Chennai, Sept 6 (BPNS) With birds hitting the aircraft that take off from Chennai international airport, the Airports Authority of India (AAI) is planning an extensive campaign against dumping of waste in open places as these wastes are attracting birds towards these areas. Officials with the Airports Authority of India told BPNS that open waste […]

Chennai, Aug 2 (BPNS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, M.K. Stalin said that an estimated amount of Rs 20,000 crore would be required for the second airport in Chennai, coming up at Parandur.  In a press statement on Tuesday, the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu said that the new Parandur greenfield airport and the old Mennambakkam […]

Chennai, Aug 1 (BPNS) The waiting period for a second airport in Tamil Nadu’s capital, Chennai is almost over with the Ministry of Civil Aviation, Government of India going along with the choice of the Tamil Nadu state government. The Union minister of state for Civil Aviation, V.K. Singh in a reply to a question […]

Chennai, July 15(BPNS) A Sri Lankan airlines flight has made an emergency landing at Chennai airport on Friday. The pilot on detecting a snag landed the aircraft safely at the Chennai airport on Friday morning. The aircraft (UL121) which was bound to Chennai from Colombo developed a technical snag as it was nearing the city. […]

New Delhi, Jun 10  AirAsia India has started using taxibot, a vehicle that helps a plane to move between parking stand and runway without running engines, at the Bengaluru international airport, a statement said on Friday. The airline had on November 23 last year started using taxibot to tow two modified A320 planes at the […]