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The government-controlled City and Industrial Development Corporation (Cidco) has kicked off the tendering process for the over Rs 14,500 crore (Rs 145 billion) international airport project in neighbouring Navi Mumbai.
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Colliers reports that GCC leasing has jumped from 4.6 million square feet in 2021 and is expected to hit 10.6 million square feet by 2025 -- a clear sign that multinationals see Bengaluru as a long-term base.
An 18-month to two-year delay is expected in the Mumbai airport slum rehabilitation programme to find alternative land to relocate and resettle approximately 80,000 slum-dwellers, who have encroached on 276 acres of airport land.
According to Mumbai International Airport Limited spokesperson, the airport handled 3.04 million passengers in October and 3.15 million passengers in May. In December 2013, 2.9 million passengers passed through the Mumbai airport.
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A major disaster was averted at the Mumbai airport on Monday when an Air Force helicopter of President Pratibha Patil's fleet landed on the runway as an Air India plane was about to take off for Delhi. The pilot of the Air India flight to Delhi aborted take off when he saw the helicopter landing on the runway he was about to use, official sources said.
The new company would be named Videocon Aviation Limited and the parent firm would make an investment of Rs 100 crore (Rs 1 billion) in the Special Purpose Vehicle and rest of the funds would be generated from FIIs, public and foreign collaborators. Videocon had made a bid for the Delhi Airport as well, but it was rejected by the government as there was no airport operator in the consortium.
A passenger spotted the note with the message "There is a bomb in the flight" written on it inside the toilet and alerted the crew, a Sahar police official here said.
The airport sees 950-960 aircraft movements daily, and Saturday saw an additional 37 flights to Udaipur as celebrities, filmstars and politicians made a dash to the city for pre-wedding celebrations.
Offers 12.60% in revenue share to Cidco, while only other bidder GMR offered 10.44%.
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The termination led to chaotic scenes at the Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport as the 211 passengers on the Boeing 777-200 LR tried to convince officials to let them reach their destination at the earliest.
Private players GMR and GVK groups formally took charge of the managements of the Delhi, Mumbai airports with a view to make them world-class airports.
Air India had conducted its first IATA operational safety audit audit in 2004.
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.
Land acquisition issues & costs a big query; Cidco wants these fully addressed before calling preliminary bids.
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
The perpetrator was also declared as unruly by the airline, the source added.
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.
Air India on Wednesday said it has cancelled its Lucknow-Mumbai flight scheduled for June 17 due to 'operational reasons' and the ripple effect of flight diversions.
Mumbai Airport plans to invest Rs 22.8 billion (Rs 2,280 crore) this fiscal year as against the Rs 13.06 billion (Rs 1,306 crore) spent in FY10 on modernisation and development work.
Adani group is in talks to acquire a 50.5 per cent stake held by GVK Group in Mumbai International Airport (MIAL) and another 23.5 per cent of minority partners, Airports Company South Africa (ACSA), and Bidvest Group, two sources with knowledge of the matter said.
British architecture firm Zaha Hadid Architects bagged the contract from Navi Mumbai International Airport Limited after a 12-week design competition, and will design the new airport's Terminal 1 and air traffic control tower.
The India Meteorological Department issued an orange alert of heavy rains for Mumbai for Wednesday, and predicted the intensity of rainfall in the metropolis will go down from Thursday.
A day earlier confusion was created due to misinterpretation of revised guidelines by a civic official who had said that the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) had made rapid RT-PCR test compulsory for all the international passengers landing at the Mumbai airport, sources said.
The government has rejected Videocon's bid for modernisation of Delhi and Mumbai airports, Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel said.
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The GVK Group-run Mumbai International Airport Ltd is upgrading the airport at an estimated cost of Rs 12,380 crore.
Civilian flight operations from the 32 airports across northern and western India, including Srinagar and Amritsar, were suspended from May 9 to May 15.
The Mumbai airport's new integrated terminal will open on January 15. Air India's Newark-Mumbai flight will be the first to arrive at the new terminal.
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