India Air Traffic Management. Unique CAPA report: the ATM system and AAI's plans for integration

The most comprehensive (170 page) report ever produced on India's ATM system reviews the structure, governance and operation of Air Navigation Services in India. The global vision and plans set down by the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) for the global Air Traffic Management system are also described and considered in their context for India’s air navigation services provider (ANSP), the Airports Authority of India (AAI).

India is the ninth largest aviation market in the world by annual seat capacity and CAPA projects it will be the third largest aviation market in the world by 2025. Today, approximately 80 Indian airports handle scheduled services, operated by nine domestic airlines, with a combined fleet of some 400 aircraft.
26/05/15 Unique CAPA Report

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Airport privatisation: Airport Authority of India extends deadline for submitting bids

NEW DELHI: The Airports Authority of India (AAI) has again extended the deadline for submitting bids for control of four airports, further delaying their privatisation process.
The private players can now submit their applications for short-listing till July 1, the AAI said today.
The AAI, which invited 'Request for Qualification (RFQ)' to handover the management, operations and development of the state-controlled airports in Kolkata, Chennai, Ahmedabad and Jaipur last year, had earlier extended the date for submitting the bids from March 24 to May 26.
25/05/15 PTI/The Economic Times

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Five parachutes that entered Mumbai airport airspace were remote controlled: Report

The five suspected parachutes seen in the Mumbai airport airspace on Saturday were remote or radio-controlled, reported a leading daily.

The report cited sources from three different agencies to say that the five unmanned objects were controlled, adding that the PMO's office has asked various agencies to investigate the matter. Agencies including the Indian Air Force, Navy, Intelligence Bureau and Mumbai police have been asked to probe and submit a report.
25/05/15 dnawebdesk/dnaindia

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PPP members protest over name of international airport

The controversy over naming the upcoming international airport met with another hurdle as members of the People’s Party of Punjab staged a protest on Sunday demanding the name of the upcoming international terminal at Mohali be changed from ‘Chandigarh International Airport’ to ‘Shaheed-E-Azam Sardar Bhagat Singh International Airport’.
The protest was organised by the district youth wing of the party outside the international terminal’s entrance in Mohali. Around 11 am more than 50 party workers gathered there and staged a dharna. Later, they met Mohali DC TPS Sidhu’s at his residence and handed him over a memorandum and sought for the state’s intervention in the matter.
25/05/15 Gagandeep Singh Dhillon & Karthik Kumar/The Indian Express

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Indo Thai Airport Management Services to provide ground-handling services to Vistara

NEW DELHI: Dhoot Group joint venture firm Indo Thai Airport Management Services today said that it would be providing ground-handling services to the full-service carrier, Vistara.

The company recently signed an agreement with the Delhi- based airline in this regard, a release said here.

Indo Thai currently offers comprehensive ground handling services at airports at Srinagar, Jaipur, Lucknow, Amritsar, Varanasi, Chandigarh, Agra, Udaipur and Bagdogra, among others.
21/05/15 PTI/The Economic Times

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PMO upset with CBI enquiries into business deals, say sources

New Delhi: There is an apparent tussle between the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) and the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) as the former is upset over the unnecessary enquiries being conducted into business deals, sources informed on Thursday.
The PMO called the CBI Director to convey its disappointment over the same. "Casual enquiries by the agency are affecting investor confidence," the PMO told the CBI.
22/05/15 Ashok Bagriya/IBN Live

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Airlines again under CCI scanner; face cartelisation probe

Airlines face a fresh probe for suspected cartelisation and for the alleged arbitrary hike in airfares, with the fair trade regulator CCI on Thursday saying it needs to get to the bottom of the issue.

As a group of MPs, led by BJP leader Kirit Somaiya, on Thursday lodged a fresh complaint with the Competition Commission of India (CCI) against the air carriers, CCI Chairman Ashok Chawla said that the regulator needs to get to the bottom of the issue to ascertain whether there was a cartel at play.
21/05/15 PTI/dna

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India's First Private Greenfield Airport Begins Operation in Durgapur

NEW DELHI:  On May 10, Prime Minister Narendra Modi flew out of Kazi Nazrul Islam Airport at Durgapur in West Bengal. But formally, the airport opened on Monday, with celebrities taking the first Alliance Air flight from Kolkata to Durgapur. Flight time was 35 minutes, the ticket cost Rs. 2500.

Another airline will connect Durgapur to Bagdogra and Cooch Behar.
20/05/15 Monideepa Banerjie/NDTV

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'I Was Wrong,' Says Union Minister Who Tried to Break the Rules at Patna Airport

PATNA:  Despite public opinion railing against VIP culture, some ministers are finding it hard to recalibrate what appear to be default settings. In Patna today, union minister Ram Kripal Yadav tried, with his entourage, to enter the airport through the exit gate.

Mr Yadav, who heads the ministry for Drinking Water and Sanitation, later told NDTV, "I was wrong. I should not have tried to use the wrong gate."
19/05/15 Mala Das/NDTV

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Andal airport promises a star-studded take-off today

KOLKATA: Stars will literally descend on Andal near Durgapur on Monday evening, adding glitz and glamour to the inauguration of commercial operations at Kazi Nazrul Islam Airport. The unassuming 42-seater turboprop plane that is scheduled to touch down on the runway of the country's first greenfield airport at 5.40pm has on its passengers manifesto matinee idol Dev and a host of Tollywood celebrities including Moon Moon Sen, Nusrat Jahan, Mimi Chakraborty, Hiron Chatterjee, Raj Chakraborty, Shrabonti and Soham Chakraborty. Film producer Srikant Mohta will also be on the flight as will be housing minister Arup Biswas, chief minister Mamata Banerjee's points-person in Tollywood.

State finance minister Amit Mitra and labour minister Moloy Ghatak may also join in the maiden flight that will put the state's industrial belt on the aviation map. Last Sunday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi was among the first to use the airport when he travelled from Andal to Delhi in an Indian Air Force aircraft.
18/05/15 Subhro Niyogi/The Times Of India

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Kangra airport set for expansion

DHARAMSHALA: Located at the height of 2,492 feet above sea level and spread over 1,269 acres, the scenic airport of the Himachal Pradesh may finally get the expansion plan rolling after a decade-long wait. Urban development minister Sudhir Sharma has passed orders to locate the land for the expansion of the Kangra airport within a month.

This announcement was made after a meeting of airport authority with the minister on Friday at circuit house in Dharamshala. Minister said that he had recently met chief of the Airport Authority of India R K Sirvastva and had apprised him about the situation asking him to send a team to study the expansion of this airport. Following which a team from Delhi arrived here and after working on the field for two days a meeting was held here on Friday.
17/05/15 S Gopal Puri/The Times Of India

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India's first private greenfield airport at Andal set to start flights

Satyajit Bose, a prominent senior cardiac surgeon in Durgapur and chairman of The Mission Hospital there, is planning to fly Air India to Kolkata on May 18 to be a part of what he thinks will be “a historic moment” for the people in the region. That is the day the Bengal Aerotropolis Projects (BAPL)-promoted private greenfield airport – India’s first such – at Andal near Durgapur becomes operational.

“I am very happy. Finally it has happened,” he told Business Standard.

That day, West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee, along with some of her cabinet colleagues, secretaries and members of Tollywood, are also expected to travel in the opposite direction on the first Air India flight from Kolkata to Durgapur.
16/05/15 Probal Basak/Business Standard

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Coimbatore's airport expansion foremost priority, says new director

COIMBATORE: Land acquisition for the expansion of the runway at the Coimbatore International Airport might get an additional thrust with the appointment of a new director. G Prakash Reddy, who took charge from D Paul Manickam on Friday, said airport expansion was his first and main priority.
16/05/15 TNN/The Times Of India

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Now, Chennai Airport Takes Off With New Twitter Handle

CHENNAI:The place where the city airport gets the most amount of flak and ridicule is social media, particularly when a piece of ceiling or glass panel falls down. To counter this and boost the image of the airport as a clean, modern transit space the Chennai Airport now has an official twitter handle @aaichnairport.

Started earlier this week, it’s efficacy was seen when a baby monkey made it’s way into the international terminal two days ago.
16/05/15 Express News Service/The New Indian Express

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Congestion in Security Hold Area at Tiruchi airport all set to ease

Congestion in the Security Hold Area (SHA) accommodating air passengers at the new terminal building of Tiruchi international airport will greatly ease henceforth with the Airports Authority of India (AAI) modifying the SHA.

Passenger seating capacity has been increased in the SHA consequent to the modification work which has been completed within three months for the benefit of the passengers. The seating capacity in the SHA which was 200 prior to modification has now risen to 350.
16/05/15 R Rajaram/The Hindu

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Nadda seeks to improve Himachal airport

Union Health Minister JP Nadda met Civil Aviation Minister Ashok Gajapathi Raju here and discussed proposals to improve air connectivity for Himachal Pradesh, an official statement said here on Friday.
"There has been a long felt need to improve air connectivity and strengthen civil aviation infrastructure in Himachal Pradesh. I have discussed several proposals with the civil aviation minister and he has assured all necessary support," an official statement quoting Nadda said.
The proposals which were discussed at the meeting included creation of aircraft fuelling facility at the Gaggal Airport in Dharamsala and increase in flights on Delhi-Kullu and Delhi-Dharamsala routes.
15/05/15 IANS/The Statesman

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Bengaluru airport to have self check-in, baggage handling systems

Bengaluru, May 14 (PTI) Passengers flying out of Kempegowda International airport here will no longer have to stand in long queues for check-in as the airport operator plans to implement a system that allows passengers to print their own boarding passes as well as baggage tags from next month.
The private airport operator, Bangalore International Airport Limited (BIAL) has signed a seven-year, multi-million dollar contract in this regard with the global aviation IT firm SITA to implement such a system.
15/05/15 Niti Pti Bot

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Suspicious powder seized at airport

AURANGABAD: Around 250gm of a yellow powder, suspected to be an explosive, was seized at the Chikalthana airport here on Tuesday night. The forensic report of the substance is awaited even as police quizzed three persons trying to send the powder through a courier agency.

The samples were put through three tests on Wednesday that indicated it could be TNT, an explosive substance, the police said, adding that the final reports from the lab were awaited. DCP (zone II) Arvind Chawria said the powder was meant to be couriered to Gurgaon on a passenger aircraft.
15/05/15 Mohammed Akhef/The Times Of India

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Bengaluru airport to have self check-in, baggage handling

Passengers flying out of Kempegowda International airport here will no longer have to stand in long queues for check-in as the airport operator plans to implement a system that allows passengers to print their own boarding passes as well as baggage tags from next month.

The private airport operator, Bangalore International Airport Limited (BIAL) has signed a seven-year, multi-million dollar contract in this regard with the global aviation IT firm SITA to implement such a system.
14/05/15 PTI/Business Standard

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CBI to look into ‘irregularities’ in handing over land for IGI airport

The CBI on Monday registered a preliminary enquiry against unknown officials of the Ministry of Civil Aviation, the Airports Authority of India (AAI) and Delhi International Airport Limited (DIAL) for irregularities in lease of government land to DIAL during the UPA government’s tenure.
According to the CBI, certain officials allegedly committed gross misconduct while leasing out 190 acres belonging to AAI at the Indira Gandhi International Airport to DIAL at a nominal price.
14/05/15 Express News Service/The Indian Express

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West Bengal’s Andal Airport to commence operations from May 18

In a move which will help in the growth of trade and tourism industry in the Asansol- Durgapur industrial belt in West Bengal, the State chief minister, Mamata Banerjee announced that the commercial operation of the country’s first private ‘Greenfield Airport’ at Andal in Burdwan district will start from May 18, 2015 with a six-day-a-week flight service between Durgapur and Kolkata.
Banerjee said, “Commercial operations at the Kazi Nazrul Islam Airport at Andal will begin initially with domestic air service from May 18 followed by international operations at a later stage.”
14/05/15 Joy Roy Choudhury/The Financial Express

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AP’s ambitious airport projects run into trouble

HYDERABAD: With the farmers refusing to part with their land and opposition parties launching movements against land acquisition, the AP government's grand plan to build an international airport near Visakhapatnam and to develop five other airports has hit a major road block.

Developing a greenfield airport at Bhogapuram near Visakhapatnam has turned into a major controversy with all political parties joining hands to oppose the project. The government's proposal to acquire 15,000 acres for the international airport has also received criticism from all quarters on the grounds that there is no rationale for such a massive land acquisition by the TDP government.
14/05/15 B Krishna Prasad TNN/The Times Of India

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SITA’s passenger processing system to be operational in Kempegowda Airport from next month

Kempegowda International Airport in Bengaluru (KIAB), which is the busiest airport in South India, will use passenger processing technology from air transport IT specialist, SITA to manage its passengers. The system operations will start next month. The seven-year, multimillion-dollar contract includes SITA’s AirportConnect Open passenger processing platform, the latest self-service check-in kiosks, and SITA’s baggage reconciliation service - BagManager, as per a release.

Hari Marar, President, Airport Operations, Bangalore International Airport Limited (BIAL), said, “Kempegowda Airport, being the gateway to a city that is one of the top technology innovation hubs in the world, continues to adopt next-generation technology to enhance the overall passenger experience. We chose SITA because we wanted a single supplier that could provide a complete passenger processing platform and baggage reconciliation system, support both systems, and also help us implement the new CUSS (Common-Use Self-Service) platform with both Bag Tag and Boarding Pass options. SITA has a proven track record in delivering innovative solutions to airports globally, as well as in India, by virtue of their strong relationships with airlines.”
14/04/15 TBM Staff/TavelBiz

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WiFi facilities for Bhubaneswar airport soon

BHUBANESWAR: WiFi facilities will start both at the domestic and international terminal buildings of Biju Patnaik airport soon. Bharti Infratel Limited has signed a seven-year contract with the airport to provide the facility.

Airport sources said passengers will be able to access internet on laptops and cellphones sitting inside the terminal buildings. "We will charge a monthly fee from the company, which will take the user fee from passengers," said airport director Sharad Kumar.
14/05/15 TNN/The Times Of India

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GoI grants approval for setting up of 15 Greenfield airports 'in principle'

Minister of State for Civil Aviation Mahesh Sharma on Tuesday said confirmed the Government of India has granted 'in principle' the approval for setting up of 15 Greenfield airports in the country.

These Greenfield airports will be set up in Mopa in Goa, Navi Mumbai, Shirdi and Sindhudurg in Maharashtra, Bijapur, Gulbarga, Hasan and Shimoga in Karnataka, Kannur and Aranmula in Kerala, Durgapur in West Bengal, Dabra in Madhya Pradesh, Pakyong in Sikkim, Karaikal in Pudducherry and Kushinagar in Uttar Pradesh.
12/05/15 ANI/Business Standard

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Narendra Modi first passenger to use Andal airport

KOLKATA: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday became the first passenger to fly out of the Kazi Nazrul Islam airport in West Bengal's Andal, days before it begins commercial operations.

India's first private greenfield airport located in Durgapur-Andal region has been set up in collaboration with the Changi International Airport, Singapore.
11/05/15 IANS/The Economic Times

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Tiruchi airport gets radar feeds from Chennai

Air traffic surveillance mechanism of Tiruchi international airport has enhanced with the transfer of radar feeds from Chennai airport having commenced.

The radar data transfer will enable air traffic controllers to view real time movement of aircrafts overflying Tiruchi and those arriving and leaving the airport.
11/05/15 R.Rajaram/The Hindu

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Stuck for 7 years, govt decides to rope in AAI for Kushinagar airport

After failing to build Kushinagar International Airport on the public-partnership model for seven years, the state government has now decided to take the support of Airports Authority of India (AAI) to make the project a reality.
The AAI has agreed to take up the project following a meeting between state Chief Secretary Alok Ranjan and AAI Chairman R K Srivastava last month. “The AAI has agreed to take up the project. The airport will be built through a joint venture between the Uttar Pradesh government and AAI. Soon, we will sign a MoU after deciding on certain details,” Chief Secretary Alok Rajan said.
10/05/15 Maulshree Seth/The Indian Express

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West Bengal's 1st greenfield airport to be operational from May 18

KOLKATA: The first private greenfield airport in West Bengal is ready for commercial operation from May 18. West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee has informed this through Facebook.

It is learnt that Prime Minister Narendra Modi who will be here on a two-day trip from Saturday, is likely to use this airport on Sunday for his return to Delhi.
09/05/15 TNN/The Economic Times

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HAL airport denied permission to reopen

The civil aviation ministry on Friday decided not to reopen the once-thriving Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) for short-haul flights citing technical reasons. The airport has been closed since 2008 after the Kempegowda International Airport became operational.
Rekindling HAL's long-pending proposal for re-starting operations, defence minister Manohar Parikkar had written to the civil aviation ministry earlier this year seeking his intervention to resolve the issue. However, civil aviation minister Ashok Gajapathi Raju has rejected the offer.
09/05/15 Niranjan Kaggere/Bangalore Mirror

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Delhi airport witnesses diversions and delays

NEW DELHI: The Delhi airport witnessed diversions and delays in the afternoon on Thursday after two runways out of three were not available for operations for half an hour due to a glitch in the Instrument Landing system (ILS).

Sources at the airport said two flights each from Jet Airways and IndiGo and four flights of Air India were delayed during the closure of two runways for half an hour.
07/05/15 Mihir Mishra/The Economic Times

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Direct flight from Surat to Diu from June

SURAT: There is some good news for the travel freaks in Surat as the travel time between Surat and the Union territory of Diu is set to reduce from treacherous nine hours to less than an hour. Come June and the Diamond City will get the much-awaited air connectivity to Diu.

Diamond Aeronautics Limited (DAL), an airline owned by diamond barons in the city, is preparing to launch the Surat-Amreli-Diu-Rajkot evening flight services, sometime in the second week of June. After Bhavnagar and Rajkot, the city will be connected with the important diamond polishing centre Amreli as well.
08/05/15 Times Of India

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International cargo movement likely soon at Aurangabad airport

AURANGABAD: With a decision to develop the old terminal building at the airport as a cargo hub, the Aurangabad airport is getting ready for international cargo movement. This would be functional for both domestic as well as international flights within the next two months, said the Aurangabad Airport Authority (AAA).

A review meet of all stakeholders was held at the airport, here on Wednesday, to evaluate the status of the Chikalthana airport after it was accorded international status. During the meet, the AAA decided to develop the old terminal building at the airport as a cargo hub.
07/05/15 Ranjana Diggikar/The Times Of India

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Delhi's IGI world's top airport in passenger satisfaction: Survey

Scores 4.9 on a scale of five in the category of airports handling 25-40 million passengers a year
Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International (IGI) airport has emerged the winner among the world’s best airports, according to a ranking by the Airports Council International (ACI), an association of the world’s airports. IGI won the best airport award for the year 2014, for passenger service under the category of airports handling 25-40 million passengers per annum (mppa).
04/05/15 BS Reporter/Business Standard

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DGCA to issue licences to 2,000-odd Air Traffic Controllers

NEW DELHI: Aviation regulator DGCA faces the uphill task of issuing licences to 2,000-odd Air Traffic Controllers (ATCOs) and over 60 aerodromes ahead of the audit by UN aviation body, International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO), later this year, sources said. The ICAO audit, the third in last nine years, would take place in November this year and cover issues such as aerodrome operations, air traffic control, airports, and air navigation mechanism.
"As far as licensing to ATCOs is concerned, while the first stage — collecting data about the each ATC personnel — was completed long back, the second stage, which involves comprehensive health check-ups, has just began. "Licences would be issued by the DGCA to ATCOs only after this exercise gets completed," sources told PTI here.
04/05/15 PTI/The Economic Times

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Now, Drive Into Airport, Pick up Loved One

CHENNAI:Good news! After two months of back-and-forth tussling, the airport has finally thrown open the car lane adjoining the Domestic Arrival Terminal. Nearly a year after it was closed for vehicular traffic, the Airports Authority of India (AAI) and the traffic police opened the road for all vehicles from the afternoon of May 1.

“It took a long time to get everything sorted out, but I insisted that we must start allowing passengers’ vehicles and hence the lane is open now,” confirmed Captain Deepak Shastri, airport director. The city airport had come under a lot of criticism when the road that allowed taxis and other vehicles to pick people up as they exited the arrival terminal was shut before Independence Day in 2014.
04/05/15 Express News Service/The New Indian Express

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Indira Gandhi International Airport adjudged world's best airport

NEW DELHI: The capital's Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA) has been adjudged the world's best airport for the year 2014, under the category of handling 25 to 40 million passengers per annum, officials said on Saturday.

Airports Council International (ACI) presented the Airport Service Quality (ASQ) award to IGIA at a ceremony of the ACI Asia-Pacific/World Annual General Assembly on April 28 in Jordan.
"We are honoured to represent an Indian airport at a highly acclaimed international forum as ACI. Our IGI Airport partners and employees have consistently delivered a memorable and distinct experience to our customers, enabling us to achieve the coveted world number one position," said I. Prabhakara Rao, CEO of Delhi International Airport Pvt. Limited, which manages IGIA.
02/05/15 IANS/The Economic Times

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AP government to set up Regional Airport Development Fund

Hyderabad: The Andhra Pradesh government plans to set up an Andhra Pradesh Regional Airport Development Fund (APRADF) with an initial amount of Rs 100 crore to provide financial support for regional airport development.
According to AP's draft civil aviation policy, the APRADF will be used to provide financial support to develop and operate airports as well as commercial airline operations wherever deemed necessary.

"The initial corpus will be Rs 100 crore," the draft policy said.

The AP state government proposes to 100 per cent exemption on stamp duty for land purchased or leased to develop and upgrade airports, as well as 100 per cent reimbursement on electricity duty and property tax, the draft policy said.
03/05/15 Zee News

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“Airports privatisation will help only corporates”

Expressing its stiff opposition to the Centre’s move to privatise profit making Airports Authority of India (AAI) airports, the Airports Authority Employees Union (AAEU) has said that the move would only satisfy the corporate sector and affect passengers eventually.

The AAI is a profit-making organisation endowed with all capabilities, highly skilled technical force and equipped with infrastructure facilities to build, operate, and maintain airports, AAEU all-India president S.R. Santhanam told presspersons here on Friday.

The AAI, which had gained the status of “Mini Ratna”, had shown Rs. 800 crore profit and paid dividends amounting to Rs. 140 crore to government every year which only displayed its strength, he said and added that there was no deficiency on its part in operating and maintaining the airports.

Private players would go to a place where it did not fetch them huge profits, Mr. Santhanam said urging the Centre to allow the AAI to grow in the interest of its vast workforce, customer satisfaction, and for the growth of States besides promoting smaller airports.
02/05/15 Special Correspondent/The Hindu

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Mangaluru airport second best in customer satisfaction

Mangaluru, May 2 (DHNS): The Mangaluru International Airport (MIA) has bagged second place in overall customer satisfaction with a rating of 4.82 in the round III (January 2015 - June 2015) in a survey carried out at all the 53 airports in India.

MIA’s last year rating was 4.65 in the round II (June 2014 to December 2014) and 4.38 in round I (January 2014 to June 2014).
02/05/15 Daijiworld

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Gulbarga Airport: State to bring pressure on Centre

The special representative of the State government in New Delhi C.S. Nadagouda, MLA, said that the State government would do everything to pressure the Union government to ask the Airports Authority of India to complete work on the Gulbarga Airport and bring the district on India’s aviation map.

Speaking to presspersons after visiting the site of the Gulbarga Airport in Srinivasa Saradagi village on the outskirts of Kalaburagi on Thursday, Mr. Nadagouda said that the Civil Aviation Ministry and the authority had sent positive signals to take over the construction of the airport in Kalaburagi.

He said that the AAI teams have visited both Gulbarga and Shivamogga airports, which is also incomplete, more than once to assess the incomplete work and a report of the estimated cost to complete the remaining work in both the airports were yet to be submitted by the AAI.

Mr. Nadagouda said that the State government was committed to provide the required amount to complete the works in both the airports and start air services at the earliest. “We have told AAI that the required amount and all cooperation would be extended to complete the work in both the airports and we are waiting for the response of the AAI,” he said.
01/05/15 IST/The Hindu

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Kadapa airport likely to be operational by May 15

Efforts are being made to inaugurate the Kadapa airport between May 10 and 15, District Collector K.V. Ramana said on Thursday.

Union Civil Aviation Minister P. Ashok Gajapathi Raju and Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu will inaugurate the airport, Narasimha Murthy, Southern Regional Executive Director of Airports Authority of India told the Collector in a meeting here.
01/05/15 Special Correspondant/The Hindu

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