Airports Authority of India

Statutory body under Ministry of civil aviation, Govt. of India

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The Airports Authority of India (AAI) is a statutory body under the ownership of the Ministry of Civil Aviation, Government of India. It is responsible for creating, upgrading, maintaining, and managing civil aviation infrastructure in India. It provides Communication Navigation Surveillance/Air Traffic Management (CNS/ATM) services over the Indian airspace and adjoining oceanic areas. AAI currently manages a total of 137 airports, including 34 international airports, 10 Customs Airports, 81 domestic airports, and 23 Civil enclaves at Defence airfields. AAI also has ground installations at all airports and 25 other locations to ensure the safety of aircraft operations. AAI covers all major air routes over the Indian landmass via 29 Radar installations at 11 locations along with 700 VOR/DVOR installations co-located with Distance Measuring Equipment (DME). 52 runways are provided with Instrument landing system (ILS) installations with Night Landing Facilities at most of these airports and an Automatic Message Switching System at 15 Airports.

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As air traffic booms, AAI to safely close midair gap between planes The Airports Authority of India (AAI) plans to reduce the lateral separation between aircraft from 10 nautical miles to 5 in order to accommodate more air traffic. AAI aims to achieve this objective.. IndiaTimes - Published on October 22, 2023

AAI gets nod to install full-body scanners at 4 airports To make security checks quicker and error-free at India's hypersensitive airports, the Airport Authority of India (AAI) received clearance from the Public Investment Board (PIB) to install full-body.. IndiaTimes - Published on September 13, 2023
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