The Kempegowda International Airport (KIAB/BLR Airport) marked 100 days since the resumption of scheduled domestic air travel in India on Tuesday.

A total of 78 new routes were approved under the fourth round of the Regional Connectivity Scheme-Ude Desh Ka Aam Nagrik (RCS-UDAN) following the three successful rounds of bidding by the Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA).

About 15.8 billion metric tonnes (MT) of steel and 69.2 billion MT of cement is likely to be consumed in the construction of all the houses sanctioned under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana-Urban (PMAY-U) as per estimates, Hardeep Singh Puri, Minister of State (Independent Charge), Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) and Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA) has said.

Delhi International Airport Ltd (DIAL), a GMR Group-led consortium, today announced that it has developed a first-of-its-kind portal where India-bound international arriving flyers can fill the mandatory self-declaration form and also apply online for exemption from the mandatory institutional quarantine process.

Low-cost carrier AirAsia has joined Bangalore International Airport Ltd’s (BIAL’s) ambitious DigiYatra project – a fully biometric-based self-boarding solution for seamless flow from registration to boarding.

Surveyor General of India, Lt Gen (Retd) Girish Kumar, said on Friday that the government had initiated the process of mapping the Indian villages using drones under the SVAMITVA scheme, a move that would prove to be a game-changer in the country’s history.

With stringent operating procedures in place, the Kempegowda International Airport, Bengaluru (KIAB or BLR Airport) is ready to welcome passengers.

A total of 6,037 Indian nationals were evacuated to the country in 31 inbound flights operated by Air India and Air India Express under Vande Bharat Mission in five days since the initiative commenced on May 7.

Air India, Alliance Air, Indian Air Force (IAF) and private airliners have operated 443 flights under the Ministry of Civil Aviation’s (MoCA) ‘Lifeline Udan’ programme. Out of the total, 265 flights were operated by Air India and Alliance Air. Cargo transported till date was around 821.07 tonnes, covering over 434,531 km.