No growth in passenger traffic at Hyderabad airport
August 23rd, 2012 - 10:48 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Aug 23 (IANS) The domestic passenger traffic at the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport here has not witnessed any growth during the current year and is concerned at the ... Read more...
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Cathay Pacific announces Hyderabad-Hong Kong flight
August 23rd, 2012 - 7:50 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Aug 23 (IANS) Cathay Pacific, a leading international carrier, is set to expand its operations in India with a direct flight between Hyderabad and Hong Kong from December this ... Read more...
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IndiGo launches Dubai-Hyderabad daily flight
August 7th, 2012 - 10:43 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Aug 7 (IANS) IndiGo Airlines Tuesday launched its new daily Dubai-Hyderabad flight with an Airbus-320 aircraft.The first flight landed at Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (RGIA) from Dubai at 11.05 ... Read more...
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Cathay Pacific launches cargo service to Hyderabad
May 17th, 2012 - 7:51 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, May 17 (IANS) Air cargo major Cathay Pacific Thursday announced its expansion in India with a new twice-weekly freighter service to Hyderabad.The service will operate on the Hong ... Read more...
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Hyderabad airport aiming to become a cargo hub
April 12th, 2012 - 10:10 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, April 12 (IANS) With Thai Airways commencing its Bangkok-Hyderabad-Frankfurt cargo freighter service, Lufthansa already operating four freighter services a week and others expressing keenness to connect, Hyderabad ... Read more...
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Hyderabad airport handled 8.6 million passengers last year
April 12th, 2012 - 6:15 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, April 12 (IANS) The Rajiv Gandhi International Airport here logged 16 percent growth in passenger traffic during 2011-12 but sees growth slowing down in the current year due to ... Read more...
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Thai Airways launches cargo aircraft
April 12th, 2012 - 12:42 am ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, April 11 (IANS) Thai Airways is introducing its first Boeing 747-400 retrofitted cargo aircraft Thursday.The aircraft, designed to carry 100 tonnes per flight to and from Asia, Europe ... Read more...
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Hyderabad airport gets greenhouse certification
April 2nd, 2012 - 8:50 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, April 2 (IANS) The Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (RGIA) here has received ISO 14064 certification, becoming the second airport in India and the third in Asia to complete verification ... Read more...
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Indian Rotocraft starts building chopper production centre in Hyderabad
March 15th, 2012 - 8:37 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, March 15 (IANS) Indian Rotorcraft, a joint venture of Tata Sons and AugustaWestland, has started work on a helicopter production facility here to assemble, customise and flight test new ... Read more...
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‘India aiming to be among top five aviation markets’
March 14th, 2012 - 12:11 am ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, March 13 (IANS) Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh Tuesday said his ministry was taking steps to make India one of the top five civil aviation markets in the world.Inaugurating ... Read more...
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Hyderabad international airport bags award
February 29th, 2012 - 9:28 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Feb 29 (IANS) For the second time in a row, the GMR Hyderabad International Airport Ltd. (GHIAL) has been awarded the prestigious National Tourism Award 2010-11 under the ... Read more...
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Andhra police forcibly shift Kishenji’s body to home town
November 26th, 2011 - 11:39 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Nov 26 (IANS) The body of slain Maoist leader Kishenji was brought to Hyderabad airport Saturday night by his family members but police foiled their attempts to bring it ... Read more...
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Kingfisher flight returns to Hyderabad after snag
October 29th, 2011 - 10:33 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Oct 29 (IANS) A Goa-bound Kingfisher flight, with 50 passengers on board, returned to Hyderabad Airport Saturday as it developed a "technical snag", an airport official said.Flight 4475 Hyderabad-Goa, ... Read more...
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Super jumbo makes emergency landing at Hyderabad airport
October 23rd, 2011 - 7:36 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Oct 23 (IANS) The world's largest airplane, the Airbus A-380, made an emergency landing at the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (RGIA) near here in the early hours of Sunday ... Read more...
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England team arrives in Hyderabad
October 4th, 2011 - 12:44 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Oct 4 (IANS) The England cricket team arrived here Tuesday for a five-match one-day series and a Twenty20 game against India.The first one-day international is scheduled to be played ... Read more...
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Telangana issue to be settled soon, says Azad
October 2nd, 2011 - 12:27 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Oct 2 (IANS) The issue of a separate state for Telangana will be settled as soon as possible, senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad said here Sunday.He said ... Read more...
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Body of Telangana youth shifted to native village
July 22nd, 2011 - 12:31 am ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, July 21 (IANS) Amid tight security, police shifted the body of a Telangana youth who committed suicide in Delhi for a separate Telangana to his village in Moinabad ... Read more...
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Schulich business school to set up campus in Hyderabad
July 11th, 2011 - 10:01 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, July 11 (IANS) Schulich School of Business of York University, Canada, has joined hands with India's leading infrastructure Group GMR to set up its campus here.The campus is coming ... Read more...
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Bodo militant held at Hyderabad airport
June 14th, 2011 - 2:05 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, June 14 (IANS) A militant of the outlawed National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB) was Tuesday arrested at the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport here, police said.Intelligence Bureau (IB) officials ... Read more...
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Plane’s tyre bursts, narrow escape for ministers (Second Lead)
March 28th, 2011 - 9:39 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad/Bangalore, March 28 (IANS) Karnataka ministers G. Janardhana Reddy and B. Sriramulu Monday escaped unhurt when a tyre of their chartered plane burst during landing at the Hyderabad airport, officials ... Read more...
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Plane’s tyre bursts, narrow escape for ministers (Lead)
March 28th, 2011 - 6:33 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad/Bangalore, March 28 (IANS) Karnataka ministers G. Janardhana Reddy and B. Sriramulu Monday escaped unhurt when a private plane in which they were to fly to New Delhi suffered a ... Read more...
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Plane’s tyre bursts on landing at Hyderabad airport
March 28th, 2011 - 4:09 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, March 28 (IANS) Passengers of a chartered aircraft had a narrow escape when one of the tyres of the plane deflated while landing at the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport ... Read more...
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Hyderabad, Delhi airports ranked best in the world
February 16th, 2011 - 9:43 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 16 (IANS) Hyderabad's Rajiv Gandhi International Airport has been ranked first and Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport the fourth in an international ranking of the best airports in the ... Read more...
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Antony meets Chiranjeevi, seeks support for Andhra government
January 31st, 2011 - 7:43 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Jan 31 (IANS) In a significant development, senior Congress leader and Defence Minister A.K.Antony Monday met Praja Rajyam Party (PRP) president K.Chiranjeevi and reportedly sought his support to the state Congress ... Read more...
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Bodies of 11 Ayyappa pilgrims reach Hyderabad
January 16th, 2011 - 6:28 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Jan 16 (IANS) The bodies of 11 out of 22 Ayyappa devotees from Andhra Pradesh killed in the stampede near Kerala's Sabarimala shrine were brought here Sunday and sent to their ... Read more...
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Hyderabad airport to increase user development fee
October 27th, 2010 - 8:41 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Oct 27, (IANS) GMR Hyderabad International Airport Ltd. (GHIAL) Wednesday said it has got clearance from the airport regulator to increase the user development fee (UDF) from Nov 1."Consequent to the ... Read more...
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No regrets over missing two medals: Gagan Narang
October 23rd, 2010 - 2:05 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Oct 23 (IANS) Ace shooter Gagan Narang, who won four gold medals at the Delhi Commonwealth Games (CWG), returned home to a warm welcome here Saturday and said he had no ... Read more...
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Low-key welcome in Hyderabad for champion shuttlers
October 16th, 2010 - 1:33 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Oct 16 (IANS) Champion shuttlers and Commonwealth Games gold medallists Saina Nehwal, Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa arrived here Saturday to a low-key welcome.It was a private television channel which welcomed ... Read more...
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Charges dropped, Naidu arrives in Hyderabad (Night Lead)
July 21st, 2010 - 1:17 am ICT by IANS
Hyderabad/Aurangabad, July 20 (IANS) Telugu Desam Party (TDP) chief N. Chandrababu Naidu and his party colleagues returned to Hyderabad Tuesday night to a warm welcome by hundreds of supporters after the Maharashtra ... Read more...
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Saina gets hero’s welcome in Hyderabad (Lead, superseding previous story)
June 29th, 2010 - 6:51 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, June 29 (IANS) India's badminton icon Saina Nehwal was accorded a hero's welcome when she arrived here Tuesday after winning three titles in a row.
Saina's family, friends and a large number ... Read more...
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Saina gets hero’s welcome
June 29th, 2010 - 4:50 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, June 29 (IANS) India's tennis icon Saina Nehwal was accorded a hero's welcome Tuesday when she arrived here after winning three badminton titles in a row.
Saina's family, friends and a large ... Read more...
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Swine flu claims another life in Andhra Pradesh
June 22nd, 2010 - 8:25 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, June 22 (IANS) A pregnant woman succumbed to the H1N1 virus here Tuesday, taking the toll to two since last week in Andhra Pradesh, officials said.
The relatives of the ... Read more...
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Kota Srinivasa Rao Bereaved
June 22nd, 2010 - 3:55 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
June 22, 2010 (Sampurn Wire): Popular actor Kota Srinivasa Rao's son, Kota Prasada Rao, died in a road accident in Hyderabad, on Sunday. Prasada Rao too was into films and his ... Read more...
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Singapore to import fruits, vegetables from Andhra
March 20th, 2010 - 10:24 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, March 20 (IANS) Singapore President S.R. Nathan Saturday agreed in principle to import fruits and vegetables from Andhra Pradesh, the chief minister's office said.
During the meeting with Chief Minister K. Rosaiah ... Read more...
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Hyderabad airport adjudged amongst top five in world
February 17th, 2010 - 2:02 pm ICT by IANS
London, Feb 17 (IANS) The Hyderabad international airport has been named amongst the world's top five in the annual Airport Service Quality (ASQ) passenger survey along with the ones at Seoul, Singapore, ... Read more...
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