The first Special Economic Zone for aerospace in India, which would be developing and manufacturing aerospace precision engineering products, became operational on Saturday in Belgaum. The SEZ has been launched by the Aerospace and engineering firm QuEST Global.
 
The SEZ was inaugurated by ...

Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel has mentioned that about Rs. 800 crore will be infused by the government into the cash-strapped Air India as equity in two months.
 
"We are looking at equity infusion into Air India in two months," he told reporters on the sidelines of the ...

India and China has signed an agreement for fighting climate change cooperatively. They will also continue to work together in international climate deal negotiations.
 
India's Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh mentioned that the "negotiating positions" on international climate ...

Praful Patel was elected unopposed as the All India Football Federation (AIFF) president on Tuesday. The civil aviation minister was elected to the top post at the Annual General Body meeting of the AIFF at its headquarters.
 
Patel was working as acting president of the AIFF after ...

Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel told on Tuesday that he will request Civil Aviation Ministry for releasing funds to help cash-strapped Air India as soon as possible.
 
The civil aviation ministry group will hold talks with Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Wednesday on issues related ...

The civil aviation minister Praful Patel mentioned on Wednesday that government is ready for lending financial help to the cash-strapped Air India. Government will be lending $1.1 billion if Air India will find the same amount in costs cuts and extra revenue.
 
The airline had lost $875 ...

Union Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel has requested the Air India pilots to call off their agitation and resume their work. He has given them the assurance that they salaries of the employees will not be deducted without consulting with them.
 
"No formal decision regarding cut in ...

According to Union Civil Aviation Minister, Praful Patel, the aviation industry’s demand for reducing the sales tax on aviation fuel is not feasible and he added that that it was an issue which has to be handled by the state governments.
 
"This issue comes under the purview of ...

According to Civil Aviation Minister, the government has no plans of retrenchment and early retirement scheme for the employees working in the civil aviation sector.
 
"There are approximately 52,042 employees working in the civil aviation sector in the attached/autonomous/public sector ...

The Federation of Indian Airlines had earlier mentioned that the private air carriers would not fly on Aug 18 if the government did not announce a rescue package to help increasing ongoing crisis which they claim has escalated their collective losses to over $2 billion.
 
But, the ...

Uniglobe Travel, a travel management organization, on Wednesday launched a carbon offset programme in India that will allow air travellers to purchase carbon credits to reduce the environmental impact of their travel.
 
Uniglobe and CarbonNeutral Co, a global carbon management firm, has ...

Praful Patel, the Civil Aviation Minister, said on Tuesday that he would meet Prime Minister Manmohan Singh this week to discuss the appointment of independent directors to the board of Air India in a bid to revive the ailing national carrier.
 
"I will be discussing names of eminent ...

Air India will have to shed its full-carrier status and transform into a low-cost airline on most of the domestic routes to survive. Manmohan Singh on Wednesday met up with aviation ministry biggies to discuss the crunch faced by the national carrier. It is said that he has promised to lend support ...

The union civil aviation minister Praful Patel inaugurated a world-class terminal building at Surat airport on Friday (February 27). With a floor area of 8,474 square metres, the new state-of-art terminal building will be ale to handle 230,000 passengers a year. The terminal building constructed at ...

On Friday (20th February) Union Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel announced a new integrated passenger terminal building at Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport at Sahar. In the presence of Patel and the Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan, the ground breaking ceremony was performed in ...

The Government of India has decided to invest Rs10-15 billion ($375 million) in public sector airline, Air India. This announcement was made by Minister for Civil Aviation Praful Patel in a media conference at India Aviation 2008, Hyderabad on October 15, 2008.  Talking to media Praful Patel ...