Have travel plans over the upcoming long weekend around Independence Day? If it involves a flight, be prepared to reach the airport well in advance. "Attention Flyers: Due to enhanced security arrangements, flyers are requested to reach Delhi Airport minimum 4 hours in advance for all domestic flights and 4 hours in advance for all international flights," Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport, which is operated by Delhi International Airport Ltd (DIAL), tweeted on its official Twitter handle on Wednesday. Another tweet read that "the entry to meters and greeters area will be barred with effective from 10th August to 20th August 2019. Any inconvenience caused is regretted".
That essentially means that no visitor passes will be issued for 10 days starting Saturday and flyers have to schedule a longer waiting time at the airport. Previously, you could walk into the airport an hour before the scheduled departure of domestic flights, and 3 hours for international flights.
This development comes on the heels of the August 6 advisory issued by the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS) to the state governments as well as national and private airport operators, directing them to step up security in the wake of the revocation of Article 370 - which granted special status to Jammu and Kashmir - earlier this week. The aviation security agency added that "civil aviation has emerged as a soft target for terrorist attacks".
According to reports, the first advisory warned Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Cochin, Nagpur and Chandigarh airports that they may be targetted, while the latest advisory prescribed more stringent security protocols to be followed at airports over the next three weeks.
08/08/19 Business Today
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That essentially means that no visitor passes will be issued for 10 days starting Saturday and flyers have to schedule a longer waiting time at the airport. Previously, you could walk into the airport an hour before the scheduled departure of domestic flights, and 3 hours for international flights.
This development comes on the heels of the August 6 advisory issued by the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS) to the state governments as well as national and private airport operators, directing them to step up security in the wake of the revocation of Article 370 - which granted special status to Jammu and Kashmir - earlier this week. The aviation security agency added that "civil aviation has emerged as a soft target for terrorist attacks".
According to reports, the first advisory warned Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Cochin, Nagpur and Chandigarh airports that they may be targetted, while the latest advisory prescribed more stringent security protocols to be followed at airports over the next three weeks.
08/08/19 Business Today
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