UDAN seeks to connect unserved and underserved airports as well as make flying more affordable. "With a focus on connectivity of Northeastern region, UDAN 4.0 scheme under the Ministry of Civil Aviation has invited bids for six underserved and 24 unserved airports/airstrips in the North East states of India," an official release said.
IndiGo airlines have introduced a new flight on the segment between the city and Bengaluru. With this, the number of flights operating on this route has gone up to ten.
After a record-breaking financial bid for the greenfield airport in Jewar, the stage is all set for the third aiport in Delhi-NCR with phase 1 to commence by 2023.
"At present, Airports Authority of India (AAI) is in receipt of a proposal from the state government of UP indicating that the state government will develop the existing airstrip through state construction and designed services (UP Jal Board) under regional connectivity scheme (RCS)-UDAN," Puri said in written reply to a question.
Low visibility at the Shirdi airport in Maharashtra has forced the operator to "halt" all operations since November 14, resulting in cancellation of some 84 flights by various airlines, a senior aerodrome official said on Tuesday. Shirdi Airport, which started commercial flights from October 2018, at present operates 14 daily services to and from several destinations.
Two men have been arrested by customs officials for allegedly trying to smuggle into the country gold valuing Rs 75 lakh at the Delhi airport
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
Acting on a specific information that a large number of "passenger carriers" were smuggling gold into India through the Tiruchirappalli airport, the DRI sleuths from Chennai, Tiruchirappalli, Coimbatore, Tuticorin and Madurai conducted a massive joint operation on the intervening night of November 5 and 6.
Gel Rodriguez of Philippines wore at least 2.5 kilograms of clothes -- AT A GIVEN SINGLE TIME -- to avoid paying a fee for extra baggage.
Kempegowda International Airport in Bengaluru topped the chart with 29.1 per cent growth in passenger traffic over 2017 while Rajiv Gandhi International Airport here with 21.9 per cent is in third position with Antalya Airport in Turkey in the second position.
The flight services would be rescheduled as the re-carpeting work of the runway will be taken up from November. The re-carpeting of the runway would take place in two phases.
Vijayan reminded the officials during the meeting that in last year's meet, the aviation industry demanded that the aviation turbine fuel (ATF) tax be reduced. Though it was done, no favourable decision was taken to increase the number of flights.
All scheduled flights not already checked in were cancelled and protesters were also blocking the departure lines at immigration, so nobody was able to get through there -- something the protesters hadn't done previously, media reports said.
The 'Phase 3A' infrastructure expansion - which includes the construction of the fourth runway, expansion of T1 apron area and development of dual elevated Eastern Cross Taxiway - would be completed by June 2022, the Delhi International Airport Limited (DIAL) said in the statement.
The system will be installed at the Veer Surendra Sai Airport in Jharsuguda at a cost of Rs 5.5 crore that will be ready for operation within the next six months, the sources said.
The incident created tension for a while as it happened hours before BJP president and Union Home Minister Amit Shah was to land at the Rajiv Gandhi international airport. The 'drunk' K V Vishwanathan working as a sales executive in Secunderabad went up to the CISF personnel and said there were bombs aboard the two planes.
Aviation regulator DGCA Friday said that in cases of adverse weather or airport limitation, airlines must factor in the alternative destination during the flight planning stage itself.
The operations from the main runway of the country's second busiest airport were restored on Friday evening after the Spicejet aircraft stuck between the runways was cleared.
"A terrorist attack at Abha International Airport...led to the injury of 9 civilians - eight Saudis and one Indian national," Coalition for the Support of Legitimacy in Yemen spokesperson Colonel Turki al-Maliki said in a statement.
All passengers and crew on board the Dubai-Mangalore flight are safe, the airport and the airlines said in separate statements.
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