NEW DELHI: Individuals issuing hoax threats to flights and other aviation facilities will now be fined up to Rs 1 lakh, apart from facing other criminal charges. Following a spate of hoax bomb messages airlines have got this year, the Union aviation ministry has notified new rules to curb this menace. Also, the Govt has…
NEW DELHI: Government has allowed special exemption for carrying coconuts in cabin baggage for Sabarimala pilgrims for about three months. Union aviation minister Ram Mohan Naidu said on X (former Twitter) Saturday: “In a move to facilitate the ease of travel for Sabarimala pilgrims, we have issued a special exemption allowing the carrying of coconuts…
Security personnel keep a vigil after a flight made an emergency landing at the airport following an alleged bomb threat, in Jodhpur.(PTI) NEW DELHI/MUMBAI/KOLKATA: Indian carriers continued to grapple with a wave of bomb hoax threats for the sixth straight day, disrupting flight schedules and causing inconvenience during the busy festive travel season. More than…
NEW DELHI: Multiple flights of Indian carriers continue to get threat messages on Sunday too, with no end in sight to this menace that is disrupting schedules, bleeding airlines and inconveniencing passengers in the peak festive travel season. Airline statements have stopped giving counts as the number keeps mounting. For instance, Akasa said “some” of…
NEW DELHI: Hoax bomb threat messages have made it a maniac Monday for three international flights of two Indian carriers and close to 600 passengers onboard. Since any threat is taken very seriously, one flight — Air India Mumbai-New York was diverted to Delhi — and two others delayed for being checked thoroughly before being…
Is your flight delayed? Now, you won’t have to spend hours sitting in a cramped aircraft waiting for take off! The Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS), the aviation security watchdog, has issued new guidelines that will allow passengers to alight from the flight in case of long delays and wait at the airport terminal.Passengers…
