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Although the Chennai airport is classified as a Code E airport, there have been instances where Code F aircraft were handled. | Photo Credit: X/aaichnairport In the light of the Tamil Nadu government scrapping the massive second airport at Parandur, social media has been abuzz with debates on what the city could be missing out…
Air passengers boarding from the ground floor of the multi-level car parking facility at Chennai Airport on Monday. | Photo Credit: VELANKANNI RAJ B In a bid to bring some relief for air passengers, Airports Authority of India (AAI) has modified the cab pick-up arrangement at Chennai airport, allowing passengers to board at the ground…
In limbo: So far, nearly 1,700 acres of land has been acquired in various villages for the project. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu A few months ago, Murugan, a farmer and resident of Nagapattu, was under duress to give his agricultural land for the Parandur airport project. “I was absolutely against it. But I had to…
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The cabin crew member and the passenger have been arrested Chennai: A cabin crew member of Air India has been arrested for helping a passenger smuggle 1.7 kg 24-carat gold at the Chennai airport, authorities said today. The cabin crew member and the passenger were intercepted by the officials when they arrived at Chennai on…
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Indigo Airlines has not issued an official statement regarding the incident yet. Chennai: A man was arrested for allegedly molesting a female co-passenger aboard a Delhi-Chennai IndiGo Airlines flight. The accused, identified as 45-year-old Rajesh Sharma, is a marble tile layer by profession. He was apprehended after the flight landed at the Chennai airport on…
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Around 300 passengers were expected to travel in the aircraft. Smoke started billowing out of the tail of a Dubai-bound Emirates flight at Chennai airport last night. A plume of white smoke was coming out from the engine compartment of a Boeing 777 aircraft while it was stationed on the tarmac. No passengers were aboard…
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In total, cocaine weighing 2,095 grams worth Rs 21 crore was recovered from the woman Chennai: Over 2,000 grams of cocaine worth Rs 21 crore was seized from an air passenger who arrived in Chennai from Ghana, the Customs department said on Friday. The woman hailing from the West African country, who arrived on June…
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The 10 passengers were arrested under the relevant sections of the Customs Act, 1962 (Representational) Chennai: Nearly 12 kilograms of gold worth Rs 7.58 crore was recovered at the Chennai airport and 10 air passengers were arrested in this connection, the Customs department said on Tuesday. Acting on specific information from the Directorate of Revenue…
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