News for 'mumbai airport'

'High Mumbai airport fee to hit passenger demand'

'High Mumbai airport fee to hit passenger demand'

Rediff.com25 Sep 2012

Any rise in charges has to be approved by the Airports Economic Regulatory Authority, which is examining MIAL's proposal.

How To Get Hired By India's $68 Bn GCCs

How To Get Hired By India's $68 Bn GCCs

Rediff.com17 Sep 2025

'Employers increasingly want candidates who can take AI pilots from proof-of-concept to production-ready systems.' 'That requires governance, monitoring, and ROI measurement -- skills that go beyond coding and into business impact.'

A look at deadliest air crashes in India

A look at deadliest air crashes in India

Rediff.com13 Jun 2025

After a London-bound Air India aircraft crashed shortly after taking off from the Ahmedabad airport on Thursday, the spotlight is back on India's history with aviation disasters.

Navi Mumbai airport: HC allows transfer of land

Navi Mumbai airport: HC allows transfer of land

Rediff.com2 Feb 2012

It is clear from the records that the land is in possession of CIDCO for several years.

Noida airport faces delay, to start commercial flights by April 2025

Noida airport faces delay, to start commercial flights by April 2025

Rediff.com25 Jun 2024

Being touted as a competitor to the country's busiest Delhi airport -- which handles approximately 1,200 flights a day -- the Noida airport was expected to start flight operations by the end of this year. But supply-chain disruption, caused by pandemic and subsequent global upheaval, has hit the pace of construction at the airport which is coming up in the Jewar area of UP's Gautam Budh Nagar, some 75-km from the Delhi airport.

Mumbai airport: It's growth versus slum-dwellers!

Mumbai airport: It's growth versus slum-dwellers!

Rediff.com5 Sep 2011

Runways, taxiways, hangars, terminals, roads, offices, et cetera need to be built. But there is no land to do that on. The airport, which offers many overseas travellers their first impression of India, is choked by slums on several sides, and Sahar is the largest of them.

Divya honours childhood coach with touching gesture

Divya honours childhood coach with touching gesture

Rediff.com31 Jul 2025

Grandmaster Divya Deshmukh was welcomed by hundreds of supporters and her family upon her arrival in Nagpur on Wednesday.

Mumbai airport plans Rs 1,600-crore upgrade

Mumbai airport plans Rs 1,600-crore upgrade

Rediff.com10 Mar 2014

Metro link, T2 terminal expansion, taxiway and underground tunnel proposed.

Mumbai airport: What will it be like

Mumbai airport: What will it be like

Rediff.com3 Jan 2008

G V Sanjay Reddy, vice chairman of the GVK Group, elaborates on his plans for the much-awaited Mumbai airport makeover.

Adani Group to redevelop Mumbai's Motilal Nagar

Adani Group to redevelop Mumbai's Motilal Nagar

Rediff.com12 Mar 2025

Adani Properties Pvt Ltd (APPL) has emerged as the highest bidder for the redevelopment of Motilal Nagar in Mumbai, offering more built-up area than its nearest rival, L&T. This will be the second mega redevelopment project of Adani Group in Mumbai, after the Dharavi slum redevelopment project. The total estimated redevelopment cost of Motilal Nagar is around Rs 36,000 crore, and the rehabilitation period is seven years from the project start/commencement date. The project will rehabilitate 3,372 residential units eligible under MHADA, 328 eligible commercial units and 1,600 eligible slum tenements.

In Tokyo, Modi pitches India's growth amid US tariff row

In Tokyo, Modi pitches India's growth amid US tariff row

Rediff.com29 Aug 2025

Showcasing India as an attractive investment destination, Modi said the country has political and economic stability as well as transparency and predictability in policy decisions.

Another security breach at Mumbai airport

Another security breach at Mumbai airport

Rediff.com7 Oct 2012

In the second incident of security breach within four days, a cargo jet belonging to logistics firm UPS was forced to return 45 minutes after take-off from the airport last night for lack of mandatory custom clearances of a consignment.

Oil strike delays flights at Mumbai airport

Oil strike delays flights at Mumbai airport

Rediff.com8 Jan 2009

A dozen flights were delayed by around 30 to 40 minutes here this morning as refuelling was affected by a strike called by the officers of the public sector oil companies that entered the second day on Thursday.

The GOAT returns! Messi to tour India. Check out the schedule!

The GOAT returns! Messi to tour India. Check out the schedule!

Rediff.com2 Aug 2025

The Argentina captain's Kolkata schedule on December 13 will begin at 9am with a meet-and-greet event, followed by the unveiling of a 70-feet statue of him at the Lake Town Sribhumi on VIP Road.

Burqa-clad man held at Mumbai airport

Burqa-clad man held at Mumbai airport

Rediff.com14 Jul 2006

Illiyas allegedly went to receive a friend.

Adani Group to invest $5-20 bn over next 5 years

Adani Group to invest $5-20 bn over next 5 years

Rediff.com24 Jun 2025

The Adani Group plans to invest a record $15-20 billion across businesses over the next five years to chart out the next phase of growth, chairman Gautam Adani said on Tuesday as he touted the conglomerate's strong balance sheet and robust business to shrug off relentless scrutiny it faces. Record earnings from the businesses ranging from seaports to airports, renewable energy parks to data centres, cement to gas and electricity has built India's largest infrastructure group that not only exists just to serve the markets but to serve the nation's destiny, he said.

Rains, gusty winds cause chaos in Mumbai; flights, trains, metro hit

Rains, gusty winds cause chaos in Mumbai; flights, trains, metro hit

Rediff.com13 May 2024

Owing the sudden rains, Mumbai's Chhatrapati Shivaji international airport too announced a temporary suspension of flights. While incoming flights have been diverted to other destinations like Goa and Ahmedabad, outgoing flights have been delayed. Airport sources said flights are being resumed in a staggered manner to cope with the rush and it will take some time for normalcy to return.

Ranbir Kapoor jumps customs; fined at Mumbai airport

Ranbir Kapoor jumps customs; fined at Mumbai airport

Rediff.com4 May 2013

Bollywood actor Ranbir Kapoor was on Saturday detained and fined about Rs 60,000 on undeclared branded personal goods he was carrying at the Mumbai International airport, a customs official said.

Preparatory work begins for Navi Mumbai airport

Preparatory work begins for Navi Mumbai airport

Rediff.com21 Apr 2011

The state-run City & Industrial Development Corporation (Cidco), nodal agency for the proposed Navi Mumbai international airport, has asked the New Delhi-based National Institute of Disaster Management (NIDM) to prepare a risk assessment and disaster management plan for the project.

Navi Mumbai airport: A saga of controversies

Navi Mumbai airport: A saga of controversies

Rediff.com23 Nov 2010

It took 13 years to get environmental clearance for the greenfield international airport at Navi Mumbai.

41 airports across India get hoax bomb threat emails, security beefed up

41 airports across India get hoax bomb threat emails, security beefed up

Rediff.com19 Jun 2024

Security was beefed up as agencies swept the airport terminals after the emails were received around 12.40 pm from the ID exhumedyou888@gmail.com.

IIT's Navi Mumbai airport study stress on Ecology

IIT's Navi Mumbai airport study stress on Ecology

Rediff.com8 Jul 2010

An environment impact assessment study by the Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai, for the proposed Navi Mumbai international airport, has categorically said there should not be any compromise on retaining the geomorphology of rivers, the aquatic life and mangroves in the airport zone.

Why Scottish MP With India Connect Quit Politics

Why Scottish MP With India Connect Quit Politics

Rediff.com12 Aug 2025

Kate Forbes, the second highest minister in Scottish government has chosen family over politics. The realisation that she must spend more time with her baby came to her in an orphanage in Pune.

Minissha Lamba detained at Mumbai airport

Minissha Lamba detained at Mumbai airport

Rediff.com18 May 2011

The actress was allegedly found carrying undeclared jewellery worth over Rs 50 lakh.

Plane detained by France to reach Mumbai on Tuesday

Plane detained by France to reach Mumbai on Tuesday

Rediff.com25 Dec 2023

A plane carrying more than 300 passengers, mostly Indians, is expected to land at Mumbai airport early on Tuesday, three days after it was detained by French authorities over suspected human trafficking, a source said.

Airlines cancel 12 Mumbai routes due to congestion; airfares rise 193%

Airlines cancel 12 Mumbai routes due to congestion; airfares rise 193%

Rediff.com23 Feb 2024

Airfares have nearly doubled in a matter of days on routes hit by the cancellation of 200 weekly flights linking Mumbai airport to 12 cities. The fares have soared as high as 193 per cent following a recent government order to cancel flights to ease "persistent congestion" that was causing delays. Aside from the reduction in flights on 12 routes, two destinations - Hubli and Jabalpur - have lost connectivity with Mumbai since last week, according to aviation analytics firm Cirium's data reviewed

Adani wins Rs 36,000-cr Mumbai project

Adani wins Rs 36,000-cr Mumbai project

Rediff.com12 Mar 2025

After the Dharavi slum redevelopment project, billionaire Gautam Adani's group has emerged as the highest bidder for the Rs 36,000 crore redevelopment of Motilal Nagar in Mumbai, sources said. Motilal Nagar I, II & III is one of Mumbai's biggest housing redevelopment projects, covering 143 acres in western suburb of Goregaon (W).

BluSmart cab services stay suspended in Delhi-NCR, Bengaluru, Mumbai

BluSmart cab services stay suspended in Delhi-NCR, Bengaluru, Mumbai

Rediff.com17 Apr 2025

Electric cab-hailing platform BluSmart remained non-operational on Thursday across Delhi-NCR, Bengaluru, and Mumbai, as the market regulator cracked down on its co-founder over alleged misuse of funds at an affiliated company. BluSmart app, that offered more than 8,000 taxis in the three metros, stopped taking bookings on Wednesday evening and remained unoperational on Thursday as well.

'In All Investigations They Will Blame The Pilot'

'In All Investigations They Will Blame The Pilot'

Rediff.com19 Jun 2025

'They will cover up the failures of all the others.'

1993 plane crash survivor recalls how he ditched death

1993 plane crash survivor recalls how he ditched death

Rediff.com14 Jun 2025

Vasant Shinde, a former municipal council president of Jintur in Parbhani district, told PTI that he survived the 1993 tragedy, in which 55 people lost their lives, as the aircraft flew into an 11 KV powerline, which fortunately did not have any supply.

IATA blasts Delhi, Mumbai airport fee hike

IATA blasts Delhi, Mumbai airport fee hike

Rediff.com9 Jun 2009

The International Air Transport Association on Tuesday criticised the increase in airport development charges imposed by Mumbai and New Delhi, saying the burden on the already beleaguered global airline industry is a 'wake up call' for the Indian government.

Proposed Navi Mumbai airport not to be shifted

Proposed Navi Mumbai airport not to be shifted

Rediff.com29 Apr 2008

The new greenfield airport at Navi Mumbai will come up at the proposed site and not be shifted elsewhere. Maharashtra Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh has also written to the Civil Aviation Ministry for building the airport at the originally proposed site. There had been demands to shift the proposed Navi Mumbai airport to a new site due to environmental issues. The regulator would look into aspects like aeronautical charges, user development fee and passenger fee.

Mumbai airport puts up Mallya's jet for sale

Mumbai airport puts up Mallya's jet for sale

Rediff.com20 Dec 2014

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.

A Hopeful Mother Waits In Uttarakhand

A Hopeful Mother Waits In Uttarakhand

Rediff.com7 Aug 2025

Glimpses from India and around the world that will make you smile and cry.

Aditi-Sid's Post Shaadi Appearance

Aditi-Sid's Post Shaadi Appearance

Rediff.com20 Sep 2024

Watch 'Adu Siddhu' at Mumbai airport.

US, British firms bid for Mumbai airport deal

US, British firms bid for Mumbai airport deal

Rediff.com9 Jun 2008

While Swissport, an European infrastructure and service corporation providing value-added airport services at 187 airports across 43 countries, is going with India's Punj Lloyd group, Menzies is partnering Cambata Aviation for the bid. Cambata has been providing airport services at the Mumbai airport since 1967. Turkey's Celebi Ground Handling is reportedly teaming up with Spencer Travels as overseas bidders.

PM inaugurates Mumbai airport's swanky T2 terminal

PM inaugurates Mumbai airport's swanky T2 terminal

Rediff.com10 Jan 2014

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday inaugurated Mumbai airport's integrated terminal, T2, which will boost the airport capacity to 40 million.

Incident unacceptable, shameful: Scindia on Mumbai tarmac food row

Incident unacceptable, shameful: Scindia on Mumbai tarmac food row

Rediff.com19 Jan 2024

The safety and security of citizens is primary for the government, he said.

Mock drill at Mumbai airport leads to panic

Mock drill at Mumbai airport leads to panic

Rediff.com17 Dec 2008

A mock drill at the Mumbai domestic airport on Wednesday afternoon to test the preparedness of security agencies, led to a panic situation.

PBKS-MI IPL match in Dharamsala moved to Ahmedabad

PBKS-MI IPL match in Dharamsala moved to Ahmedabad

Rediff.com8 May 2025

The IPL match between Punjab Kings and Mumbai Indians, scheduled for May 11 in Dharamsala, has been shifted to Ahmedabad owing to closure of the hill town's airport in the wake of military action against terror infrastructure in Pakistan. The match will be played in the afternoon.