[Kolkata,New Delhi]Air India Flyers Baggage Complaints Are Still On High:Passenger Protests
National Carrier’s Flyer Complaints for “Tampering+Missing” of Luggage’ in Airport Is Growing Every Month
So Agitated Passengers Are Lodging Complaints
Recently a Passenger of a Delhi-Kolkata Air India flight on 31 October alleged that they found their luggage tampered with after landing at Kolkata.
The passengers, who protested in the Kolkata airport , also alleged that they had to wait for a long time to get their luggage.
Some passengers claimed that locks of their luggages were found broken when they get it.
An Air India official, however,denied, as usual,that passengers bags were tampered with.
But he admitted that luggages reached late due to a technical fault in the conveyor belt on which luggages were delivered to passengers.
As per Air India Officials The conveyor belts are maintained by the airport authorities and not the airlines,
During Sept Of 2014==Total Complaints Lodged Were 22.3%
Total baggage complaints===167=
Out Of Which Air India Earned 30 Complaints
Complaint as Percentage Compared to the Las Three Months Of This Year Is As Under
[1]july 2015==20.3%
[2]august 2015==22.1%
[3]september 2015=22.3%
Ironically Percentage Of Complaints Is The Same During September Of 2014 And 2015 ie 22.3%
Source DGCA
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Air India Flyers Baggage Complaints Are Still On High:Passenger Protests
Assocham,To Promote Private airlines,Desires To Cage National Carrier A I
[New Delhi]Assocham,To Promote Private airlines,Desires To Cage National Carrier Air India
Air India’s 1st Right of Refusal on New Routes Should be Relooked:Assocham
Lobbying for domestic private airlines, industry body Assocham today urged the government to reconsider the ‘first right of refusal’ granted to national carrier Air India on new routes, to enable corporate-run carriers expand their international network.
“Air India’s First Right of Refusal on new routes should be relooked with the objective of private airlines getting fair opportunities to expand their international routes,” Assocham said in a paper jointly prepared with Yes Bank.
The paper also called for tweaking or abolishing all together the current norms for international operations by domestic airlines on the grounds that it would “equip Indian commercial airline operators with long term financial security and international quality standards”.
With a sharp fall in fuel prices, the Indian aviation sector can take off to a phase of sustainable growth if restrictive rules like 5/20 and First Right of Refusal to Air India in regard to international routes are dispensed with, the Assocham paper has suggested.
Under the current norms, popularly known as 5/20, domestic airlines can fly on international routes only when they have completed five years of operations in the country and have a 20-aircraft fleet.
Revisiting this rule will provide incentive for new players to enter the market due to advent of opportunity for enhancing revenues, yields and ultimately, profits, it said in the study paper titled ‘Indian Civil Aviation – At the Cusp of Taking Off’. .
Modi Govt Planning To Put a Check Over Predatory Pricing by Airlines
[New Delhi]Modi Govt Planning To Put a Check Over Predatory Pricing by Airlines.PM Has expressed deep concern over it
The issue of predatory pricing by the domestic carriers will be addressed by the government shortly with Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressing “concern” over the practice which is giving a “bad” name to the industry, Union Minister Mahesh Sharma said today.
“It (predatory pricing) is a concern of a majority of Parliamentarians, including the Prime Minister, and needs to be addressed,” Sharma, Minister of State for Civil Aviation, said on the sidelines of an event,of Assocham . Civil Aviation Ministry Associated with the event
He said,that the airlines need to reduce fares and not hike them particularly when it comes to emergency travel like in medical emergency.
He said,that the issue had come up during a presentation by the Civil Aviation Ministry to the Prime Minister on draft aviation policy on Tuesday
There could be three approaches to prevent predatory pricing ways, Sharma said, adding,
“We will take the airlines into confidence and tell them that the practice (of predatory pricing) is giving a bad name to the industry.”
A mechanism can also be there through the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) or
through national carrier Air India to deal with the issue
Concerns have been expressed in various quarters, including by Parliamentarians, over drastic fluctuations in air fares.
In May, a group of Parliamentarians, led by BJP leader Kirit Somaiya, had met Competition Commission of India Chairman Ashok Chawla and lodged a complaint against carriers on the issue of air ticket pricing.
The ministry had last year circulated a note for internal discussion wherein it suggested steps to cap economy class air fares at minimum and maximum levels.
Govt Snatches V VIP Tag From Son In Law Of Congress’s 1st Family
[New Delhi]Govt Snatches VVIP Tag From Son In Law Of Congress’s 1st Family
Govt has decided to withdraw no-frisking privilege to Robert Vadhera
Government has decided to withdraw the privilege of not being frisked at airports to Robert Vadhera, son-in-law of Congress President Smt Sonia Gandhi, an action Robert promptly welcomed saying he had been waiting for this as he was “no VIP”.
A notification is being issued soon by the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS) and sent to all airports,
The Home Ministry has asked the Civil Aviation Ministry to go ahead with its plan to review the list of 33 categories of people, including the Dalai Lama and Vadra, who are currently exempted from frisking at airports in the country.
The Home Ministry has said it does not consider the threat perception to Vadra serious enough to warrant his inclusion in the ‘no-frisking’ list but had advised the Civil Aviation Ministry to take a final call after consultation with the Special Protection Group, which guards his wife Priyanka Gandhi.
As of now, Vadra is not frisked at airports if he travels with an SPG protectee. Once he is dropped from the elite list, he would be subjected to frisking at all airports even if he travels with an SPG protectee.
The current no-frisk list includes the President, Vice President, Prime Minister, Union Cabinet Ministers, Leader of Opposition, Supreme Court Judges, High Court Chief Justices, Chief Ministers and their deputies, Governors and Ambassadors.
Those who are protected by the SPG such as Priyanka Gandhi and brother-in-law Rahul Gandhi are also not subjected to frisking at airports.
Govt Scraps The Proposal Of Privatization Of Four Developed Airports
[New Delhi]Govt Scraps The Proposal Of Privatization Of Four Developed Airports
Reversing its earlier plan, the government has decided to scrap the proposal to privatise [1]Chennai[2]Kolkata[3]Jaipur [4]Ahmedabad airports.
Now, private players would be roped in only for operation and maintenance activities of Jaipur and Ahmedabad airports.
A decision in this regard was taken last month during a high-level meeting that was attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Civil Aviation Minister Ashok Gajapathi Raju and his deputy Mahesh Sharma, among others.
The earlier proposal was for undertaking the operation, management and development of these airports through public private partnership (PPP) mode.
The Airports Authority of India (AAI) also issued Request for Qualification (RfQ) documents in December last year.
Minister Sharma today said the government has now decided to take up Jaipur and Ahmedabad airports on pilot basis.
“The four airports, Jaipur, Ahmedabad, Chennai and Kolkata, were under consideration. On a pilot basis, the two airports, Jaipur and Ahmedabad, will be taken on O&M basis.
Issues of Chennai and Kolkata have been deferred,” Sharma told reporters here.
The modus operandi for roping in private players to carry out O&M works at Jaipur and Ahmedabad airports is going to be discussed with stakeholders, he added.
When asked whether similar mechanism would be adopted for other airports, the Minister said, “Let’s see the results (for Jaipur and Ahmedabad airports) and if they are good we will extend it to others”.
Without disclosing specific details, Sharma said representations were received with regard to Chennai and Kolkata airports.
Civil Aviation Secretary R N Choubey said that Airports Authority of India (AAI) has invested significant funds in these four airports.
Instead of privatisation, AAI would continue to be the owner of these airports. “At the same time, for better operations and maintenance, the private sector expertise will be tapped,” he said.
Interestingly, the Civil Aviation Ministry has been maintaining that there is no proposal to privatise these four airports.
“There is no such proposal of privatisation of airports at present,” Sharma had told Rajya Sabha earlier this year.
This was his response to a query on whether the government was considering a proposal to privatise Chennai, Kolkata, Ahmedabad and Jaipur airports.
There are 476 airports, operational as well as non-operational ones, in the country.
AAEU Send Reminder To PM Against Privatization Of Indian Airports
[NewDelhi]Airport Authority Employees Sends Reminder To PM Against Blanket Privatization Of Indian Airports
This Reminder Letter Is Address To Prime Minister Narendra Modi From AAI’s General Secy Balraj Singh Ahlawat .
In this letter it is Reiterated that with the privatization of airports ,Constitutional reservation to Sc/ST/Marginalised section will die its natural death. AAEU Has requested for issuance of orders for withdrawal of privatization process of Indian airports,which the ministry of civil aviation is working overtime to accomplish
Indian Govt ,In a U-turn, Denies 2nd Airport In National Capital
[New Delhi] In a U-turn,”Govt Denies 2nd Airport In National Capital
Union Minister Mahesh Sharma on Tuesday said the government has not cleared any proposal to set up a second airport in the national capital, less than a month after saying that Civil Aviation Ministry has approved a second airport in the national capital region.
In a written reply to the Rajya Sabha, Dr Sharma — Minister of State for Civil Aviation — responded in the negative to a query on whether the government has cleared a proposal for setting up a second airport in the national capital.
To another question on whether it is a fact that the Ministry has taken a decision, in the last month of June, for development of Jewar airport in Noida, he said “no”.
On June 26, Sharma had said the Ministry has cleared a proposal for a second airport in the national capital region to ease the burden on the Indira Gandhi International Airport.
Sharma’s remarks on Tuesday comes against the backdrop of reports saying that senior Minister Ashok Gajapathi Raju was not happy for not being consulted before making announcement about the second airport in the national capital region.
There have not been clarity about the matter especially after Raju refused to confirm such a move.
Reminded about Sharma’s announcement that the proposal has been cleared by the Ministry and would soon be taken to the Cabinet, Raju had only said, “Please ask Mr Sharma…
The government has granted ‘in principle’ approval to 13 new airports, including four in south-Indian state Karnataka, three in west-Indian state Maharashtra and one in north-Indian state Uttar Pradesh.
“The construction work of the proposed airport at Kushinagar has not started as the development of the airport through public private partnership could not be realised by the government of Uttar Pradesh,” Sharma said in another written reply.
Alas! India’s Aviation Industry Still Not Matured So Regulator Bound To Play facilitator’s Role
[New Delhi]Alas! India’s Aviation Industry Still Not Matured So Regulator Is Bound To Play facilitator’s Role:DGCA
Dubbing the country’s civil aviation industry as “not mature enough” at this point of time, the DGCA today sternly shot down the suggestion of some airlines that the compliance of regulations should be handed over to the carriers.
Noting that there were problems in the sector and not just for the airlines, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) chief M Sathiyavathy said the regulator would also play the role of facilitator.
She said “The (domestic aviation) industry is not so mature…It will be premature to hand over all compliance (related matters) to the industry and leaving the DGCA to focus just on oversight,”
During an aviation conference here today, some airlines had indicated that sector was over regulated and sought the compliance of regulations to be left with the carriers and the DGCA should adhere to oversight.
Vistara CEO Phee Teik Yeoh, during a panel discussion, said cost as well as ease of doing business were the key challenges faced by the carriers operating in India.
He Said “Cost of doing business is already weighing down (carriers) even before they start competing,”
In an apparent reference to regulatory hurdles in India, he said, some friends have been asking him whether he lost hair after coming here.
At her witty best, Sathiyavathy responded to his remarks saying he might have lost his hair in Singapore but not in India.
Vistara, a full service carrier to enter the Indian aviation space recently, is a joint venture of Singapore Airlines and Tatas.
GAGAN,Costing To Rs 774 Crores,Launched For Seamless Navigation to Aviation Industry
[New Delhi]GAGAN Costing To Rs 774 Crores Launched For Seamless Navigation to Aviation Industry.
Jointly developed by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and the Airports Authority of India (AAI), at an investment of Rs 774 crore,?GAGAN will offer seamless navigation to the aviation industry.
Civil Aviation Minister Ashok Gajapathi Raju today launched the GPS-Aided Geo Augmented Navigation (GAGAN) system,which would make airline operations more efficient and reduce costs.
GAGAN is a satellite-based navigation system which provides autonomous, high precision geo-spatial location information of the user in terms of latitude, longitude and height along with velocity and time.
The benefits of GAGAN include improved efficiency, direct routes, increased fuel savings, approach with vertical guidance at runways, significant cost savings due to withdrawal of ground aids and reduced workload of flight crew and Air Traffic Controllers.
GAGAN will provide augmentation service for GPS over the country, Bay of Bengal, South East Asia and Middle East expanding up to Africa.
Provide all Basic Facilities to Fliers At Kolkata Airport:MOCA Mahesh Sharma
[Kolkata]Provide all Basic Facilities to Fliers At Kolkata Airport:MOCA Mahesh Sharma
Civil Aviation Minister Mahesh Sharma directed to provide all basic facilities to the passengers At Kolkata Airport
The minister also took a round of the Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International airport to take stock of the passenger amenities including the upkeep of toilets among others, an official release said today.
This Airport is in the process of privatisation.
The airport handles 120 domestic and international flights per day and despite all odds has generated a surplus of Rs 326 crore in the last five years,
The Minister asked the authorities to ensure basic facilities for tourists at the Airport.
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