Passengers say CISF, airport staff are collecting biometric data without consent

Passengers say CISF, airport staff are collecting biometric data without consent

Under the Digi Yatra initiative, passengers have to scan their boarding passes and faces at the first entry point, following which a single biometric face token is created that should allow them to complete the rest of the journey with just a face scan at the remaining check-points. Photo: newdelhiairport.in Next time you visit an … Read more

TDP chief’s arrest leaves passengers stranded in south coastal Andhra Pradesh

TDP chief’s arrest leaves passengers stranded in south coastal Andhra Pradesh

Former CM and TDP chief Chandrababu Naidu was arrested in connection with an alleged Skill Development scam. | Photo Credit: PTI Tension gripped different parts of south coastal Andhra Pradesh in the wake of the arrest of Telugu Desam Party (TDP) national president and former Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu at Nandyal on Saturday. Scores of TDP … Read more

Cap on people coming to drop air passengers

Cap on people coming to drop air passengers

The Hyderabad airport officials and police have put a cap on persons accompanying air travellers abroad to three. This has been done after multiple reports of overcrowding. Officials of the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (RGIA) cited Independence Day security alert for limiting the passengers. DCP of Shamshabad zone K. Narayana Reddy said limiting the people … Read more

Shakti scheme | 5.71 lakh women passengers travelled for free in State buses on Day 1

Shakti scheme | 5.71 lakh women passengers travelled for free in State buses on Day 1

A conductor issues tickets to women, traveling during the launch of free bus travel ‘Shakti’ scheme for women, at Kempegowda Bus Stand in Bengaluru on June 11, 2023. | Photo Credit: MURALI KUMAR K A total of 5,71,023 women travelled for free in non-premium State-run buses on June 11, following the launch of the much-awaited … Read more

Tamil Nadu seeks guidelines to test passengers from China

Tamil Nadu seeks guidelines to test passengers from China

Health worker registering the details of collected COVID-19 samples at the Primary Health Centre in Virugambakkam. Velankanni Raj B | Photo Credit: B. Velankanni Raj Director of Public Health T.S. Selvavinayagam on Wednesday wrote to the Union Health Ministry seeking guidelines to mandatorily test international passengers arriving from China and Hong Kong in view of … Read more

Queues and chaos: woes unending for passengers at Chennai airport

Queues and chaos: woes unending for passengers at Chennai airport

Officials of the Airports Authority of India said they have been taking various measures to mitigate the problem. File | Photo Credit: B. Velankanni Raj From a tiring walk to board a cab to getting stranded in the traffic inside the airport premises, air passengers claim instead of an improvement, the situation has actually worsened … Read more

Flying to Bengaluru, Hyderabad? Vistara extends gate-to-gate luggage delivery service to two southern airports

Flying to Bengaluru, Hyderabad? Vistara extends gate-to-gate luggage delivery service to two southern airports

Every movement of the luggage is tracked and the airline ensures that they are delivered to their final destination safely. The airline- Vistara is planning to extend its gate-to-gate luggage delivery service to specific flights connecting Hyderabad as well as Bengaluru under which check-in luggage is taken from the home of the passengers before the … Read more

Flyers Alert! You will be deboarded if not wearing mask properly on flight – DGCA order

Flyers Alert! You will be deboarded if not wearing mask properly on flight – DGCA order

Health experts have highlighted that the recent surge of new Coronavirus cases in the country are the result of delinquent behaviour of people and complacency towards the Covid-19 pandemic. Amidst the rising number of Coronavirus cases in the country, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has issued a fiat to all airlines to deboard … Read more