Category: Aviation & Airports

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AI clears its major share of dues to Delhi, Hyd airports

AI clears its major share of dues to Delhi, Hyd airports

Air India has cleared a large chunk of its dues to GMR-led operators of Delhi and Hyderabad airports, with the latest instalment of Rs 415 crore being paid a few days ago. A GMR spokesperson said that Air India has made large payments over the last two months to clear the outstanding dues to the GMR Group. GMR is hopeful that Air India will clear the remaining dues in an expeditious manner to reach a regular payment status.

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Terminals at Chennai airport opened for public

Terminals at Chennai airport opened for public

Recently, the new domestic and international terminals at the Chennai airport were opened for public use by Vice-President Hamid Ansari. It may be recalled that the Airport Authority of India (AAI) built the terminals at a cost of Rs 2,000-crore to enhance capacity. The existing terminals had a capacity to handle six milli

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The journey ahead

The journey ahead

The Delhi Airport Express is back on track with its usual traffic resuming on January 18. However, will the country's first airport metro serve its purpose in the long run?After lot of hiccups, the country's first airport express metro resumed its commercial operations in its regular timing from January 2013. The Airport Express line functions on a public-private partnership (PPP) model.

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Cabinet Committee on Investment to study implementation of key projects

Cabinet Committee on Investment to study implementation of key projects

The recently set up Cabinet Committee on Investments (CCI) will study the implementation of critical pro­jects including the procedures involved in their clearance or re­fusal and the delays such projects are facing. The panel would monitor the clearance or refusal process for infrastructure and manufacturing sector projects costing more than Rs 1,000 crore.

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Terminals at Chennai airport opened

Terminals at Chennai airport opened

The new domestic and international terminals at the Chennai airport were opened for public use by Vice-President Hamid Ansari. The Airport Authority of India (AAI) built the terminals at a cost of Rs 2,000-crore to enhance capacity. The existing terminals had a capacity to handle six million domestic and three million international passengers.

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Kolkata airport terminal

Kolkata airport terminal

In Kolkata, the new integrated terminal of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport may take more than two months to be fully operational with all the promised facilities in place. On January 19, Airports Authority of India said that the airport would be operational by March.

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Delhi Airport Metro reopens

Delhi Airport Metro reopens

Delhi Airport Metro Express (DAMEPL) announced that the Airport Metro line resumed commercial operations at its regular timing from January 22. India's first Airport Express initially started its commercial operation on February 23, 2011.

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Bhubaneswar airport’s new terminal to be ready by mid Feb

Bhubaneswar airport’s new terminal to be ready by mid Feb

The new terminal of the Biju Patnaik airport in Bhubaneswar, which is now waiting for international tag, is expected to be commissioned by middle of February. The domestic terminal will be ready by February 15 and the civil aviation department will inaugurate it, said Odisha Chief Secretary, Bijay Kumar Patnaik after reviewing the progress of the new terminal.

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Delhi Airport Metro Express runs again after 6 months

Delhi Airport Metro Express runs again after 6 months

After a gap of six months, Reliance Infrastructure-run Delhi Airport Metro Express was back on track on January 22, bringing smiles on the faces of commuters looking for seamless travel to the airport. Commercial operations of the 23-km corridor that connects Connaught Place with Terminal-3 of the Indira Gandhi International Airport resumed at 5.30 am and passengers were charged a flat rate of Rs 30 as an inaugural day offer.