The 517-seater superjumbo will operate flight EK-516 on the Dubai-Delhi route to celebrate the launch of T-3 as a one-time gesture by the airline, an Emirates spokesperson said.
Over 100 people on board an Air India plane had a close shave when two tyres of the left landing gear of the aircraft deflated soon after it landed at the IGI airport IN New Delhi on Tuesday.
DIAL has filed four cases against Mallya over KFA's cheques totalling Rs 7.5 crore not being honoured.
Two men, suspected to have helped an alleged Pakistani spy in procuring passport and driving licence using forged documents, were arrested on Tuesday by the Anti-Terrorist Squad of Uttar Pradesh police in Lucknow.
The government on Sunday said a couple of passengers onboard the Delhi-bound Indigo flight from Goa had behaved "aggressively" and threatened to "hijack" the aicraft prompting authorities to put in place an emergency drill at the IGI airport in New Delhi.
Sanjay Somany (51), the Managing Director of Hindustan National Glass and Industries Limited, was caught last evening at the airport when he returned from Chennai, Deputy Commissioner of Police (IGI Airport) K C Trivedi said.
Abrahams, who chairs a British parliamentary group on Kashmir, was denied entry into India upon her arrival at the New Delhi airport on Monday. Government officials had said on Monday also that she was informed in advance that her e-visa had been cancelled.
The Intelligence Bureau on Sunday issued an alert about a possible hijack attempt on the Air India flight going to Kabul in Afghanistan.
Construction activities for modernising and expanding the Kolkata and Chennai airports by the Airports Authority of India will begin by the end of next month, Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel said on Thursday. Replying a question on the government's recent decision to allow charging of user development fees by the private operator of the new Hyderabad airport, Patel said "We are considering the same for the new airport at Bangalore."
Free wifi with a speed of upto 50 mbps was rolled out on Friday across the six stations on Delhi Metro's premium Airport Express line.
Announcing this in New Delhi, Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel said trial runs on the new third runway of IGI Airport would begin in ten days from now. Once operational, it would go a long way to ease the air traffic congestion over the Delhi airspace. The two airports, as per the recommendations of the respective state governments, would be developed by the state-owned AAI and not privatised.
Private partners like GMR and GVR, humiliated from time to time, have good reason to shrug their shoulders and argue that matters are outside their control.
Passengers will have to pay a development fee of Rs 200 for domestic flights and Rs 1,300 for international travel from March 1 over and above their ticket costs. The development fee is being levied for 36 months only to help the GMR-led consortium over its running costs to modernise Delhi's IGI Airport. The levy will be reduced after six months.
The Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi on Thursday got the longest runway in the country which is expected to end congestion for the capital's domestic and international flights.
"The condition of rape survivor is improving. She is following command and opened eyes and understanding things. The process of removing the ventilator has started but she has to be given medicines to maintain her blood pressure," said Trauma Centre in-charge Dr Sandeep Tiwari.
The special aircraft carrying Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had a mid-air scare on Tuesday evening while preparing to land in New Delhi after the Air Traffic Control detected an unidentified blip on its flight path on the radar screen. The Boeing 737 of the Indian Air Force landed safely though delayed by 16 minutes but not before the IGI Airport was put on high alert and security officials went in a tizzy.
Sources in Air India said that the AI call centre, located at Udyog Vihar in Gurgaon, received an e-mail on Sunday threatening that the International airport would be blown up on January 12. Though sources in the Air India said that it was a non specific threat, the police have tightened security in and around the international airport as a precautionary measure. The Gurgaon police have instituted a team from the Cyber Crime Department to investigate the origin of the e-mail.
154 people on board an IndiGo aircraft had a narrow escape on Wednesday following a problem in its landing gear that caused thick smoke to emanate after touching down at the airport in New Delhi, leaving some passengers with minor injuries during evacuation.
GMR, which is leading a joint venture to modernise the Delhi airport, on Tuesday said it would construct a fourth runway here to cater to a projected 37 million passengers.
The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) authorities on Sunday reiterated that stations located in containment zones, as per the status on the day of journey, will remain closed.
Indiagames, a provider of online and mobile games, has signed a deal with Bharat Sanchar Nigam to offer its online 'games on demand' service.
Coronavirus is a '12-18 months' problem and the world is not going to be free of this till 2021, says Professor Ashish Jha.
The first plane -- Air India's jumbo B747 aircraft carrying 211 students, 110 working professionals and three minors-- reached Delhi around 7.30 am and another flight of the airline would leave the national capital for the Chinese city in the afternoon.
But private Indian defence firms prefer to do business with the West. Indian CEOs say they encounter difficulties in obtaining full and timely payment from Russian partners.
His call logs, WhatsApp messages and SMSes are also being examined, police said.
The flight sought an emergency landing after its pilot was informed about warning about the presence of a bomb in the cargo hold.
The aircraft returned and landed safely with a damaged engine as full emergency procedures were put in place.
Barred from flying, Gaikwad has to take a train to travel to Mumbai.
There was a massive 24% decline in India's gems and jewelry exports to $2,321 million for September 2018 as against $3,053.38 million in the same period last year.
The flight arrived at Wuhan's Tianhe International Airport on Friday evening. While the official number of students to be airlifted in the two flights is not known, Indians who reached the Wuhan airport on Friday said they were told that 374 were expected to be airlifted by the Air India flight. India has taken an undertaking from the Indians travelling in the two flights that they would be quarantined for 14 days after their arrival, besides undergoing special checks at the Wuhan airport.
Since most banks have tightened lending to diamond merchants and others are about to do so, many medium and small diamond dealers are approaching large players for credit facility within the industry
Olympics-bound gymnast Dipa Karmakar's coach, Bisweshwar Nandi said that the Indian gymnast's best is yet to come and her hunger for perfection would take her to places.
Sena has not supported Gaikwad's act but senior party leaders have expressed reservations over the airlines' action against him
The ace off-spinner said he is hoping to replicate the showing which demolished the Aussies when they last toured India.
The consistent attacks from both the wrestlers in the fast-paced final bout had the fans on the edge of their seats as close to 1500 gathered at IGI stadium to watch their favourite star in action.
Elated over Geeta's return from Pakistan after a gap of 15 years, the Mahatos from Bihar on Monday turned up at the Indira Gandhi International Airport to accord a warm welcome to their "family member", only to be left dejected hours later as she refused to recognise them.
Govt will continue to oppose Greenpeace activist Priya Pillai's 'badmouthing' India.
Apple Inc Chief Executive Tim Cook publicly came out as gay in an article he wrote in Bloomberg Businessweek.
Monika Khangembam, a resident of Imphal, was asked about her nationality by an officer at the immigration desk despite carrying a valid Indian passport.
