The International Air Transport Association on Tuesday criticised the increase in airport development charges imposed by Mumbai and New Delhi, saying the burden on the already beleaguered global airline industry is a 'wake up call' for the Indian government.
The first Airbus A-320 aircraft of Tata-SIA joint venture Vistara airline, painted with its logo and livery, landed at the IGI Airport in New Delhi on Wednesday, taking the carrier a step closer to its launch.
Flight operations came to a standstill at the Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi on Friday due to dense fog, which reduced visibility to below 50 metres and affected the schedule of over 50 flights.
Ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Ayodhya on December 30, the streets in the temple town in Uttar Pradesh are being decorated with flowers to give the city a 'divine look'.
Pannun, the self-proclaimed general counsel of "unlawful association" SFJ, released the video messages on social media platforms on November 4.
>Two hundred and forty one Indians in the Ukraine returned on a special Air India flight from Kyiv amid rising Russia-Ukraine tensions.
'It was inspired by the Hamas attack and was like their attack -- well planned and well executed.'
Protocols for the Bomb Threat Assessment Committee (BTAC), convened in the event of a bomb threat call to an aircraft or airport, have been tweaked to better tackle the spate of the ongoing 'random' Internet-based threats being made to various Indian airlines, official sources said Tuesday.
Airlines flying in from any airport in China including Hong Kong have been asked to make in-flight announcements requesting passengers with history of fever and cough and travel to Wuhan city in the past 14 days to self-declare at the port of arrival in order to facilitate early isolation, according to an official statement.
In a major concession to the Bangalore-based GMR-led consortium Delhi International Airport Ltd that is operating and upgrading Delhi airport, the government has allowed it to impose airport development fees on passengers that will help them raise up to Rs 1,827 crore over three years. The move also means that the government has forfeited its share of revenue since DIAL has been allowed to levy Airport Development Fees and not User Development Fees.
'Just look at China: They have five or six major airlines and some smaller ones.'
Pakistan cricket board chief Shaharyar Khan was stopped by immigration officials at the Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport in Kolkata on his arrival from Dhaka for not entering India through approved route.
"It happens. It's part of our lives," retired Indian Navy commander B K Verma who has returned from Qatar says with stoicism while talking about his daughter's wedding that he could not attend.
Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel on Thursday admitted teething problems at the newly built international terminal at the Delhi Airport relating to congestion at peak hours and said that services are being improved continuously.
According to preliminary report on world airport traffic for 2011 by Airport Council International, passenger traffic in the Asia-Pacific region was recorded at 1.43 billion, an increase of 5.7 per cent for Asia-Pacific area when compared to 2010.
Eight new cases of the Omicron variant of coronavirus were reported in Maharashtra -- seven of them in Mumbai -- and none of the patients had a history of international travel, the state health department said on Tuesday.
As many as 231 Indians, including 208 Gujarat residents, who were evacuated from strife-torn African nation Sudan under the Centre's 'Operation Kaveri', landed at Ahmedabad airport on Tuesday, said a state government official.
The Kozhikode international airport at nearby Karipur in Mallapuram district of Kerala, which had been temporarily shutdown after violence erupted on Wednesday night following the death of a Central Industrial Security Force jawan, began operations on Thursday morning with arrival of two flights.
Passengers would be provided accurate information about flights through Flight Information Display System at the airport terminal.
SpiceJet is the first Indian airline to operate on Kathmandu-Bagdogra route.
As Prabhakaran was leaving his house, Rajiv Gandhi called his son Rahul and asked him to fetch his (Gandhi's) bulletproof jacket. He put the jacket on Prabhakaran's back and remarked with his usual charming smile: "Take care of yourself."
Delhi International Airport Ltd (DIAL), which constructed and operates Delhi airport, "over-engineered" the new Terminal-3 by building more floor space than stipulated under the master plan, says a cost audit report submitted to the Airports Economic Regulatory Authority (AERA).
Delhi shivered as the maximum temperature plummeted to less than 15 C on Monday even as dense fog created chaos with air, rail and road traffic.
Lamichhane, who is currently out on bail -- an order released by the Patan High Court -- was arrested in November 2022, after a 18-year-old girl alleged that he raped her in a hotel room in Kathmandu in August 2022.
The government on Wednesday issued new guidelines for international arrivals amid the spread of mutant variants of coronavirus in many countries.
A senior DGCA official said that the flight has been grounded and a detailed probe has been ordered into the matter. All the passengers are safe.
Flights from Delhi or Bengaluru, while they may still fly over Iran, depending on the route, have alternative paths that may take them through Central Asia or northern routes.
No flights could take off or land for around two hours since 0630 IST
All passengers were evacuated safely via slides.
Police have advised people to use the navigation app 'Mapmyindia' to get around the city till the restrictions are in place.
Over 25 flights were delayed and three were diverted to various destinations due to heavy fog at the Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi on Thursday morning.
'A ferry flight is scheduled to operate to GDX (Magadan) from Mumbai, at 1300 hours IST on June 7, subject to necessary regulatory clearances, which would take passengers and crew of AI173 onward to San Francisco,' the airline said in the statement on Wednesday.
Coimbatore-based Paramount Airlines will start operations by the first week of September, connecting Kochi and Delhi, sources said on Wednesday.
The process of upgradation of Delhi and Mumbai airports to international standards would be completed in the next two years, Union Minister of State for Civil Aviation Rajeev Pratap Rudy said on Thursday.
The plane, which took off from Jeddah around 11 am IST, landed in Mumbai at 3.15 pm, an official said.
Two British nationals were detained by security agencies at a five star hotel near the Indira Gandhi International airport in New Delhi after they were believed to be indulging in 'suspicious' activities, police said today.
At an hourly payment of Rs 315 or $7, you can avail of these 'snooze cabins' equipped with a bed, a working table, wi-fi facility, electric-plugs, flat screen TV, DVD player and cell phone charging sockets, airport operator Delhi International Airport Limited said.
