The civil aviation ministry on Thursday said various steps including the additional manpower deployment by Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) and reinforcement of Bureau of Immigration (BoI) staff, have been taken to ease congestion.
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 the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS) on Mon
Go First airline, which has been grounded since early May, has announced a further extension of flight cancellations till August 6, the airline announced in a tweet on Thursday.
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.
Amit Shah tweeted, "My heartiest congratulations to the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS) on the occasion of Aviation Security Culture Week. May the weeklong celebration leave them with a renewed commitment to making our aviation installations more secure and safe than ever before".
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.
Taking a dig at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government over new airports constructed since they came to power, senior Congress leader P Chidambaram said that "to boast and exaggerate are its hallmarks" while Union Civil Aviation Minister Jyotira
India’s aviation security regulator the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS) is organising an aviation security culture week starting on July 31 to August 5 first time in the country. All the stakeholders of Indian aviation are participating in the security culture week with the
Ahead of the Muharram procession, Union Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya M. Scindia visited Imambara in Maharaj Bada of Gwalior and wished for the development and prosperity of the state.
On May 2, Go First cancelled its flights and filed for voluntary bankruptcy before the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT), alleging delays on the part of a US-based engine maker, Pratt & Whitney, for its inability to promptly meet obligations -- leading to the grounding of a portion
An Air India Delhi-Paris flight on Friday returned to originating airport at the Indira Gandhi International Airport shortly after take-off following the Delhi air traffic controllers informed the flight crew about suspected tyre debris sighted on the runway after its departure.
Hitting out at the opposition's I.N.D.I.A. alliance, Union Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia said that parties "who used to hate each other" are now coming together "like a family."