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Currently, value-added tax (VAT) on aviation fuel in these states range between 23.65-29.00 per cent.

Soon Your Face Will Be Boarding Pass At Airports In India: Thales

Thales has displayed 'Fly to Gate' biometric passenger journey solutions which will reduce the boarding time by an estimated 30 per cent

Civil Aviation Minister Scindia Inaugurates New Terminal Building Of Kanpur Airport

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The Union minister was accompanied by the Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath for the inauguration

194,000 Flights Operated In Six Years Under UDAN Scheme: Scindia

With the two new flights starting today, Jabalpur is now connected to eight cities and there are 160 flight movements per week against 94 earlier and connectivity to six cities when I took charge as civil aviation minister, he said

Scindia Talks With US Aerospace Giants On Bolstering Alliance With India

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Scindia also had a detailed discussion with vice president at Sikorsky Hamid Salim on deepening Lockheed Martin's engagement with India, including developments in the helicopter sector and setting up offset and MRO (maintenance, repair and overhaul) facilities in India

Aviation Minister Holds Meet With Airlines Chiefs On Increasing Wide Body Planes

Wide-body planes like A350 have bigger fuel tanks, larger seating capacity and they can travel to longer distances as compared to narrow-body aircraft like A320.

Scindia Flies On SpiceJet's Delhi-Gwalior Spl Flight Using 737 Max Plane

This aircraft could fly longer distances to places such as Moscow and Turkey where older plane, 737-800, could not go, Singh noted.

UDAN Has Helped Increase Number Of Air Routes, Says Scindia

The scheme, known as UDAN, aims to make provide air connectivity to more places as well as make flying more affordable.

Jyotiraditya Scindia Urges States, Uts To Cut Tax On Jet Fuel

Addressing the conference of the ministers of civil aviation from states and UTs here, he stressed the cooperation and support of all stakeholders for strengthening the civil aviation sector.

Drones Will Soon Be Enabled With Automatic 'On/Off Switches', Says Scindia

Participating in a virtual Q&A live chat session on the drone industry, the minister also said that there will be a registry for drones.

New Airport Terminal At Leh Likely To Become Operational By Dec 2022: Aviation Minister

Scindia noted that a team will shortly visit Ladakh to technically evaluate locations for additional airstrips in Leh. He agreed to look at the possibility of operationalising commercial flights with smaller jet planes to Kargil as an interim solution.

Will Concentrate In Building Air Connectivity Between India And CIS Countries: Scindia

The Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) includes Azerbaijan, Armenia, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Ukraine.

Scindia Seeks Personal Intervention Of Cms Of 5 States In Expediting Airports' Development

Under the regional connectivity scheme UDAN, financial incentives from the Centre, state governments and airport operators are extended to select airlines to encourage operations from unserved and underserved airports, and keep airfares affordable.

Jet Airways: Staff Grouping Seeks Jyotiraditya Scindia's Intervention To Resolve Issues