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Supreme Court dismisses PIL against appointment of former CBI special director Rakesh Asthana as DG civil aviation security
•A bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi refused to entertain the plea filed by lawyer M L Sharma challenging Asthana's appointment in Bureau of Civil Aviation Security
Indigo scuffle: Airline drafting response to DGCA's show-cause notice, says InterGlobe Aviation
•Bureau of Civil Aviation Security Indigo on Friday said it is in the process of responding to the show-cause notice issued by aviation regulator DGCA
Hand baggage tags not required for domestic flyers at six more airports from 1 June
•The new airports include Jaipur, Guwahati, Lucknow and Trivandrum, apart from Patna and Chennai.
Govt examining proposal for aeronautical search and rescue board
Fp Archives •The draft National Aeronautical Search and Rescue Manual provides for constitution of such a board for handling aeronautical exigencies.
No more preferential screening of business, exec class travellers: Air India
Fp Archives •Civil aviation security regulator, Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS), has decided to do away with the practise of having separate queue for passengers of business or executive class for screening at IGI airport in New Delhi, in a bid to cut down screening time and facilitate smooth travel for the air travellers.
Just an ordinary man: Airports begin removing Robert Vadra from no-frisking lists
Fp Staff •Robert Vadra, son-in-law of Congress President Sonia Gandhi, has had his name removed from a list of passengers who are exempt from frisking before flying.
Jet Airways launches mobile boarding pass project at Bangalore
Fp Archives •Jet Airways has partnered with the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS) and Bangalore airport for a pilot project to test the use of mobile boarding passes on its flights.
Jet Airways launches mobile boarding pass pilot project
Fp Archives •Jet Airways today said it has partnered with the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS) and Bangalore airport for a pilot project to test the use of mobile boarding passes on its flights.
Woman IAS officer to head DGCA for the first time
Fp Archives •The 56-year-old Sathiyavathy, who will succeed Prabhat Kumar, will be the first woman to become the chief aviation regulator, official sources said, adding that the formal order is likely to be issued tomorrow.
Good news: From now, only one ID needed per group to enter airports
Fp Staff •The procedure for entry at airports has been tweaked after a family complained that they were denied entry because only the father of the family of four had an identity(ID) card.