The Ukrainian-made AN-124 aircraft, owned by Russian private airline Volga-Dnepr, claimed that they had taken a clearance from the Director General of Civil Aviation to overfly the Indian air space with a call sign attributed to civilian aircraft.
RTTL had moved the apex court in March last year, challenging the Bombay High Court judgement that asked it to sort out differences over the title of the property with Mukesh Ambani-run Reliance Industries. A bench headed by Justice A K Mathur dismissed RTTL's plea seeking to restrain AAI from entering into a lease agreement with Reliance Industries in respect of land measuring 2,701 sq mt at Chattrapati Shivaji International Airport in Mumbai.
The UPA Government is trying to push through the second wave of airport privatisation before the elections and the controversial elements of this process threaten to harm the sector.
A four-member in-house committee has been set up to probe the Air India fire incident that took place at the Mumbai International Airport on Friday. Nearly 200 passengers were on board on Riyadh bound Air India flight (AI-829) when the aircraft's left engine caught fire while taking off. Ruling out the possibility of a technical snag leading to the grounding of the aircraft at the Mumbai airport, aviation experts said the fuel leaked onto the heated engines of the aircraft.
'Airports must look at their maximum capacity to handle passengers.'
Eman Ahmed was transported by a fully-equipped truck, which was followed by an ambulance and a police escort, to Saifee Hospital where a special room has been built for her.
The officer told media persons outside the Indira Gandhi International Airport that he has not been summoned by the agency but has some work here.
Raheja, who was returning from London, was arrested on Wednesday night at the Mumbai International airport for evading payment of customs duty.
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The mortal remains of co-pilot Akhilesh Kumar were cremated on Sunday "with attendance from all family members as well as with the officials of Air India and Air India Express present to mark respect to the departed soul at Mathura, his hometown".
When I asked Krishna Gopal Sengupta, who had travelled through Bangladesh from Chittagong to Petrapole if the interim government had made any impact at ground level, he said, "it's been only a couple of days. They will need some time." Shyam G Menon reports from Petrapole, India's entry point with Bangladesh.
SpiceJet is offering fares on Mumbai-Dubai route as a discount.
'Within five years, we should be achieving more on the international front than what it took most airlines 15 to 20 years back.'
Rivals say the concessions would benefit AirAsia alone.
ITDC has embarked upon upgradation of its hotels at an estimated investment of Rs 146 crore (Rs 1.46 billion), while looking for duty-free business beyond India.
The addition of new flights at airports will now be based on passenger-handling capacity at security checkpoints, according to the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS). The civil aviation security regulator issued directions in this regard on May 22 in a move to reduce congestion and delays inside airport terminals. Following this, airports will have to check passenger-handling capacity at security checkpoints before allotting slots.
Gorge on some scrumptious Maharashtrian delicacies as you stay at home.
Three evacuation flights from Romania's capital Bucharest and Hungary's capital Budapest came to India on Tuesday with 616 Indian nationals who were stranded in Ukraine due to the Russian military offensive, officials said.
With Indian infrastructure companies burdened with debt, global PE funds and developers sense an opportunity to buy the airports cheap
Suburban services were disrupted with trains on all the three lines -- western, central and harbour -- running late.
Indian exporters are keeping their fingers crossed on account of rising Covid infections in China and other countries as it could again disrupt supply chains and affect demand for goods. Federation of Indian Export Organisations (FIEO) director general Ajay Sahai said that if the cases continue to increase in the coming days, it may have implications on imports. "We are keeping our fingers crossed," he said.
Now it is confirmed that all 22 people, including four Indian nationals and three crew members, have been killed in the tragedy.
Immigration authorities at the international airport in Mumbai detained a woman and her son suspecting them to be the wife and the son of fugitive gangster Ravi Pujari, the police said on Tuesday.
According to an air traffic controller at Jomsom Airport, they was an unconfirmed report about a loud noise reported in the Ghasa region of Jomsom, according to the Post report.
Captain Sharan and Flight Engineer Anil Jaggia both confirm that the hijackers seemed to know a lot about flying an aircraft. Without help from the ISI or the Pakistan army, it was impossible, points out Utkarsh Mishra.
On Tuesday, the state-run Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority, the planning body, indicated that it expected to award the contract before December, which would pave the way to kick start construction in the same month.
Rishi Kapoor is back home after undergoing a medical treatment for cancer in the US.
The airports chosen for operation, management and development through a public-private partnership model are those in Lucknow, Ahmedabad, Jaipur, Mangaluru, Thiruvananthapuram, and Guwahati.
'Every actor has to really look within, because a lot of them are not really in touch with reality.'
In 2017, absorption in co-working/serviced offices was 2.83 million sq ft, about 186 per cent higher than that of 1.52 million sq ft in 2016.
The civil aviation sector is witnessing a number of initiatives
The West Bengal government paid its last respects to renowned singer KK with a gun salute to his mortal remains.
This is the first time in the history of the airport operator that revenue crossed Rs 10,000 crore.
A source in the know said realistically two-three of the seven bullet train corridors could be included as a practical election promise.
Flight operations at the Mumbai airport were suspended for nearly half an hour as visibility dropped well below the required 550 meter-mark
Samridhi Bhardwaj analyses the dynamics of duty-free liquor allowance in India.
The relationship of India's star cricketer Virat Kohli and NH 10 actress Anushka Sharma were spotted together in Mumbai and the media has gone abuzz.
Newly-crowned ICC U-19 World Champions, India were, on Monday, accorded a warm welcome on their arrival at the Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport, in Mumbai.
