Airline reaches out to handicapped passenger after refusing him travel

Monday 11 May '09

Hari Venkat’s was one among several stories of wheelchair-bound passengers for whom travelling by air comes across as a major challenge because of the apathy shown by most of the airport employees who work for the airlines.

Twin mishaps delay 137 passengers at Mumbai

Saturday 9 May '09

As many as 137 passengers on board Mumbai-Delhi Air India flight IC 168 went through a harrowing experience....

Swine flu scare sparks rush to fly private

Thursday 7 May '09

With swine flu making frequent fliers jittery, especially in the international sector, enquiries by business travellers for hiring seats on private charters have gone up considerably...

AI flight stuck as door gets wrong push

Wednesday 6 May '09

The commander of Air India flight IC 719, his co-pilot and an Air India aircraft maintenance engineer have been de-rostered following an incident at Mumbai airport...

Mumbai airport hopes to be among world’s top 20 by 2013

Tuesday 5 May '09

The Mumbai International Airport Limited — the Bangalore-based GVK Industries-led consortium—- completed three years as operator of Mumbai’s Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport this Sunday.

Jet cabin crew get used to falling axe, take things in their stride

Sunday 3 May '09

When 50 cabin crew staff of Jet Airways received their termination letters recently, the reaction of the carrier’s other staff members was not as agitated as it had been when the airline had sacked 850 cabin crew staff in October last year.

Swine flu: all incoming passengers put through screening at airport

Sunday 3 May '09

As the swine flu scare sweeps across the country’s major entry points, health officials at Mumbai airport are not taking any chances, with doctors screening all incoming passengers and not just passengers from affected countries.

Jet’s pink slip toll: 229

Saturday 2 May '09

The country’s largest private carrier, Jet Airways, handed over pink slips to 50 of its cabin crew staff...

Finally, defence personnel get to vote in area of posting

Friday 1 May '09

Vice Admiral Jagjit Singh Bedi, who retired on Thursday as Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief of the Western Naval Command after serving the nation for 40 years, did something for the first time in his life. He voted.

Borge death suicide: GRP

Thursday 30 April '09

A day after the Anil Ambani helicopter sabotage case took a bizarre turn with Air Works technician Bharat Borge being found dead....

‘Either there is no proper candidate or no proper political party’

Thursday 30 April '09

As you go through the narrow lane adjoining Bandra station, bumping into passing autorickshaws and the populace, a leaked gutter right at the threshold of the Behrampada and oozing of dirty water will welcome you.

Designs on Earth

Monday 27 April '09

Career choices are usually made soon after college or post-graduate studies, but here’s a woman who quit her job for eight years after marriage to raise her kids and has now found a unique entrepreneurial

Ambani group sniffs chopper sabotage

Saturday 25 April '09

The Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group suspects sabotage after mud and gravel were found on Thursday in the fuel tank of one of its helicopters, parked at Mumbai airport, a company official said.

Slum rehab scheme: BJP, Congress at loggerheads over who is better

Sunday 19 April '09

There was excitement on Wednesday night among residents of Sambhaji Nagar-a slum pocket off the western express highway in Vile Parle that is up for rehabilitation to pave the way for the airport expansion project.

Jet tells pilots, staff to relocate to Delhi, Mumbai or face the axe

Friday 17 April '09

The fate of about 400 employees at the country’s largest private air services operator...

Ctrl access: candidates log in to new technologies like never before

Thursday 16 April '09

In 2004, the communication and media wing of Priya Dutt’s campaign team spent a “better part of a day” sending nearly 400 faxes and dispatching photographs through workers on a daily basis.

Non-scheduled private aircraft flout peak-hour rule, congest airport

Tuesday 14 April '09

At least six private charter planes, that are not allowed to land at the Mumbai airport during peak hour restrictions due to extreme congestion...

MIAL tightens rules to prevent thefts at airport

Sunday 12 April '09

These cases throw light on the frequent thefts committed by loaders at the Mumbai airport. While law enforcement agencies have been taking action against them...

Political message in religious walk

Saturday 11 April '09

Around 2,000 members of the city’s vibrant Roman Catholic Christian community gathered this morning to stage the 21st Annual Lenten Walking Pilgrimage...

Shortage of choppers, pilots as netas take off

Friday 10 April '09

Every poll season the demand for helicopters goes up in India, with top politicians traveling the length and breadth of the country for campaigning.

Flight information system at airport goes blank

Sunday 5 April '09

Visitors at the Mumbai airport were left flummoxed on Friday night when they were greeted with blank screens of the flight information display system at the domestic terminals 1A & B.

Airport security: CISF steps up individual profiling of passengers

Friday 3 April '09

As airports and airlines become a choice target of terrorism, stringent security measures have been put up at the country’s airports and the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) has stepped up individual profiling of passengers.

Work on new ATC tower to begin soon

Tuesday 31 March '09

After flagging off construction of the new terminal building at Mumbai airport in February, redevelopers of the Mumbai airport are ready to begin work on the new Air Traffic Control Tower at the Santacruz airport.

Slowdown puts brakes on tourism

Sunday 29 March '09

With the summer schedule of the Mumbai airport beginning on April 1, it is that time of the year when the travel fraternity gears up for a spurt in the sector owing to the summer vacations.

Firefighters pick holes in airport’s fire services

Saturday 28 March '09

As the Mumbai airport prepares to undergo a transition from public to private hands, the differences in the airport’s 270-strong fire department havqe led to a section of firefighters alleging that there are glaring loopholes in the working of the key department ever since the airport’s privatisation.