As of now, 12 out of the 21 airports in the eight states of the northeast are functional. Guwahati has connections to eight of the 11 other functional airports and Imphal which has direct flights to Aizawl, Guwahati and Agartala. However, most other... read more

While the Mumbai airport handles around 1,000 aircraft movements every day, the main runway handles around 50 flights every hour. During the closure of the runway (09-27), the secondary runway will be operational, with flights being rescheduled, merged... read more

Various steps have been undertaken by Airport Authority of India to eliminate the single-use plastic items at passenger terminals. These steps include banning of single-use plastic items like straws, plastic cutleries and plastic plates read more

The Airports Authority of India, which expanded and modified the terminal of Jammu airport in September 2017, has now started work on extending the runway at the airport and sought more land from state government for a new terminal. read more

Hardeep Singh Puri, Union minister of state for civil aviation, attended the commissioning of the new tower along with senior officers from the Airports Authority of India (AAI) and the civil aviation ministry. read more

The dumping ground, which holds about 12 million metric tonnes of waste, is 14km from the airport and hence falls in the runway funnel zone – area around the airport which is in the flight take-off and landing path. read more

According to Powai police, the complainant works an as assistant manager at an insurance firm. On July 10, his wife, who is an advocate, received an SMS, containing a phone number, purportedly sent by AAI. read more

According to Powai Police, the wife of the 38-year-old assistant manager in an insurance company received a text message about a position for ground staff in Airports Authority of India on July 10. read more

Awaiting defence ministry’s permission, work on installing advance instrument landing system stalled read more

After Jet Airways suspended operations in April, the airlines were allocated the vacant slots first up to June 30. This was later extended up to September. read more

The Mumbai Air Traffic Controller (ATC) currently uses a 15-year-old air system, which is unable to bear the load of growing air traffic. read more

One possible solution is to have a GPS (global positioning system) trackers installed in all privately owned and operated drones that are registered for use. read more

The HC’s decision came after AAI informed the bench that the employee had been regularised in its records as a female. read more

Earlier, the previous district magistrate Ritu Maheshwari had said that the first flight could take off from August 5. However, officials said that they have asked the AAI to expedite the operation of flights and have also asked for four new routes. read more

According to the Airport Authority of India (AAI), three flights had to be diverted due to bad weather. read more