Security Agency For Airports

A major international airport serving the UK's second-largest city was evacuated and all flights were suspended for several hours on Wednesday because of a security alert.

A Franco-Swiss airport was temporarily evacuated following a bomb threat Friday, hours after arson attacks disrupted the French rail network ahead of the Olympics opening ceremony.

As per the latest official data, the country's domestic air passenger traffic grew 18.78 percent to around 1.25 crore in June compared to the year-ago period.

Spain's defence minister Margarita Robles has warned of a possible cyberattack during the NATO summit in Madrid next week. It has also been reported that the Spanish intelligence services fear a Russian attack on strategic infrastructure such as airports, hospitals, or water and energy supply centres.

Afghan police at Kabul airport have returned to work manning checkpoints alongside Taliban security for the first time since the Islamists seized power, officers said Sunday.

The Kabul airport reopened early Tuesday morning Afghanistan time after being closed for hours by US forces following a breakdown in security on the tarmac that interrupted evacuation operations, a US general said.

IndiGo airlines handed over a passenger from its Bengaluru-Kolkata flight to security agencies at the destination airport today for not wearing a mask despite repeated warnings from the flight crew, government officials said.

Filling up of a detailed questionnaire related to COVID-19, carrying no cabin baggage, using Aarogya Setu app and reaching airport at least two hours before a flight departure are among the suggested requirements for air passengers during the initial phase after resumption of commercial flights.

Patna airport today witnessed one of the rare instances of factionalism within the BJP as supporters Union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad and party colleague RK Sinha came to blows. Mr Sinha, 67, the owner of a prominent security agency, is a contender for the Patna Sahib constituency, from where the 64-year-old minister has been nominated

Incidents of fake e-tickets usage to gain illegal entry into Indian airports were highest in 2018 in past four years, prompting security agencies to moot biometric or barcode-based access system for passengers.

Armed police at airports have been told to cut down on smiling, with officials blaming the 2001 US terror attacks partly on an excessive focus on friendliness, according to reports.

Cyprus police arrested a Ukrainian on Wednesday after he scaled an airport security fence in a desperate bid to join his family on a flight despite missing the final boarding call.

Marilyn Jean Hartman is infamous. For years, law enforcement agencies in several states have known her for her seemingly endless and bizarre habit of getting on planes without a ticket, a boarding pass or a passport.

An employee of a private agency has been arrested for allegedly putting up a hand-written note at the Mumbai airport's cargo facility threatening a possible attack by terrorist organisation ISIS, a senior police official said today.

m-Aadhaar is now a valid ID proof for entering airports. Identification documents will not be required for minors accompanied by parents, according to a circular issued by aviation security agency BCAS.

A major international airport serving the UK's second-largest city was evacuated and all flights were suspended for several hours on Wednesday because of a security alert.

A Franco-Swiss airport was temporarily evacuated following a bomb threat Friday, hours after arson attacks disrupted the French rail network ahead of the Olympics opening ceremony.

As per the latest official data, the country's domestic air passenger traffic grew 18.78 percent to around 1.25 crore in June compared to the year-ago period.

Spain's defence minister Margarita Robles has warned of a possible cyberattack during the NATO summit in Madrid next week. It has also been reported that the Spanish intelligence services fear a Russian attack on strategic infrastructure such as airports, hospitals, or water and energy supply centres.

Afghan police at Kabul airport have returned to work manning checkpoints alongside Taliban security for the first time since the Islamists seized power, officers said Sunday.

The Kabul airport reopened early Tuesday morning Afghanistan time after being closed for hours by US forces following a breakdown in security on the tarmac that interrupted evacuation operations, a US general said.

IndiGo airlines handed over a passenger from its Bengaluru-Kolkata flight to security agencies at the destination airport today for not wearing a mask despite repeated warnings from the flight crew, government officials said.

Filling up of a detailed questionnaire related to COVID-19, carrying no cabin baggage, using Aarogya Setu app and reaching airport at least two hours before a flight departure are among the suggested requirements for air passengers during the initial phase after resumption of commercial flights.

Patna airport today witnessed one of the rare instances of factionalism within the BJP as supporters Union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad and party colleague RK Sinha came to blows. Mr Sinha, 67, the owner of a prominent security agency, is a contender for the Patna Sahib constituency, from where the 64-year-old minister has been nominated

Incidents of fake e-tickets usage to gain illegal entry into Indian airports were highest in 2018 in past four years, prompting security agencies to moot biometric or barcode-based access system for passengers.

Armed police at airports have been told to cut down on smiling, with officials blaming the 2001 US terror attacks partly on an excessive focus on friendliness, according to reports.

Cyprus police arrested a Ukrainian on Wednesday after he scaled an airport security fence in a desperate bid to join his family on a flight despite missing the final boarding call.

Marilyn Jean Hartman is infamous. For years, law enforcement agencies in several states have known her for her seemingly endless and bizarre habit of getting on planes without a ticket, a boarding pass or a passport.

An employee of a private agency has been arrested for allegedly putting up a hand-written note at the Mumbai airport's cargo facility threatening a possible attack by terrorist organisation ISIS, a senior police official said today.

m-Aadhaar is now a valid ID proof for entering airports. Identification documents will not be required for minors accompanied by parents, according to a circular issued by aviation security agency BCAS.