The meeting was also attended by officials from the Director Generals of the Directorate General of Civil Aviation, and officials from the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security, the government said in a press release.
The aviation safety regulator asked airport operators to roll back the retail red carpet if needed to accommodate additional frisking and scanning facilities.
1,400 Central Industrial Security Force personnel would soon be deployed at the Indira Gandhi International Airport, where terminal expansions are underway in three terminals and the cargo hold.
DIAL is the operator of the Indira Gandhi International Airport (DIAL), the country's largest airport, and it is being operated under a Public Private Partnership.
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Besides, the ministry has requested the scheduled airlines to place real time data on their social media feeds regarding waiting time at respective airports' entry gates.
The panel is to hear the views of the DIAL CEO and the Chairman of the Association of Private Airport Operators (APAO) on the 'development of greenfield and brownfield airports and issues pertaining to civil enclaves in defence airports', according to the notice.
The airline has also advised passengers to take advantage of DigiYatra and also avoid peak-hour flights when possible
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