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

Surat: A new Flybrary, an initiative of the Airports Authority of India (AAI), was launched at Surat International Airport on Thursday to encourage reading among air travellers. Surat airport director Anand Sharma inaugurated the free initiative in the presence of Kumar Abhishek, CISF commandant and chief airport security officer at the airport. The Flybrary carries the message, “Read while you fly and drop the book at your next destination airport.” The library aims to promote reading...Read More

Surat: Surat is set to get another addition to its air connectivity, with Air India Express expected to start a direct flight between Navi Mumbai and Surat from the upcoming winter schedule, beginning October 25. Air India Express is expected to operate the Navi Mumbai–Surat–Navi Mumbai service daily. As per the schedule currently available online, flight IX 1534 will depart from Navi Mumbai International Airport at 5:00 am and arrive at Surat Airport at 5:55 am. The return flight, IX ...Read More

Ahmedabad: A team of the Air Intelligence Unit (AIU) of the Customs Department intercepted a couple from Vadodara in their fifties and seized 1.928 kg of hydroponic marijuana from their baggage at Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International (SVPI) Airport in the city on Wednesday. According to the Customs Department, the passengers, a man and a woman, were intercepted after arriving from Bangkok based on passenger profiling and X-ray scanning. During a detailed inspection of their trolley bags,...Read More

Surat: Air India Express is set to resume direct flights between Surat and Sharjah from November, with bookings already open for the service under the upcoming winter schedule. Initially, the airline will operate the service once a week, with the frequency likely to be increased to three or four days a week later, depending on demand. According to the booking schedule, the first direct flight from Surat to Sharjah is scheduled for November 4. Flight IX 275, operated by an Airbus A320, will de...Read More

Ahmedabad: Customs officials seized 6.07 kg of hydroponic ganja at Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport after a narcotics sniffer dog alerted officers to a suspicious trolley bag. The Air Intelligence Unit (AIU) of Ahmedabad Customs intercepted a female foreign national of Myanmar origin who had arrived from Ho Chi Minh City on Sunday, based on passenger profiling, X-ray scanning and the dog’s signal. A detailed search of her baggage revealed a specially created cavity inside the t...Read More

Ahmedabad: Union Civil Aviation Minister Ram Mohan Naidu on Tuesday launched hub-and-spoke international flight operations at Ahmedabad airport, making it the third airport in the country, after Amritsar and Varanasi, to be integrated into India’s hub-and-spoke infrastructure for international passenger traffic. The system, facilitated by the Civil Aviation Ministry, aims to provide seamless international connectivity to passengers travelling from smaller cities through designated hub airpo...Read More