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Jabalpur airport's terminal building may be commissioned by March 2022: AAI

The Jabalpur airport is getting upgraded and its new terminal is likely to be constructed and commissioned by March 2022, said the Airports Authority of India (AAI) on Tuesday

Construction work at Jharkhand's Deoghar airport to be completed soon: AAI

The construction work at the Deoghar airport in Jharkhand, which is being developed by AAI in collaboration with DRDO and state government at an investment of Rs 400 crore, will be completed soon

A worrying trend: India's new economy can not be a monopoly board

Just as opening up the economy in the 1990s was a windfall for the current generation of middle-class Indians, excessive economic concentration will be a headache for the next

Ayodhya airport set to become international, to be expanded by 600 acres

The civil aviation minister said that so far Rs 525 crore fund has been approved for the airport in Ayodhya and of this, Rs 300 crore have been spent so far

Touchless: How the world's busiest airport envisions post-Covid travel

Nearly 114,000 customers went through Dallas-Forth Worth airport on July 11, an improvement from a 10,000 per day trough in April.

GMR completes stake sale in airport biz to Groupe ADP, gets Rs 4,565 cr

In its first tranche of investment, Groupe ADP had paid Rs 5,248 crore on February 26

GVK Group cuts salaries by up to 30% from May as Covid-19 impacts business

The diversified group, which is into energy, resources, airports, transportation, hospitality and life sciences sectors, has around 1,800 workforce

Mumbai, Bengaluru and Cochin airports hike landing charges by up to 45%

The increase in charges by the airports was allowed by the Airport Economic Regulatory Authority (AERA) - the regulatory body which fixes chargers for airports

E-pass not needed for passengers moving to or from airport: Mumbai Police

The domestic flights were allowed to operate by the Central government, with reasonable restrictions, from May 25

Over 500 flights take off, but states create plane confusion at airports

Maharashtra clears air, says short-term visitors exempt from isolation

AAI releases guidelines for resuming flights; Aarogya Setu app mandatory

Civil Aviation Minister had announced on Wednesday that domestic flight services would resume from May 25 onwards in a calibrated manner

Airports likely to see $97 bn revenue loss in 2020 amid pandemic, says ACI

The decline in total airport revenues on a global scale is estimated to be $39.2 billion

Airports prepare to handle 30% flights in first phase of ops after lockdown

Both airlines and airports are devising their own SOPs and limited number of flights are being planned to enable social distancing on ground and inside the aircraft

How flights will operate after the lockdown is lifted

The Standard Operating Procedure being formulated by the DGCA will make it mandatory for airlines to keep all middle seats and the last three rows empty to minimise contact

CRISIL downgrades ratings for SpiceJet to 'B' as business takes hit

Puts ratings for three airports "under watch negative"

'Single biggest shock': Airlines, airports battle Covid-19 cash crunch

The only bright spot for the airline is the cargo market, where rates are surging as a result of the loss of capacity in the belly of passenger aircraft as those flights are cut

Nearly 1.2 mn international passengers screened for coronavirus: Govt

Hardeep Singh Puri further said out of over 1.1 million passengers who were screened at 30 airports only 3,225 were referred to tests

Pvt airports want fliers to pay more as Coronavirus hurts their profits

Delhi, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Bangalore airports say that infrastructure they set up is a fixed asset and not flexible to respond to a sudden loss in business

Covid-19 to cost airports in Asia-Pacific $3bn, 24% of passengers: Report

IATA last week said the coronavirus epidemic could rob passenger airlines of up to $113 billion in revenue this year

Coronavirus outbreak: Airports start stringent screening to check spread

All thanks to several doctors on standby, the queues of fliers are manageable