This is being seen as a major step in building international aviation hubs in India. The meeting delved into solutions derived from studying international airport models such as those of Singapore and Canada.
Eight airports in France were forced to evacuate over security reasons, according to media reports.
According to officials, after an evaluation of the success of full-body scanners at these four airports, the facility will be extended to other airports in due course.
In its latest report on the Ministry of Civil Aviation’s regional connectivity scheme – UDAN, the Comptroller and Auditor General…
IndiGo and Air India on Friday faced double trouble when their aircraft, on different routes, encountered engine snags shortly after takeoff.
The Met officials said the heavy snowfall in Quetta had already broken the 20-year-old record.
“Government is, for the first time, talking about disinvestment of Air India and Pawan Hans Ltd. We have already privatised some airports and more airports are in line. Three have been awarded, few more are in line. It is a continuous trend,” Joint Secretary, Ministry of Civil Aviation, Usha Padhee said.
As per intelligence inputs, 3-4 heavily armed and 'highly-motivated' terrorists are suspected to be present in the national capital to 'carry out terror attacks' in retaliation to the abrogation of Article 370.
“We have not decided on which airports will be put on the block. But soon a list of such airports will be made and handed over to the civil aviation ministry,” said outgoing Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of AAI Guruprasad Mohapatra.
The circular also states the standard operating procedures (SOPs) that 84 airports would have to follow while using body scanners. Of around 105 operational airports in the country, 28 are classified as hypersensitive, including those in big cities like Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai and in conflict areas like Jammu and Kashmir and the Northeast while 56 airports are categorised as sensitive.
