In a new development, the Airports Authority of India (AAI) has undertaken the expansion work of Trichy Airport. This will include building an entirely new terminal, a new Air Traffic Controller (ATC), a new Apron, and upgradation of Air side facilities to cater the growing passenger traffic and reduce congestion during peak hours at the airport. The new terminal building being constructed at the cost of Rs 951.28 Crores has... Read More
Airports Council International (ACI) World has chosen seven airports in India to include under its Voice of the Customer Recognition initiative, the Ministry of Civil Aviation announced. The ones that received the recognition are the airports at Chennai, Kolkata, Goa, Pune, Patna, Bhubaneswar and Chandigarh. The Voice of the Customer Recognition initiative is to celebrate the efforts of the airports that demonstrated significant efforts in gathering passenger feedback through the... Read More
The Indian government is going to spend approximately Rs 1232 crores for increasing the terminal passenger capacity in the Guwahati airport from the current 50 lakh to 1 crore 20 lakhs per year. This is because of the opportunity that Assam and Guwahati bring to the table for the country. In an effort for connecting Eastern India better, Union Minister of Civil Aviation Shri Jyotiraditya M. Scindia, MoS Civil Aviation... Read More
Four airports at Kolkata, Varanasi, Pune and Vijayawada could be the first ones in India to get Face Recognition Technology-based boarding system, revealed the Ministry of Civil Aviation, Retd General V K Singh, in Lok Sabha today. The proposed system is slated to launch in March 2022. The Minister was responding to a query raised by MPs Feroze Varun Gandhi and Ram Shankar Katheria. Implementation of the Face Recognition Technology... Read More
Domestic flights of Indian’s number one low-cost airline have been delayed due to a technical glitch at the Bengaluru airport. In a recent tweet, the airline said, “Due to baggage belt breakdown at Kempegowda International Airport, flights from Bengaluru are getting impacted. To keep a tab on your flight status, please visit https://bit.ly/3w18ADc." Many passengers who flew to Bengaluru from Mumbai, Delhi, Prayagraj, and Pune have received their luggage late.... Read More
Varanasi airport is the first to implement the government initiative Digi-Yatra, a facial recognition system for airport entry. Digi-Yatra intends to make the airport entry paperless and hassle-free, making the process faster than before. Three more government-run airports at Pune, Kolkata, and Vijayawada, will implement the system soon. How to Check-in Using Digi-Yatra: Under Digi-Yatra, the passenger has to register on Digi-Yatra portal using a valid ID proof document such... Read More
One of the biggest concerns for anyone travelling at the time of the pandemic is being infected by the virus. But according to data released by the International Air Transport Association (IATA) a few weeks back, air travel is the safest medium for travelling at a time such as this. This is because of security and safety measures, both airlines and airports take to keep passengers safe. Now, as per... Read More
Chief Minister of Goa Dr Pramod Sawant inaugurated Automatic Tray Retrieval Systems (ATRS) installed at the domestic security check of Goa airport. The system can manage around 400-600 handbags in one hour, reducing the queue at the security checkpoint. The authorities have put four such machines in domestic and one in the international security checkpoint. The cost of one device is Rs. 2 crores. According to Gagan Malik, Airport Director,... Read More
If you’ve travelled in SpiceJet Airlines, you must have witnessed the carriers hard work to give their in-flight passengers a great flying experience. Without a doubt, it is one of the most loved and famous airlines in Indian aviation for all the right reasons. SpiceJet offers a wide variety of Add-on services to their passengers which includes SpiceMax, SpiceLounge, seat plus meal combo offer and many more. Now if the... Read More
An important goal of the Airports Authority of India (AAI) is to make travel as safe as possible for flyers. To follow this, AAI has decided that it will get 198 body scanners for a total of 63 Indian airports. These body scanners will then replace the current handheld devices for scanning and door metal detectors. The pat-down for searching of passengers for detecting metal objects will not be there... Read More
IndiGo flight from Pune travelling to Jaipur has made an emergency landing at Mumbai's Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport. According to the information available, the pilot decided to make an emergency landing after noticing high engine vibrations mid-air. The flight landed in Mumbai airport earlier today morning. IndiGo did not reveal the exact passenger count at the time of reporting this article. Also, the flight made a safe landing at... Read More
Hyderabad International Airport now has a body scanner as well, which makes the check-in process for passengers efficient and hassle-free. GMR, which runs both Delhi and Hyderabad International Airports has installed a body scanner in the two airports. Besides Hyderabad and Delhi, International airports located in Pune, Mumbai and Bengaluru also has this advanced body scanning technology. So technically, Hyderabad becomes the fifth city in India to get a body... Read More
The Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS) has granted permission to the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) to check the passengers’ handbags without removing the laptops and fluid items from it. This experimental arrangement will be practised at Indira Gandhi International Airport, Delhi; Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport, Mumbai; and Rajiv Gandhi International Airport, Hyderabad. “On an experimental basis, BCAS has allowed handbag scanners where laptops, liquids item not to be... Read More
India recently became the manufacturing centre for C295 tactical transport aircraft to be manufactured by the Tata-Airbus consortium for the Indian Air Force (IAF). Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone for the manufacturing hub of the plant in Gujarat. Following this, it was revealed that Embraer, a Brazilian plane manufacturer, is looking for a manufacturing partner for its proposed new-generation turboprop, for which India is also being considered.... Read More
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