The airport has formulated standard operating procedures for post-lockdown safety of the passengers, which include social distancing, stringent thermal screening, positioning temporary quarantine centres and also continues to sanitise and disinfect the airport to ensure safety and well-being of the passengers when operations resume.
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FIRs have been registered against top officials of the aviation ministry, GVK Ltd and police department on a complaint that Mumbai International Airport Ltd (MIAL) received undue benefit to the tune of hundreds of crores of rupees from the government.
Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone and Adani Green Energy are the other two Adani Group firms to have crossed the Rs 1-trillion mark in m-cap.
As part of the exercise, preventive checks at different airport functions have been carried out and the airport has ensured that diesel generator sets are in place to provide uninterrupted power supply, the MIAL said in a release.
The airport operator currently levies a development fee of Rs 600 from an international passenger and Rs 100 from a domestic traveller.
The incident happened on Monday around 11.45 pm when the SpiceJet flight SG6237 flying from Jaipur to Mumbai skid and overshot the main runway.
Mumbai, Thane and Palghar districts are on orange alert while Raigad district has been put on red alert due to Cyclone Tauktae, informed the Chief Minister Office (CMO) Maharashtra on Monday.
Fresh trouble seems to be brewing for liquor baron Vijay Mallya, with Mumbai International Airport(MIAL) deciding to sell a mid-sized corporate jet owned by his group company.
SGI Commex contended that though it had won the bid, it is yet to receive a communication from the department to this effect and unless it gets such a letter, it will not be in a position to pay the dues claimed by MIAL
On an average, there are 970 flight arrivals and departures at the Mumbai airport every day.
The event is expected to bring in a number of visitors to the city from airlines, airports and tourism industries who will discuss and explore opportunities for airline route development, MIAL said in a statement.
Realty plans hit roadblock; delay could hit modernisation
On an average, Mumbai airport handles around 30,000 international passengers and about 190 international flight movements.
MIAL's move comes at a time when the national carrier is in the process of joining Star Alliance.
The slot charge has been included in Mumbai International Airport Limited's rate revision proposal.
GVK Airport Holdings, a subsidiary of Hyderabad-based infrastructure developer GVK Power & Infrastructure Limited (GVKPIL), has signed a share purchase agreement with Bid Services Division Mauritius (BSDM) to buy 13.5 per cent in Mumbai International Airport Private Limited (MIAL). The value of the deal was not disclosed.
GVK Group that runs the swanky MIAL (Mumbai international airport) pipped rival GMR Group to bag the contract for the proposed facility in Navi Mumbai which will ease the severe congestion at the Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport.
Offers 12.60% in revenue share to Cidco, while only other bidder GMR offered 10.44%.
There are 600 employees of the Airports Authority of India (AAI) in Mumbai who draw their pay with no work to do.
Besides, another 350-odd flights -- both arriving and departing -- were delayed between 28-51 minutes (till 7 pm), as per the live flight tracking website Flightradar24.
Officials also denied that security concern regarding construction of multi-level parking lot near the ATC tower was behind the idea to build control tower in Kalina
Earlier in the day, state home minister Anil Deshmukh, also of the NCP, said that it was "extremely ill-advised" to reopen airports in red zone amid the coronavirus pandemic.
'The urge to name the upcoming Navi Mumbai airport after well-known personalities and the equally strong urge to rally in large numbers supporting this name and that; all of this amidst COVID-19, felt deplorable,' asserts Shyam G Menon.
Any rise in charges has to be approved by the Airports Economic Regulatory Authority, which is examining MIAL's proposal.
Regulator sets recovery period up to April 2021.
The GVK Group-run Mumbai International Airport Ltd is upgrading the airport at an estimated cost of Rs 12,380 crore.
According to sector experts, UDF charges are likely to go up in the absence of ADF.
The airport operator removed the SpiceJet aircraft which had skidded after landing amid heavy rains on Tuesday.
The Airbus-340-300 (TK-720) skidded off the rapid exit taxiway at 4.13 am. All passengers, including crew, are safe and deplaned after the incident, a MIAL official said.
The Mumbai International Airport (MIAL) has threatened preventing Kingfisher Airlines from operating from May 14 if the cash-strapped carrier does not clear the dues towards airport charges or at least opt for a cash-n-carry mode.
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The state government's notification, which was issued earlier in the week, quoted the civil aviation ministry's letter urging quick rehabilitation of slum dwellers due to security threat.
Level 1 of the terminal will house Kingfisher, Air India, Jet Airways and MIAL offices, while Level 2 will be the security-hold area for passengers after checking in at either terminal 1A or 1B.
Charters, Udan flights choking Mumbai airport; MIAL may shift general aviation to Navi Mumbai once the airport is ready
There were 294 passengers on-board when the aircraft made the emergency landing, a Mumbai International Airport Limited (MIAL) official said, adding that, all passengers were safe. "Full emergency was declared on Iran Air flight, IR-811, after one of its engine caught fire. The incident happened when the aircraft had flown some 90 nautical miles from Mumbai," an official said.
Even as the cloud of uncertainty hangs over Jet Airways' Executive Director Saroj Datta's future in the airline, the company announced on Tuesday the resignation of its Senior Vice-President N Hariharan and Vice-President (flight operations) Ritzerwan Bin Rashid. Rashid's resignation came into effect on May 15 2008. Rashid has been replaced by Declan Connolly.
In a move that would have a major impact on flight services across the country, around 15,000 employees of the Airports Authority of India (AAI) are planning to go on an indefinite countrywide strike from May 1.
The government on Wednesday asked promoters of the Mumbai International Airport Ltd (MIAL) to keep in mind local sensibilities during its modernisation amid claims of change of name of the airport.The Civil Aviation Ministry has strongly refuted allegations that the present name of the Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport is being altered and the location of the statue of the warrior king is being replaced.
Besides, as many as 44 per cent of the incoming flights were delayed by an average 8 minutes.
Mumbai International Airport Pvt Ltd is a joint venture between GVK-SA consortium and Airports Authority of India. It was awarded the mandate of upgrading and expanding the Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport. As per the contract, L&T would build the new integrated passenger terminal and expand the existing facilities, the company informed the Bombay Stock Exchange.
Faced with a funding gap of Rs 2,000 crore (Rs 2 billion), Mumbai Airport, the country's busiest, has sought government approval to levy an airport development fee to compensate the gap, a top airport official said.
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