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 Posted: Fri Aug 31, 2012 11:49 am Post subject: Sarkar in Aviation - AAI/ DGCA/MoCA News |
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Starting an AAI/DGCA news thread - for coverage on DGCA and AAI + their airports. Feel free to add other "sarkari" coverage/ discussions here.
From: http://www.indianexpress.com/news/sc-refuses-to-stay-aai-royalty-hike/995622/
| Quote: | SC refuses to stay AAI royalty hike
The Supreme Court on Thursday refused to interfere with the revision of royalty charges by the Airports Authority of India (AAI) on a plea by the Federation of Indian Airlines (FIA).
The court noted that the application by the umbrella body for private airlines could not be taken up with their petition on the government’s revised ground-handling policy and asked the FIA to move a separate plea to raise protest against the enhanced charges. AAI has more than doubled the charges for ground handling services across 60 of its airports.
In a letter sent on July 31 to all airlines, AAI informed that effective from August 1, ground-handling agencies will have to pay between 32-36 per cent of their revenues to AAI from the earlier 13 per cent.
Appearing for FIA, senior advocate Mukul Rohatgi requested a Bench led by Justice TS Thakur to intervene and stay the operation of the hike order.
He claimed it was apparently in contrast with the court’s earlier order whereby the government was asked to maintain status quo regarding ground-handling.
The previous dispute over ground-handling had erupted after the government restrained private airlines from operation of ground-handling services through outsourcing and asked them to engage only government-approved agencies. |
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From: http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2012-08-30/news/33499454_1_mro-facility-aai-airports-airports-authority
| Quote: | Flying a private aircraft becomes costlier as AAI increases MRO royalty charges
MUMBAI: Owners of business jets and other private aircraft who want their flying machines to be serviced in India will have to pay at least 33-37.5% more to their maintenance repair and overhaul (MRO) service providers as the Airports Authority of India (AAI) has increased levies sharply at all AAI-owned airports in the country from this month. The earlier cess, or royalty charge as it is called, was 13%.
The move by AAI to increase this royalty charge will directly impact the MRO service providers who operate from the airports that are run by the state-owned airport authority (it owns 89 domestic airports) as these companies would now have to charge their clients the additional tax along with 12% service tax, a big negative for business and growth.
Irked by the move and poor timing of the government decision, some of the big MRO players are even considering re-locating business to Middle East. A major player said it is evaluating this re-location.
"We are seriously evaluating how we can set up an MRO facility in the Middle East to service not only customers from the Middle East, but also from India, as they are a short flying distance away and more importantly, are tax free zones. The 50% tax differential is well worth the price for the customer," said an industry source on condition of anonymity.
Some of the larger MRO firms like Airworks and Indmar (the oldest), which operate out of AAI airports and have big corporates like Bharti Airtel, Reliance and Essar as their clients, will take a direct hit as they are trying to expand client base to more international customers. Between them, these companies service at least 100-170 of the operating market for business jets, including helicopters. The number of business jets in the country is 150, with helicopters almost double that number.
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Most of the airlines, however, will not be affected as either their aircraft are sent abroad (for example, IndiGo aircraft are sent to Sri Lanka) or are maintained at privately-owned facilities of these companies. For example, some aircraft of Jet Airways are maintained by Airworks at its Hosur facility in Bengaluru. The exemption also includes MRO facilities at privately-held airports at Mumbai and Delhi.
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"We are trying to get international quality here in India but with this increase, we will also lose pricing power. One can be cheaper by 12-15% but nobody can be cheaper 50%," said an industry source.
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"The AAI in this case clubs MROs with ground handling agencies (AAI also increased taxes for them from August). But there is a revenue share agreement between the ground-handling agencies, whereas no such relationships exist between the MRO service providers and AAI as most of them occupy space that is provided on lease and pay lease rentals." |
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Preparation of Detailed Project Report
(DPR) and obtaining Environmental Clearance for the work of “Construction
of Green Field Airport at Holongi, Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh”
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From: http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/slots-for-operating-flights-at-prime-time-may-be-auctioned-/488139/
| Quote: | Slots for operating flights at prime time may be auctioned
Airlines wanting prime-time departure and arrival slots at airports might have to bid for their preferred choices, as the government is mulling to auction these slots as part of a shake-up in the civil aviation policy.
“We will be coming up with a new computerised system of slot allotment at airports, which is currently allotted to airlines by the airports. There is no transparency in it. We are also mulling to auction some prime slots,” Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh said.
According to the present policy, an airline has to file its schedule to the civil aviation regulator — the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) — which allocates the slots in consultation with airport operators.
Airlines have been alleging partiality in slot allocations, especially at busy airports like Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata and Chennai, with all of them wanting prime-time arrival and departure from these airports.
Singh said there was a need for change in the policies in place now as these rules were made several years back. “Things have changed now. We need to adapt to the changing times.”
If the policy is implemented then some airlines might lose their prime slots, like those allocated to them but which were not being operated.
Recently, the DGCA had found that airlines were neither utilising their allotted slots nor ready to surrender them. |
Sounds like a good plan, though costs for peak hour flights might then go up slightly - as they rightly should to make the mid-day hour flights more attractive.
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Given these airport already have international flights operating - how does this announcement help?
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| Nimish wrote: | | Given these airport already have international flights operating - how does this announcement help? |
The number of international flights out of these airports were controlled and restricted, making it hard for any other airline to operate international flights out of them. Now these restrictions have been lifted!
Basically, it's a game by AI and it's cronies called the MoCA!
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| abhijith16 wrote: | | Nimish wrote: | | Given these airport already have international flights operating - how does this announcement help? |
The number of international flights out of these airports were controlled and restricted, making it hard for any other airline to operate international flights out of them. Now these restrictions have been lifted!
Basically, it's a game by AI and it's cronies called the MoCA! |
This is more relevant Info regarding the 'International' Tag. Easing of Restrictions.
Quite a funny place we live in. No 'International' Tag, but International Flights YES. Then somebody decides the cap on Intl Flights (to protect AI). Then the TAG comes in, and de-regulation happens. Just can't make out any sense out of it, neither know of any Law that defines what are Pre-Requisites for an Intl Airport Tag or Cap on International Flight Nos at non-tagged Airports! Truly a Sarkar !! |
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| Posted: Fri Oct 05, 2012 6:34 pm Post subject: Re: Sarkar in Aviation - AAI/ DGCA/MoCA News |
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| Nimish wrote: | Starting an AAI/DGCA news thread - for coverage on DGCA and AAI + their airports. Feel free to add other "sarkari" coverage/ discussions here.
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Good idea!
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From: http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report_air-travel-from-mumbai-delhi-to-get-cheaper-adf-to-be-abolished_1753137
| Quote: | Air travel from Mumbai, Delhi to get cheaper; ADF to be abolished
Domestic and international air travel from Mumbai and Delhi is set to become a cheaper, with the civil aviation ministry on Tuesday, deciding to abolish the airport development fees (ADF) levied at the two airports. ADF will be abolished from January 1, 2013. To off-set the cost, the ministry has directed the Airports Authority of India (AAI) to infuse more equity in the Mumbai International Airport Ltd (MIAL) and Delhi International Airport Ltd. (DIAL).
Presently, Rs100 per domestic passenger and Rs600 per international passenger are being charged as ADF at the Mumbai Airport. Rs200 per domestic passenger and Rs1300 per international passenger are being charged at Delhi Airport. The expected financing gap in case of MIAL will be approximately Rs4200 crore, while in case of DIAL, it will be approximately Rs1175 crore if the ADF is abolished with effect from January 1, 2013.
In a press statement, the civil aviation ministry said that the Union Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh has directed the AAI to infuse more equity in MIAL and DIAL to offset the cost after ADF is abolished and accordingly submit its proposals to Airports Economic Regulatory Authority (AERA).
AERA has uploaded a consultation paper on its website and is in the process of determining ADF and Aeronautical Tariff for Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport, Mumbai for the regulatory period between April 1, 2009 to December 31, 2014. It has asked the AAI the extent to which it would be able to inject additional equity into the project.
In response, to this letter of AERA, Singh has asked AAI to infuse additional equity of approximately Rs288 crore in case of MIAL, against its 26% share in equity. The balance in financing gap will have to be met by the Airport Operator / Promoter (MIAL) through infusion of their share of equity.
Similarly, in case of Delhi, to fill the balance in financing gap of approximately Rs1175 crore, Singh has asked the AAI to contribute equity share of approximately Rs102 crore, the ministry said.
Interestingly, when ADF was levied at Mumbai and Delhi Airports, AAI had taken the plea that it is not in a position to contribute more equity in view of its critical financial condition.
Emphasising on the objective of the government to make the air travel affordable and to ensure that the passengers are not subjected to any extra burden, Singh has asked the AAI to take on priority the equity infusion with the purpose of abolition of ADF.
If the present funding gaps in case of MIAL and DIAL are met in terms of equity infusion and proportionate raising of loans by the airport promoter including AAI, the ADF will stand abolished. |
Awesome news if true. Anyone with more dope on this?
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What about BLR and HYD ??
It is reasonable to remove the ADF on domestic flights, but rather than abolish it for international, would be better to reduce it. |
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From: http://m.financialexpress.com/news/prime-time-flying-slots-to-be-auctioned-officials/1037534
| Quote: | Prime-time flying slots to be auctioned: Officials
Prime-time flying slots, allotted to airlines to operate their flights to or from an airport, would soon be auctioned on an experimental basis to begin with, official sources said today.
The peak-hour vacant slots, which have been allotted but are not being used by airlines, would be auctioned "on an experimental basis", according to a proposal of the Civil Aviation Ministry.
The airlines wanting prime-time departure and arrival slots would have to bid for their preferred choices if the experimentation was successful, the sources said.
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The auction move has been adopted following complaints of partiality by some airlines, especially at busy airports like the ones in Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata and Chennai, with all carriers clamouring for prime-time slots at these airports.
A new computerised system of slot allotment would be introduced at airports to take over the job that is currently handled by DGCA and airport operators, the sources said.
To begin with, prime time slots, which have been allocated to an airline but are not being used by it due to capacity constraint or other reasons, would be the first to be auctioned, the sources said.
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The official sources, however, clarified that the auction route was not aimed at generating additional income for the government or airport operators but to ensure efficient use of airport infrastructure in a transparent and equitable manner.
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From: http://www.indianexpress.com/news/hc-refuses-to-stay-air-indias-order-to-increase-flight-duty-time/1037572/0
| Quote: | HC refuses to stay Air India's order to increase flight duty time
The Delhi High Court has refused to stay Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh's order to extend the flight duty time limitation (FDTL) of Air India pilots and cabin crew, saying it was their duty to enable Air India to "pull through" the "financial crisis."
"Since the respondent Airlines is going through a crucial financial crisis, it becomes the duty of each and every person, who is part and parcel of the institution to work as per the established industry practises to enable respondent Airlines to pull through from its present position," Justice Suresh Kait said.
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The order came on a plea of Sheela Joshi and other cabin crew members of Air India alleging that the minister and the DGCA have "arbitrarily" changed the FDTL, which were being governed by the Air Craft Rules along with the Memorandum of Settlement agreed on October 01, 2008.
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"I am of considered opinion that the respondents have the power to increase the hours as per CAR 1997 with the condition that the rest period at base shall be prorate increased by twice the amount of extended period of flight duty time. If the rest is given to the cabin crew, then neither the health of the cabin crew nor the safety of the passengers will be affected," Justice Kait said.
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From: http://www.punemirror.in/article/3/2012112820121128151242507ab169d5/Air-India-Jet-trainers-caught-fudging-pilots%E2%80%99-emergency-tutorials.html
| Quote: | Air India, Jet trainers caught fudging pilots’ emergency tutorials
Eight-hour simulator training done in two hours, passenger safety jeopardised
A high-level inquiry conducted by Air India and Jet Airways, two of India’s largest airliners, along with the aviation regulatory body has indicted two top AI trainers and two Jet examiners for fudging simulator training records of the state carrier’s pilots.
An internal probe has established that the senior-ranking trainers had logged eight hours of simulator training when they had actually trained the pilots only for two hours, seriously compromising the pilots’ competence and thereby jeopardising passenger safety.
The violation was reported at the Jet Airways simulator facility in Mumbai. Air India, despite having two Airbus 330 aircraft, doesn't have a simulator facility for the aircraft and trains its pilots at the Jet facility. Jet has grounded the two examiners - Captain PP Singh and Captain Shiraz Contractor - and Air India has initiated a vigilance inquiry against Captain RS Dhillon, who is the officiating director of training, and Captain HY Samant, who is the officiating director of operations.
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The senior trainers were caught when a distraught Air India pilot wrote an anonymous complaint letter to his seniors as well as the Directorate General of Civil Aviation.
“During the training of Air India pilots in September and October, one of the pilots undergoing training informed the DGCA via an anonymous letter that pilots are not trained for the mandatory number of hours,” a highly placed Air India source told Mumbai Mirror. “In his letter he had also mentioned that three top Air India officials officiating the training and two Jet Airways examiners were training people for only two hours but were making entries for eight hours.
Acting on the complaint, DGCA officials asked Jet Airways to submit training-related data. Following a preliminary inquiry, Jet has de-rostered the two examiners. When contacted, Jet Airways officials confirmed the development.
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Why, oh why?
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Not exactly news on Sarkaar, but news because of Sarkaar...
From: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/India-worst-performing-domestic-air-travel-market-globally-IATA/articleshow/17423330.cms
| Quote: | India worst performing domestic air travel market globally: IATA
NEW DELHI:From being the fastest growing aviation market in the world, India is now the "worst performing" domestic air traffic country globally. The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has termed the 12.4% plunge in domestic air travel recorded here in October 2012 over same month a year ago — highest fall anywhere — as a reflection of "the weakening economy and struggles" within the domestic airline industry . "Weakness in India, Japan and the US, stands in stark contrast to the strong growth experienced in China and Brazil ," IATA's report on global traffic results for October says.
Senior officials of Indian carriers warned that unless the government does something fast on rationalizing jet fuel prices and lowering landing and parking-charges and steep airport user fees on passengers, especially in Delhi, the cost of flying would get prohibitively high and kill the fabled Indian aviation story. Domestic air travel in November 2012 has fallen by 15.7% over same month last year, IATA said.
"Operating cost for an airline is among the highest in India globally. High price of jet fuel — caused by a high base price set by oil PSUs and then the 20%- 40% sales tax levied by states on that high base and steep private airport user charges in Delhi are the biggest threat to airlines' survival. Forget the mismanaged Kingfisher or Air India, even the well-run airlines are finding it hard to survive. Despite this scary situation, the government is simply refusing to act on the cost front," said a senior airline official. Official of another airline said such a cost hostile environment, allowing FDI by foreign carriers won't help much. In this backdrop, BRIC partners are leaving India far behind in the field of aviation . IATA says Brazil experienced the strongest growth — 9.8% — in domestic air travel in October.
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Sad but true 
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No prizes for guessing the lion's share of those passengers fled which airline in that period.
Hint : it's the only one (besides the dead Kingfisher) that's flying fewer passengers today than they were a year ago.
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So 214K passengers less, let's say at an avg of Rs. 5000/ticket = Rs. 107,05,75,000 = Rs. 107 crores per month lower revenue (of course part goes to ADF/Govt etc.). I hope their costs have dropped by larger than that!
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Sarkaar stupidity at it's best:
From: http://www.dnaindia.com/money/report_fund-infusion-in-ai-necessary-to-keep-airfares-in-check-chidambaram_1777664
| Quote: | Fund infusion in AI necessary to keep airfares in check: Chidambaram
Reflecting concerns of members, Finance Minister P Chidambaram on Friday said in the Lok Sabha he was not happy with implementation of Air India's turnaround plan, but is injecting Rs2,000 crore to keep the national carrier afloat to check any spurt in fares.
"As far as AI is concerned there is a turnaround plan. I am not happy with the way the plan has been implemented in the past. There has been several setbacks. But what do we do with AI? If I do not provide this Rs 2,000 crore there will be greater difficulty," he said winding up a discussion on the supplementary demands for grants.
Of the additional expenditure Rs 32,120 crore under the first batch of supplementary, Rs 2,000 crore has been earmarked for equity infusion in Air India as part of the turnaround plan and restructuring package.
"If AI is not kept afloat, what will happen is airfares will go up, other airline companies will simply push up their air fares because so many seats will not be available. Which is why we are providing Rs 2,000 crore to AI," Chidambaram said. |
Funding AI -> I'm OK with
Justifying it with keeping fares low - lunacy - how about removing the absurd taxes on aviation instead?
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| Nimish wrote: | Funding AI -> I'm OK with
Justifying it with keeping fares low - lunacy - how about removing the absurd taxes on aviation instead? |
Oh come on, do you really think that's the reason they try to keep AI alive? He obviously can't utter the real reasons it's kept alive yet pinned down so it can't succeed and won't die. He was probably put on the spot and had to make some s%$t up to sound halfway plausible in the morning papers. Depraved and corrupt though a lot of the Cabinet may be, I wouldn't accuse them of being this daft. |
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| Jeh wrote: | | Oh come on, do you really think that's the reason they try to keep AI alive? He obviously can't utter the real reasons it's kept alive yet pinned down so it can't succeed and won't die. He was probably put on the spot and had to make some s%$t up to sound halfway plausible in the morning papers. Depraved and corrupt though a lot of the Cabinet may be, I wouldn't accuse them of being this daft. |
No, I don't think the FM actually thinks that. But he shouldn't even say something that stupid - there's enough half-wits in the audience who'll believe it...
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| Nimish wrote: | | there's enough half-wits in the audience who'll believe it... |
That's a great reason to make these types of comments - the less corruption is at the forefront, the happier the powers that be will be.
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From: http://deccanchronicle.com/130205/news-businesstech/article/charge-low-fares-prevent-seats-going-empty-government-carriers
| Quote: | Charge low fares to prevent seats going empty: Government to carriers
Concerned over flight seats going empty, the government has asked Indian carriers why could they not charge low spot fares on the travel date to fill up about 30 per cent of their seats that go vacant.
Observing that highly exorbitant rates were being charged closer to the travel dates, Civil Aviation Ministry officials, however, made it clear that the government had no intention to decide airfares which have to be determined by the market.
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The officials, at a meeting of the Civil Aviation Economic Advisory Committee here on Monday, suggested that the airlines could charge last minute spot-fares at low fares to fill up their seats.
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The meeting came in the backdrop of a Supreme Court directive last month to DGCA to examine the tariff structure of Indian airlines in view of the wide range of the base prices of air tickets.
The apex court had expressed concern over the massive differential between the lowest and highest air fares on the price bands. |
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So the GOI will do everything but stop taxing airlines brutally.  |
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AAI talking to Singapore, Incheon and Zurich about improving service standards
5-Feb-2013 12:28 PM
Airports Authority of India (AAI) chairman V P Agrawal said the authority has held discussions with Incheon International Airport Corp, Changi Airport Group and Flughafen Zürich AG about improving the service standards at Indian airports (Bloomberg, 04-Feb-2013). AAI plans to launch tenders for minority partners to held develop airports in Chennai and Kolkata shortly. AAI is targeting improvement in passenger satisfaction, including reducing waiting times at immigration, security and baggage claim, impoving airport cleanliness and raising staff service levels. |
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Seems like they're out for a jolly - otherwise perhaps they'd like to look locally at airports like HYD first.
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From: http://www.business-standard.com/article/economy-policy/india-abu-dhabi-to-hold-aviation-talks-in-may-ajit-singh-113020600031_1.html
| Quote: | India to open up bilateral talks with Abu Dhabi this summer: Ajit Singh
Civil aviation minister Ajit Singh on Tuesday said India would be opening up bilateral talks with Abu Dhabi this summer itself.
“We will be opening up bilateral talks with Abu Dhabi to increase seats this May, as by that time, both sides (India and UAE) will be exhausting their bilateral. Recently, we granted bilaterals to Indian carriers. Hence, we are also nearing full utilisation from the Indian side,” Singh told Business Standard.
Singh’s statement comes even as Naresh Goyal’s Jet Airways and Abu Dhabi-based Etihad are in talks to seal a deal for potential investment by Etihad in Jet.
Abu Dhabi has already utilised about 85 per cent of bilaterals from its side.
Apart from that, there would be no restrictions put on Jet Airways confining the city pairs or flights between India and Abu Dhabi. “Jet Airways is an Indian carrier. It can fly from any place in India to Abu Dhabi. We cannot control the city pairs or restrict its number of flights,” said Singh.
Experts said that both these moves in combination would help Etihad use Abu Dhabi as a base to fly Indians to destinations like the USA and Europe. Except for Gulf Air, all West Asian carriers have been focusing more on flying Indian traffic to destinations beyond West Asian hubs rather than point-to-point connectivity.
Aviation ministry officials, however, are concerned about the impact of the deal on Air India. In December 2012, Rohit Nandan, Air India chairman and managing director, had written to the secretary of civil aviation, K N Srivastava.
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However, Singh rebuffed Air India’s concerns on the Jet-Etihad deal. “The decision to allow foreign direct investment (FDI) in aviation has been taken in the overall interest of the sector and not for a particular airline. So, there is no reason for any airline to complain about it now,” he said, adding that it would lead to growth in the sector and management expertise. “Once the skies are open, airlines should be ready to face competition,” Singh added. |
Indicates "full blessings" of the MoCA for the equity sale from 9W. Good sign IMO.
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| Nimish wrote: | | Indicates "full blessings" of the MoCA for the equity sale from 9W. Good sign IMO. |
Most definitely. There really is no need to queer the pitch should any airline seek investment from any foreign carrier.
And these are more fighting words from the minister. Hopefully we will also see a spine that matches (though we shouldn't hold our breath).
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India's Bureau for Civil Aviation Security conducted a test of Central Industrial Security Force (CSIF) personnel at Delhi International Airport in Dec-2012, reporting that of 75 personnel tested, only 18 managed to pass (Hindustan Times, 08-Feb-2013). Of recent testing of CSIF, other airport security and airline staff at the airport, only 80 of 256 tested passed |
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India's Bureau for Civil Aviation Security conducted a test of Central Industrial Security Force (CSIF) personnel at Delhi International Airport in Dec-2012, reporting that of 75 personnel tested, only 18 managed to pass (Hindustan Times, 08-Feb-2013). Of recent testing of CSIF, other airport security and airline staff at the airport, only 80 of 256 tested passed |
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India's Civil Aviation Ministry will reportedly not permit foreign airlines to gain approval to launch service to new destinations in India if they cannot offer corresponding new destinations for Indian carriers (The Financial Express, 15-Feb-2013). The Ministry has also reportedly decided not to enter further bilateral talks with any country until the quota available for Indian carriers is exhausted. India has Air Services agreements with over 109 countries and there are 834,000 weekly seats available on international air routes. The utilisation of bilateral rights by Indian carriers has increased to 40% at present. |
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18-Feb-2013 1:07 PM
India's Civil Aviation Ministry will reportedly not permit foreign airlines to gain approval to launch service to new destinations in India if they cannot offer corresponding new destinations for Indian carriers (The Financial Express, 15-Feb-2013). The Ministry has also reportedly decided not to enter further bilateral talks with any country until the quota available for Indian carriers is exhausted. India has Air Services agreements with over 109 countries and there are 834,000 weekly seats available on international air routes. The utilisation of bilateral rights by Indian carriers has increased to 40% at present. |
Annoyance and pointless interference. Like our Indian carriers will do any better..
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| abhijith16 wrote: | | sri_bom wrote: | India's Civil Aviation Ministry to tighten international route rights: report
18-Feb-2013 1:07 PM
India's Civil Aviation Ministry will reportedly not permit foreign airlines to gain approval to launch service to new destinations in India if they cannot offer corresponding new destinations for Indian carriers (The Financial Express, 15-Feb-2013). The Ministry has also reportedly decided not to enter further bilateral talks with any country until the quota available for Indian carriers is exhausted. India has Air Services agreements with over 109 countries and there are 834,000 weekly seats available on international air routes. The utilisation of bilateral rights by Indian carriers has increased to 40% at present. |
Annoyance and pointless interference. Like our Indian carriers will do any better.. |
absolutely nothing wrong in what the govt is doing.
I understand why most find indian carriers clueless and useless, and a good chunk of it may be attributed to their ego filled chiefs too, but a decent portion of it is b'cs every other out of hand factor is working against Indian carriers. Be it state levied fuel taxes or be it the crappy dollar denomination, PP might've fucked up before, now every Indian carrier is getting it right in their ass b'cs of EK.
Look we are enthusiasts, we see and hear only a small fraction of what goes on, and most of what we think or base our opinions on is generally determined by some/several vocal/strong personalities present present on open forums, who themselves may be as clueless as a 3 year old kid with differentiation.
Do remember, in their element, 9W/IT together raped BA/CX in the 2009-10 period, and guess what, one of the two made good money that year too.
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| me111993 wrote: | | most of what we think or base our opinions on is generally determined by some/several vocal/strong personalities present present on open forums, who themselves may be as clueless as a 3 year old kid with differentiation. |
Do you mean me? 
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| me111993 wrote: | | Do remember, in their element, 9W/IT together raped BA/CX in the 2009-10 period, and guess what, one of the two made good money that year too. |
Hmm - if they (9W/IT) indeed did so well against BA/ CX, I wonder why one has gone bust and the other is limping along. While at the same time BA/ CX seem to be doing rather well for themselves?
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| jasepl wrote: | | me111993 wrote: | | most of what we think or base our opinions on is generally determined by some/several vocal/strong personalities present present on open forums, who themselves may be as clueless as a 3 year old kid with differentiation. |
Do you mean me? |
Persecution complex playing up again ? Or is this the S&M thingie  ?
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| Nimish wrote: | | me111993 wrote: | | Do remember, in their element, 9W/IT together raped BA/CX in the 2009-10 period, and guess what, one of the two made good money that year too. |
Hmm - if they (9W/IT) indeed did so well against BA/ CX, I wonder why one has gone bust and the other is limping along. While at the same time BA/ CX seem to be doing rather well for themselves? |
Because BA & CX both floundered with their India strategy for a while. And their floundering had nothing to do with Jet or Kingfisher. And there was no rape.
Neither knew what they were doing for a bit, but both seemed to have settled down and are doing just fine.
That said, I'm all for letting desi airlines do what they want, generally speaking. But protecting them from foreign competition only hurts the Indian traveller.
And, really, the airline business in India is still rather insignificant and employs very few people in the grand scheme of things to justify making 1.3 billion wait for a few thousand people to get their acts together.
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| sri_bom wrote: | India's Civil Aviation Ministry to tighten international route rights: report
18-Feb-2013 1:07 PM
India's Civil Aviation Ministry will reportedly not permit foreign airlines to gain approval to launch service to new destinations in India if they cannot offer corresponding new destinations for Indian carriers (The Financial Express, 15-Feb-2013). The Ministry has also reportedly decided not to enter further bilateral talks with any country until the quota available for Indian carriers is exhausted. India has Air Services agreements with over 109 countries and there are 834,000 weekly seats available on international air routes. The utilisation of bilateral rights by Indian carriers has increased to 40% at present. |
It is a reasonable request for larger countries with multiple cities. But what about smaller countries - UAE or Singapore, which cannot provide any new destinations and even if they did no one will fly to anyway.
As far the quota, does code share count towards the allotment of Indian carrier. TK wants to increase the allotment and destinations, but may be unable to do so according to this new policy. |
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| Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2013 11:22 am Post subject: Re: Non-metro airports to be equipped for seamless travel |
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Any point in this? |
This is actually a good thing IMO - makes everything standarized and keeps even less in AAI's hands. Now SITA will hopefully own/manage these, and can share their expertise with the local babus running the airports and get a more efficient system in place. Just as an example - airports might currently have different queues for different flights, but with the CUTE/ CUPPS, any counter can probably deal with any flight, thereby allowing for a more egalitarian + efficient airport experience.
| Quote: | Under a seven-year agreement with AAI, SITA would provide 700 workstations with multiple Common Use Self Service kiosks at these 25 airports, said M Jaikrishna, SITA's India Head.
He said CUPPS has been successfully installed at Kolkata and Chennai airports. These would also be set up in a phased manner at airports in Chandigarh, Mangalore, Indore, Pune, Port Blair, Vadodara, Jammu, Patna, Ranchi, Bagdogra, Imphal, Viskhapatnam, Agartala, Madurai [ Images ], Bhopal, Raipur, Aurangabad, Bhubaneshwar, Dibrugarh, Leh, Rajkot, Tirupati and Silchar. |
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AAI to extend runway at Mangalore International Airport
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India's Civil Aviation Minster Ajit Singh announced the Airports Authority of India (AAI) plans to expand the runway at Mangalore International Airport, provided the Karnataka State government provides an extra 285 acres of land for the project (The Hindu Business Line, 19-Mar-2013). AAI plans to extend the existing runway from 2450m to 3400m, allowing the airport to handle aircraft up to Boeing 747-400 size. Mr Singh said he would request that the state government transfer the land to the to the AAI to allow it to carry out the expansion. |
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