Mangaluru : Adani Group will take over the operations at the Mangalore Airport on October 31, clearing the decks for its further development through the public-private-partnership mode. The Airports Authority of India, which currently operates the airport, signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Adani Mangalore Airport Limited for provision of reserved services once the handover […]

Mangaluru : After lockdown the second special flight to Mangaluru from United Arab Emirates (Dubai) landed at Mangaluru International Airport with 178 passengers on Monday, May 18 at 7.45 pm. Air India flight with 99 male, 67 female, 11 children and one infant, landed at the airport. Money transfer, SIM distribution, ration kit distribution and food […]

Mangaluru : The Customs officers at Mangalore International Airport seized contraband valued over Rs.1.16 crores in 24 instances of smuggling during February. The officers seized contraband gold of above 3.18 kgs which were ingeniously concealed and attempted to be smuggled. In three cases primary gold ingeniously concealed in the form of mercury coated wires inside […]

Mangaluru : The members of Kerala State Muslim Youth League, Kasaragod district committee led by P.B. Abdul Razak, Manjeswaram MLA, staged a protest near Mangalore International Airport against the reported ‘harassment’ of passengers from Kasaragod at the airport by the authorities, here on Wednesday. Addressing the protesters, the committee’s General Secretary A K M Ashraf […]

Mangaluru : The officers of Customs, Mangalore International Airport seized about 2 kgs of gold valued about Rs.53 lakhs from a passenger who arrived from Dubai. On a reasonable suspicion, the officers enquired with a passenger as to whether he possessed any dutiable items to be declared to Customs. As the passenger could not provide […]

Mangaluru : The Mangaluru International Airport has bagged the World Quality Commitment award in Gold category instituted by the Madrid-based private organisation Business Initiative Directions (BID). Addressing presspersons on the sidelines of a programme to celebrate the award, at the airport on Thursday, J.T. Radhakrishna, Director of the airport, said they hadn’t applied for the […]

Mangaluru : Based on a tip off given by Air India Security, the Customs officers of the Mangalore International Airport intercepted a passenger by name Shri Muhammed Ershad Chemberika Mohamood and seized about 4.110 kilograms (including moisture content) of dark green dry leaves believed to be ‘CANNABIS’, a narcotic drug commonly known as Marijuana or […]

Mangaluru : The officers of Customs at Mangalore International Airport seized 11(Eleven) Kilograms of ‘TASHRIFAT’ brand Iranian Saffron approximately valued at Rs.13,75,000/- from a passenger Moideen Salman, who arrived from Dubai on Saturday May 2. The passenger had concealed the saffron along with clothes and other personal effects inside two carton boxes which were brought […]

Mangaluru : The officers of Customs at Mangalore International Airport seized gold in the form of two cylindrical rod shaped objects totally weighing 583.300 Grams of value Rs.15,71,944/- brought by a passenger who arrived from Dubai here on Monday, April 6. The passenger had brought these gold rods by concealing them in his rectum. The […]

Mangaluru : The officers of Customs at Mangalore International Airport on seized Two Nos. of Ten Tola Gold bars & Two Nos. of Rectangular Gold Objects totally weighing 472.520 Grams of value Rs.12,35,640/-, brought by a passenger who arrived from Dubai here on Friday, March 13. The passenger had brought these gold by concealing in […]