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Aviation Minister Ashok Gajapathi Raju confess carrying matchboxes on flights 07 April 2015
In clear violation of rules, Civil Aviation Minister Ashok Gajapathi Raju , a chain smoker, carries matchboxes with him on flights since he is not subjected to frisking. Raju made this confession during his address at the Bureau of Civil...
Keywords: Chain Smoker, Civil Aviation Minister Ashok Gajapathi Raju, Chain Smoker, Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS)
Read MoreBureaucrat delays Air India flight by 45 minutes 11 August 2012
Air India flight to Delhi had been late by 45 minutes but this time it was not the inefficiency of the airline but the use, or rather misuse, of the influence of a senior bureaucrat to delay the flight according...
Keywords: London, London, Aviation minister, Air India
Read More14 pilots, 31 cabin crew fail alcohol test this year 17 August 2012
Ajit Singh the civil aviation minister said that fourteen pilots and thirty one cabin crew members were tested positive in alcohol tests which are generally conducted before a flight as a medical examination from January to March this year. This...
Keywords: , Kingfisher, civil aviation minister, civil aviation minister
Read MoreAjit Singh appreciates BCAS services 04 April 2012
The Union Minister for Civil Aviation, Ajit Singh releasing a Commemorative Special Cover, designed by Department of Posts to mark the Silver Jubilee of the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS), in New Delhi on Tuesday. The Civil Aviation Secretary,...
Keywords: commemorative Special cover, Silver Jubilee, Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS), commemorative Special cover
Read MoreSpiceJet pilots moving out 08 December 2014
Concerned about future that it would meet the fate of Kingfisher Airlines, SpiceJet Airlines pilots are looking for a job and approaching other airlines to get a job in the same industry. After fifth consecutive fall of the sessions, fund...
Keywords: DGCA, Kingfisher Airlines, Airport Authority of India, Kingfisher Airlines
Read MoreRobert Vadra's dig at VIP privileges on airports: Height of hypocrisy 22 April 2015
Congress chief Sonia Gandhi's son-in-law Robert Vadra took an apparent dig at the Aviation Miniter Ashok Gajapathi for his comments on special privileges for "VIPs" at airports.In a Facebook post on Tuesday, Vadra said, "I watched on the electronic media...
Keywords: Ashok Gajapathi Raju, Sonia Gandhi, Sonia Gandhi, Aviation Minister
Read MoreIndia to have second highest air traffic in a decade 15 April 2013
With the advent of the open air policy, India has managed to register a large growth in the aviation sector as India is well on it way to become the second largest air traffic market in the world, Ajith Singh,...
Keywords: open air policy, International Air Transport Association, Ajith Singh, Ajith Singh
Read MoreTDP, BJP prepare wish list 07 July 2014
The Telugu Desam Party and BJP MPs have prepared its wish list ahead of the budget sessions and outlined 35 major issues that are troubling the residuary Andhra Pradesh. A meeting with both the party's MPs was hosted which was...
Keywords: IIT IIM AIIMS in AP, Andhra Pradesh MPs, Civil Aviation minister Ashok Gajapathi Raji, Top Stories
Read MoreCivil Aviation Minister Condemns Reports On Helping J.C. Diwakar Reddy 16 June 2017
Civil Aviation Minister Condemns Reports On Helping J.C. Diwakar Reddy:- After National Media buzzed that Civil Aviation Minister, Ashok Gajapathi Raju made his colleague TD MP J.C. Diwakar Reddy to travel on the flight keeping aside of his unruly behavior...
Keywords: TDP MP, Ashok Gajapathi Raju, Civil Avaiation Minister, J.C.Diwakar Reddy
Read MoreNot proper to dilly-dally on T: Narayana 08 October 2012
CPI state secretary Narayana has lashed out at the Centre for dilly-dallying on Telangana issue. He has vented out his anger against MP s from Telangana region alleging that T MP s were taking advantage of the situation. Also, he...
Keywords: Narayana, Telangana region, Rashtriya Lok Dal, Telangana state
Read MoreGovernment offers breather to Aviation industry 10 September 2013
The government has requested states to cut value added tax (VAT) on jet fuel prices to offer a breather to the harassed Aviation industry. Relieving the airline sector, VAT on jet fuel is reduced to 4%. Together, airlines in the...
Keywords: Airlines debt, Jet fuel prices, VAT on jet fuel, Airlines losses
Read MoreShiv Sena MP Ravindra Gaikwad Likely To Fly Again? 07 April 2017
The flight ban on the Shiv Sena MP, Ravindra Gaikwad, is expected to be cleared, after he sent a regret letter to the Civil Aviation Minister, Gajapathi Raju, for allegedly assaulting an Air India employee. The Shiv Sena MP, has...
Keywords: Civil Aviation Minister, Anant Geete, Shiv Sena MP, Anant Geete
Read MoreShiv Sena Leaders Charge At Aviation Minister In LokSabha; Rajnath intervenes 06 April 2017
Some shocking scenes unfolded in Parliament, today, as Shiv Sena members, and former Union Minister Anant Geete, charged at the Civil Aviation Minister, Ashok Gajapathi Raju. The incident occurred, as Gajapathi Raju, refused to intervene, and end the flying ban...
Keywords: Ashok Gajapathi Raju, Anant Geete, Ravindra Gaikwad, Shiv Sena
Read MoreShamshabad airport to get new label 29 May 2014
Civil Aviation Minister Ashok Gajapathi Raju who took charge today has said that Shamshabad airport will be soon renamed and it will be named after Telugu Desam Party founder NT Rama Rao. However did not mention any specific date for...
Keywords: Shamshabad airport gets new name, NT Rama Rao name for Shamshabad airport, NT Rama Rao, Shamshabad airport to get new label
Read MoreInternational Flights To USA And France To Resume From Tomorrow 16 July 2020
International Flights To USA And France To Resume From Tomorrow:- With the arrival of coronavirus pandemic, all the domestic and international flights are canceled from March. Some of the domestic services started in May and the footfalls have been limited....
Keywords: Civil Aviation Minister, Hardeep Singh Puri announcement, Hardeep Singh Puri latest, France
Read MoreAir India Dreamliners take off 14 May 2013
Inspite of the Government's announcement today to cut down expenses on airlines, Air India is getting ready to fly from tomorrow in respect of Dreamliners and Global flights from May 22nd. Government has taken a decision to cut down the...
Keywords: Air India Dreamliners take off, Oil companies agreed to supply, Air India Dreamliners, Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh
Read MoreAjith Singh sworn in as Union Cabinet Minister - no ministry yet for Chiranjeevi 18 December 2011
Rashtriya Lok Dal chief Ajit Singh is inducted into the Union Cabinet this week. Singh's appointment as the new civil aviation minister took place after President Pratibha Patil returned to the Capital on Tuesday evening. Days after Rashtriya Lok Dal...
Keywords: Rashtriya Lok dal, Civil aviation minister, Civil aviation minister, RLD
Read MoreAero India 2013 takes place! 06 February 2013
Aero India 2013, the five-day bi-annual military and aerospace spectacle, began at the Yelahanka Air Force Station on Wednesday in which around 25 countries - 650 domestic and foreign aerospace manufacturers are taking part in the event. Moreover, Defence minister...
Keywords: Ajit Singh, military, aero India 2013, aero India 2013
Read MoreExpect fewer canceled flights 22 March 2013
No more delays for the approval of the aircraft imported by Indian carriers for fleet augmentation. Aviaion Minister Ajit Singh has announced on Thursday that the red tape where carriers had to approach the Aircraft Acquisition Committee to get approval...
Keywords: AAC, AAC, AAC, dgca
Read MoreAshok Gajapathi Raju takes charge 29 May 2014
TDP MP Ashok Gajapathi Raju took charge as Civil Aviation minister short while ago. Mr Raju is the only minister in the cabinet representing the Andhra Pradesh state. Speaking to the media, Mr Raju said, "I will try best to...
Keywords: Quivk News, TDP MP Ashok Gajapathi Raju, TDP MP Ashok Gajapathi Raju, Ashok Gajapathi Raju
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