Airports
Crucial Milestone For Shamshabad Airport
Sunday, October 19th, 2008The Rajiv Gandhi International Airport, the first Greenfield airport located at Shamshabad on the city outskirts, has reached another crucial milestone by becoming the country’s first Code F compliant airport following the successful landing of super jumbo A-380 on Friday morning.
Domestic Outbound Passengers To Pay Rs.375 extra At Hyderabad Airport
Thursday, August 21st, 2008Domestic passengers leaving Hyderabad international airport will now have to pay an additional Rs.375 as user development fee (UDF), the airport operator said Wednesday.
Alternate Routes To Reach Shamshabad Airport
Thursday, August 14th, 2008Two days after incessant rain lashed the city, dusty and pothole-riddled roads made life miserable for hordes of motorists on Monday. Vehicles crawled on almost all the roads with 10-inch deep potholes in some areas and scattered gravel in other localities posing serious threat to commuters, especially motorcyclists.
GMR Signs MoU With Deccan Express Logistics For Cargo Hubs
Thursday, August 14th, 2008G R Gopinath, who had stridently opposed the GMR group for its opposition to keeping the old Begumpet airport in Hyderabad open, has now joined hands with the infrastructure company.
Slick Bus Shelters For Passengers
Sunday, July 13th, 2008Futuristic: The glass-panelled bus shelter coming up near Keys Girls High School at Secunderabad. Photo Courtesy: The Hindu
Imagine you are checking flight schedules on Flight Information Display Systems (FIDS) in plush and cool surroundings while waiting for the Aeroexpress bus to arrive! Passengers can now look forward to this hospitality at the slick bus shelters […]
Hyderabad Airport Slaps User Development Fee On Passengers
Thursday, June 26th, 2008It’s going to pinch your pocket a little more if you are planning to fly to Hyderabad. This time, it’s not the airlines, but the airport which is piling on the charges, reports CNBC-TV18.
Centre Says No To International Airport At Vizag
Thursday, June 26th, 2008The Union min istry of defence has denied permission for the proposed international airport at S.
Rayavaram near Visakhapatnam citing security threats.
State Declares HIAL As Notified Area
Wednesday, June 25th, 2008The government has provisionally declared the area covered by Hyderabad International Airport Limited (HIAL) as a ‘notified area’ (municipality) duly excluding it from the jurisdiction of the local authority. The Rajiv Gandhi International Airport is spread over 5,495 acre belonging to Shamshabad, Chinna Gollapally, Hamedullanagar, Mamidipally and Mankhal gram panchayats.
Developers Plan Low-cost Airports
Monday, June 23rd, 2008The financial turbulence that airlines are experiencing these days due to soaring fuel cost, is pushing airport developers to think on lines of building low cost airports.
Tiny Village Eyes Huge Tax From New Airport
Thursday, June 19th, 2008The Gollapally gram panchayat, in whose jurisdiction the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport is located in Shamshabad, is demanding property tax from the GMR group, the operator of the airport.
AAI Still Frowns On High-rises Near Begumpet Airport
Friday, May 23rd, 2008The Airports Authority of India (AAI) has rejected the Secunderabad Cantonment Board’s plea to allow them to permit high-rise structures in the funnel area of the Begumpet airport.
RGIA Handles Million Passengers In 50 Days
Thursday, May 15th, 2008Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (RGIA) has crossed the milestone of handling a million passengers in the first 50 days of its commercial operations since March 23, 2008.
City turns into hub for flight refuelling
Sunday, May 11th, 2008Hyderabad has become a major hub for refuelling of aircraft thanks to the cut in sales tax on aviation turbine fuel. The number of aircraft refuelling in Hyderabad has doubled from 60 to 120 in just two months following the government’s move to reduce sales tax on ATF from 33 per cent to 4 per […]
Govt Allows Agam SPV Six To Set Up New Airports In India
Saturday, May 3rd, 2008Government has approved foreign direct investment of up to 300 million dollars (Rs 1,170 crore) by Cayman Islands-based Agam SPV Six Ltd to set up new airports in the country and upgrade the existing ones.
1-hr Wait To Reach Shamshabad Airport
Friday, May 2nd, 2008Many air passengers travelling to the Shamsbahad airport in the evenings are getting stuck at the Uppuguda and Kandikal railway gates for more than an hour. The inordinate delay in constructing road overbridges at the railway gates is causing the problem.
Hyderabad, B`lore Airports Out Of 150-km Norm
Saturday, April 26th, 2008The new greenfield airports policy, which has allowed new airports to come up within 150 kilometres of exisiting airports, will not apply to privately-run Hyderabad and Bangalore airports as well as the proposed facility in Greater Noida.
Work In Full Swing On New Airport Terminal
Saturday, April 26th, 2008The biggest facility in tier-two cities is likely to be ready for inauguration by September
IT’s happening: Workers giving finishing touches to the gigantic roof at the new terminal building of Visakhapatnam airport.
Security Checks At Shamshabad Airport Will Take Only 3 Mins’
Sunday, April 20th, 2008Hyderbad’s GMR airport is up and running but not without its fair share of glitches.
Revived Hope For Begumpet Airport
Saturday, April 19th, 2008Begumpet airport now has better chances of being reopened following the Karnataka High Court’s directive to the Centre to renegotiate with the Bangalore airport consortium its decision to close the existing airport in Bangalore in the wake of the construction of the new airport at Devanahalli.