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                  Minister of State for Civil Aviation, Shri G.M. Siddeshwara informed the Lok Sabha  that the Government has accorded site clearance for the Greenfield international airport project at Dholera at Ahmedabad in Gujarat being developed by the Gujarat Infrastructure Development Board in 2014.                      Taj International Greenfield airport project proposed at Hirangoan, Firozabad, Uttar Pradesh is presently under the preliminary scrutiny of the Government.   Government identified 50 locations for small airports   AAI has recently upgraded Bhopal, Indore and Raipur airports to international standards and the Government has initiated the process of declaring these airports as international airports.  Further, the Government of India has granted in-principle approval for development of the Greenfield airport projects as international air...

                  Minister of State for Civil Aviation, Shri G.M. Siddeshwara informed the Lok Sabha today 21st July that the Government has so far identified 50 locations with potential for small airports in various states namely,  Kadapa, Tirupati, Vijayawada,Warangal in Andhra Pradesh,  Along, Daparizo, Pasighat, Tezu in Arunachal Pradesh,  Jorhat,Rupsi,Silchar in Assam,  Gaya, Raxaul in Bihar,  Bilaspur, Raigarh in Chattisgarh,  Daman, Diu in Daman & Diu,  Bhawanagar, Jamnagar, Kandla, Keshod in Gujarat,  Hisar, Karnal in Haryana,  Kishtwar in J&K,  Deoghar, Jamshedpur in Jharkhand,  Belgaum,Hubli in Karnataka,  Gwalior, Jabalpur, Rewa in Madhya Pradesh,  Akola, Amravati, Jalgaon, Kolhapur, Solapur in Maharashtra,  Jharsuguda in Odisha,  Ludhiana in Punjab,  Bikaner, Kishangarh, Kota in Rajasthan,  Thanjavore in Tamil Nadu  ...

           The DGCA has amended its Civil Aviation Requirement (CAR) relating to air safety    to allow the use of Portable Electronic Devices (PEDs) including cellphones. The use of PEDs shall be in the non-transmitting mode commonly called flight/airplane mode”             Para 4 of CAR deals with training requirement of crew where stowage of PED is one of the point. But nowhere mentioned regarding ''securing'' of PED used by passenger.              There is an important distinction that needs to be made between “stowing” and “securing” PEDs. If a PED is to be “stowed”, it must be placed into an approved carry-on stowage location. These locations have been designed and certified to comply with the requirements for retention of articles of mass during emergency landings. Approved carry-on stowage locations have specific weight and size limitations. When a PED is “secured”, i...