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Passengers at Hyderabad’s Rajiv Gandhi International Airport faced another day of severe disruption as IndiGo cancelled 117 flights on Sunday. With 56 arrivals and 61 departures cancelled, travellers queued at enquiry counters and waited for alternative options for the sixth consecutive day
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RGI Airport witnessed a surge in bomb threat emails over four days, affecting multiple international and domestic flights. Several flights were diverted or returned as a precaution. Security agencies intensified checks, and police have registered cases and launched an investigation into the anonymous emails
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IndiGo faces widespread flight disruptions due to crew shortages and FDTL restrictions, causing delays and cancellations at Hyderabad’s Rajiv Gandhi International Airport and across India. Passengers report long queues, missed appointments, and poor communication, while DGCA seeks operational details
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A technical fault at the Air Traffic Control in Delhi led to widespread delays of flights between Hyderabad and Delhi on Friday. Authorities confirmed the cancellation of one round-trip flight and delays across multiple services.
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A passenger arriving from Kolkata was detained at Hyderabad’s Rajiv Gandhi International Airport after a live 38 mm bullet was discovered in his luggage during screening. The man, identified as Vishal, was preparing to board a connecting flight to Bengaluru.
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A male passenger arriving from Kuwait was apprehended at Hyderabad’s Rajiv Gandhi International Airport for smuggling 1.8 kg of gold concealed in his baggage. The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence seized seven gold bars worth approximately Rs 2.37 crore.
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RGIA police arrested Hyderabad resident S Gangaram for smoking inside an IndiGo flight arriving from Dubai. Despite the DGCA ban, he carried cigarettes and a lighter and smoked in the lavatory. Airline staff seized the items and alerted authorities
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The RGIA police booked a couple, P Surender Mudiraj and P Kavitha, for allegedly duping a reporter and his family of Rs 18 lakh through chit fund schemes. The couple absconded after failing to repay the amount by July 2025
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Two passengers arriving from Bangkok were intercepted at Hyderabad’s RGI Airport for smuggling live exotic reptiles. Customs officials seized four green keel-scaled lizards and ten girdle lizards during routine checks.
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Hyderabad International Airport is trialling an autonomous food delivery robot that serves tea, coffee, and snacks to passengers. Partnering with Minerva, GMR Aero, and RG Fresh, the airport aims to enhance traveller convenience with technology-driven service innovations
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Eight live bullets were recovered from the checked-in baggage of a Punjab-based passenger at Rajiv Gandhi International Airport in Hyderabad. Authorities handed him over to the airport police, and further investigation is underway.
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Airport authorities received a mail claiming a bomb was planted in the airport. After a thorough search, authorities said it was hoax mail.
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The aircraft was airborne and flying over Bulgarian airspace.
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As per available information, the administrative wing officials had received a threat email on the official ID from an unidentified person claiming to be a terror sleeper cell
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The foreign origin gold was being handed over to the ground handling staff at the RGI Airport by the alleged smuggler when on a tip off the DRI caught him
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Intelligence officials said though there has been no specific input for the city, whenever such terror attacks occur in any part of the country, the local police, as a precaution, is put on alert
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It has been ranked among the top four airports in the ACI Asia-Pacific & Middle East region
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Among over 400 participating airports worldwide in 2024, Hyderabad Airport has been awarded the Airport Service Quality (ASQ) Award for 'Best Airport in the 15 to 25 Million Passengers Per Annum' in the Asia-Pacific region for 2024.
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As per available information, the airport authorities found his movements suspicious and detained him. Further, on checking the luggage, the foreign currency was recovered and seized
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According to available information, a technical glitch in the Hyderabad-Tirupati (91877) aircraft caused a delay in take-off.