Bhubaneswar Airport Unveils New Terminal Link Building Connecting Terminal 1 and 2

07 Feb 2024

The new link building between terminals T1 (Domestic) and T2 (International) for integrated operations at Biju Patnaik International (BPI) Airport in Bhubaneswar was inaugurated today by Union Minister of State for Civil Aviation V.K. Singh via video conferencing, according to an official statement. The opening of the link building will...

Customs officials seize 4 Kg gold worth Rs 2.55 crore at Lucknow Airport

31 Dec 2023

The senior Customs official at Lucknow's Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport (CCSI) has reported that two incidents were recorded by officers of CCSI Airport Lucknow within the Lucknow Customs (P) Commissionerate this morning. In the initial case, a coffee machine was found to be suspicious during scanning and upon further...

Surat Airport’s newly inaugurated terminal commences domestic flight operations

26 Dec 2023

Surat International Airport on Monday commenced domestic flight operations from its newly inaugurated terminal, built at a cost of Rs 353 crore, with the arrival of two flights from Delhi and Hyderabad. Indigo operated the initial flights connecting Surat to Delhi and Hyderabad, marking the beginning of a significant chapter...

Kerala: Customs department seizes gold worth 57 lakhs

13 Jun 2023

The customs department at Kochi airport made a seizure on Tuesday, confiscating 1069.57 grams of gold valued at Rs. 57 lakhs from a passenger who arrived from Bahrain via Calicut. The individual, named Asraf and hailing from Kozhikode, concealed four compact capsules of gold within his body. The gold has...

Union Minister unveils bold plan for airport expansion across India

07 Jun 2023

Union Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia said on Wednesday that 200–220 more airports, heliports, and water aerodromes will be built in the country over the next 5 years. Union Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia addressed the media in the national capital, highlighting the remarkable progress achieved by the aviation sector...

Passenger held with Gold worth over 50 lakh at Delhi airport

03 May 2023

As per the officials on Wednesday, Air Customs at Delhi International Airport booked a passenger who arrived from Jeddah and seized gold worth over Rs 50 lakh in the form of paste from the person. The police have reported that an Indian passenger who arrived at Terminal 3 of Indira...

Customs seizes Rs 38 lakh worth of gold at Kochi airport

25 Apr 2023

On Tuesday, The Air Intelligence Unit (AIU) of the Customs department seized a total of 788.57 grams of gold worth Rs 38 lakhs at Kochi airport, as per the official statement released said. "On the basis of profiling done by the officers of Customs AIU batch, a passenger identified as...

Air India to launch TaxiBot operations at Delhi, Bengaluru airport

13 Apr 2023

Air India has signed an agreement with KSU Aviation to launch TaxiBot operations at Delhi and Bengaluru airports for its Airbus A320 Family of aircraft. HOW TAXIBOT SERVICE WORK? The strategic partnership is aligned with Air India's commitment to reducing its carbon footprint, as the adoption of TaxiBots envisages a...

Gold worth over Rs 65 lakh seized at Hyderabad airport

28 Mar 2023

As per recent reports, the Customs department seized smuggled gold weighing over 4 kg at Hyderabad airport in two separate incidents. In one of the incidents, gold worth Rs 65 lakh was seized from two passengers who had come from Dubai at Hyderabad's Rajiv Gandhi International Airport on Tuesday, said...

PM Modi inaugurates Shivamogga Airport, to hold roadshow in Belagavi

27 Feb 2023

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday inaugurated the Shivamogga Airport in Karnataka. PM Modi will hold a roadshow in Belagavi later today ahead of which security checks are being conducted. "Tight security has been undertaken in the backdrop of the Prime Minister's program. Police personnel has been deployed along the...