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Manpower with technology required to deal with rising number of air passen
Updated : 3 years ago IST
Full body scanners will soon be installed at Delhi, Mumbai and other airports as manpower with technology is required to deal with the rising number of air passengers at all airports in the country, said Zulfiquar Hasan, director general of Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS) on Monday.
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Power banks top list of seized items at airports in India
Updated : 3 years ago IST
Every day, around 25,000 prohibited items are seized by security agencies from air passengers at various airports across the country, said the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS) on Monday.
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Akasa Air passenger detained for smoking in aircraft lavatory
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
"A passenger on Akasa Air flight QP1326, flying from Ahmedabad to Bengaluru, was found smoking in the aircraft's lavatory. Our crew followed the required safety protocols and the passenger was handed over to the local police with the help of the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF), u
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Air India, Vistara sign interline partnership
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
The partnership will enable flyers to book their flights on either airline and seamlessly get access to several domestic destinations as well as international destinations. This will allow Air India's customers to access Vistara's domestic network and also give Vistara's flyers to access ove
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Double metal detector, re-checking of air passengers a part of security ad
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Taking note of the passengers' objection to the double or re-metal detector checking by private airlines staff after checking by aviation security, India's aviation security agency for civil aircraft BCAS has said that it is a part of the updated advisory which has been issued depending upon
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Majority of passenger complaints related to flight problems and baggage: D
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Flight problems and baggage comprised the majority of a total of 347 passenger complaints received by the scheduled domestic airlines during March this year, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) stated in a report.
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Flier claims anonymous caller threatened to raise Khalistani flag at Praga
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
A air passenger received a pre-recorded call from an alleged Khalistan supporter, threatening to take down the national flag at Pragati Maidan in the national capital and replacing it with the Khalistani flag, Delhi Police informed on Saturday.
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Delhi HC directs DGCA to constitute appellate committee handling appeal of
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
The High court on March 15, granted time to the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) to place on record the documents related to the constitution of the appellate Committee looking into the appeals of unruly Air passengers.
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India will have more than 140 mn air passengers in FY 2024: Jyotiraditya S
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Scindia said that there was a time when the airports were devoid of a single passenger and here, we are today when we have already crossed figures of 4.56 lakh domestic passengers in a day.
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Delhi HC grants time to DGCA to place on record constitution of appellate
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
The Delhi High court on Wednesday granted time to the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) to place on record the documents related to the constitution of the appellate Committee looking into the appeals of unruly Air passengers.
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Parliamentary panel to take up issue of unruly air passenger behaviour tod
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Several officials from the Civil Aviation Ministry are scheduled to depose before the committee.
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Domestic air passenger traffic went up by 47.05 per cent in 2022 compared
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
The passenger load factors of all major airlines - Air India, SpiceJet, GoFirst, IndiGo, Akasa Air, AirAsia India and Vistara witnessed an upward trend in December 2022 compared to November 2022, as per the DGCA data.
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