announced by Trump, it is learnt.

War of IAF, PAF doctrines: As Pakistan obsesses over numbers, India embraces risk, wins

Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?