CSMIA introduces ‘Integrated Security Check Point’ for domestic and international passengers
Mumbai: With a drive to create new benchmarks using technological interventions, Mumbai’s Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (CSMIA) yet again sets a record of bringing in path-breaking innovations, this time with the introduction of an ‘Integrated Security Check Point’ at Terminal 2 (T2). For the first time across any of the Indian airports, this unique […]
TCS to Launch E-Passports by End of the year
New Delhi: Indian tech giant, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) is expected to introduce new chip-based E Passportsas by the end of 2022, reported The Economic Times. As a part of the Indian government’s Passport Seva Project which was launched in 2008 to digitize the passport space and provide online services. The second phase of the […]
Delhi Airport Becomes First in India to Fully Run on Hydro and Solar Power
New Delhi: Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International (IGI) airport has switched to hydro and solar power for its consumption needs from June 1, making it India’s first airport to run entirely on a combination of these forms of green energy, also it’s a major step toward achieving the ambitious goal of becoming a Net Zero Carbon […]
BLR Airport sees growth in international traffic, Connecting New International Routes
International Air Traffic Movement (ATM) increased by 48% in May ’22 vs. March ’22 Processed an average of 9300 daily international passengers during the last week of May 2022, with a 66 % recovery to pre-Covid. Currently serving 23 international destinations with new international routes planned to Sydney, San Francisco, Tel Aviv and Seattle Bengaluru: Kempegowda […]
Akasa Air’s first aircraft arrives in India
New Delhi: Akasa Air, India’s newest and most dependable airline, on Tuesday (Jun 21), welcomed the arrival of the first of its 72 Boeing 737 MAX aircraft, at the Indira Gandhi International Airport, in the presence of its leadership team. The airline received the ceremonial keys for the aircraft in Seattle, the USA on June 15, […]
Bharat Gaurav Tourist Train operating on the Ramayana Circuit flag off from Delhi
New Delhi: Union Minister of Tourism, Culture and DONER, Shri G. Kishan Reddy along with Minister of Railways, Communications, Electronics and Information Technology, Shri Ashwini Vaishnaw flagged off the Bharat Gaurav Tourist Train from Delhi Safdarjung Railway Station today (Jun 21). For the first time, it will connect India and Nepal with a tourist train. […]
Air Canada to Launch Flights to Bangkok and Mumbai for Winter 2022-23
Only non-stop North America-Thailand route. Service to operate four-times weekly beginning Dec. 1 Daily Toronto-Mumbai flights via London Heathrow beginning Oct. 29 Restoration of key routes to India, Australia, New Zealand and Peru MONTREAL– Air Canada announced on Monday (Jun 20) the expansion of its international network with the addition of Bangkok, Thailand, the carrier’s first non-stop service to South-East Asia. The airline will also be resuming flights […]
Air India intends to buy more than 200 planes in the coming years
New Delhi: Air India is planning to buy more than 200 new planes in the next 5 years to serve more and more passengers, with 70 per cent of them being narrow-bodied aircraft, aviation industry sources said on Sunday. Air India has decided to procure its maiden batch of wide-bodied A350 aircraft from Airbus and […]
Flights from Jaffna to India will resume in July, Sri Lankan Aviation Minister says
To boost tourism and help the country in the current dollar crisis, the Sri Lankan Aviation Minister Nimal Siripala de Silva on Saturday (Jun 18) said that the country will resume flights from the northern Jaffna peninsula to India from July. The Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority plans to attract 800,000 tourists during the rest […]
SpiceJet flight make an Emergency landing at Patna Airport
Patna: A Delhi-bound SpiceJet flight on Sunday (Jun 19) was forced to return and make an emergency landing at Patna Airport after there were reports of a fire in the plane’s engine immediately after it took off. The crew and the Air Traffic Control (ATC) arranged a safe emergency landing of the aircraft at the […]
