Radius of 10 km bird-free zone required for safe flight operations: Tripura airport panelFollowing a tragic plane crash in Ahmedabad, the Airfield Environment Management Committee (AEMC) in Agartala has advocated for establishin...
21 Jun, 2025, 03.44 PM IST
Watch: Lt Gen Rajiv Ghai's cricket analogy to explain India's air defence system, says "Virat Kohli is..."Lieutenant General Rajiv Ghai explained India's air defence strategy using a cricket analogy. He likened it to a layered system, ensuring i...
12 May, 2025, 04.06 PM IST
DGCA asks airport operators to review their wildlife management planThe airport environment management committee (AEMC) should be called to discuss and review the implementation of the measures to reduce bir...
20 Jun, 2022, 08.07 PM IST
Limited flights but bird, animal strike incidents rose significantly at Indian airports in 2021In August 2019, a flock of seagulls struck the engines of Ural Airlines' Moscow-Simferopol flight, following which the plane crash landed i...
27 Mar, 2022, 10.37 AM IST
DGCA advises airports to not ease wildlife control measures amid COVID-19 pandemicIn the past, there have been many incidents in India where aircraft have hit animals on the runway during take off or landing. There have a...
08 Jun, 2020, 04.31 PM IST
A buyer needs to see Air India beyond its balance sheet: Chairman & MD Ashwani LohaniAs the government intensifies its efforts to sell Air India, the carrier's Chairman and Managing Director, Ashwani Lohani, says the real st...
20 Oct, 2019, 12.04 AM IST
China to build first permanent airport at South PoleChinese scientists built a 4-kilometer-long, 50-meter-wide runway for fixed-wing aircraft in 2009 during the 25th expedition in the Antarct...
30 Oct, 2018, 01.20 PM IST
Bird hit: Airport Authority of India asks Goa government to clean garbage heaps near airportGoa Airport Director K S Rao told PTI today that local Panchayat has been asked to clear a garbage heap lying in the funnel area.
02 Dec, 2014, 04.06 PM IST
42 people killed in 32 air accidents in last three yearsDelhi's IGI Airport was "most critical" in terms of animal strike or bird-hit incidents, recording 142 of 558 such incidents across country...
01 Dec, 2014, 11.20 PM IST
- 42 people killed in 32 air accidents in last three years
Delhi's IGI Airport was the "most critical" in terms of animal strike or bird-hit incidents, recording 142 of 558 such incidents across the...
01 Dec, 2014, 11.12 PM IST
Buffalo on runway triggers DGCA alarm on 18 airportsThe DGCA has formed teams to inspect these 18 airports by December 20. Safety pilots from airlines will accompany the regulatory team on th...
12 Nov, 2014, 11.18 AM IST
- KPMG to frame regulatory approach for Airports Authority of India airports
The Airports Authority of India (AAI) has appointed consultancy firm KPMG to recommend an appropriate regulatory approach for its airports.
14 Feb, 2012, 03.32 AM IST
- As CWG nears, officials jittery over bird menace at IGI
Illegal slaughter houses and heaps of waste around the IGI airport aiding the bird menace are giving sleepless nights to Delhi government o...
29 Aug, 2010, 10.48 AM IST
- Airlines suffer Rs 7 cr loss in bird-hit incidents
Airlines have suffered a loss of around Rs seven crore, so far, this year due to bird-hit cases in the country.
18 Nov, 2009, 09.22 PM IST
- Most bird hits at Delhi airport
Delhi Airport overtook Mumbai as the most bird-hit prone airport in the country in 2008. The airport recorded 67 cases of bird hits, more t...
20 Feb, 2009, 05.37 AM IST
- CMZ norms to facilitate Navi Mumbai airport construction
Government's notification on Coastal Management Zone has made the way easier for construction of greenfield airport proposed in neighbourin...
13 Jul, 2008, 11.00 AM IST
- India to have Airport Economic Regulatory Authority
The government had also decided to upgrade facilities and improve traffic at 70 airports in the country where air traffic was extremely low...
07 Dec, 2006, 05.40 PM IST