Aviation regulator Directorate General of Civil Aviation has reportedly ordered a probe into the incident, which took place on Wednesday afternoon.
Dairies, milk plants, grocery shops, chemists and petrol pumps, ATMs, e-commerce services of essential items like food and medicines will remain open, he said.
The Societe Internationale de Telecommunications Aeronautiques, which has been in India since 1952, is now partnering with the Airports Authority of India to equip 25 airports with common use passenger processing systems to 'improve the experience of millions of passengers,' Hani El-Assaad, SITA President (Middleast, India and Africa), said in New Delhi.
AAI has filed two cheque bouncing cases against Mallya's Kingfisher Airlines in the court.
The petition said that acts of the Centre and DGCA were highly prejudicial to employees of the company who have been waiting to get paid for the last five months and have been looking forward to the resolution in bid process.
President Pranab Mukherjee hails it as an achievement of efficient public sector
In the last five years, AAI had developed and upgraded 58 airports, including 35 non-metro airports.
Both the pilots of the flight have been grounded, pending enquiry, the airline said, adding the incident took place around 1630 hrs.
Two Italian marines, arrested 10 months back for shooting dead two Indian fishermen, on Saturday flew back home for Christmas in a chartered flight, but will have to return within two weeks as per the court order.
Six senior Airports Authority of India officials have been suspended after a preliminary CBI probe found them allegedly favouring a private firm while awarding ground handling service contracts at some airports.
Karnataka Chief Minister S M Krishna said on Wednesday that work on the much delayed multi-crore Bangalore International Airport project, near Devanahally on the city outskirts, would commence from June 1.\n\n\n\n
Extended check-in time, frequent disinfection every hour, additional queue managers at entry, exit, boarding point, check-in halls, security check areas and boarding gates, with social distancing markers and reminders - welcome to our airports post-coronavirus.
The sources indicated that the AAI, which had given time to SpiceJet till Monday to clear its dues, would not press the deadline and give the airline more time to pay up.
Delhi Police has issued look-out notice for three youths in connection with the controversial event at the JNU last week.
The lawsuits filed for recovering dues of Rs 300 crore from Kingfisher Airlines is exclusive of payments guarantees given by banks.
The government on Monday assured the Rajya Sabha that it was not seeking to privatise the Airports Authority of India, but was only trying to spruce up the country's image by providing world-class airports.
43 houses were destroyed and several children are reported to have been among the dead.
"Fog become dense around 6 am and visibility dropped to below 100 metres on the new runway around 8 am, leading to delay in departure of around 15 flights," airport sources said.
Govt plans to open restricted airspace that will cut travelling time and fuel consumption.
The services of Kingfisher can be restored only after the DGCA is convinced that the carrier can provide safe and sustainable operations.
The AAI, which manages the Juhu airport, has proposed to extend the existing 1,140-metre runway by 700-800 metres to enable it to accommodate turboprops and small passenger jets.
With burgeoning air traffic, India could soon face a severe shortage of air traffic control officers (ATCOs), a top aviation official said today, asking the Airports Authority of India to take immediate steps torecruit them in large numbers.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's helicopter returned midway from a flight to strife-torn Kokrajhar district on Saturday due to a technical problem.
A senior executive of GMR group confirmed that both the companies were keen to get out of the venture. Fraport has already closed its development office in India.
Modernisation and expansion of the Kolkata and Chennai airports are being carried.
China has completed its new mega airport in Beijing after four years of construction, three months ahead of its planned grand opening. Measuring at 1.03 million square metres -- about the size of 144 football pitches -- the Beijing Daxing International Airport will be the world's largest airport terminal, according to Xinhua News. Here's a peak at the gargantuan structure.
Experts, too, believe that developing airports in places such as Meerut or Moradabad could be a loss-making proposition.
Troubles never seem to end for Kingfisher Airlines with state-run Airports Authority of India on Tuesday tightening the noose saying it wanted a "firm commitment" from the grounded carrier for clearance of over Rs 390 crore (Rs 3.9 billion) worth of dues before it is allowed to fly again.
The notice for clearing the dues, served 10 days ago, gave the airliner 7 days time to make the payment but it has not yet responded, Mumbai International Airport Limited sources told PTI on Monday.
A loss of revenue from liquor sales will have to be compensated through increased landing and parking charges on airlines, which, in turn, will pass on the cost to flyers.
The Adanis were the highest bidder for the Ahmedabad, Thiruvananthapuram, Lucknow, Mangaluru and Jaipur airports.
It was another chilly morning in Delhi with the minimum temperature settling at 8.2 degree Celsius and dense fog delaying 30 flights and 87 trains.
AAI holds a minimum of 26 per cent equity in any of the joint venture in the form of assets, and the balance is with private sector/financial institution/state government for city-side development of viable non-metro airports.
The grounded airline owes Rs 290 crore (Rs 2.9 billion) to AAI towards landing and parking fees.
Minister of state for aviation Mahesh Sharma said that his ministry has requested the airlines to maintain price cap in this time of crisis.
With the Chennai airport closed till December 6 following heavy rains and flood, the nearby naval air station at Arakonnam is likely to be turned into a makeshift airport.
More than 1,30,000 cases of the novel coronavirus have been recorded in 116 countries and territories, killing at least 4,900 people.
The government has decided decides to abolish Airport Development Fee in Delhi and Mumbai from January 1, 2013.
Kashmir is witnessing a fresh spell of wet weather with higher reaches receiving heavy snowfall and plains lashed by a mix of rain and snow.
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