Airports
- Jan- 2023 -23 January
Customs AIU seizes smuggled gold worth Rs 1 crore from Thiruvananthapuram airport; 2 held
Thiruvananthapuram: The Air Intelligence Unit (AIU) of the customs department on Sunday arrested two Tamil Nadu natives for allegedly…
Read More » - 21 January
Customs seize gold worth Rs 47 lakh at Kochi airport
Kochi: The Customs department on Saturday seized 955.14 grams of gold worth Rs 47 lakh from a passenger at…
Read More » - 19 January
Singapore-bound Scoot flight takes off from Amritsar airport hours ahead of schedule, leaving behind 35 passengers
New Delhi: The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has ordered a probe into how a Singapore-bound flight took…
Read More » - 12 January
Karipur airport to be partially closed from Sunday; Likely to impact domestic services
Karipur: The Kozhikode International Airport will be partially closed for 8 hours from January 15 onwards as part of…
Read More » - 12 January
Pakistani cargo with radioactive Uranium seized at UK airport; Sparks fears of dirty bombs!
A cargo shipment from Pakistan that included several kilos of uranium that might possibly be used to make a dirty…
Read More » - 11 January
Major technical glitch in FAA’s system: All flights across US grounded
Washington: All flights across the US were grounded due to a technical glitch in the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA)…
Read More » - 10 January
Delhi-bound GoFirst flight takes off without boarding over 50 passengers at Bangalore airport; DGCA seeks response
Bangalore: The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) sought a report from GoFirst Airlines on Tuesday after a flight…
Read More » - 10 January
Russian-Indian flight lands in Gujarat after bomb scare; Probe launched
A bomb threat forced the diverting of a chartered Azur Air flight from Moscow to Goa to Jamnagar in Gujarat.…
Read More » - 6 January
Bad weather conditions hit airline services at Delhi airport; Several flights delayed
New Delhi: Bad weather conditions prevailing in the Northern and Central parts of India, including the national capital, on…
Read More » - 4 January
Passenger nabbed with Rs 63 lakh worth gold capsules concealed in Body from Karipur Airport
Malappuram: Police on Tuesday nabbed a man from Karipur airport for smuggling gold worth Rs 63 lakh concealing it…
Read More » - 1 January
Airlines suspend flights to and from Philippines; 56,000 passengers impacted!
On New Year’s Day (Sunday), a number of aircraft to and from Manila, the capital of the Philippines, were halted…
Read More » - Dec- 2022 -24 December
Indian airports to let passengers ‘keep their laptops in their bags’ during security checks!
Domestic and foreign airports are in dire need of modernization, notably those in New Delhi and Mumbai, which see a…
Read More » - 15 December
Delhi Airport rush: Union Home Secretary to chair high-level meeting
New Delhi: Union Home Secretary Ajay Kumar Bhalla will chair a high-level meeting on airport rush here in the…
Read More » - 13 December
Govt bans loose cigarettes; Airports may eliminate ‘smoking zones’
According to sources, the Indian government may soon prohibit the selling of loose cigarettes in an effort to reduce tobacco…
Read More » - 12 December
Huge crowd takes over the airport; clashes with security forces!
According to initial accounts by local media, thousands of protesters occupied the Arequipa airport in southern Peru on Monday, igniting…
Read More » - 9 December
CM Pinarayi to inaugurate India’s first charter gateway at Kochi airport tomorrow
Kochi: Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan will inaugurate the ‘Business Jet Terminal’ of Cochin International Airport Limited (CIAL) on…
Read More » - 7 December
Adani’s Vizhinjam Sea Port Project protest ‘called off’ after 130 days!
On Tuesday, after concluding talks with Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, the protestors called off their strike and ended their…
Read More » - 4 December
Double – trouble: SpiceJet & IndiGo flights divert safely to nearby airports!
Snags forced two overseas planes operated by Indian airlines to safely divert to different airports on Friday. Three low passes…
Read More » - Nov- 2022 -30 November
Passenger claims ‘Jesus told her’ to open plane door at 37,000 feet; Gets arrested!
Customers are required to behave properly and make use of all the amenities being given to them and others, regardless…
Read More » - 30 November
Non-aero business to drive Adani’s airport venture; Report
Adani Group owns seven operational airports that account for 23% of the total air traffic in India and control 50%…
Read More » - 29 November
THESE routes have been removed from Air India’s domestic flight schedule; Read more…
Air India, which is owned by Tata, is working to transform its business model. The airline has altered several aspects…
Read More » - 25 November
‘Sky is no longer a limit’; 5G to be rolled out in flights!
The newest 5G technology as well as earlier mobile technology generations will be available on aeroplanes that travel into and…
Read More » - 25 November
Passengers shocked to discover they can’t leave Qatar Airport!
As part of the country’s ongoing effort to increase tourism, airline passengers with lengthy layovers at Doha’s main airport have…
Read More » - 22 November
‘Shuttle flights’ are now available to Qatar from multiple Saudi Arabian cities!
JEDDAH: On Sunday, Saudi Arabian Airlines SAUDIA announced that it has begun operating shuttle flights to Doha from a number…
Read More » - 22 November
Kerala to launch two ‘new international flights’ with Air India Express!
With the upcoming launch of Air India Express flights from the state capital Thiruvananthapuram to Bahrain and Dammam, the southern…
Read More » - 21 November
‘International passengers’ no longer have to fill out the Air Suvidha form; Read more…
On Monday, the government removed the need that travellers entering India from outside complete the Air Suvidha form due to…
Read More » - 2 November
Disabled passenger ‘crawls out of flight’ after crew denies wheelchair!
The Australian carrier Jetstar Airways came under fire when a disabled passenger opted to crawl off the aircraft after the…
Read More » - Oct- 2022 -31 October
Smuggled gold, worth over Rs 49 lakh, seized at Cochin airport
Kochi: The Customs Air Intelligence Unit intercepted a passenger and seized more than 1 kg of gold on Sunday,…
Read More » - 29 October
Plane engine ‘catches fire’ prior to takeoff from Delhi airport!
On Friday evening late at the Delhi airport, the engine of a passenger airliner that was due to take off…
Read More » - 21 October
A ticket to ‘anywhere’; UK airline issues boarding pass to ex-PM Liz Truss !
Following her resignation after just 45 days in office, UK Prime Minister Liz Truss surprised the whole globe. The incredibly…
Read More » - 15 October
Bengaluru welcomes world’s largest passenger aircraft; WATCH
The Emirates Airbus A380 arrived at Kempegowda International Airport in Bengaluru on Friday at 3.40 pm, marking a historic occasion…
Read More » - 14 October
Russian airline bomb threat: investigation underway at Delhi IGI airport
New Delhi: Russian airline Aeroflot flight SU 232 received a bomb threat on Thursday while the plane was enroute…
Read More » - 12 October
An end to Singapore Airlines’ controversial policy of firing pregnant flight attendants!
After receiving a great deal of criticism over the years, Singapore Airlines has now discontinued its contentious policy of terminating…
Read More » - 7 October
Customs seize smuggled gold worth Rs 4 Cr seized at Hyderabad airport
Hyderabad: The customs officials recovered around 8 kg of gold worth Rs 4 crore in three separate cases at…
Read More » - 7 October
‘Domesticated dogs and cats’ will be accepted on board Akasa Air ; Read on…
In November, the country’s newest scheduled airline, Akasa Air, which is ‘fully funded,’ will begin allowing the transportation of domesticated dogs…
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