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Topic: Mumbai Airport

With a wobble after take-off, Air India 747s say goodbye. Some may still fly, some stripped for parts

Air India’s Boeing 747-400 ‘Agra’ made its final take-off from Mumbai amid a wave of nostalgia on social media. The airline has sold its last 4 Boeing jumbo jets to modernise its fleet.

Foreign national held at Mumbai airport with cocaine worth Rs 11 cr concealed in his body

The drug capsules, weighing 1,108 grams, are banned in India and were recovered from the man's body by doctors at the state-run J J Hospital Saturday.

Mumbai’s Air India Colony isn’t ready to let go. 350 families fighting eviction, bulldozers

Most of the 3,000 flats in Mumbai’s Air India Colony have been emptied since the airline was privatised, but some residents are clinging to their homes, stopping bulldozers.

Govt issues show-cause notices to IndiGo, Mumbai airport after passengers eat on tarmac in fog chaos

Failure to submit replies by Tuesday may lead to enforcement action against the companies, including financial penalty.

Private plane carrying 8 people skids off runway at Mumbai airport

BMC issued a statement saying that the incident occurred at domestic airport gate number 5 and that the Mumbai fire brigade and ambulance are assisting on site.

Panic strikes Mumbai airport after woman claims of carrying bomb in bag

The incident took place when a woman passenger travelling from Mumbai to Kolkata was asked to pay extra for her luggage.

Long lines, missed flights, chaos — holiday traffic makes things worse at Delhi’s T3 airport

Delhi airport authorities say more personnel & infrastructure have been deployed to control traffic. Meanwhile, Bengaluru & Mumbai airports also witnessed overcrowding over the weekend.

Journalist Rana Ayyub ‘stopped’ from flying out of India for ‘ignoring’ earlier ED summons

Ayyub claims she received ED summons ‘very curiously’ only after she was stopped at Mumbai airport. Look-out circular was issued due to alleged ‘non-compliance’ of summons.

Thackeray vs Patil vs Shivaji: Navi Mumbai airport’s 2 yrs away, but fight over name’s begun

The Rs 16,000-cr Navi Mumbai airport is touted to be one of the world’s largest greenfield airports, with two parallel runways. The first phase is likely to be operational by 2023.

Bogus contracts, undue advantage to family members — CBI case against GVK Group promoters

CBI has accused GVK promoters and unknown AAI officials of siphoning off at least Rs 705 crore from funds meant for Mumbai airport development.

On Camera

Hasina’s was a trial in absentia, but not a trial without justice

The Sheikh Hasina trial represents an inflection point in the struggle to place citizens above rulers and prevent the next massacre.

At Charcha 2025: Local entrepreneurship, not just big IT, will drive next wave of distributed AI work

While global corporations setting up GCCs in India continue to express confidence in availability of skilled AI engineers, the panel argued that India’s real challenge lies elsewhere.

India & France ink pact for joint R&D. The aim—to develop solutions for future defence challenges

This agreement is not with regard to any specific project like the planned co-development of fighter engines, but an overarching agreement that will enable a host of joint development and research.

INDIA has a Congress-sized hole. And the fix begins with a little humility

Without a Congress revival, there can be no challenge to the BJP pan-nationally. Modi’s party is growing, and almost entirely at the cost of the Congress.