Bengaluru: A day after announcing airport staff would be considered as frontline workers for Covid-19 vaccination, Karnataka government on Sunday withdrew the circular and said Central government’s classification of the workforce will continue to remain in effect for the inoculation drive. It should be noted that healthcare and frontline workers are being administered free Covid-19
Kozhikode: The Calicut International Airport has submitted the safety assessment report to the DGCA to enable resumption of operation of wide-bodied aircraft from the airport. The DGCA had suspended operation of wide-bodied aircraft from the airport in August last year after the crash of the Air India Express flight which overshot the runway on August
Bengaluru: The Kempegowda International Airport (KIA) run by Bengaluru International Airport Limited (BIAL) has received Airport Health Accreditation by Airport Council International. The BIAL said the certification was a recognition of the commitment to the safety of passengers, employees and the general public. The AHA certification was established to restore confidence in travellers about the safety
Hyderabad: GMR Hyderabad Air Cargo (GHAC) handled the first consignment of COVID-19 vaccines on Tuesday. The shipment arrived at the Cargo terminal by the Spicejet Freighter, SG-7466 at 1130 hours from Pune, a release here said. The Covishield vaccine consignment was handled as per the special protocol ensuring cool-chain integrity. A dedicated Vaccine Task Force that
Kolkata: The Kolkata airport has turned into a hub of Covid-19 vaccine distribution with consignments being flown from Pune and later loaded on to flights headed for various cities in the north-east. On Tuesday, the SpiceJet flight that flew in from Pune with nearly 1 lakh doses later flew to Guwahati with 2,40,000 doses of
New Delhi: India’s and possibly the world’s most beautiful airport — Pakyong in Sikkim — will soon be a direct flight away from Delhi. SpiceJet will start a daily Delhi-Pakyong direct from January 23, 2021 SpiceJet was the only airline that used to fly there with a daily Kolkata-Pakyong-Kolkata flight after the airport opened in
Vijayawada: The Centre has issued all the approvals, including the aerodrome licence, to Orvakal airport in Kurnool district, Industries and Commerce Minister Mekapati Goutham Reddy said. In a statement issued on Saturday, the minister said Orvakal airport, which is the first airport taken up by a State government in South India, will start flight operations
Mumbai: Police on Friday arrested a 35-year-old sub-engineer and two accomplices in Mumbai’s Sahar for their alleged role in collecting Rs 4,000 from each flyer arriving at Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport (CSIA) who wanted to skip mandatory institutional quarantine. Police seized Rs 1.4 lakh cash, 200 Saudi riyals, a fake rubber stamp of home quarantine,
Vijayawada: The Centre has issued all the approvals, including the aerodrome licence, to Orvakal airport in Kurnool district, Industries and Commerce Minister Mekapati Goutham Reddy said. In a statement issued on Saturday, the minister said Orvakal airport, which is the first airport taken up by a State government in South India, will start flight operations
Kurnool: The Director of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has granted licence to Andhra Pradesh Airports Development Corporation Limited (APDCL) to open Kurnool airport (Orvakal) for public use. With this development, the last hurdle for commencement of commercial operations has been cleared, said an Airport Authority of India (AAI) official. Indigo Airlines has been selected as private
