Chief minister promises swift action on Air Kerala
KOCHI: The construction work on the new international terminal at the Cochin International Airport on Saturday officially with chief minister Oommen Chandy laying the foundation stone. Speaking on the...
View ArticleTaxiway closure, runway work hit flight movement at airport
CHENNAI: The woes of passengers landing at Chennai airport worsened on Saturday when a two-hour-long scheduled runway closure for maintenance work affected flight movements already hit by closure of a...
View ArticleThree arterial roads to be widened
Three arterial roads in the capital city will be widened and modernised, Health Minister V.S. Sivakumar said here on Thursday. Survey work on the Kaithamukku-Passport Office-Kavaradi road, the...
View ArticleRegulator gets top rating but airports skip safety norms
CHENNAI: The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has upgraded safety rating of India's aviation regulator Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) to Category I, saying the country complies...
View ArticleKannur airport in take-off mode
Code-B aircraft of the Indian Air Force (IAF) is likely to be the first aircraft to touch down at the 3,050-metre runway of the Kannur airport, coming up at Mattannur. The Kannur International Airport...
View ArticleDelimitation opposed
The Vallakkadavu-Vayyamoola Joint Action Council has complained about the...
View ArticleVizhinjam on the fast track as govt. expedites infra procedures
In a bid to ensure the timely commencement of the Vizhinjam seaport project, the government has decided to expedite land acquisition and rehabilitation of affected fishermen and arrange for the supply...
View ArticleO'Hare opens latest new runway in decadelong modernization
Chicago's O'Hare International Airport opened a new runway and air traffic control tower Thursday, completing the latest piece of a nearly $9 billion overhaul of its outdated airfield. For more than a...
View ArticleKaripur runway re-carpeting works to be rescheduled
KOZHIKODE: The Union Civil Aviation Ministry will reschedule the runway re-carpeting works at the Karipur Airport, which was scheduled to commence from June 1 onwards, Kozhikode MP M K Raghavan said in...
View ArticleCold war in Kerala Congress over bars issue
The Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee and the Oommen Chandy government have failed to arrive at a consensus over the fate of the 418 liquor bars that had been closed down because of poor standards. A...
View ArticleTaxiway shut, pilots fume over delays
CHENNAI: Airlines are paying the price for various shortfalls at Chennai airport. Flights are getting delayed and turnaround time is hit because part of a taxiway parallel to the main runway has been...
View ArticleSheila to be sworn in as Kerala Governor today
Former three-term Chief Minister of Delhi Sheila Dikshit was given a warm welcome on her arrival from New Delhi on Monday evening to assume charge as 22 Governor of the State. The Governor-designate,...
View ArticleKannur airport runway will be extended to 3,400 metre, says CM
KANNUR: Chief minister Oommen Chandy said here on Saturday that the runway of the Kannur International Airport Ltd (KIAL) would be extended to 3,400 metres in the first phase itself. It was earlier...
View ArticleKannur airport runway will be extended to 3,400m, says CM
KANNUR: Chief minister Oommen Chandy said here on Saturday that the runway of the Kannur International Airport Ltd (KIAL) would be extended to 3,400 metres in the first phase itself. It was earlier...
View ArticleAirport eyes aerobridges SANJAY MANDAL One of the 18 aerobridges (right) in...
Calcutta airport will get 16 more aerobridges and some much-needed airside upgrades during the second phase of modernisation, to be carried out by a private operator whose role would extend to managing...
View ArticleWorks on parallel taxiways at airport begins
Mangalore International Airport’s plans to become more efficient by being able to handle aircraft one after another is set to become a reality as the construction of additional taxiways has begun. The...
View ArticleDirect connectivity to Malaysia
A hybrid airline based in Malaysia, Malindo Air, will commence direct flight operations from Kuala Lumpur to the State capital from August 24. The budget airline, set up in 2013 and based in Petaling...
View ArticleProtest against move to shift domestic terminal to Chakka
The Vallakkadavu-Vayyamoola Action Council will take out a march to the Legislative Assembly on July 27 in protest against the reported move of the Airport Authority of India (AAI) to shift the...
View ArticleKaripur Airport’s future in jeopardy
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Ports, fisheries and excise minister K. Babu said the future of Karipur airport would be in jeopardy if people’s representatives in the area did not take the initiative to create a...
View ArticleDebate on over shifting of domestic terminal
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: A day after the Airport People's Action Council and Vallakkadavu Vayyamoola Action Council conducted a march and dharna in front of the domestic airport terminal against the plans...
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