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security checks, officials told ET. IGI Airport will build a separate, temporary enclosure for passengers stranded due to the take-off delays — expected in fog season this winter — as the Centre tweaks a key security-related rule to ease the pain of travellers and airlines. The proposed changes to the security protocol will allow the airlines to optimally use slots at India’s busiest aviation hub, saving critical time in a season when foul weather often drastically shortens effective operating hours.

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Singapore Airlines CEO Goh Choon Phong on Monday said the airline group will support the ongoing transformation of the enlarged Air India Group by offering «our stewardship and expertise where possible» as he emphasised that Air India-Vistara merger marks a pivotal moment for Indian aviation. In his first comments after the completion of the merger on November 11, he also said that Singapore Airlines is committed to deepening its commercial collaboration with Air India. Vistara was a joint venture between Singapore Airlines and Tatas, and with the merger, Singapore Airlines has a 25.1 per cent in Tata Group-owned Air India. At a symbolic ceremony in the national capital on Monday, Tata Sons and Singapore Airlines celebrated the merger. Tata Sons Chairman Natarajan Chandrasekaran, Goh Choon Phong, as well as senior management and employees from Tatas, Singapore Airlines, Air India, and Vistara were present, according to a joint release by Singapore Airlines and Tata Sons.

Sabarmati Aviation and JetAir 17 against budget carrier Spicejet at the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) on Monday. The NCLT issued a notice to the airline over the plea by operational creditor Sabarmati Aviation while asking another complainant, JetAir 17, to file additional documents in support of its claims of USD 27 million. During the proceedings, senior advocate Krishnendu Datta representing SpiceJet submitted that a reply would be filed over the plea of Sabarmati Aviation. However, he opposed the plea of JetAir 17 contending that their claims as an operational creditor are disputed.

Ajay Srivastava, CEO, Dimensions Corporate, says, three segments – appliances, hotels, aviation – will directly see improved consumption. I am not sure capex companies are going to see a major uplift for the simple reason that government spending has to kick in and that is where the bigger problem lies. The government is not spending money for the right reasons like fiscal deficit, etc, So, capex companies will have a little longer winter than the consumer companies. It has been a tumultuous market. Nobody expected the US market to bounce back the way it did. Nobody expected Indian markets to correct the way it has. Where are we headed? Will the entire grind continue? Are we in for a long winter? Ajay Srivastava: Oh, no, not at all. Let us be honest. At the end of the day, when the market goes up, the whole world says it will keep going up. When it starts to go down, the theory is everyone says, you know what, underperformance continues, we will do badly and so on. We got caught and it is strange that people never thought that September would be a bad month in the economic cycle of India, given elections were just finished and the consumption cycle would change from October because that is the festive season. It will reverse itself. You will find earning surprises for this quarter.

Air charter services operator Sirius India Airlines has said it looks to raise USD 100 million through debt and other instruments for fleet and services expansion as it sees demand soaring from across segments. The company said it is aiming to have a fleet of 50 private jets by financial year 2027 and spread its wings to other markets such as the Far East, Southeast Asia and East Africa as part of the long-term business plan. The proposed funds are expected to be tied-up by March next year so that the plan starts getting implemented from FY26, Sirius India Airlines founder and promoter Arun Kashyap said. The Gurugram-based aviation venture launched its air charter services in collaboration with Dubai-based Transworld Group in August this year.

It was not just Uikey, though. Between May and November so far, India received about 900 threatening messages, including 600 posted on X, according to the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF), which is in charge of security at commercial airports. These threats were all directed at airlines. Sources in the industry say in the past two months alone, over 1,000 flights—domestic and foreign— were delayed due to threatening calls, texts and social media posts that turned out to be fake. The losses that the airlines ran up due to this during the period could amount to about Rs 500 crore.

Noida International Airport, scheduled for Friday, has been postponed after failing to get the required permissions from the DGCA, an official said. The test is likely to begin from November 30, he said. After the calibration report was approved, there was a plan to start testing on the runway from November 15, under which it was planned to land and take off three aircraft each of aviation companies Indigo and Akasa daily. Dr Arunvir Singh, Chief Executive Officer of Yamuna Expressway Industrial Development Authority (YEIDA), said, «Due to non-receipt of permission from Directorate General of Civil Aviation, the test of the runway of the proposed Noida International Airport from November 15 has been postponed. It is expected that the test will start from November 30. Preparations are being made accordingly.''

Officials of the ministry of aviation and directorate general of civil aviation (DGCA) will meet airline and airport execs on Monday to discuss the matter, people familiar with the matter said.

ePlane Company, incubated at IIT-Madras and aiming to become one of the main players in India’s electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) mobility sector, on Friday announced the closure of a $14 million funding round. With this funding, ePlane is poised to become the largest-funded eVTOL player in India, the company said in a statement. Founder of the startup and IIT-Madras aerospace engineering professor Satya Chakravarthy told ET that the government's support and announcement of certification standards have helped strengthen investor confidence. “Among the new investors, we can clearly see that their conviction about air taxis is much stronger compared to their interest in just commercialising drones,” he said. The Series B round was co-led by Speciale Invest and Antares Ventures, with continued participation from Micelio Mobility, Naval Ravikant, Java Capital, Samarthya Investment Advisors, Redstart (from Naukri), and Anicut.

Civil Aviation Minister Kinjarapu Rammohan Naidu on Thursday said the Ministry is exploring the use of seaplanes to connect even the most remote areas of India, including the North East. Naidu, who was here to participate in a two-day aviation conference, also took a test ride on a seaplane during a demonstration at the scenic Umiam Lake, where Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K. Sangma and other senior officials of the ministry were present. «Let it be road, rail, or air connectivity, Modi wants the North East to be integrated with the mainland with the best connectivity possible. The Ministry of Civil Aviation wants to ensure that his (Modi) vision becomes a reality,» Naidu told reporters after a 30-minute joyride on the seaplane. He said people come to Meghalaya and the region for a variety of reasons, such as tourism, spirituality, to connect with nature, and for business activities.

Captain Savita Singh, likely India’s only woman helicopter pilot engaged in election campaign flying, has been at the controls, landing in places like Shegaon, Parli, Dharni, and Khamgaon, where politicians deliver speeches centered on government schemes like the Ladki Bahin program, aimed at empowering women. “Yes, there is a definite element of surprise, even shock, when the crowds see a woman pilot step out of the cockpit,” Capt. Singh, a 51-year-old former Indian Air Force (IAF) pilot who now serves as a pilot-in-command on an Agusta 109P, told ToI. With 17 years of civil aviation experience under her belt—first with Pawan Hans and now as a charter operator—Singh is no stranger to navigating the demanding world of political campaign flights. Having logged over 7,000 hours in the skies, she recounts the reactions of her high-profile passengers when they see her in the cockpit. Often, she says, politicians respond with surprise, even bemusement.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. New Delhi: India’s hunt for the perpetrators of multiple bombing threats that significantly disrupted the domestic aviation and hospitality sectors has hit a roadblock in Europe, where most of the hoax calls are said to have been made through virtual private networks.

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Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The failure to revive two prominent Indian airlines—Jet Airways and Go First—has triggered a debate on the limitations of India’s Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC), particularly in addressing airline insolvencies. Jet Airways and Go First have now become case studies shedding light on the difficulties in reviving airlines under the IBC.

IndiGo is working with the civil aviation ministry to explore the possibility of extending the wet lease of wide-body Boeing 777 planes from Turkish Airlines as the existing lease period is ending this week. Currently, IndiGo is operating two wet-leased Boeing 777 planes for flights from Delhi and Mumbai to Istanbul. These are also the only two wide-body aircraft that are in the fleet of the airline, which is India's largest carrier with a domestic market share of over 62 per cent. These aircraft were wet-leased to cater to the rising demand for international travel from India. IndiGo started operating its first wide-body Boeing 777 aircraft on the Delhi- Istanbul route from February 1, 2023, and began operating the Boeing 777 plane on the Mumbai-Istanbul route from May 17, 2023.

While more and more Indians take to flying even as the government builds airports at a breakneck speed to connect small cities and remote places, India's aviation sector remains dominated by just two big players who hold between them more than 90% of the market share. IndiGo's market share rose to 63 per cent in September while the overall domestic market share of Air India Group comprising Air India, AIX Connect and Vistara touched 29.2 per cent. While Akasa Air's market share stood at 4.4 per cent, that of SpiceJet was at 2 per cent. As Vistara folds up into the Air India Group today, the number of full-service carriers in the fast-growing Indian aviation space will come down to just one from five in a span of over 17 years. In the last 12 years, three Indian airlines Kingfisher, Jet Airways and Go First went bankrupt. Also Read: A shake-up in Indian skies: Vistara bows out, IndiGo goes premium

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Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The Supreme Court (SC) last week finally brought down the guillotine on Jet Airways, thereby putting a hard stop to a painfully prolonged insolvency resolution process that had kept the ailing airline on artificial respiratory support. Jet Airways was a child of economic liberalization in the early-90s that had opened India’s aviation skies to private operators.

Vistara merger over different retirement age limits for pilots of the two Tata Group-owned airlines as the management is yet to address the issue, according to sources. At Air India, which was owned by the government since the 1950s and came into the Tata fold in 2022, the retirement age for pilots and other staff is 58 years, whereas at Vistara it is 60 years. Vistara — jointly owned by Tata Group and Singapore Airlines — is set to be merged with Air India on November 11 as part of the salt-to-steel conglomerate's consolidation of its aviation business. The sources said resentment is brewing among a section of Air India pilots as the management is yet to formulate a common superannuation age for the integrated entity.