Delhi airport operations to remain normal, flights may get impacted; Air India, Akasa and others issue advisoryAmid rising India-Pakistan tensions, Delhi Airport assures normal operations but anticipates flight impacts due to airspace changes and hei...
09 May, 2025, 10.30 AM IST
BCAS director reassures travelers as hoax bomb threats rise; No-fly order proposed for offendersThe Director General of Bureau of Civil Aviation Security met with Indian airlines in response to multiple hoax bomb threats. BCAS instruct...
19 Oct, 2024, 09.42 PM IST
Amid heatwave, passengers allegedly faint after forced to wait without AC at Delhi Airport as Air India delays takeoffAs temperatures soared in the nation's capital, passengers aboard a flight bound for San Francisco reportedly experienced fainting spells i...
31 May, 2024, 02.59 PM IST
Air India gets show cause notice from Ministry of Aviation over 20-hour flight delayThe Aviation Ministry issued a show cause notice to Air India following a 20-hour delay on a Delhi-San Francisco flight. Passengers were su...
31 May, 2024, 02.46 PM IST
You can now exit airport through departure gates. Check new rule hereBCAS's new guidelines allow passengers to exit aircraft at departure gates during long flight delays, reducing inconvenience. Issued on Mar...
02 Apr, 2024, 10.13 AM IST
BCAS issues guidelines for deplaning passengers during tarmac delaysThe Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS) issues new guidelines for airports and airlines to deplane passengers during tarmac delays, of...
01 Apr, 2024, 03.00 PM IST
Airlines adhering to hand baggage policy: ScindiaAirlines are adhering to the guidelines issued by BCAS in their hand baggage policy. and are giving wide publicity to this rule through the...
31 Mar, 2022, 03.14 PM IST
Aviation security regulator BCAS issues guidelines for drone operating systemsThe BCAS has listed out rules that should be followed for cyber security, storage facility, training and background check of staff for dron...
02 Aug, 2020, 02.04 PM IST
Government issues alert to enhance security at all airportsThe BCAS issued the alert and marked it to senior police officials of all states, in-charges of security at all airlines and airports, and ...
02 Mar, 2019, 10.23 PM IST
SC dismisses PIL against appointment of former CBI spl dir Asthana as DG civil aviation securityAsthana who was appointed as the director of BCAS on January 18.
31 Jan, 2019, 11.44 AM IST
CBI arrests Air One Aviation CMD Alok Sharma, BCAS officialThe AEP authorised him to access airports in violation of the laid down Air Operator Certification Guidelines and Civil Aviation Requiremen...
12 Jul, 2018, 05.59 PM IST
Civil Aviation Ministry extends validity of regular AEPs till March 2017As part of the regulations, airline and airport executives, and others working there have to get their AEPs renewed annually.
22 Dec, 2016, 07.24 PM IST
Aircraft carrying organs to now get top prioritySOPs prepared by the aviation ministry in collaboration with the NOTTO is the first attempt to standardise practices for transportation of ...
12 Dec, 2016, 11.45 AM IST
Bureau of Civil Aviation Security to hire around 500 personnelThe ICAO audit, the third in last nine years, would take place in November this year and cover issues such as aerodrome operations, air tra...
30 Sep, 2015, 06.30 PM IST
Tata-SIA joint venture carrier Vistara sets up security training instituteTata-SIA joint venture carrier Vistara has set up a state-of-the-art aviation training institute in Gurgaon to prepare its own staff.
24 Aug, 2015, 09.30 PM IST
15 security lapse cases at domestic airports since 2012: GovernmentOf the 15 security lapses, a maximum of 10 cases were reported in 2012 itself from various domestic airports including a maximum of five fr...
10 Aug, 2015, 05.13 PM IST
- Airport security norms tougher now
The new norms specify duty-free goods should be packed in transparent bags.
17 Nov, 2006, 01.24 AM IST