New Delhi: An American national has been arrested at the IGI airport allegedly with 23 live cartridges, which police on Sunday claimed was brought from the United States without any valid documents. Police said no firearms were recovered from Jeffrey Jinnin Worn, who was about to board a Turkish Airlines flight on Saturday. "During security check at the time of boarding, some suspicious items were found in Worn's baggage. It...
03:01 PM, May 27, 2012
New Delhi: In a move that would soon raise air travel costs from the Indira Gandhi International Airport, the Airports Economic Regulatory Authority (AERA) on Wednesday decided to raise landing, parking and other charges by a whopping 346 per cent for two years. In its latest order, AERA also fixed higher rates of user development fees (UDF) for both incoming and outgoing domestic and international passengers this year, with the...
09:01 PM, Apr 25, 2012
New Delhi: A 27-year-old Finnish national allegedly jumped to death from the sixth floor of Delhi airport's multi-level parking this afternoon. The deceased has been identified as Arette Karlella and the incident took place at around 1:30 pm, police said. The reason for taking the extreme step was not known as he did not leave any suicide note. A personal diary was recovered from him. "He was carrying a bag....
07:18 PM, Apr 15, 2012
New Delhi: Over 2,800 complaints were registered at various airports for issues like poor service, bad food, lost luggage or other problems, with Delhi and Hyderabad topping the list. Out of 2,888 complaints, around 587 complaints were registered at the Delhi airport while Hyderabad stood second with 236 complaints, followed by Bangalore and Nagpur airports with 186 and 170 complaints respectively. Of the six private-run airports, Mumbai and Cochin registered...
11:23 AM, Mar 18, 2012
New Delhi: Indian and foreign airlines have slammed the Delhi Airport operator's demand for an eight-fold hike in tariff, saying it would make the charges in New Delhi even costlier than those levied at Singapore, Bangkok, Dubai and Hong Kong put together. While the Delhi International Airport Limited (DIAL) has justified its proposal of a 774 per cent hike saying the aeronautical tariff would actually increase by 100-150 per cent,...
12:27 PM, Mar 04, 2012
New Delhi: The ground staff and technicians of cash-strapped Kingfisher Airlines at Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport are on a strike. Thursday is the second day of their strike against non-payment on salaries for months. Kingfisher Airlines, owned by Indian liquor baron Vijay Mallya, is in talks with two foreign carriers, including International Airlines Group (IAG), the owner of British Airways and Iberia, for a potential rescue package, a report...
02:07 PM, Mar 01, 2012
New Delhi: Delhi and Mumbai airports are earning the least 'aeronautical' revenue per passenger compared to other airports of the world, according to a survey. As per the list of 50 countries prepared by Leigh Fisher Management consultants, Delhi airport is at the bottom of the list with meagre 1.97 SDRs compared to Japan's Narita airport with 17.86 SDRs. Mumbai stands at the second last place with 2.09 SDRs. The...
10:46 AM, Feb 24, 2012
14 flights from Mumbai, 4 out of Delhi and 10 from Bangalore have been cancelled on Thursday. ...
01:15 PM, Feb 22, 2012
New Delhi: Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA) has been ranked second in the 25-40 MPPA category in the Airport Service Quality (ASQ) awards given by the Airports Council International (ACI) for 2011. IGI Airport has steadily improved its quality levels and ranking over the last five years after management was transferred to DIAL. The airport has moved from an ASQ score of 3.02 in 2007, and a rank outside the...
04:37 PM, Feb 14, 2012
New Delhi: Flight operations came to a standstill in New Delhi early morning on Friday as a thick fog enveloped the national capital. More than 40 domestic and international flights have been delayed, while nine arriving and departing flights were cancelled. Trains haven't been spared either. Nearly 16 are reportedly running late, and over 22 have been cancelled. The situation is expected to improve as the day progresses. The visibility...
09:49 AM, Dec 30, 2011
New Delhi: Dense fog enveloped the IGI Airport on Friday morning, leading to diversion of four flights and delaying 75 others. Two Jet Airway flights from Doha and Abu Dhabi and one Kingfisher flight from Dubai were diverted to Jaipur while one cargo flight from Chennai was diverted to Ahmedabad, airport officials said. Ten flights were cancelled due to operational reasons or poor weather conditions at the destination. The fog...
11:07 AM, Dec 23, 2011
New Delhi: Vijay Mallya-led Kingfisher Airlines is in more trouble with several airports slapping the aviation major notices to clear their dues. Mumbai airport has issued notice to Kingfisher Airlines to pay usage charges immediately amounting to Rs 90 crore. Sources say that the airline has been told to pay the amount by Saturday. They added that if the airline fails to pay the dues, it will be put on...
03:58 PM, Dec 01, 2011
New Delhi: A proposal for a big hike in landing, parking, navigation and other charges at the Delhi and Mumbai airports is being considered by the Airports Economic Regulatory Authority (AERA) and a decision is likely by early next year. The AERA is seeking the views of airport users, including airlines, on the multi-year tariff proposals of Delhi International Airport Limited (DIAL) and Mumbai International Airport Limited (MIAL) to hike...
10:41 AM, Oct 16, 2011
New Delhi: With the capital on high alert following the blast at the Delhi High Court, an unattended baggage on Wednesday created panic at Terminal 3 of the IGI airport. At around 12.45 PM, a man claiming to be flight attendant handed over a big suitcase to two men, Santosh Kumar and Ankur Sharma, near departure gate 3, airport sources said. The man told them that he would come back...
10:52 PM, Sep 07, 2011
I can't express how grateful I am to Ansar Burney, said Madhu Sharma wife of MV Suez sailor NK Sharma. ...
10:00 AM, Jun 24, 2011
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