Rajkot: The winter flight schedule at Rajkot International Airport (Hirasar) will come into effect from October 25, with an increase in flight frequency compared with the current summer schedule and changes in timings on several routes. The revised schedule has adjusted the arrival and departure timings of several flights by 15 to 45 minutes, taking into account winter weather conditions and the possibility of fog. A new Rajkot-Goa flight has been added to the schedule. The service to ...Read More

Gandhinagar: As India’s aviation sector enters a period of rapid expansion, Gujarat is emerging as one of the country’s centres for pilot training. At present, Gujarat has five operational Flying Training Organisations. Four operate from state-owned airstrips at Mehsana and Amreli, while one functions at Bhavnagar Airport on land allotted by the Airports Authority of India. The operational FTOs include Skynex Aero Pvt. Ltd. and Blue Ray Aviation Pvt. Ltd. at Mehsana; Vision Flying Train...Read More

Surat: Surat International Airport has expanded its use of renewable energy through solar power generation and procurement of green electricity, along with measures to reuse treated wastewater. The airport has installed two solar photovoltaic (PV) plants with a combined capacity of 140 kWp. The plants generate about 533 units of electricity a day, amounting to approximately 17,000 units a month. The solar installations reduce the airport's electricity expenditure by around ₹1.26 lakh...Read More

Surat: Surat International Airport handled nine Mumbai-bound flight diversions on Tuesday evening after adverse weather disrupted flight operations in Mumbai. Four more Mumbai-bound flights were diverted to Vadodara airport. The nine flights diverted to Surat included services from Tiruchirappalli, Delhi, Chennai, Goa, Coimbatore, Bhopal and Bengaluru, operated by IndiGo and Air India. Among the flights diverted to Vadodara were Air India services from Hyderabad, Vijayawada and Indore, alo...Read More

Ahmedabad: The Air Intelligence Unit (AIU) of Ahmedabad Customs intercepted a passenger carrying 973.23 grams of hydroponic marijuana at Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport (SVPI) on Tuesday, officials said. The passenger, a Surat resident, had arrived in Ahmedabad from Bangkok and was intercepted based on passenger profiling, according to investigators. During a search of his cabin baggage, customs officials found a paper carry bag containing two plastic packets. The packets co...Read More

New Delhi: The Court of the Chief Commissioner for Persons with Disabilities (CCPD) has fined Air India ₹50,000 for regulatory violations and recommended ₹5 lakh compensation for a wheelchair user who was de-boarded from a Delhi-Bhuj flight without being given written reasons. The order was passed on September 24 by Chief Commissioner S Govindaraj on a complaint filed by Falguni Maheshwari, who has an 80% locomotor disability. Maheshwari had travelled from Frankfurt to India on an Air ...Read More

Ahmedabad: The Air Intelligence Unit (AIU) of the Customs Department seized 8.913 kg of hydroponic cannabis, also known as marijuana or weed, from a passenger arriving from Bangkok at Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International (SVPI) Airport in Ahmedabad. Acting on intelligence inputs, the Customs team intercepted the passenger and conducted a detailed search of the check-in baggage. The search led to the recovery of the contraband, which had been concealed inside a trolley bag. According to o...Read More

Ahmedabad: An IndiGo flight from Lucknow to Dammam in Saudi Arabia was diverted to Ahmedabad on Thursday evening following a bomb threat, marking the second such incident involving an India-Saudi flight in the city within a fortnight. IndiGo flight 6E 97, which departed Lucknow at around 4 pm, landed at Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport in Ahmedabad at 5.43 pm after the threat was reported. According to Airport Police, the flight crew found a tissue paper bearing the word “b...Read More

Ahmedabad: Four Customs officials posted with the Air Intelligence Unit (AIU) at Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport have been suspended following allegations that they took away a packet containing 600 grams of gold biscuits and demanded money from two passengers. The suspended officials are Superintendents Vinay Arora and Kuldeep Paliwal, and Inspectors Bharat Meena and Kaushal Kishore. The action is reportedly linked to procedural violations, including failure to wear body-worn ...Read More