Ajit Singh As Civil Aviation Minister

• Jet-Etihad deal: Why 36,670 seats threaten it

  Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh has defended the proposed deal for Gulf carrier Etihad Airways to buy 24 percent of Jet Airways for Rs 2,058 crore. He has also denied speculation that he is contemplating quitting the UPA government as he is upset that the deal has hit turbulence.

• Slots for operating flights at prime time may be auctioned

  Airlines wanting prime-time departure and arrival slots at airports may have to bid for their preferred choices as the government is mulling to auction these slots as part of a shake-up in civil aviation policy.

• Can hire new pilots, says Ajit Singh as Air India strike continues

  In a bid to end the 18-day-old strike at national carrier Air India, some of the agitating pilots met Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh on Friday. According to IANS, Mr Singh told the pilots that the airline may begin hiring new pilots if the strike continued.

• Air India sacks 30 more pilots on Day 14 of strike: 10 big developments

  It's the 14th day of the Air India pilots' strike and neither the pilots nor the government is blinking yet, though some protesting pilots have been reporting back to work - including four today. 30 more pilots have also been sacked by the airline today. Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh met union leaders today, in a bid to find a way out of the c...

• New passenger terminal complex at the Lucknow airport to be inaugurated on Saturday

  Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh will tomorrow inaugurate the new passenger terminal complex at Chaudhary Charan Singh Airport here. Built on an area of 20,000 square metres, the new terminal is an integrated terminal and will handle domestic as well as international operations, chairman of Airport authority of India V P Agarwal told reporters he...

• Air India has lost 150 crores because of pilots' strike, says Ajit Singh

  Issuing yet another appeal to the striking Air India pilots to return to work, the government today promised to hear their grievances unconditionally without any vindictive action, as it noted that the stir had cost an "almost bankrupt" airline Rs 150 crore.

• Air India pilots' strike: Top 10 developments

  It's the seventh day of the strike by Air India pilots but there is no end in sight for the stalemate. Passenger woes continue as 13 international flights have been cancelled overnight; 22 were cancelled yesterday. Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh today said that the pilots have to call off strike to have talks.

• Air India deadlock: Ajit Singh to hold informal talks with former ministers

  As the Air India pilots' strike continued for the fifth day today, a worried Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh said he would invite former ministers for informal talks and discus the deadlock with them. He also urged the pilots to call off their strike and come forward for talks.

• Govt can't keep pumping money into Air India, says Ajit Singh

  Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh today hit out at the cash-strapped national carrier, saying Air India "will have to pull up its socks" as the government "can't keep pumping money" into the ailing airline.

• Ajit Singh sworn in as Union Cabinet minister, gets Civil Aviation portfolio

  Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) chief Ajit Singh was sworn in today as a Union Cabinet minister in the Manmohan Singh government. He has been given charge of the Civil Aviation portfolio. This is the fourth time Mr Singh has been inducted into the Union Cabinet.

• Ajit Singh to be sworn in as Civil Aviation Minister today

  RLD chief Ajit Singh will be inducted as a Union Cabinet Minister today in a minor expansion of the Council of Ministers by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.

• Ajit Singh to be inducted in Union Cabinet on Sunday

  The Union Cabinet will be expanded on Sunday morning with the swearing-in of its newest member Ajit Singh as the Civil Aviation Minister. The alliance came about with an eye on the crucial Uttar Pradesh elections due in a few months. Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) chief Ajit Singh is a local political satrap with a significant base the western part of the...

• Ajit Singh joins the UPA govt, gets Civil Aviation portfolio

  Ajit Singh is waiting to be sworn in as the newest member of the Union Cabinet. The Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) chief is tipped to take over the Civil Aviation portfolio, but is yet to receive official confirmation.