Temperature screening will be done by CISF with automated thermal cameras at all terminal entry points with provision of social distancing markers. Automatic hand sanitizer dispensers at terminal entry points have also been placed, sources said.
The new Hyderabad international airport, which was inaugurated by UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi on March 14, will become operational from March 23. The Rajiv Gandhi International Airport at Shamsabad near Hyderabad was to become operational on March 16. However, the process was delayed due to "operational" reasons including shifting of equipments from the old Hyderabad airport, which will be closed down for commercial operations.
Turkiye and Azerbaijan backed Pakistan and condemned India's recent strikes on terror camps in that country and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir under Operation Sindoor.
Large proportion of the international traffic is also diverted through other airports due to lack of operational facilities for convenient links through Hyderabad.
Shoukatullah Ghouri, a suspect in the seven year old Aksharadham temple attack case, was taken to Gujarat by a police team after he was nabbed at the Hyderabad International Airport in a joint operation by the counter intelligence wing and the Hyderabad police.
In recent times, there have also been instances of GPS spoofing and interference incidents at Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Amritsar, Hyderabad, Bangalore and Chennai airports.
Argentine superstar footballer Lionel Messi's touchdown in Kolkata in the early hours of Saturday sent the city into a frenzy.
India's archers endured a night of chaos when their return to the country from Dhaka after the Asian Championships was delayed by a day due to a cancelled flight.
Civil aviation authorities have directed Turkish Airlines to ensure 'full compliance' with International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) standards and Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) regulations, an official statement said on Wednesday.
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India and Russia have called for an uncompromising global fight against terrorism without hidden agendas and double standards. Prime Minister Narendra Modi asserted that the menace is a direct attack on the values of humanity.
In a filing to Turkiye's stock exchange on Friday, Celebi Hava Servisi AS said four concession and licence agreements executed between its company's subsidiaries and the relevant Indian airport authorities have been unilaterally terminated.
'Only four or five original companies remain; the rest have been replaced every decade as sectors evolve or leadership shifts.' 'Companies that fail to adapt -- like many textile mills from the 1970s and shipping firms from the 1980s -- disappear.' 'Benchmark indices reward those who reinvent themselves in line with economic demands.'
Satadru Dutta's rise was swift and ambitious. But that journey took a dramatic nosedive on Saturday.
Thousands of Indian H-1B workers are stranded in India after sudden visa appointment cancellations at US consulates.
The Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (RGIA) in Hyderabad has been rated world's number one airport in the category of airports handling 5 to 15 million passengers by the Airport Council International.
189 people working at 59 Indian airports were found drunk on duty in the first half of this year, marking a 32 per cent year-on-year increase.
India's airports are making a mark in the international aviation map. Two airports from India have bagged the top honours from the Airport Council International.
India and Russia have solidified a five-year plan to enhance their economic and trade partnership, while also addressing the ongoing conflict in Ukraine and the threat of terrorism.
Visitors from 11 countries will be eligible to get a VoA from May 31 at Rajiv Gandhi International Airport, GMR said.
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'The speed at which an aircraft lands or takes off, even a single object can work as a bullet.'
Delhi's Indira Gandhi airport and Mumbai's Chhatrapati Shivaji airport handle more than half of India's air traffic.
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The absence of the CM at the airport irked the saffron party, which said Rao failed to follow the protocol and 'insulted the prime minister'.
Air India has cancelled eight flights, including four international services, on Friday due to enhanced maintenance and operational reasons, the airline said.
Delhi and Mumbai may have made hasty temporary arrangements for the mammoth two-decker Airbus A380s to land exhibition flights earlier this year. But it is Hyderabad that will have south Asia's first A380-compatible airport, which begins commercial operations on March 16, 2008.
Addressing close to 700 employees and the leadership team across the Air India headquarters and Air India Training Academy in Gurugram, Chandrasekaran urged them to stay on course, terming the accident the most "heartbreaking" crisis of his career.
International passengers departing from the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport at Hyderabad from April 23 onwards will have to pay Rs 1,000 ($25) towards user development fees (UDF). Announcing this in a statement, the new airport developer -- GMR Hyderabad International Airport Limited -- said that the fees would be collected with the approval of the ministry of civil aviation.
The first commercial flight -- Lufthansa flight LH 752 from Frankfurt -- landed exactly at 0025 hours. About 250 passengers arrived by the 8-hour flight from Germany. The same aircraft was the first departure from RGIA at 0220 hours the same day.
GMR Infrastructure has awarded the contract for managing the automated parking management system at Hyderabad Airport to Malaysia-based Tenaga Group.
"The levy of UDF has become necessary in view of the huge investments made by the GMR-led consortium for creating the world class facilities for the passengers who use the greenfield airport," GMR HIAL Chief Commercial Officer Viswanath Attaluri said. The company has developed the first phase of the airport with an investment of Rs 2,478 crore (Rs 24.78 billion).
GMR Infrastructure, the co-developer of Delhi International Airport (DIAL) and Hyderabad International Airport (HIAL), is looking at bidding for privatisation of Prague airport in the second half of 2008, one of the more profitable state-run enterprises in East Europe.
Over 50,000 people are expected to attend Rahman's Jai Ho concert at a specially created arena near the airport.
The Communist Party of India on Thursday demanded in the Lok Sabha that the existing airports in Hyderabad and Bangalore should not be closed down to "protect interest of private sector".
Congress president Sonia Gandhi is expected to dedicate the new airport to the nation
Civil Aviation Minister Pusapati Ashok Gajapathi Raju has announced that the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport at Shamshabad will be renamed after the former chief minister. Vicky Nanjappa reports.
GMR Group is currently investing Rs 20,000 crore to expand the existing airports and developing new aerodromes, GM Rao, chairman of the infra major has said. "Airport Development and Construction: GMR Group has set benchmarks for development of world class Airport infrastructure... Your company is currently investing approximately Rs 20,000 crore to expand the existing airports and develop new Aairports," he said in the group's latest annual report. GMR's airport business comprises four operating airports - Indira Gandhi International Airport, Delhi, Rajiv Gandhi International Airport, Hyderabad, Bidar Airport at Karnataka and Mactan Cebu International Airport in the Philippines.
GMR Group on Friday said it will divest its entire 40 per cent stake in Cebu international airport in Philippines for an upfront payment of Rs 1,330 crore as well as earnouts to be received over a period of more than four years. The airport is being operated by GMR-Megawide Cebu Airport Corporation (GMCAC) and GMR Airports International BV (GAIBV) holds a 40 per cent stake in the venture. A definitive agreement has been signed between GMR Airports International BV (GAIBV) and Aboitiz InfraCapital Inc (AIC) for the divestment of stake in Cebu airport.
Private airport developers in Delhi, Mumbai, Hyderabad and Bangalore, say landing and parking fees account for a significant proportion of revenues, so offering these services free would be unviable.
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