Aviation

The government of Telangana has approved the land allocation to the Airports Authority of India for the redevelopment of Mamnoor Airport in Warangal, Telangana. The related land acquisition processes have been initiated by the district […]

An integrated cargo complex was operationalised at the Shaheed Bhagat Singh International Airport in Chandigarh on July 28, 2023. It covers a total area of 2,400 square meters with five sheds worth a total cost […]

Rajkot International Airport in Hirasar, Gujarat was inaugurated on July 27, 2023. The airport is located near Rajkot and is reported to have the longest runway in the state. The airport has the capacity to […]

Air cargo services at the Vijayawada and Tirupati airports were discontinued by the Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA). This was in line with the decision by the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS) to discontinue […]

The construction work at Navi Mumbai International Airport in Maharashtra is underway and the airport is expected to be operational by December 2024. The airport will be spread over an area of 11,600 acres and […]

The fourth runway and a new dual elevated eastern cross taxiway (ECT) of the Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA) in Delhi were inaugurated on July 14, 2023. IGIA becomes the only airport to have four […]

The new integrated terminal building of Veer Savarkar International Airport in Port Bair, Andaman and Nicobar Islands was inaugurated on July 18, 2023. The new facility will be capable of handling 5 million passengers per […]

The construction work on the new terminal building of Belagavi Airport in Karnataka is expected to commence by 2024. It was planned to be completed in a time period of 3 years. Meanwhile, additional land […]

92 per cent of the construction work of the new terminal building of Pune International Airport in Lohegaon, Maharashtra has been completed and is planned to be inaugurated in September 2023. The construction work on […]

A new air traffic control (ATC) tower cum technical block will be constructed at the Tiruchirappalli International Airport in Tamil Nadu. The total cost of the project is estimated to be Rs 0.51 billion with […]

Noida International Airport Limited (NIAL) has appointed SITA Airport Management for providing the airport management system to automate and streamline operations of the Jewar International Greenfield Airport in Greater Noida. SITA is the world’s leading […]

Asia’s first demonstration of performance-based navigation for helicopters has been conducted in India. The GPS-aided geo augmented navigation (GAGAN) satellite technology was used in a flight from Mumbai to Pune. GAGAN ensures higher quality of […]

The Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport in Mumbai has expanded its security check facility and the international terminal building along with the addition of eight security lanes. A brand new domestic to domestic transfer facility […]

The resurfacing work on the secondary runway of Chennai International Airport is expected to be completed by September 2023. The airport has two runways comprising of a primary runway which is 12,000 feet (ft) in […]

Various international flight operations have started at the new integrated terminal building (NITB T2) of the Chennai International Airport. T2 is spread over an area of 1,36,295 square metres (sq m). Currently, a total 13 […]

The international operations at the new terminal T-2 of the Chennai Airport are expected to commence by end-July 2023. Once commissioned, the existing terminal T3 will be demolished and rebuilt to integrate with T-2. The […]

The fourth runway of IGIA in Delhi is expected to be operational from July 13, 2023. After this runway becomes operational, the other two runways comprising the main runway “10/28” between terminal 1 and 3 […]

A self-baggage drop facility has been launched at the Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA) and the GMR Hyderabad International Airport. This facility will reduce the waiting time by 15 to 20 minutes and make the […]

The government of Himachal Pradesh has approved the land acquisition process for the Kangra Airport expansion project in Himachal Pradesh. The project involves the extension of the runway from 1,376 meters (m) to 3,010 m […]

The construction work on the Ayodhya International Airport project phase I is likely to be completed by August 2023. The airport will have a yearly passenger handling capacity of 0.6 million passengers per annum (mppa). […]