Thiruvananthapuram: Over 400 people in Kerala are under observation for suspected coronavirus, which includes five in hospitals, while the others are at their homes, a Central health official who is currently touring Kerala, said on Tuesday. The leader of the central team which is currently inspecting the arrangements in Kerala set up to deal with […]
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Central teams to visit airports to screen for coronavirus
New Delhi: Union Minister of Health & Family Welfare Harsh Vardhan on Saturday said central teams have been sent to conduct thermal screening of Novel Coronavirus (nCoV) at seven designated airports – New Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai, Chennai, Bengaluru, Hyderabad and Kochi. Although, no nCoV cases have been detected in the country so far, government is […]
IndiGo server collapses, long queues at airports
New Delhi: Passengers flying IndiGo faced long queues across airports on Monday morning after the airline’s server collapsed. “Our systems have been down across the network since morning. As a result, we are expecting our operations to be impacted across the airports. All efforts are being made to resolve the issue at the earliest,” the […]
Flight operations resume in airports: DGCA
New Delhi : Commercial flights resumed at all Indian airports after being suspended on Wednesday, an official with the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) said. According to the official, the “Notice to Airmen” (Notam) issued by the Air Traffic Control (ATC) has been withdrawn. Earlier in the day, several airports across north India were closed […]
Srinagar, Jammu, Leh, Amritsar, Chandigarh airports closed for civilian operation
New Delhi | Several airports including Srinagar, Jammu, Leh, Amritsar and Chandigarh have been closed for civilian operation, airport sources said on Wednesday. According to informed sources, the airports’ facilities are currently being used by the Indian Air Force (IAF). Consequently, no commercial operation will take place in these airports. Several flights to and from these […]
Threat to hijack Air India plane, security tightened at airports
Mumbai : Security in and around India’s busiest airport – the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (CSMIA) – as well others around the country has been tightened following a threat to hijack an Air India aircraft, official sources said here on Saturday. The threat came in a telephone call to the AI Operation Control Centre […]
Udan-III: 235 routes to connect airports, water aerodromes
New Delhi : The Central government on Friday awarded contracts to 11 companies to operate fixed-wing and seaplane services under the third round of air regional connectivity “Udan” scheme connecting destinations like Ambala, Amravati, Campbell Bay and Car Nicobar among others. Accordingly, the Ministry of Civil Aviation issued “Letter of Awards” for 73 proposals involving […]
Lucknow, Chennai, Guwahati airports to get new terminals
New Delhi : The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved the upgradation and expansion of Lucknow, Chennai and Guwahati airports at a cost of over Rs 5,000 crore, IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said. Prasad said the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) approved the upgradation of these airports with funds from a Rs 21,000 crore […]
CISF plans aircraft-centric security model at small airports
New Delhi : The CISF is planning to deploy an aircraft-centric model of security at small airports, Additional Director General M.A. Ganpathy said on Friday. Ganpathy, incharge of airport security, said the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) would take charge of security of small airports for a short period as per the new model. “The […]
Removal of prosthetic limbs not mandatory at airports: CISF
New Delhi : The CISF on Friday said it has decided not to ask differently abled passengers to take off their prosthetic limbs for security checks at airports across the country, except in rare cases when profiling necessitates such action. The move is a part of new security norms to avoid inconvenience to such persons, […]