A total of 246 Indians from strife-torn Sudan arrived at the Mumbai airport as part of 'Operation Kaveri', on Thursday, the airport officials informed ANI.
According to MIAL, this upward trend is expected to continue and is anticipated that the number of trips people will take in a year will increase. One of the factors driving this growth is the restart of tourism after the pandemic.
A team of Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) intercepted a passenger travelling from Addis Ababa to Mumbai and recovered 7.6 kg of Heroin worth Rs 53 crore, informed officials on Wednesday.
Based on specific intelligence, two Nigerian nationals who were travelling from Lagos to Mumbai via Addis Ababa, surveillance was mounted by a team of officers from the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence.
Mumbai's Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (CSMIA), the second busiest airport in India, recorded nearly 4.5 million passenger movements in January 2023, an increase of 149 per cent on a yearly basis.
Mumbai's Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport received a threat call on Monday night where the caller introduced himself as an Indian Mujahideen terrorist and threatened to blow up the airport.
Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport intends to replace all its combustion-powered vehicles with electric vehicles as part of its Operational Net Zero mission by 2029
Earlier on January 6, altogether six kg of heroin and cocaine worth over Rs 47 crore were seized in two separate cases at the Mumbai airport, customs officials said.
MLA Dhananjay Munde was airlifted from Maharashtra's Beed and reached Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport, Mumbai and later drove for over 20 km in an Ambulance to the city's Breach Candy Hospital for further treatment.
Mumbai International Airport Ltd (MIAL) on Friday said that two per cent of international passengers arriving at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport from Saturday onwards would undergo post-arrival testing for COVID.