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Saudi Arabia: Six more airports to receive foreign Haj pilgrims

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Jeddah: Saudi Arabia has been gearing up to receive foreign Haj pilgrims this year at different airports in the Kingdom.
Apart from Jeddah and Madinah, now Riyadh, Dammam, Taif and Yanbu airports will also receive Haj pilgrims who are flying through Saudia.
Saudia, the national flag carrier, has announced that it will be transporting pilgrims from more than 100 scheduled destinations and 14 seasonal destinations around the globe into the Kingdom.

Amer Al-Khushail, CEO of Hajj and Umrah of Saudia Airlines also revealed that Prince Mohammad bin Abdulaziz International Airport in Madinah will receive the first flights arriving in the Kingdom on May 21.
The Saudia will provide a smooth travel experience for pilgrims as it is pressing 176 aircraft to transport pilgrims and allocating more than 1.2 million seats.
He said that 8000 cabin crew can speak 42 different languages. Added that Saudia also offers a unique collection of educational e-books on how to perform Hajj and Umrah in more than 14 languages.
Saudia has updated its in-flight Islamic content, with more than 134 hours of various religious programs and 590 hours of Qur’an recitations, in addition to many other Islamic programs available in several languages.
Saudia Group has also expanded its Hajj season plan activities to include sharing awareness messages to pilgrims in their languages through Hajj missions, Hajj organizations present in Makkah and Madinah, and across Hajj residences. In these messages, the company clarifies all matters related to the pilgrims’ journeys, including details related to baggage limits and requirements in order to facilitate an easy pilgrimage, media reports quoted him as saying.

The senior official of Saudia also said that flyadeal would be involved for the first time in operations to transport pilgrims.
Al Khushail highlighted that Saudia Group aims to achieve operational efficiency while fully complying with safety standards, providing pilgrims with many further services including arranging the dispatch of zamzam water bottles to various destinations and providing additional flights for pilgrims wishing to travel to Madinah by air.
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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

May 7, 2023
Eid ul-Fitr: Dubai Airports records 200,000 passengers in 24 hours

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Abu Dhabi: Dubai airports witnessed the passage of more than 2,00,000 passengers within 24 hours during Eid ul-Fitr. Of those passengers, 1,10,000 were arrivals.
“Dubai airports manage 2,00,000 passengers and 1,10,000 arrivals in 24 hours,” the Dubai Media Office (DMO) tweeted.
Ahead of the holidays, Dubai’s main carrier Emirates said it would significantly increase its flight capacity in the Middle East between April 19 and May 31.

The airline added 38 additional flights to six cities in the GCC and the Middle East.
This year, more than 1,10,000 passengers were expected to board Emirates flights during Eid ul-Fitr across the region, with additional flights flying to Riyadh, Dammam, Jeddah, Madinah, Kuwait and Beirut.

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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

April 24, 2023
Hyderabad: GMR Group launches Robotics CoE for airports

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Hyderabad: Global infrastructure company, GMR Group recently expanded its innovation business vertical GMR Innovex, with the launch of the Robotics Centre of Excellence (CoE).
The GMR’s COE will serve as a hub for innovation, research and development and collaboration in the field of robotics.
It will identify and incubate startups working in the field of robotics and co-develop innovative robotic products for the airport and aviation eco-system.

According to a press release, the new robotic COE will drive innovation and provide necessary infrastructure, a specially designed robotic lab for the robotic startups, drive thought leadership and collaboration with industry partners, leverage expertise and invest in potential startups.
Telangana principal secretary, Jayesh Ranjan who participated in the launch said, “The state government has taken several initiatives towards developing the thriving robotics technology by providing a platform for the startups, industry players and other potential entities working in the robotics and automation space.”
GMR Group executive director-South Airports, SGK Kishore said, “As the airport and aviation eco-system continues to grow, our Robotics COE will transform the industry with its cutting edge technology and solutions that would enhance efficiency, safety and sustainability.”
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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

April 14, 2023
Planning to travel this Eid? These airports offer direct flights to Dubai

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Abu Dhabi: If you are planning to celebrate Eid Al-Fitr holidays in a foreign country, then Dubai is an excellent option.
It’s not only closer, but the attractions to see in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) will truly make your Eid holidays memorable.
Now is the perfect time to consider a vacation to Dubai, as 21 Indian airports are offering non-stop flights to Dubai.

As per media reports, there are said to be more than 80 daily non-stop flights operating between the emirate and airports in India – and the number is likely to rise in the coming year.
Passengers can choose from a range of airline options that offer non-stop flying services between Indian cities and Dubai.
These include Indian Airlines, Indigo, Air Indian Express, Vistara, Go First, SpiceJet, Emirates Airlines, and flydubai.
Airports from India that offer direct flights to Dubai:
Eid-Al-Fitr marks the end of the month-long fast. Eid Al-Fitr is expected to fall on Friday, April 21, 2022.
The exact date of the start of Eid Al-Fitr will be confirmed closer to the end of Ramzan, based on moon-sighting.

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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

April 11, 2023
’44 airports in country don’t have night landing facility’

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New Delhi: There are a total of 44 operational airports in the country which do not have night landing facilities for civil operations, the Rajya Sabha was told on Monday.
These airports include Shimla, Kushinagar, Darbhanga, Deoghar, Bilaspur and many others.
The provision of night landing facility, which is purely based on the demand and operational requirements of the airlines, is a continuous process and is undertaken by Airports Authority of India (AAI) and other airport operators from time to time depending on the availability of land, commercial viability, socio-economic considerations, traffic demand and willingness of airlines to operate to/from such airports etc., said a written reply by the Ministry of Civil Aviation on Monday in Rajya Sabha.
The Central government has granted ‘in-principle’ approval to set up 21 Greenfield airports in the country.
Out of these, Mopa (Goa), Noida (Jewar), Navi Mumbai, and Dholera will also act as additional airports to the existing airports.
As a second airport to Chennai, the state government of Tamil Nadu has submitted an application to Ministry of Civil Aviation for grant of ‘Site-Clearance’ for development of a new Greenfield airport at Parandur, Kancheepuram District, Tamil Nadu and the proposal is under examination by Airports Authority of India (AAI), Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) and Ministry of Defence (MoD), said another reply by the Ministry on Monday.
The Ministry of Civil Aviation had received an application for ‘Site-Clearance’ for the development of a new Greenfield airport at Pantnagar in Uttarakhand.
However, in December 2022, the Uttarakhand government requested to keep their application in abeyance, as expansion of existing Pantnagar airport is being alternatively considered, said the reply.

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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

March 27, 2023
AAI gives target to airports to achieve 100 pc use of Green Energy by 2024

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New Delhi: The Airport Authority of India (AAI) has given the target to most of the airports to achieve 100 per cent use of Green Energy by 2024 and Net Zero by 2030.
Currently Mumbai, Cochin and 25 other AAI Airports are using 100 per cent Green Energy.
Cochin Airport is the first green airport in the world, fully powered by solar energy.
The 25 airports include Puducherry, Kanpur (Civil), Hubballi, Belagavi, Mysore, Tezu, Kangra, Shimla, Kullu, Jammu, Srinagar, Leh, Imphal, Pakyong, Pantnagar, Dehradun, Dimapur, Jalgaon, Kohlapur, Pune, Aurangabad, Gondia, Akola, Sholapur and Juhu.
As per the officials, AAI has given targets to achieve 100 per cent Green Energy at its remaining operational airports by 2024.
The Airports Council International (ACI) has launched the Airport Carbon Accreditation programme, which is a global standard for carbon management at airports.
The programme helps airports to assess their carbon emissions, develop a carbon management plan, and reduce their carbon footprint.
Delhi and Mumbai airports, the top two major airports in the country, have achieved the highest Level 4+ Carbon Accreditation of ACI.

As on date, there are only three airports in Asia-Pacific that have achieved this feat. Hyderabad and Bengaluru have also achieved the status of being Carbon Neutral (Level 3+).
Officials said that AAI at Kolkata, Bhubaneswar and Varanasi Airports has achieved Level 2 Airport Carbon accreditation in December 2019 and is in process of ACI-ACA Level 2 certification for 23 more airports.
AAI has already installed Solar Power Plants at various airports with cumulative capacity of more than 54 MWp as on date. AAI is also procuring around 53 million units of solar energy through open access and green power tariff, thus enhancing Renewable Energy (RE) share as on date to about 35 per cent of total electrical consumption of AAI airports.
Officials said that the Airports Authority of India has chalked out the plan for its scheduled operational airports and has taken initiatives such as Energy Intensity Data publication, reducing energy intensity for existing as well as upcoming airport projects.
A training module has been created as a part of an induction training programme for Air Traffic Controllers to sensitise them towards Carbon Neutrality.
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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

March 23, 2023
Saudi: Over 80 female cab drivers to be employed in four airports
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Riyadh: Over 80 female cab drivers will be hired soon in the four airports of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), local media reported.
The move is a part of the first phase of an initiative called Women’s Track meant to empower women in various fields of transportation. It was launched by the Transport General Authority (TGA) on Sunday in cooperation with the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development.
Under this phase, three agreements will be signed with major companies licensed to operate airport cabs. More than 80 female drivers will be hired starting from four airports.
Four airports
- King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh
- King Abdulaziz International Airport in Jeddah
- King Fahd International Airport in Dammam
- Prince Muhammad International Airport in Madinah
As per a report by Arabic daily Al-Watan, a comprehensive training program will be provided to acquire basic driving skills in addition to lessons in decoration, customer service, first aid and proficiency in the English language.
TGA said the women’s track initiative will contribute to improving and developing the experience of transportation services, in line with the authority’s keenness to support job creation, increase local content, and increase women’s role actively.
In the second phase of this initiative, women cab drivers will be employed in all other airports of the Kingdom.
The second edition of the Tawteen program is expected to create 1,70,000 jobs, including 25,000 in the industrial sector, 30,000 in tourism, and 20,000 in the health, transportation and logistics, real estate, and construction sectors.
This edition of the Tawteen program also aims to create 15,000 jobs in the business sector and another 40,000 jobs in other economic sectors.

This comes as the Kingdom continues its social reforms aimed at reducing the gender gap in line with the goals outlined in Vision 2030.
In a move to support the growing role of women in the national economy, the Kingdom has already announced it will include private female drivers as part of its new jobs under a supportive employment program.
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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )
March 13, 2023
Hyderabad: CISF to deploy high-tech scanners at airports across India

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Hyderabad: The Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) will be deploying full-body scanners in airports across the country to facilitate modernise security systems and passenger convenience.
These new body scanners can detect metals in addition to foreign objects like drugs inside the human body, leading to curbing the smuggling of contraband at airports.
The Bureau of Civil Aviation Security constituted a technical sub-committee to examine, evaluate and recommend testing protocols for full body scanners that were on a trial run in airports at Hyderabad, Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Kochi, Pune, and Chennai.
Speaking at the annual press conference prior to their ‘Raising Day’ which is to be held at NISA (National Industrial Security Academy) Hyderabad, CISF ADG Airport Security Gyanendra Singh Malik said, “The full body scanner system is under the process of implementation and will be deployed in the airports across the country in a phased manner.”
Hand-held metal detectors and door metal detectors besides CT and X-Ray machines for the detection of metals were used by the security forces to date.
While blowing away the rumours, the CISF stated that no proposal was sent to the union government for the deployment of their personnel on board flights to tackle any issue.
NISA director K Sunil Emmanuelwhie speaking on the occasion said that the Academy also offers specialized courses besides training foreign nationals from friendly foreign countries.
The CISF has further introduced buddy pairs at all levels to improve interpersonal communication skills in the Aviation Security Group (ASG),

In addition to the above, Holistic Awareness and Risking Potential (SHARP), a training programme had been devised by the airport sector of the CISF to upgrade the domain knowledge, skills, aptitude, leadership, and acumen of the ASG personnel.
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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

March 11, 2023
Give Maha two more airports, Aditya Thackeray urges Scindia

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Mumbai: Shiv Sena (UBT)’s ex-Minister Aditya Thackeray on Wednesday urged Union Minister for Civil Aviation Jyotiraditya Scindia to sanction two new airports in Palghar and Fardapur (Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar), and sought clarity on the status of the proposed airports in Pune and Nashik.
He said that the development of these airports would boost progress and enhance passenger connectivity, industry, agriculture and tourism in these regions.
Thackeray Jr. referred to the Union Budget 2023-2024 and welcomed the plans for 50 airports/helipads/ports to be developed/upgraded in the country, but since details were lacking leading to confusion, he asked Scindia to accord priority for civil aviation development in Maharashtra.
He pointed out that during his tenure as a Maharashtra Minister, his focus was to push several key projects including a third airport for Mumbai at Palghar and the development of the Fardapur airfield.
While the Navi Mumbai Airport will be ready soon, Mumbai will require a third airport in the next 10 years, and the former Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray had asked the Maharashtra Airport Development Company to start working on the Palghar airport.
This, he claimed in the 2-pager, would provide many benefits, including a revenue generator if it turned out to be a passenger airport, cargo hub and offer parking facilities for aircraft.
On the Fardapur project which the Thackeray government was exploring, Thackeray Jr. said that thousands of tourist flock to view the marvels of Ajanta-Ellora caves in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar (Aurangabad), but the nearest airport there is 160 kms away, making the trip arduous.
Thackeray Jr. also urged Scindia to resolve the issues pertaining to the Nashik and Pune airport – the latter’s expansion plans or a new airport has been a long-debated demand that can afford the state’s cultural capital a global connectivity.

Referring to Nashik, he said it is a matter of great pain as it is one of the holiest cities with a rich heritage like Pune and needs to be tapped with an airport of global standards.
“I have only mentioned a few of Maharashtra’s multiple points of potential and roadblocks in the sector of civil aviation, directly linking it to industry, agriculture, tourism growth… I hope you will take cognisance of my humble request and give justice to Maharashtra’s civil aviation needs,” Thackeray Jr concluded.
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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

March 8, 2023
Flights delayed at Moscow airports

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Several flights were delayed at Moscow airports today, February 27, should from Yandex.Schedule data.
Sheremetyevo canceled one flight and rescheduled ten flights. Eight flights were delayed in Vnukovo, and 11 in Domodedovo. At the same time, there is no information about disruptions in the schedule in Zhukovsky.
Earlier, Muscovites were warned about dangerous weather. According to forecasters, strong winds with gusts of up to 17 meters per second are expected in the capital.
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February 27, 2023