The National Civil Aviation Policy (NCAP) completes a year on 15th June 2017. The policy which was announced amidst fanfare last year was the result of extensive consulting and feedback from general public resulting in multiple iterations leading to the…
Is Surat the opportunity which airlines missed?
Estimates suggest that eight out of ten diamonds polished worldwide are cut in Surat. Some of the biggest names in Petrochemicals – Essar, Reliance, Shell, ONGC have business in neighboring Hazira which houses a deep-water LNG terminal and over a…
Networkthoughts.in joins the top 50 Aviation Blogs in the world by Feedspot
Feedspot, a modern RSS reader & feed aggregator has named Network Thoughts as Top 50 Aviation Blogs on the web. This blog makes the debut in this list at 38th position. Network Thoughts started in 2015 with very first article…
More teeth to Indian Naval Air Arm with enclave at Mumbai
The Indian Navy which has a major presence in commercial capital Mumbai, inaugurated Naval Air Enclave at Mumbai International airport on 1st February 2017. The Indian Naval Air Enclave, Santa Cruz (NAE Scz) was inaugurated by Vice Admiral Girish Luthra,…
2016 ends on a high note for Indian Aviation
Airlines in India ended a dream 2016 carrying 99.88 million passengers, falling just short of the 100 million passenger mark. Two airlines stood out in the entire year, Spicejet which kept their load factors above 90% for the entire year…
Revised Route Dispersal Guidelines in India
The Ministry of Civil Aviation released the revised Route Dispersal Guidelines (RDG), in continuation of what was stated in the National Civil Aviation Policy (NCAP) of 2016. The order, dated 8th August 2016, is available on the website of the…
AirSewa – A great idea but amateurish execution
The Minister of Civil Aviation, Sh. Ashok Gajapathi Raju launched the AirSewa portal and mobile application in New Delhi on 25th November 2016. The application is available on both Android & iOS. The Minister of State for Civil Aviation, Sh.…
Aviation growth in India reaches record numbers in March
Impressive growth continues for Indian Aviation with 78.72 lakh passengers taking to air travel in March 2016. This was a growth of 24.03% YoY and 25.25% MoM. The Quarter on Quarter (QoQ) growth was also 24%. For the period from…