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Flights may soon have new rules for cabin baggage: Report

A significant reform aimed at streamlining air travel and enhancing security has been recommended by the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security: new rules for hand luggage on flights.
Published on Dec 26, 2024 06:33 PM IST

Airlines received nearly 1,000 hoax bomb threats this year, IndiGo the worst-hit

IndiGo received the maximum bomb hoax calls in October.
Updated on Nov 28, 2024 02:27 PM IST

Kirpan restrictions for Sikh staffers at airports: Send delegation to talk to Centre, Takht jathedar tells SGPC

Taking serious note of the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security’s (BCAS) recent directive that bars Sikh employees from carrying kirpans on duty, Akal Takht jathedar Giani Raghbir Singh on Friday directed the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) to send a high-level delegation to raise the issue with the central government. (HT File)
Updated on Nov 09, 2024 07:14 AM IST

Revoke order barring Sikhs from wearing kirpan at airports: Associations

The organisations are advocating for revisions to the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security’s (BCAS) recent directive that bars Sikh employees from carrying kirpans on duty, impacting Sikh staff at airports nationwide. (HT File)
Updated on Nov 06, 2024 06:40 AM IST

SSB chief gets additional charge as BCAS DG amid bomb threats to airlines

Senior IPS officer Amrit Mohan Prasad, currently, the chief of the Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB), took additional charge as the BCAS director general (DG) on Friday, a day after government issued an order appointing him to the post. (HT Photo)
Updated on Nov 02, 2024 04:30 AM IST

46 flight bomb threats this week posted by same X account

Passengers wait in a queue in front of the DigiYatra counter at Pune airport. (HT File Photo)
Updated on Oct 20, 2024 01:08 PM IST

Morning briefing: Aviation body to probe 'root cause' of hoax bomb threats, more

After series of hoax bomb threats to flights, DGCA instructed the airlines to follow safety and security guidelines strictly.
Published on Oct 20, 2024 09:12 AM IST

Aviation Security Culture Week begins at CCSI airport

CCSI airport in Lucknow. (File photo)
Updated on Aug 05, 2024 10:12 PM IST

Baggage delivery time at major airports increased by 30%: Civil aviation ministry

More than 90% of passengers are receiving their baggage within 30 minutes after landing (Representative Photo)
Updated on May 22, 2024 01:06 PM IST

Pune airport new terminal ops to start after BCAS permission

Since no ‘development’ permission has been received yet, neither the airlines nor customs and immigration systems have been shifted to the new terminal building. (HT FILE PHOTO)
Updated on Apr 05, 2024 10:27 PM IST

Passengers can now exit through airport departure gates in case of flight delays

Airports will now need to make arrangements so that passengers who return to the terminal can be frisked again before they are allowed to board the plane again.
Updated on Apr 02, 2024 09:39 AM IST

Let flyers de-board if flight delayed, airlines and airports told

Airports will now need to make arrangements so that passengers who return to the terminal can be frisked again before they are allowed to board the plane again (HT)
Updated on Apr 02, 2024 05:09 AM IST

‘Flyers must get baggage within 30 mins of arrival’

The BCAS has been studying the time taken by airlines to clear arrivals halls of six major airports since January. (Sanchit Khanna/HT Photo)
Updated on Feb 19, 2024 05:58 AM IST

Centre issues show cause notices to Mumbai airport, IndiGo over tarmac video

Passengers of a Delhi-bound IndiGo flight, diverted to Mumbai due to operational issues, sat and dined on the airport tarmac on Sunday night. (ANI Photo)
Updated on Jan 16, 2024 02:41 PM IST

IndiGo, Mumbai airport get Centre's notice over passengers eating on tarmac

In a viral video, passengers of a Delhi-bound IndiGo flight diverted to Mumbai due to operational issues are seen eating and sitting on the airport tarmac at Mumbai Airport, in Mumbai on Monday.
Updated on Jan 16, 2024 02:47 PM IST

Visitors not allowed at Delhi, Punjab airports after Canada-based SFJ's threat

India has asked Canada to scale up Air India flights’ security after the threat to the airline. (AP)
Updated on Nov 07, 2023 06:02 PM IST

Additional checks in place for Air India passengers at airports in Punjab, Delhi till Nov 30

Additional checks in view of a threat by a separatist group that had recently asked people not to travel on Air India flights on November 19. (HT File Image/For representational purposes only)
Published on Nov 07, 2023 01:27 PM IST

New age security systems being deployed at airports but challenges remain: BCAS

BCAS was formed in the 1980s. (Twitter)
Updated on Apr 28, 2023 09:17 AM IST