Bird-hit incidents at Hyderabad airport lower than in major Indian cities

Bird-hit incidents at Hyderabad airport lower than in major Indian cities

Hyderabad reported a total of 207 bird strikes between 2020 and June 2025, according to data presented in the Rajya Sabha on Monday. | Photo Credit: Representational Photo Hyderabad’s Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (RGIA) has recorded fewer bird-hit incidents compared to other major airports in India over the past five years, data presented in the … Read more

Areas near Bhogapuram international airport witness real estate boom

Areas near Bhogapuram international airport witness real estate boom

Many residential projects are coming up near Denkada of Vizianagaram district as international airport will be ready by June , 2026. | Photo Credit: ARRANGEMENT Unprecedented construction activity is being seen between Vizianagaram and Bhogapuram for the last few months, thanks to the international airport which is expected to be ready by June, 2026. With … Read more

Kochi airport discontinues ground handling services of Celebi

Kochi airport discontinues ground handling services of Celebi

The Cochin International Airport has formally discontinued the ground handling services of Celebi Airport Services India Private Limited in compliance with the directives issued by the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security on the grounds of national security. Despite the transition, all operations of the Kochi airport remain disruption-free, thanks to coordination with authorised alternative service … Read more

Two CISF officers held over motorist’s death in suspected road rage incident near Kochi airport

Two CISF officers held over motorist’s death in suspected road rage incident near Kochi airport

The Nedumbassery police have taken into custody two Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) officers, reportedly a Sub-Inspector and a constable, allegedly for fatally knocking down a man in a suspected case of road rage at Nayathodu near the Kochi airport in Kerala on Wednesday (April 14, 2025) around 10.30 p.m. The deceased has been identified … Read more

VMRDA to spend ₹390 crore to improve connectivity to Bhogapuram airport from Visakhapatnam

VMRDA to spend ₹390 crore to improve connectivity to Bhogapuram airport from Visakhapatnam

The NH-16 stretch connecting Visakhapatnam and Bhogapuram. The construction of the greenfield international airport in Bhogapuram is likely to become operational by June, 2026. | Photo Credit: V RAJU As the construction of the greenfield international airport at Bhogapuram in Vizianagaram district, 45 km from Visakhapatnam, is on the fast track, the Visakhapatnam Metropolitan Region … Read more

Hyderabad airport handled 1.8 lakh metric tonnes cargo in 2024

Hyderabad airport handled 1.8 lakh metric tonnes cargo in 2024

Hyderabad’s Rajiv Gandhi International Airport handled a total of 1.8 lakh metric tonnes of cargo in 2024. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement The Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (RGIA) at Shamshabad handled a total of 1.8 lakh metric tonnes (MT) of cargo in 2024, marking a 22% increase over the previous year. This surge was driven … Read more

Farmers to gherao Assembly on April 15 if Parandur airport project is not dropped

Farmers to gherao Assembly on April 15 if Parandur airport project is not dropped

CPI(M) leader P. Shanmugam addressing farmers from in and around Parandur on Sunday. | Photo Credit: B. VELANKANNI RAJ   CPI(M) leader and State president of the All India Kisan Sabha P. Shanmugam on Sunday (February 23, 2025) said that if the Tamil Nadu government did not give up its proposal to construct an airport … Read more

Bullets found in student’s luggage at airport

Bullets found in student’s luggage at airport

Security officials sounded an alert when they found bullets in the luggage bag of a student during checking at Gannavaram Airport in Krishna district on Thursday. The airport security personnel handed over the student to THE Gannavaram police. “The student is pursuing engineering in Koneru Lakshmaiah University (KLU) in Guntur district. During scanning, two old … Read more

Bhogapuram airport will be ready by June 2026, says GMRVIAL CEO Manomay Rai

Bhogapuram airport will be ready by June 2026, says GMRVIAL CEO Manomay Rai

Union Minister for Civil Aviation Kinjarapu Rammohan Naidu recently reviewed works at Bhogapuram international airport in Vizianagaram district. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement GMR Visakhapatnam International Airport Limited (GMRVIAL) chief executive officer Manomay Rai has said that the Bhogapuram international airport would be completed by June 2026 and will be capable of handling large wide-bodied … Read more

Chennai airport installs 2D barcode scanners at terminal entries to enhance security

Chennai airport installs 2D barcode scanners at terminal entries to enhance security

A CISF official assisting a passenger at the Chennai International Airport. Image used for representational purposes only | Photo Credit: B. Velankanni Raj A few years ago, a man managed to enter the terminal at the Chennai International Airport with a fake ticket to see off his wife and spend an extra couple of hours … Read more