Page 10 - Airports

Beijing's new $63 billion mega-airport begins international flights

The airport, roughly the size of 100 football fields and expected to become one of the world's busiest, has come in for some criticism due to its distance from central Beijing

Airports across north India on high alert amid intel on JeM terrorists

Security agencies reveal that four JeM terrorists have entered Delhi and are planning to strike during festival season

Mumbai flights may face delays as main runway closes for repair

The main runway will be shut from Monday to Saturday from 9.30 am to 5.30 pm from November 1 to March 28

Govt approves leasing out of Lucknow, Mangaluru and Ahmedabad airports

Earlier this year, the Adani group had won the bids to operate the three airports for a period of 50 years

Explained: Why Jewar airport in Uttar Pradesh needs to chart its own path

And learn what not to do from the so far jinxed Navi Mumbai International Airport

Airports infrastructure in take-off mode with entry of Adani and Tata

It is the new kid on the block, the Adani group, that could face the most challenges

Govt directs airports to make public announcements in local language first

The directions would not be applicable for silent airports, where public announcements are not made

Drone sightings ground planes at Gatwick Airport located south of London

Gatwick is the eighth-busiest airport in Europe and sits behind Mumbai as the world's busiest single-runway air hub

Building on technological innovations, the airports of future have arrived

Two of the biggest airports in the world - Istanbul and Beijing - aim to make travel easier and faster for the passengers who use them

Air travel is about to get even less romantic

Enjoy those duty-free cathedrals while you can: Airports need to be more utilitarian and more numerous

Mayday for airports: Urgent need for de-congestion plans to speed up

With rising incomes and falling fares expanding the demand for air travel over the past decade, almost half of India's key airports may be breaching their capacity in FY19

The best of the rest

Which airports offer the most comfortable sleeping zones and where to find the most snooze-friendly facilities

Airports driving new urbanisation patterns

The economic multiplier effect of airport construction is estimated to be around six times the capital invested in an airport

Airports need $45 bn investment to improve capacity by 2030: Capa

Current capacity of the country's top 17 airports is between 298-316.5 million passengers per annum

Now, you can go through airport security check without leaving wheelchair

CISF will also conduct a country-wide survey to find out how many such passengers travel by air each day

SC rejects Centre's plea, allows airport operators to use land

The Centre had approached the Supreme Court alleging that the high court order was erroneous

Say goodbye to mundane queues, airports of the future are here

The sky portal of the 2040s, however, is likely to be free of such delights

Future airports likely to be named after cities: Jayant Sinha

Names of existing airports need not be changed/ disturbed, he added

Govt may reopen HAL, Begumpet airports

Slots, parking bays unavailable at major airports

Technical issues delay roll out of biometric entry passes at airports

Proposal was to link an individual's Aadhaar information with biometric access control system