Amid growing cases of coronavirus in India, Airport Authority of India has taken various preventive measures at Chandigarh International Airport.
Adani Group on Friday inked agreements with the Airports Authority of India (AAI) for the management, operations and development of Ahmedabad, Mangaluru and Lucknow airports.
Residents of villages around the Kangra airport at Gaggal held a demonstration on the highway on Friday protesting against the planned expansion of the airport. The protesters said thousands of families would become landless if the expansion is carried out.
"As six airports have already been privatised in February this year, the AAI in its board meeting on September 5 decided to privatise six more airports: Amritsar, Varanasi, Bhubaneswar, Indore, Raipur and Trichy," a senior government official told PTI.
A fake advertisement for recruitment at Rupsi airport has been circulated by some unscrupulous elements through unauthenticated online or offline means, forging the AAI's name and logo, a statement said
In the in-line baggage screening system, passengers don't have to queue up near the X-ray machines to scan their baggage before check-in.
The AAI has allocated Rs 1,250 crore for Guwahati airport, Rs 650 crore for Imphal (Manipur), Rs 500 crore for Agartala (Tripura), Rs 650 crore for a greenfield airport at Hollongi in Arunachal Pradesh, and Rs 450 crore for the Lengpui Airport in Mizoram and other airports in the region.
Parliament on Friday unanimously passed a Bill that seeks to raise threshold for an airport to qualify as Major airport, reducing the tariff-fixing power of airport regulator to fewer airports. The Airports Economic Regulatory Authority of India (Amendment) Bill, 2019, which was passed by Rajya Sabha on July 16, will become law after President's approval.
Last year, the government had decided to privatise airports in Lucknow, Ahmedabad, Jaipur, Mangaluru, Thiruvananthapuram, and Guwahati for operation, management and development through public-private partnership (PPP) model.
The AAI owns and manages around 100 operational airports across the country. However, it also has 26 non-operational airports with it that have no flight operations currently.
In a series of tweet, Riteish Deshmukh expressed his concerns at inadequate security arrangements at Hyderabad airport.
Officials said that the Airports Authority of India (AAI) has issued a directive to all aerodromes under its control to start making public announcements in the local language in addition to Hindi and English.
Minister of state for Civil Aviation Jayant Sinha said in a written reply that the revival of airstrips/airports is ''demand driven'', depending upon firm commitment from airline operators as well as from the state governments for providing various concessions.
In a release, the AAEU said it has been compelled to carry out hunger strike and mass casual leave under the banner of joint forum of union and associations of the AAI.
Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia announced Delhi government's invitation to Krishna, saying no artist should be denied an opportunity to perform.
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Mumbai: A recent CAG draft report has revealed that the Mumbai International Airport Ltd (MIAL), owned by a consortium led by GVK Power and Infrastructure, received undue benefit of Rs 5,887 crore from the government.According
New Delhi, July 6: Days after the government's move to construct 51 low-cost airports across the country, the Airport Authority of India (AAI) has decided to issue tax-free bonds worth Rs 1,000 crore in the
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