Ahmedabad: Whenever identical twins — city-based businessmen Sanjeev and Rajeev Chhajer– fly for business or pleasure, they first hit a roadblock at Digi Yatra. The app, which promises quicker airport entry and security clearance through facial authentication, struggles to distinguish between them forcing one of them out of the fast-track process and into manual verification…
Patna: More than a year after Patna airport began operations from its new integrated terminal, passenger traffic and flight movement have shown little improvement, according to the latest Airports Authority of India data.Patna handled 4,09,710 domestic passengers in May 2026, only 1,777 more than the 4,07,933 recorded in the same month last year. Passenger traffic…
Nagpur: Union civil aviation minister Kinjarapu Ram Mohan Naidu on Thursday pitched an ambitious vision for Nagpur as an ‘aerotropolis city’, while formally handing over the Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar International Airport to GMR, describing the move as a turning point in central India’s aviation and economic growth story.The Nagpur airport was conceptualised as an aerotropolis…
Nagpur, June 24, 2026: Union Civil Aviation minister Kinjarapu Ram Mohan Naidu on Thursday pitched an ambitious vision for Nagpur as an “aerotropolis city” while formally handing over the Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar International Airport to the GMR Group, describing the move as a turning point in central India’s aviation and economic growth story.Speaking at the…
The expansion will make it a stronger alternative to both NIA and IGI Ghaziabad: The Hindon civil terminal in Ghaziabad will add parking bays and use its own air traffic control, the biggest problems that have come in the way of airlines running more services from here, as the local administration and civil aviation ministry…
MUMBAI: The Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) released no report on the Air India Flight 171 crash on Friday, the first anniversary of the tragedy in Ahmedabad that claimed 260 lives. It thus missed the International Civil Aviation Organisation’s (ICAO) 12-month deadline for a final or interim report.The Annex 13 document of ICAO, which lays…
Pune: While airlines may laud the Centre’s Rs10,000-crore aviation turbine fuel (ATF) price stabilisation fund as a vital cushion in times of surging global crude prices, for Salisbury Park resident Jagannath Sinha, the relief is nowhere to be found.Sinha, a private sector employee, was left stunned while checking airfares for Diwali in early Nov. “Our…
A Union government scheme will freeze jet fuel prices for airlines in an attempt to shield them from the West Asia energy crisis. Public sector oil marketing companies (OMCs) have set the price of aviation turbine fuel (ATF) under the Rs 10,000-crore price stabilisation fund scheme at Rs 115 per litre, or Rs 1.15 lakh…
DigiYatra, the facial recognition-based airport travel platform, will be rolled out at 27 more airports by next year, the civil aviation ministry said on Saturday, as it highlighted the initiative’s growing adoption across the country, PTI reported.DigiYatra, which enables contactless and seamless passenger movement at airports using Facial Recognition Technology (FRT), is currently available at…
