New Delhi: Mansukh Mandaviya, Minister of State for Shipping (I/C), reviewed the seaplane projects on Indian water bodies today and directed Sagarmala Development Company Limited (SDCL) and Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI) to join hands to commence the seaplane operation of the Sabarmati and Statue of Unity route by October, 2020. The Bathymetric and Hydrographic surveys of the seaplane routes to be undertaken by IWAI on behalf of Airport Authority of India will have to be done, latest...Read More

Ahmedabad: A Cobra snake that sneaked into a landing gear of parked True Jet aircraft was removed from the plane safely and trapped in a bottle by expert snake catchers. The operation to catch the snake went on for about an hour. Read More

Gandhinagar: Phase-3 of Vande Bharat Mission will bring some 16 flights to Sardar Patel airport in Gujarat. None of the flights is directly from foreign country. Each of 16 flights will come to Ahmedabad via Mumbai or Delhi. Flights to land in Ahmedabad under phase-3 of Vande Bharat Mission will arrive via Delhi and Mumbai from Kiev (June 16), Bishkek (June 16), Lagos (June 18), AUckland (June 19), Narita (June 21), Newark( June 22, June 23, June 25, June 27, June 30), Melbourne (June 22), ...Read More

Gandhinagar: The Government of Gujarat today said, as many as 1958 Gujaratis returned to mother land under Vande Bharat Mission so far from 11 countries including UK, Kuwait, Philippines, Australia, France, Indonesia, Singapore and others. Special flights were operated during 12-17 May. The Government said, 1869 Gujaratis will return to motherland during 29 May to 9 June from UAE, Oman, Qatar, Kuwait, UK and USA. Vande Mataram Mission was launched on May 7 to facilitate return of Indians...Read More

New Delhi: Domestic passenger flights will recommence from Monday after a gap of two months. 'Domestic civil aviation operations will recommence in a calibrated manner from Monday 25th May 2020,' Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said in a tweet on Wednesday. All airports and air carriers are being informed to be ready for operations from May 25, he said in his missive. The Minister said Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) guidelines for passenger movement are also being separat...Read More

Gurugram: SpiceJet, the country’s biggest air cargo operator said it has transported 505 tons of fresh shrimp produce to Surat using its dedicated fleet of freighters and passenger aircraft and operating special cargo flights. SpiceJet had launched dedicated freighter flights on February 25 this year to ferry shrimp. The airline has transported 505 tons of shrimp to Surat during the lockdown phase till May 8, 2020 carrying 365 MT on Chennai-Surat route, 140 MT on Vishakhapatnam-Surat route ...Read More

Gandhinagar: As many as 1,000 students stranded in Washington DC, Kuwait, Dubai, Philippines etc places abroad are arriving at SVPI airport in Gujarat on 10 May. They will go through health screening on their arrival. A review of screening facilities to be arranged was done today at SVPI airport in presence of higher officials of the State and the district. These details were shared by the State government today. Read More