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Pollution levels rise in Delhi-NCR following Diwali, Anand Vihar AQI at 969

According to the System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting And Research, the air quality in Delhi, as of 6 am, stood "poor" with AQI at 286, a rise from Sunday's 4 pm average reading of 218

Air India faces flak for leaving passengers stranded at Delhi airport

The Air India flight AI 762 was scheduled to take off from Delhi for Kolkata at 9 pm IST but was delayed until 11:55 pm. This led to a chaotic situation at midnight.

Additional checks in place for A-I passengers at Delhi airport till Nov 30

Passengers travelling on Air India flights from airports in the national capital and Punjab will be subject to additional checks, and issuance of visitor entry tickets has been stopped at the Delhi airport till November 30 amid increased threat perception, according to sources. Apart from issuance of temporary airport entry passes, entry of visitors to the terminal building of Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA) have been banned till November 30, they added. The Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS) issued a circular in this regard on Monday. There will be Secondary Ladder Point Check for Air India flights at the IGIA and airports in Punjab, the sources said. Generally, it refers to checking passengers and their hand baggage just before boarding a flight. This is in addition to the primary security checks. There was no comment from Air India. With respect to temporary airport entry passes at the Delhi airport, there will be relaxation for operational purposes for governm

Sikh separatist Gurpatwant Pannun threatens to blow up AI flight on Nov 19

Pannun claimed that Delhi's Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport would remain shut on November 19 and that its name would be changed

Ahead of G20 Summit, Delhi Airport gears up to welcome world leaders

Three ceremonial lounges have been prepared to receive the heads of state the Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA)

DMRC planning to construct a subway to connect T3 and T2 at Delhi airport

As things stand, passengers get out of the metro station, which is close to Terminal 3 either walk half a kilometre to the T2 or wait for a shuttle bus operated by the airport

Ahead of G20, 160 domestic flights likely to be cancelled at Delhi airport

It would have been a challenge to cater to the parking demands of commercial flights and the flights of G20 delegates from September 8 to 10

Two planes cleared to take off, land at same time at Delhi airport

Flight UK725 from Delhi to Bagdogra was taking off from the newly inaugurated runway and the Vistara flight from Ahmedabad to Delhi, after landing on a parallel runway, was moving towards the end of t

Vistara airplane searched after threat, nothing suspicious found: Police

Authorities at the Delhi airport are searching a Vistara airplane, which was to leave for Pune, following a bomb threat, airport officials said on Friday. The airport call centre received a call around 7:30 am on Friday and the caller said that "three bombs have been kept in flight no. UK971 parked at gate no. 42 and they will explode in an hour". The call got disconnected immediately, official sources said. All passengers and crew of the flight have been deboarded and anti-sabotage checks are going on in an isolation bay at the Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport, they said. Police, however, said the search operation is over and nothing suspicious has been found. The flight was to depart at 8:30 am. "A case is being registered and further investigation is underway," they said.

Fourth runway, dual ECT are now operational at Indira Gandhi Int'l airport

The fourth runway and dual Eastern Cross Taxiways (ECT) became operational at the Delhi airport on Friday, a development that will increase the capacity and operational efficiency of the country's largest airport, which is expected to have an annual passenger handling strength of 109 million in the near future. Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia on Friday inaugurated the fourth runway and ECT and said the country's civil aviation sector is at an inflection point and the beginning of the growth phase. Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA) is the first airport in the country to have four runways and ECT. It handles around 1,500 aircraft movements every day. With the fourth runway and terminal expansion, which is expected to be completed soon, Scindia said Delhi airport's passenger handling capacity will increase to 109 million per annum. Currently, the capacity is 70 million passengers per year, he said and emphasised that Delhi airport will even beat Atlanta airport i

Scindia inaugurates Eastern Cross Taxiways, fourth runway at Delhi airport

Scindia inaugurates Eastern Cross Taxiways, fourth runway at Delhi airport

First elevated cross taxiway to be inaugurated at IGI Airport on July 13

The dual-lane elevated Code F taxiways are capable of handling large aircraft and wide-body jets such as A380, 8777, and B747-8

Indira Gandhi Airport set to start operations on fourth runway from July 13

Delhi Airport will soon start its fourth runway - Runway 29 Right and 11 Left' (29R/11L), which will commence operations on July 13. It will become the only airport in India with four runways

IGI Airport introduces DigiYatra facility at T-3 without downloading app

Passengers can use this facility by scanning the boarding pass and face along with presenting identification proof to the security staff deployed near the registration desk

With 59 mn travellers, Delhi's airport was 9th busiest in the world in 2022

Dubai was the only other Asian airport in the list with Chinese airports missing completely, given the Covid restrictions in China in 2022

Ashneer Grover slams Delhi's IGI airport for long wait, shares suggestions

In a series of tweets posted by Grover, he also shared some suggestions for Delhi airport authorities to expedite the checking process

Aviation watchdog to seek report from SpiceJet on incident at Delhi airport

Aviation watchdog DGCA will seek a report from SpiceJet on an incident at Delhi airport this week where passengers of a Bengaluru-bound flight had to wait for a long time at the aerobridge. A passenger had shared on social media a video and his experience about co-passengers having had to wait for a long time at the aerobridge on Tuesday at the Delhi airport. It happened with passengers of SpiceJet flight SG 8133 from Delhi-Bengaluru. On Wednesday late evening, SpiceJet said the flight was delayed due to weather disruption that led to incoming crew exceeding their duty time limit. A senior DGCA official on Thursday told PTI that the regulator is looking into the incident and "will seek a report from the airline". In its statement on Wednesday, SpiceJet said the flight was delayed on account of weather disruption in the network and the aircraft's previous rotation. "As a result of this, the incoming crew was not legal to operate the subsequent flight to Bengaluru and crew was arran

As fog engulfs Delhi, as many as 10 flights delayed due to low visibility

As many as 10 flights, scheduled to depart from Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGI), was delayed because of dense fog, sources informed on Wednesday

Around 20 flights delayed due to bad weather at Delhi's IGI airport

Around 20 flights from the national capital's Indira Gandhi International Airport were delayed till 1 pm due to inclement weather and other operational issues, said an official

Delhi airport issues advisory to passengers owing to low visibility

Indira Gandhi International Airport, Delhi has issued an advisory and launched procedures in view of low visibility conditions caused due to fog