The tickets of Air India Express from Kannur to Abu Dhabi on 9 December 2018 were sold in a span of one hour, making it one of the fastest flight ticket sales reported in Kerala. The ticket sales reportedly started at 12.40pm on Tuesday, 13 November 2018 after an announcement on Air India Express’s Facebook page and got sold by 1.35pm of the day. The return tickets from Abu Dhabi... Read More
In the wake of increasing airfare, Chief Minister of Kerala Pinarayi Vijayan met the Civil Aviation Secretary Pradeep Singh Kharola in New Delhi. After the meeting, the Chief Minister has also called for a meeting with various airlines at Thiruvananthapuram, the capital city of Kerala. Kerala is one of the states that got severely affected due to the steep rise in airfare. It has a significant share of its population... Read More
Besides building a second terminal (T2), Bangalore International Airport Limited (BIAL) plans to open an interim terminal in a 3000 square meter building. This interim terminal will be a part of the existing terminal (T1). The interim terminal will have facilities such as new gates, baggage handling system for domestic arrivals, etc. The timeline to complete the terminal is the first quarter of 2020. Establishing an interim terminal will help... Read More
As a means to speed up the boarding system as well as to prevent the ticket counterfeiting, the Cochin International Airport Limited (CIAL) is implementing e-boarding facility at the airport. The system will provide passengers with fast, paperless transit through all major checkpoints at the airport. CIAL has commenced the tendering process to implement the e-boarding system. In the first phase of the project, reducing human intervention at the checkpoints... Read More
International flights are still not operational in India and for a good reason. But there are still special international flights which are operating with the permission of DGCA. Some of the flights are going to UAE and some are coming from there to India. One thing that is still not clear for India is when will the regular international charters resume. As for the flights coming from UAE, none of... Read More
Indira Gandhi International Airport serves as an important aviation hub in the Indian Aviation industry. Since the outbreak of Covid-19, the entire aviation industry has been facing massive distress. Recently, the government of India extended the lockdown period until May 03, 2020, to neutralise the threat of the deadly virus. Delhi Airport is also following all the safety measure to ensure that ground staff and passengers have safe air travel... Read More
In a bid to assist the passengers carrying large and heavy bags, Delhi Indira Gandhi International (IGI) airport has started porter and indoor buggy services from the Terminal 3 of Delhi Airport Express Line, says a report published by Financial Express. A Hong Kong-based company Allways has deployed around 100 porters at Terminal 3 for the purpose. It is said that the company has also arranged assistance for elderly or... Read More
Delhi Duty Free Shop is becoming a shopping destination for the passengers travelling abroad from Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGI Airport). Delhi Duty Free Shop is announcing attractive deals and discount offers on a wide array of products, making many items cheaper than the outside market price. The savings at Delhi Duty Free shop range anywhere between 20-60% depending on the product, brand and other promotional deals. The discounts on... Read More
The passengers at Kempegowda International Airport (KIA), Bengaluru may soon witness robots handling the vehicle parking. The authorities of the airport are planning to commission a remote car parking facility at the airport. The system uses a hydraulic lift that will lift the vehicle at the entry point of the car parking space and shifts the car to an available parking slot without any human intervention. To commence the deployment,... Read More
Adhering to the guidelines of the Ministry of Civil Aviation, Delhi International Airport Ltd (DIAL) has established a dedicated Transshipment Excellence Centre (TEC) that will simplify the processes for transfer of transshipment cargo. In 2016 National Civil Aviation Policy, the Ministry of Civil Aviation called for the development of Air Cargo Transshipment Hubs at major airports of India. The Customs, Government of India, have also given their clearances to operationalize... Read More
After an IndiGo flight faced Pratt and Whitney engine issues and had to return to its source mid-way, there has been another news of a mid-air engine issue this time on a SpiceJet Boeing 737 MAX aircraft. This SpiceJet flight had taken off from Hong Kong and was headed towards Delhi, while mid-air it faced an engine snag and had to be diverted to Varanasi. The flight made an emergency... Read More
On Thursday, an Air India Express flight - Boeing 737/800 aircraft successfully landed at Kannur International Airport as part of its trial landing. Today, on Friday, IndiGo followed suit and landed its ATR 72 aircraft with 6 approaches for the DOVR check. Notably, Kannur airport had been undergoing preparations for the trial landing for quite a few weeks. After the initial rounds of testing and trials, the Kannur International Airport... Read More
According to a report published by Times of India, Delhi Indira Gandhi International (Delhi IGI) airport handled more than one million metrics tonnes of cargo between the period of November 2017 to October 2018. The airport also managed the highest ever cargo tonnage in October. The airport handles around 29% of the country’s cargo and is estimated to be at 28th position worldwide. Achievement as a Result of Serious Investments... Read More
Indira Gandhi International’s terminal 3 airport has been highly acclaimed for its amenities, architecture and facilities which it provides to travellers from around the world. It was because of T3 that Delhi Airport has received such positive reviews from around the world. However, T2 or the Terminal 2 was considered to be lagging behind T3 up until now on the aesthetics and amenities front, but with the inauguration of the... Read More
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