Bhuj: A plane took off from Bhuj to enact the first commercial flight of JRD Tata today. It will land at Juhu airport in Mumbai at 4 pm today. This is an attempt to replicate the first-ever flight from Karachi to Mumbai undertaken by the industrialist JRD Tata before 89 years on 15th October 1932. The flight today has taken off from Bhuj instead of Karachi which is now in Pakistan. The pilot of the flight captain Aarohi Pandit flew solo over the Atlantic in 2019 in single-engine aircraft. ...Read More

Ahmedabad: The BRTS bus service from SG Highway to Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International (SVPI) Airport will resume after 3 years. The decision was made in a meeting between Amdavad Municipal Corporation (AMC) officials and Airport Authority. The buses will arrive at a frequency of every 30 minutes from 6 am to 11 pm. The route of this Airport bus shuttle service will be Karnavati Club, ISKCON circle, Jodhpur Char Rasta, Shivranjani, Himmatlal park, IIM, Helmet char-rasta, Shastrinagar, Akhb...Read More

Ahmedabad: The runway at Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International (SVPI) Airport will remain closed from 9 am to 6 pm between 3rd January and 31st May, 2022 due to maintenance work. A 3.6-km long runway will be inoperative for the flights from 9 am to 6 pm except public holidays and Sundays in this period. There will be changes in the schedule of around 70 flights connecting Ahmedabad due to that. The timings of flights may be shifted before 9 am or after 6 pm and some flights may be s...Read More

Ahmedabad: Thanks to decreasing impact of Covid-19 all over the country and particularly in Gujarat, there has been a 25 % increase in the number of passengers in the month of August compared to July at Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International (SVPI) Airport in Ahmedabad. There has been a 125 % rise in the number of domestic passengers in August 2021 compared to August 2020 at SVPI Airport. The traffic of domestic passengers was 3,32,888 in July and 4,16,937 in August. In August 2020, the a...Read More

New Delhi: Jyotiraditya M. Scindia, Union Minister of Civil Aviation has written to the Vijay Rupani, Chief Minister of Gujarat, requesting his personal intervention in expediting the matters for strengthening of aviation infrastructure in the state. AAI has embarked upon development and expansion of airports in the country at a cost of Rs. 20,000 Crore in the next 4-5 years in order to meet the growing passenger demand in the country. Scindia has drawn attention of Rupani on following is...Read More

New Delhi: The Government has decided to repeal the UAS (Unmanned Aircraft Systems) Rules, 2021 and replace the same with the liberalised Drone Rules, 2021.   30 key features of Drone Rules 2021 Built on a premise of trust, self-certification and non-intrusive monitoring. Designed to usher in an era of super-normal growth while balancing safety and security considerations. Several approvals abolished: unique authorisation number, unique prototype identification number,certi...Read More

Jamnagar: Star Air has today started its new flight-service directly connecting Jamnagar with Bangalore and Hyderabad. Jamnagar BJP MP Poonamben Madam is scheduled to flag off this service from the airport in the virtual presence of Gujarat CM Vijaybhai Rupani and Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia. The flight will operate on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday every week on the non-stop route. The flight from Bangalore will depart for Jamnagar at 6.35 AM which will arrive at Jamnagar a...Read More

Rajkot: Rajkot Collector Arun Mahesh Babu visited the site of New Greenfield International Airport under construction at Hirasar village near Rajkot and instructed for timely completion of the project. The works on run-way, boundary wall, land flattening, parking taxi track and taxi link are completed by 50 %, 60 %, 55 %, 95 % and 100 % respectively. The Collector instructed Mamlatdar and Prant officers to complete the shifting of Juna Hirasar, Limakotadi and Doslidhu villages that are wi...Read More

Jamnagar: The C-17 aircraft of Indian Air Force with all the evacuees crossed into Indian air space post 11am (IST) and land at Jamnagar air base of Indian Air Force(IF). The IAF aircraft is expected to reach Delhi around 1pm. The aircraft is in Jamnagar for refueling. Gujarati lunch was prepared by local administration and served at Jamnagar to evacuees. District Collector, Minister of State and local MLA etc reached Jamnagar airbase. Avoiding Pakistan Airspace, IAF C17 heavy lift a...Read More

Ahmedabad: A start-up named ‘Urban Nap’ has installed two sleeping pods at the domestic terminal of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport (SVPI) Ahmedabad. The pods are installed at the security hold in the domestic departure area. These sleeping pods are self-contained capsules which can be used by the passengers to lay back and sleep comfortably at the airport. It is learnt from the sources at airport that this new addition at the airport is still in the testing phase and mor...Read More