Stating that the country has effective international to domestic connectivity as well as domestic Tier-I to Tier-II connectivity, Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia on Monday said the Centre is now focusing on last-mile connectivity in the country through its UDAN 4.2 scheme. “Certainly, the concentration has to be on last-mile connectivity…last-mile connectivity can only be […]
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Union Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia visits Terminal 3 of Delhi airport after complaints of chaos
A day after long lines at immigration and security and unorganised checking led to chaos at Indira Gandhi International Airport’s Terminal 3, Union Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia made a surprise visit to take stock of the situation Monday. After the meeting, Scindia, who had also been tagged by many travellers online, told the media, […]
Delhi airport will introduce these changes soon
Amid complaints of long lines and chaos at Terminal 3 of the IGI Airport in Delhi, officials from the Civil Aviation Ministry and DIAL officials have come up with a plan to cut down wait times. Union Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya M Scindia visited the airport on Monday morning and a meeting was held with […]
Scottish officials: Lockerbie bomb suspect is in US custody
Authorities in Scotland said Sunday that the Libyan man suspected of making the bomb that destroyed a passenger plane over Lockerbie, Scotland, in 1988 is in U.S. custody. Scotland’s Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service said in a statement: “The families of those killed in the Lockerbie bombing have been told that the suspect Abu […]
At Delhi airport, passenger load surges, but security deployment stays at 5,000 since 2017
Even as Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport is handling a passenger traffic of 71.1 million persons per year, the deployment of security personnel has not kept pace. Airport officials told The Indian Express on Sunday that they are managing operations with only 5,000 CISF staffers — a number that has remained the same since 2017. […]
Chaos at Delhi airport’s T3, long queues at ticket counters, immigration, security check
Long lines at immigration and security, unorganised checking, chaos at the lounge — Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport Terminal 3 has become a nightmare for passengers despite authorities reducing flights. Passengers have been complaining for weeks about how departure from T3 is a tedious process. Visuals from the airport shared on social media show men […]
Snake found in Air India Express plane’s cargo hold after landing at Dubai; DGCA to probe incident
A snake was found in the cargo hold of an Air India Express plane after it landed at the Dubai airport on Saturday and aviation regulator DGCA is probing the incident, according to a senior official. The B737-800 aircraft came from Calicut, Kerala and the passengers were safely deplaned. The senior official at the Directorate […]
Chennai-Jaffna flights resume today after Covid break
India and Sri Lanka are all set to revive an important connectivity link with the resumption of flights between Chennai and Jaffna from Monday. Alliance Air, an Air India subsidiary, has announced that it will operate the service four times a week. The air link, first revived in November 2019 after more than four decades, […]
Goa gets 2nd airport: Need to focus on ease of travel as India grows, says PM Modi
INDIA NEEDS to focus on ease of travel as the world has started to notice the country due to its rise in recent years, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Sunday. Addressing a gathering at a ceremony to inaugurate Goa’s second airport, which has been named after late Manohar Parrikar, the former chief minister of […]
Air India nears historic order for up to 500 jets, says report
Air India is close to placing historic orders for as many as 500 jetliners worth tens of billions of dollars from both Airbus and Boeing as it carves out an ambitious revival under the Tata Group conglomerate, industry sources said on Sunday. The orders include as many as 400 narrow-body jets and 100 or more […]
Air India grapples with cabin crew constraints; cancels Delhi-San Francisco flights
Cabin crew constraints are impacting Air India’s ultra long haul flights, with the Tatas-owned carrier deciding to either reschedule or cancel certain services to San Francisco and Vancouver, according to airline sources. The sources said the airline is either delaying departures or cancelling some of its ultra long haul flights amid cabin crew shortages and […]
Air India to spend $400 mn on cabin interior makeover
Tata Group-owned Air India will give a full makeover to the cabin interiors of more than a third of its fleet starting with the long-haul Boeing planes, committing a spend of $400 million. This refurbishment will see the addition of ‘latest generation seats and best in-class inflight entertainment’, the airline said in a media release. […]