A total of 19.96 crore passengers traveled through the airports in the country during 2021-22, the Minister of State for Civil Aviation V K Singh said in his reply to a written question in Rajya Sabha.
The incident took place during a pushback when the aircraft was getting moved from the passenger terminal to the runway. As per reports, passengers were onboard during the incident, after which SpiceJet replaced the aircraft.
Established in 1938, the Ratmalana airport is Sri Lanka’s oldest airport and at one point was the only international airport in the country.
Indian aviation regulator DGCA on Monday said around 76.96 lakh domestic passengers travelled by air in February, approximately 20 per cent more than the 64.08 lakh who flew in January.
The Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA) is the country's largest airport and handled around 1.8 lakh passengers per day during pre-COVID times.
Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia also responded to the complainant over Twitter saying, he is also "looking into this".
The airport director P. Subramani stated that there was no issue with the flight operation in the morning as several flights had landed as well as taken off in the morning.
The flight had taken off from Delhi and was on its way to Doha. Over 100 passengers were on board.
International operations shall be subject to strict adherence to Ministry of Health guidelines for international travel, Civil Aviation Ministry said.
The government of India has arranged flights from countries neighbouring Ukraine for the evacuation of Indian students. On Sunday the government said that since February 22, it has so far evacuated nearly 16,000 Indian students from Ukraine through flights from Ukraine's neighbouring countries.
The Indian government has amped its efforts in evacuating stranded students in Ukraine as Russia wages war. The government is pulling out stranded Indians by airlifting them from neighboring countries of Ukraine as part of 'Operation Ganga'.
Chief Minister of the State Pinarayi Vijayan would inaugurate the 12 MWp solar power plant on March 6, Managing Director of CIAL S Suhas said on Sunday.
The airport has blocked a special corridor for the arriving passengers. As per the guidelines laid down by the Government, the Airport Health Organization (APHO) team at the airport will be conducting mandatory temperature checks, added the CSMIA spokesperson.
Ukraine acted after Russia issued a ban on civilian air traffic in airspace over eastern Ukraine.
With the opening of the new arrival hall, the entire arrivals operations of T1 will shift from the existing facility to the new one. Currently, IndiGo and SpiceJet operate flights from T1.
Mishra arrived at Ranchi to visit the kin of 17-year old boy Rupesh Kumar Pandey at Hazaribag who was killed during a clash at Barhi during immersion procession of Saraswati idol on February 6.
On Sunday, Assam's fresh Covid-19 cases dropped by over 54 per cent in a day with 79 more people testing positive for the infection, while four more persons died due to the virus, the National Health Mission (NHM) said.
The unknown accused has violated provisions of Section 8 of the NDPS Act. The officials are scanning the CCTV footage to get a clue about the accused.
Within minutes of finding the woman unresponsive, CBP Officer Nicholas Karstetter, who is a certified advanced emergency medical technician (EMT), and Supervisory CBP Officer Herman Hundal, another certified EMT, responded and immediately initiated Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR).
Captain Amit Singh, an aviation expert, blamed poor maintenance work for the incident.
Top News
Latest News
