Etihad Airways plans to expand its flight network in India with additional services to Ahmedabad, Chennai, Cochin and Delhi starting from early next year. The Gulf carrier on Thursday also announced plans to launch a daily flight service to Kolkata from Abu Dhabi from March 26, 2023 providing a total of seven weekly non-stop services […]
Category: Civil Aviation
Air India pilots’ unions claim shortage of pilots at airline
Two pilot unions at Air India have claimed that there is a shortage of pilots to operate the airline’s long-haul and ultra-long haul flights. The concerns raised by the Indian Pilots Guild (IPG) and Indian Commercial Pilots Association (ICPA) also come against the backdrop of the Tatas-owned airline recently cancelling and rescheduling certain flights to […]
Additional security personnel, swing lanes to control peak-hour passengers at Bangalore airport
Following the recent chaos three days back at the Kempegowda International Airport due to long queues at the immigration counters, the Bangalore International Airport Limited (BIAL) that operates the airport has now issued a statement highlighting that additional security personnel and swing lanes will be introduced to control peak hour air passenger traffic at the […]
Indian carriers need to have more wide-body planes to capture long-haul segment: Scindia
India’s civil aviation market is poised for double-digit growth in the next decade and the country’s carriers should have more wide-body planes to capture the long-haul segment, Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia said on Thursday. At the event for inaugurating Air India’s direct flight from Mumbai to San Francisco, he also said that discussions have […]
Union home secretary Ajay Bhalla to review crowding at airports
Union Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla on Thursday will review the issue of crowding at airports, particularly in Delhi and Mumbai, with key stakeholders, officials said. Bhalla has convened a meeting in the wake of continuous complaints from passengers about the rush at the entry gates, luggage dropping, and security check areas. Representatives of key stakeholders […]
Mumbai airport launches ‘FASTag Car Park’ for seamless vehicle movement at Terminal 2
Mumbai’s Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (CSMIA) scaled up its Multilevel Car Parking (MLCP) with a FASTag solution. The parking system is being upgraded by CSMIA for all passengers, people who come to see people off, and people coming down to the airport for meetings and parking their vehicles at Terminal 2. FASTag is an […]
With over 1.5 lakh passengers, Mumbai airport recorded highest footfall of travellers on December 10
Mumbai’s Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (CSMIA), the world’s busiest single crossover runway airport, has handled a record passenger movement of 1,50,988 travellers transiting through the airport on December 10 this year, the airport officials said Wednesday. CSMIA is currently seeing a heavy rush of passengers. Following which, passengers are inconvenienced as they have to […]
All agencies have swung into action to mitigate congestion at major airports: Scindia
Civil aviation minister Jyotiraditya Scindia on Wednesday said all agencies have swung into action in the last 24-36 hours to mitigate congestion at all major airports. “Congestion at entry points and check-in counters at T3 has eased. Four additional X-ray machines have been added at the Security Hold Area; display boards showing wait time have […]
Airports likely to remain congested till Jan first week
Passenger inconvenience at key airports in the country is likely to abate only by the first week of January after the holiday season ends, as the record number of air passengers over the past ten days has been one of the key contributors to congestion. Domestic daily passengers in the country have been over 4,00,000 […]
Airport congestion: Govt asks airlines to deploy adequate manpower at counters; carriers ask flyers to come early
With crowding continuing at airports, the civil aviation ministry on Tuesday asked airlines to deploy adequate manpower at all check-in and baggage drop counters while a Parliamentary panel has decided to take up with the Delhi airport operator the issue of congestion. Besides, the Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA) has requested the scheduled airlines to […]
Now experience Bengaluru airport’s Terminal 2 on metaverse
Bangalore International Airport Limited (BIAL) Tuesday announced the first phase launch of BLR Metaport, a platform to experience Kempegowda International Airport’s Terminal 2 (T2) on the metaverse. The metaverse is a shared virtual space that is hyper-realistic, immersive and interactive, thanks to the use of augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) technology. Built in […]
‘This is infuriating’: Passengers at Delhi airport complain about long wait times
Many passengers continued to face long queues and waiting hours while some of them even missed their flights because of the chaos at New Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport on Monday. Despite visits from the Union aviation minister and DIAL, the crowd still cannot be managed. Several passengers took to social media to share their […]