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
Pune: MP Girish Bapat, who heads the city airport advisory committee, has said that Airports Authority of India (AAI) will not be creating its own vaccine storage facility at the airport but private parties willing to set up such a facility can approach the AAI. “Last week, I sent a reminder letter to senior AAI
The Airports Authority of India (AAI) will hand over Jaipur, Guwahati and Thiruvananthapuram airports to the Adani Group next month. Apart from the above three, the group had won bids to operate three more AAI airports including Mangaluru, Lucknow and Ahmedabad for 50 years on PPP basis. While it has taken over Mangaluru, Lucknow and
Mangaluru: The airport areas are beyond the limits for videography, photography and flying objects. The airport here has a multi-layered security system to ensure this. However, at around midnight on Saturday, an object got airborne, flew into the airport territory and suddenly landed near the old runway. This incident gave rise to tense moments in
Mohali: All international passengers who arrived at the Chandigarh International Airport since November 25 would be traced and tested for the Covid-19. The incoming passengers would be tested and isolated in accordance with the protocol for Covid-19. An SOP has been issued by the government in this regard. A team has been deputed for tracing
Lucknow: A man was arrested at Lucknow airport for carrying a country-made weapon and cartridges in his luggage. Divyansh Tiwari, a resident of Ambedkar Nagar district, had a ticket for a Mumbai-bound Air India flight. He was pulled out of the queue at 10am by airport security staff following detection of the weapon in his
New Delhi: In what may bring cheers to millions of people living in the NCR region a senior government executive has told news agency PTI that the first flight is expected to take off by December 2023 or January 2024. Noida International Airport Limited (NIAL) CEO Arun Vir Singh told PTI that work on the
Patna: Chief minister Nitish Kumar wrote a letter to Union civil aviation minister Hardeep Singh Puri and also talked to him on Wednesday, requesting for more flights to Darbhanga airport, development of permanent terminal amenities there and naming it after Maithili poet Vidyapati. Puri assured the CM to do the needful at the earliest. “Darbhanga
Guwahati: Assam health minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Friday said one traveller from the United Kingdom (UK) has tested positive for Covid-19 and was isolated at the airport here. However, Sarma clarified that there is no cause for panic simply on speculations that the person might be infected with the new mutant variety of the
The Calcutta airport authorities have sought permission from the forest department to tranquillise and catch jackals, which enter the runways and disrupt flights – jackal problem continues. “We have been seeking permission from the forest department to tranquillise the jackals. But they have not yet issued it. The jackals often cause flight disruptions,” airport director
