Airports Authority of India (AAI) said Tiruchirappalli International Airport has been rated the best in the Asia Pacific region in the category of under 2 million passengers by ACI.
The airport's operator DIAL said the cargo transshipment via Delhi will cost manufacturers and suppliers significantly less as compared to other routes.
Ashneer Grover said that Delhi Airport's Terminal 3 needs a total overhaul, noting that it takes 30 minutes just to enter the airport.
When the flight was diverted to Delhi, the passenger tweeted tagging Union Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia that his plane was “hijacked”.
More than forty flights are affected by the persistence of bad weather conditions over the Delhi airspace.
A passenger had shared on social media a video and his experience about co-passengers having had to wait for a long time at the aerobridge on Tuesday at the Delhi airport. It happened with passengers of SpiceJet flight SG 8133 from Delhi-Bengaluru.
One of the passengers shared on social media a video of many co-passengers waiting at the aerobridge. In the video, some of them were heard asking for water.
According to officials of the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC), the 130-metre-long underground pedestrian subway was opened for public in the presence of DMRC Managing Director Vikas Kumar.
In a tweet on Monday, Mandaviya said, ''Reviewed Air Suvidha system and RT-PCR testing facilities for international passengers at the IGI Airport, New Delhi.''
The passengers also will have to upload their reports on the Air Suvidha portal before travel, the Centre noted
The airport initiates low visibility procedures (LVP) - measures aimed at making landing for flights easier, when visibility dips below 800 metres.
The new order said teachers and other teaching staff, who were to be deployed, are exempted from airport duty for the period of December 31 to January 15.
Live Covid BF.7 Variant in Indian Highlights: The female traveler with a British passport had flown from Kuala Lumpur to Kolkata. The other traveler, came from Dubai. He reportedly lives in Bihar and arrived back on Monday.
Air Suvidha form filling to declare current health status will be made compulsory for international passengers arriving from these countries as per the Centre's protocol.
Testing for Covid-19 via random sampling for passengers arriving via international flights will begin at the Delhi Airport from today in accordance with the guidelines laid out by the Ministry of Civil Aviation.
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.
In recent weeks, passengers faced long waiting hours at the Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA) here due to congestion but the situation has eased now.
Jet Airways CEO Sanjiv Kapoor, stuck in midnight traffic after leaving Delhi airport’s terminal 3 last night, blamed “masses of trucks heading out of Delhi” and towards Gurugram.
In recent weeks, the Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA) in the national capital has been grappling with congestion, resulting in long waiting hours for passengers and many of them have been complaining about the situation on social media.
The minister added that all agencies have swung into action in the last 24-36 hours to mitigate congestion at all major airports.
Questions and queues grow as each passenger at security check tries to work out whether to put the laptop in the bag and bag in the tray or take it all out to put in individual trays.
A man has shared a post of appreciation for ground staff employee at Delhi Airport who went the extra mile to ensure he would make it to his father’s funeral on time.
In recent weeks, there have been rising passenger complaints about long waiting hours at the airport here and authorities have taken various measures to deal with the situation.
Implementing half of the suggestions given below will reduce the current queuing time at airports by at least 50 percent, says Jet Airways CEO