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Hyderabad: With several passengers finding it difficult to get cabs from the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport, officials have launched three more cab services apart from arranging for more Pushpak bus services. According to a note from the airport management, passengers from the airport were facing challenges due to the limited availability of Ola and Uber […]

The passenger has been admitted to the Telangana Institute of Medical Sciences (TIMS) and samples were collected and sent for genetic sequencing.

Hyderabad: In the last 24-hours, the surveillance teams of the state health department at Shamshabad airport have tested 41 international passengers, who arrived from the 12 ‘at-risk’ countries where Omicron, the new variant of SARS-CoV-2 has been reported. All the international travellers have tested negative for Covid-19 and are now in mandatory home quarantine, senior […]

arious other modes till recently, yet another trick came to light on Wednesday

Hyderabad: A man reaching the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport on Sunday was nabbed by the Hyderabad Customs after nine iPhone 13 phones, valued at Rs.8.37 lakh, were found in his possession. According to Customs officials, the man, who reached the RGIA by the Air Arabia G9-458 flight from Sharjah, was found to be carrying the […]

Hyderabad: Why Hyderabad down south is upbeat over the acquisition of Air India by Tata Sons is a doubt many would have. The answer lies in Hyderabad’s surge across multiple sectors in the last few years, with the State capital positioning itself as a global city and attracting almost every IT major from across the […]

Hyderabad: As the number of Covid-19 cases steadily comes down across the country, the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport here is bustling with activity, with October 9 recording the highest (domestic and international) passenger footfall of nearly 48,000 and 350 Air Traffic Movements, which is 77 per cent of pre-Covid numbers. Notwithstanding the restrictions triggered by […]

Hyderabad: As APPA Cheruvu (lake) is over flowing on the National Highway-44 towards Shamshabad near Gaganpahad village, the Cyberabad Traffic Police has advised citizens going towards Rajiv Gandhi International Airport, Kurnool, Bengaluru to use the Outer Ring Road instead. Accordingly, traffic towards RGI Airport will be diverted at Attapur Pillar No 215 towards service road […]

Progressed from 71st position in 2020 to 64th position in 2021 among the World’s top 100 airports

Based on a tip off, the DRI team intercepted the Tanzanian passenger after he reached the airport by a flight from Johannesburg via Doha early on Monday.

According to the officials, the gold was concealed in the washroom of the aircraft which reached Hyderabad from Cochin.

The currencies - USD, Omani Riyal, Saudi Riyal and UAE Dirhams - were concealed in savoury packets in the baggage of the passenger at the international airport.

With an initial capacity of 12 million passengers per annum (MPPA), the airport at present is in the mode of expansion to enhance its capacity to cater to over 34 MPPA

Sale of Airport Authority of India's (AAI) remaining stake in the four airports as also 13 more airports have been identified for privatisation in 2021-22 fiscal.

The passenger was detained when he arrived from Sharjah by flight G9458 with 672 grams of gold paste concealed in his specially designed slippers

The gold concealed in the form of paste was recovered during checking from the passenger who had arrived from Dubai.

The city’s international airport has received the award in the Asia-Pacific region for 2020, in the 15-25 million passengers per annum (MPPA) category.

It was during routine checking that the passenger was caught smuggling six gold biscuits weighing about 1867.600 grams concealed in his luggage.

The department installed camera traps after request from the airport officials, who maintained that the leopard was killing wild pigs.

Located at the domestic departures section, the lounge is spread over 773 sqm and can accommodate 222 passengers