SRINAGAR — The first batch of Haj pilgrims from Jammu and Kashmir returned from the annual pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday and were received at the airport here by Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, officials said. They said the first flight carrying 144 pilgrims arrived at the Srinagar International Airport in the […]
SRINAGAR — The Srinagar International Airport will suspend all flight operations for 15 days starting October 1 to undergo crucial runway maintenance and repair work, officials said on Tuesday. The two-week shutdown is expected to deal a massive blow to Jammu and Kashmir’s tourism sector, as it directly clashes with the peak Durga Puja holiday […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has urged the Union Ministry of Civil Aviation to ensure timely and concurrent transportation of baggage belonging to Haj pilgrims returning to Jammu and Kashmir from Saudi Arabia. In a letter addressed to Union Civil Aviation Minister Kinjarapu Ram Mohan Naidu, Abdullah highlighted the difficulties […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — The CISF at Srinagar Airport conducted the annual counter-terrorist mock exercise in coordination with CRPF, local police, Airports Authority of India (AAI), BCAS, and other key stakeholders. The exercise evaluated response protocols through the coordinated deployment of specialized units, real-time scenario simulation, and comprehensive testing of actions as per the Counter-Terrorist Contingency […]
SRINAGAR — Flight operations to and fro Srinagar International Airport resumed on Wednesday, a day after all flights were cancelled due to snowfall in Kashmir, officials said. “The first flight has landed at 9.25 am. We expect normal flight operations through the day if the weather conditions hold,” an official of the Airport Authority of […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — Police on Saturday said they have registered an FIR against a man for attempting to enter Srinagar International Airport using a forged air ticket. Police said that during routine security checking at the airport’s drop gate, a person identified as Syed Khurshid Ahmad, son of Syed Mohammad Yaseen, a resident of Bugro, […]
SRINAGAR — Bad weather forced the cancellation of four flights and delayed the operation of 38 inbound and outbound flights at the Srinagar International Airport on Monday, officials said. An official of the Airport Authority of India (AAI) said while four IndiGo flights were cancelled due to operational reasons, an equal number of flights of […]
JAMMU/SRINAGAR — IndiGo on Saturday announced the resumption of nine of its 11 flights from the Jammu Airport, but cancelled seven flights from Srinagar, owing to the nationwide disruptions caused by the airline’s pilot-rostering issues. The resumption of flights from Jammu brought much-needed respite to travellers who were left stranded at the airport after a […]
NEW DELHI — Air India and IndiGo will operate a total of four additional flights from Srinagar to Delhi and Mumbai on Wednesday. Terrorists opened fire at a famed meadow near Kashmir’s Pahalgam town on Tuesday afternoon, killing 26 people, mostly tourists. “In view of the prevailing situation, Air India will operate two additional flights […]
SRINAGAR — Flight operations at the Srinagar International Airport, disrupted on Monday due to heavy overnight snowfall in the Kashmir valley, have resumed, officials said. “Operations at the Srinagar airport have resumed with the first flight arriving from Amritsar,” an Airports Authority of India (AAI) official said. The flights were delayed early on Monday following […]