[New Delhi]Royal Nepal Airlines+Air India Flights Grounded At IGIA For 2nd Round Security Check: Bomb Threat Call
Two flights bound for Nepal and Bhubaneswar were today grounded just before taking off after security agencies were alerted of a bomb threat call on the two airliners at the Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA)
Passengers on board the two aircraft– Royal Nepal Airlines (Delhi-Kathmandu) and Air India (Delhi-Bhubaneswar– were evacuated and taken to the isolation bay where security agencies carried out anti-sabotage checks after a threat call was received by the airport control room at about 10 AM.
While the Kathmandu flight (RA-206) had 155 passengers and nine crew members, the flight bound for Odisha’s capital Bhubaneswar (AI-075) had 178 fliers and seven crew members.
Passengers of both the flights and their baggage were subjected to a second round of checking with the Bomb Threat Assessment Committee (BTAC) at the IGIA monitoring the situation.
Security personnel from the CISF and Delhi Police cordoned off the two planes along with bomb disposal squads,
They added the threat was triggered after the airport control room received a call from a person identifying himself as Abhishek Singh, a “CBI officer” and said that while there is a “time bomb” in the Nepal bound flight, some “movement” has happened at the terminal area to hit the AI flight.
Officials said the agencies are trying to track the number and location from where the call was made to the airport call centre.
Preliminary reports said four Members of Parliament were to travel on the AI flight.
Talking about the menace of hoax calls, Central Industrial Security Force chief Surender Singh had said while 44 such calls were received last year at various airports the force is deployed, 16 such calls have been made till early March this year.
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Royal Nepal Airlines+Air India Flights Grounded At IGIA:Bomb Threat
Govt Can Facilitate But Can’t Force Carriers To Fly To Unconnected Cities
[New Delhi]Govt Can’t Push Pvt ALs & Unwilling To Force Its Carrier For Unconnected Cities
Government today said that Its Carrier is coming out from losses so, will not “force” Air India to fly to unconnected cities
Civil Aviation Minister Ashok Gajapathi Raju said Air India is coming out of losses because of the government’s “non-interference” policy and maintained that its job was to “facilitate and not compel” airline operations.
Raju made the remarks during Question Hour after a number of members raised the issue of lack of air connectivity to the regions they came from and Rajiv Satav (Cong) urged him to ask Air India to connect places like Nanded, a pilgrimage centre of the Sikhs.
Raju, however, said the government from time to time gave suggestions to airlines and noted that in the draft civil aviation policy there is a proposal to connect unserved and unconnected airports under the Regional Connectivity Scheme.
“The details of the scheme including the action plan are being finalised… An indicative cost of Rs 50-100 crore has been envisaged in the budget speech for 2016-1017,”
He said in a written reply.”The commencement of activity in these unconnected, unserved airports and airstrips depends on the willingness of the airlines and of the state governments to agree to the conditions of the scheme,”
State Run Carrier AI Operates’World’s Longest All-Women Flight:Women’s Day
[New Delhi]State Run Carrier Air India Operates ‘World’s Longest All-Women Flight’:Women’s Day
National carrier Air India today said it flew the “world’s longest” all-women operated and supported flight from the national capital to San Francisco.The National carrier has about 3,800 women employees, including pilots, cabin crew, engineers, technicians, doctors, security personnel and executives
The flight, which travelled a distance of around 14,500 kilometre in close to 17 hours, was operated as part of International Women’s Day celebrations.
The non-stop Delhi-San Francisco flight took off from Delhi on March 6.
Air India CMD Ashwani Lohani said it was a historic flight and “the longest operated by all-women crew”. “The airline has immense respect for women and it is a symbol of women empowerment,”
The flight was under the command of Kshamta Bajpayee and Shubhangi Singh, along with First Officers Ramya Kirti Gupta and Amrit Namdhari.
Natinal Carrier Air India Flight Scanned for Bomb After Threat Call
[Panaji,Goa] Air India Flight Scanned for Bomb After Threat Call
An Air India flight which arrived from Delhi was today checked for bomb after evacuation of its passengers, as the police had received a phone call which claimed that a bomb was planted in the plane.
The plane which landed at Vasco at 2 PM, was moved towards the Indian Navy apron, and checked thoroughly for the presence of a bomb,
.89 passengers and 7 crew members were travelling on the flight,
Goa Airport Director could not be contacted for a reaction.
MHA Detects Security Risks In National Carrier,So Red Flags Air India’s Hub Policy
[New Delhi]MHA Detects Security Risks In National Carrier,So Red Flags Air India’s Hub & Spoke Policy
The Home Ministry has red flagged the national carrier’s ambitious plan that connects several tier-II cities, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s constituency Varanasi, with international destinations.
Several security lapses have been detected in the Air India’s Hub and Spoke operations, which connect Amritsar, Kochi, Ahmedabad, Panaji, Bhubaneswar and Varanasi with metro cities before flying the passengers to foreign destinations
Under the facility, international passengers are required to clear immigration and security at the boarding airport but no check is done at the last port of exit.However, since such flights also carry domestic passengers, who get off at places like Delhi and Mumbai, there is a risk that someone, whom police is looking for, can leave the country by exchanging boarding passes with an accomplice who may have a boarding pass for the international leg of the trip.
.The Home Ministry wants a security and immigration check at Delhi and Mumbai hubs or any of the last port of departure.
Incidents of passengers exiting without immigration check at spoke international airports like Ahmedabad, Panaji and Amritsar have happened.
As per the Hub and Spoke policy, metros like Delhi and Mumbai are used as hubs. The spoke-hub distribution paradigm (or model or network) is a system of connections arranged like a wire wheel, in which all traffic moves along spokes (smaller cities) connected to the hub at the centre
Central Govt.Organizes Additional Flights For Disturbed Haryana
[New DelhiCentral Govt.Organizes Additional Flights For Disturbed Haryana
]Ministry of Civil Aviation has Organized Additional Flights for Haryana
In view of ongoing road blockades and disturbance in Haryana, the Ministry of Civil Aviation has organised additional flights,Provided details are as follows:
1(1) Air India – Date – 21.2.16
Delhi – Chandigarh- Amritsar-Delhi
Departure timings :
Delhi (1730) Chandigarh (1910) Amritsar (2035) Delhi
2 SpiceJet – Date -21.2.16
(A) Delhi-Jaipur-Delhi
Departure Time
Delhi (17.55) Jaipur (1915) Delhi
(B) Delhi-Amritsar-Delhi
Departure Time
Delhi (1740) Amritsar (1910) Delhi
(C) Delhi-Chandigarh Delhi
Departure Time
Delhi (2035) Chandigarh (2200) Delhi
3Jet –Date- 21.2.16
Delhi-Amritsar-Delhi
Departure Time
Delhi (1325) Amritsar (1525)- Delhi
4 Indigo – Date- 22.2.16
(A)Delhi-Chandigarh
Departure Time
Delhi (2125) – Chandigarh- Delhi
(B) Delhi- Jaipur-Delhi
Departure Time
Delhi (2140) -Jaipur Delhi
It may please be noted that the Air India, Spice Jet and Jet Flights are for today and the Indigo Flights are for tomorrow.
National Carrier Air India Announces “Daily Dubai-Kochi Flight”
[Dubai,NewDelhi]National Carrier Air India Announces From Dubai “Daily Dubai-Kochi Flight”
Air India will introduce daily flight services from Dubai to Kochi from January 11, adhering the long-pending demand of Indians living in Dubai ,
Melwin D’Silva, Regional Manager Gulf, Middle East and Africa of Air India.said”Air India will be operating Dubai-Kochi-Dubai sector with brand new A320 aircraft with cap of 180 seats,”
With this, the flight operating from Sharjah-Kochi- Sharjah would stand withdrawn effective January 11,.
As Per Company ,Air India operates 74 flights per week in and out of Abu Dhabi, Dubai and Sharjah international airports.
Flight AI-934 on Dubai-Kochi sector will depart from Dubai at 1330 hours and arrive in Kochi at 1910 hours local time
“On the return leg, AI-933 will depart from Kochi to Dubai at 0935 hours and arrive in Dubai at 1235 hours local time,”
Air India and Air India Express operates more than 300 flights per week between India and Gulf countries.
Air India is also offering an introductory promotional fare of AED 330 one way and AED 785 return with 30 kg free baggage allowance
Air India AirBus 320 Tyre Deflates;75 Passengers Safe
[Bhopal,MP,NewDelhi]Air India Aircraft’s Tyre Deflates;75 Passengers Safe
A tyre of an Air India aircraft arriving from Delhi with 75 passengers on board was found deflated after landing at the airport this morning.
As per an Air India spokesperson .All passengers are safe,
Reduced pressure was found in one of the tyres of the Airbus 320 aircraft, operating on Delhi-Bhopal-Delhi route after it landed at Raja Bhoj Airport and was taxiing to the terminal building,
The flight landed at around 0720 hours,
Air India Is Forced To Deploy AME for Engine Start-up Clearance of Flight
[Mumbai]Air India Is Forced To Deploy AME for Engine Start-up Clearance of Flight
National carrier Air India has been forced to deploy aircraft maintenance engineers (AMEs) for engine start-up clearance of its flights following the technicians’ association, who perform such duties, urging its members not to give such clearances unless management addresses safety issues raised by it.
AMEs are performing the duties of service engineers since yesterday as the Indian Aircraft technicians’ Association (IATA) has advised them not to do so till further instructions
IATA’s call to its members came following a freak accident at the Mumbai airport on Wednesday where a technician (service engineer) died after getting sucked in to the engine
IATA is the recognised body of around 2,400 service engineers in the Government-owned airline.
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Air India Improves Earnings And Reduces Expenses
[New Delhi] National Carrier Air India Improves Operational Performance Air India Improves Earning And Reduces Expenses
Air India’s net losses have declined by more than 22 % in the past four years, reflecting improvement in its financial and operational performance
Civil Aviation Minister Ashok Gajapathi Raju said In The Lok Sabha that the operating loss has consistently declined since the merger of erstwhile Indian Airlines and Air India and stood at Rs 2,636.10 crore in 2014-15 compared to Rs 5,138.69 crore in 2011-12.
During The Question Hour He Said “The net loss in 2014-15 is Rs 5,859.91 crore as against the loss of Rs 7,559.74 crore in 2011-12, which is a reduction by 22.5 %,”
The total revenue increased from Rs 14,713.81 crore in 2011-12 to Rs 20,606.27 crore in 2014-15, which is Rs 5,892.46 crore or an increase of 40.1 %,
He said Air India has turned EBIDTA (earnings before interest, depreciation, taxes and amortization) positive by Rs 337.77 crore as against a negative EBIDTA of Rs 2,236.05 crore in 2011-12.
While its Passenger Load Factor improved to 73.7 per cent in 2014-15 from 67.9 per cent in 2011-12, Raju said Air India has shown considerable improvement in on-time performance (OTP) and the overall network OTP achieved during 2014-15 was 72 per cent as against 68.2 per cent in 2011-12.
The Minister also said the national carrier’s total revenue in 2014-15 was 20,606.27 crore and expenses Rs 26,466.18 crore.
In the current financial year between April-September 2015, the total revenue stood at Rs 9,485 crore and expenses Rs 11,776.19 crore.
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