New Delhi: Flying out of Delhi? You may soon be asked to take off your shoes and belts, and jewellery, if you are wearing any, at the security check counters of the Indira Gandhi International Airport. The Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS) is in the process of putting in place tighter security check norms like this, in line with those in the US and Europe, following higher threat perception, official sources said.
However, it may take a few more weeks as the required technology, like sophisticated door-frame metal detectors, is still not in place at all counters of the airport, they said. If shoes, clothing items or other accessories containing metal set off an alarm, the security screener would insist on further checks, including pat-down frisking.
The sources, however, discounted the possibility of further delays the tighter security screening would cause by adding to the time by which a passenger can get into the aircraft. They said the metal detectors would allow passengers not having any metal on their person to pass through without a pat-down.
Currently, its takes around two to three minutes for the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) personnel to clear a person during the security check but with implementation of the new proposal, this is likely to increase to 5-7 minutes, an airline official said. BCAS had recently carried out a trial run of the system at Terminal 1D to access the problems that may crop up when the system is put
04:46 PM, Apr 12, 2013
New Delhi: A private jet to Karnataka carrying Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders Rajnath Singh, Sushma Swaraj and Arun Jaitley made an emergency landing at New Delhi airport nine minutes after taking off on Monday morning. The leaders were on their way to campaign for the May 5 Assembly elections in the state. Pilot of the aircraft informed Air traffic control (ATC) of technical issue and returned back to the...
11:25 AM, Apr 08, 2013
A glitch in the computerized check-in, baggage handling and plane's docking system of the terminal 3 of the IGI airport here today delayed the schedule of around 21 domestic and international flights, causing inconvenience to the passengers. ...
05:07 PM, Mar 08, 2013
Radar screens at the Air Traffic Control tower at the IGI Airport in the national capital went blank on Friday following power failure caused by accidental switching off of a miniature circuit breaker (MCB) by a worker carrying out an electrical job in ATC, hitting flight operations. ...
11:51 PM, Feb 08, 2013
A radar failure at the Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport in the capital on Friday led to the radar screens go blank leading to delay in several flights. The scheduling of the flights will have to be done manually. ...
01:29 PM, Feb 08, 2013
Reliance Infrastructure-led Delhi Airport Metro Express has increased fares on the high-speed corridor at a time when the train speed has been drastically reduced to 50 km per hour. The 50 per cent fare hike came into effect on Wednesday just a day after commercial operations on the 23-km corridor resumed after a gap of six months. ...
07:49 PM, Jan 23, 2013
The Commissioner of Metro Rail Safety (CMRS) on Tuesday began a two-day mandatory safety inspection of the high-speed Airport Metro Express Corridor. The 23-km corridor connecting the city's business centre of Connaught Place with Terminal-3 of the Indira Gandhi International Airport was shut down temporarily in July last year after cracks were found in the civil structure. ...
06:15 PM, Jan 15, 2013
Delhi's showcase Airport Metro Express Corridor will undergo a two-day mandatory safety inspection by the Commissioner of Metro Rail Safety (CMRS) beginning on Tuesday. ...
07:38 PM, Jan 14, 2013
Moving a step towards resumption of services, Delhi's showcase Airport Metro Express Corridor will undergo a two-day mandatory safety inspection by the Commissioner of Metro Rail Safety (CMRS) next week. The 23-km corridor connecting the city's business centre of Connaught Place with the Terminal-3 of the Indira Gandhi International Airport was shut down temporarily in July last year after cracks were found in the civil structure. ...
05:52 PM, Jan 10, 2013
Flying out of Delhi would become cheaper from Tuesday, with the development fee (DF) charged by the operator of IGI airport being reduced by Rs 100 for domestic and Rs 700 per international passenger. ...
03:47 PM, Dec 31, 2012
The Delhi Airport Express Metro line would resume services at a curtailed speed of 80 kmph against the permissible limit of 120 kmph, the Lok Sabha was informed on Wednesday. "It has been decided to resume services at a speed of 80 kmph against the maximum permissible speed of 120 kmph," Urban Development minister Kamal Nath said in reply to a question. ...
05:03 PM, Dec 19, 2012
It was a close call for a SpiceJet aircraft on Thursday night at Delhi's IGI airport. The flight, departing for Pune, hit an electric pole on the runway before take-off and damaged the right wing. ...
09:54 AM, Dec 07, 2012
New Delhi: SpiceJet has been directed by a consumer forum in Delhi to pay a compensation of Rs 22,000 to a visually-impaired man for over a four-hour delay of his flight from Kathmandu to Delhi. The South West District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum said the Chennai-based low-cost airline had given no evidence to support its contention that the delay was due to heavy air traffic and held SpiceJet guilty of...
11:43 AM, Nov 04, 2012
New Delhi: The Government on Monday termed the arrest of suspected Indian Mujahideen terrorist Fasih Mohammad as a "very important catch", saying Saudi Arabia fully cooperated in his deportation to India. "It was a very important catch. He was deported by Saudi Arabia," Union Home Secretary RK Singh told reporters here. Giving the first official reaction after Fasih's arrest by Delhi Police at the Indira Gandhi International Airport here, the...
04:50 PM, Oct 22, 2012
New Delhi: Air India would shift its headquarters from Mumbai to Delhi as part of its Turnaround Plan, but no date has yet been finalised, official sources said on Friday. With Delhi airport emerging as its major operational hub, most flights of the national carrier were being operated out of here. Under the Turnaround Plan, government promised a package of Rs 30,000 crore to Air India over the next nine...
07:59 PM, Oct 12, 2012
New Delhi: The Kingfisher Airlines lockout which has been on since October 1 may be extended further with employees not willing to join back work till their dues are cleared. Online bookings which were earlier available from October 13 onwards, have now been extended to October 20. On Tuesday, Kingfisher Airlines CEO Sanjay Aggaarwal had sent a letter to all employees urging them to join back work. "Unless we can...
07:19 AM, Oct 12, 2012
New Delhi: Uttar Pradesh Minister Shivpal Yadav on Saturday had a miraculous escape when a small plane carrying him skidded off the runway after landing at the IGI airport in Delhi. The incident took place at around 12 noon when the plane skidded off the runway after landing and the nose-wheel got stuck in mud, airport sources said. The plane with six people on board, including Yadav and two pilots,...
02:59 PM, Sep 22, 2012
New Delhi: The Public Accounts Committee on Thursday adopted the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) reports on coal blocks allocation, power and Delhi airport. The three reports were tabled in Parliament for discussion last week. The CAG report on coal had put the presumptive loss to the government at Rs 1.86 lakh crore, which was much bigger than the 2G spectrum allocation scam. The report had also raised questions on...
04:57 PM, Aug 23, 2012
New Delhi: The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) will meet on August 24 to discuss the CAG report on coal, power and airport scams, Chairman and BJP member Murli Manohar Joshi said on Sunday. Joshi refused to speak on the reports. He further defended the CAG which had come under attack from the government after the reports were tabled. ...
01:29 PM, Aug 19, 2012
The all-too-familiar political blame game has begun following the CAG reports that said that losses worth lakhs of crores of rupees were caused to the national exchequer by the Centre. ...
08:48 AM, Aug 18, 2012
