Imphal Airport Flights

The controlled airspace of Bir Tikendrajit International Airport in Manipur's capital Imphal was closed for commercial flight operations on Sunday for nearly three hours after an unidentified flying object was seen.

Three flights in Imphal airport sat on the tarmac for over three hours and two incoming flights took a diversion towards Kolkata after the air traffic controllers reported an unidentified flying object near the runaway.

Aviation minister Jayant Sinha today denied that "VIP culture" was prevalent at Indian airports, saying that leeway given is only for security reasons. The statement comes days after Union Minister of Tourism Alphons Kannanthanam was confronted by a passenger at the Imphal airport who alleged delay in her flight to Patna due to VIP movement.

After a video went viral of him being rebuked by a woman doctor in Imphal whose flight was delayed because of special arrangements for VVIPs, union minister KJ Alphons told NDTV, "I am in principle against all types of culture...take away all my privileges, I have no problem with that, but there is a protocol for the Prime Minister and President of...

A union minister was shouted at by a furious woman passenger at the Imphal airport whose flight had been delayed by two hours because of VVIP movement. The passenger, Dr Nirala Singh, was filmed yesterday venting her frustration at union minister KJ Alphons.

An Air Asia flight from Imphal was held up on Thursday and extensively searched after a passenger told the cabin crew he was carrying a bomb. Though it was later declared a hoax, the passenger has been arrested and is being questioned.

The controlled airspace of Bir Tikendrajit International Airport in Manipur's capital Imphal was closed for commercial flight operations on Sunday for nearly three hours after an unidentified flying object was seen.

Three flights in Imphal airport sat on the tarmac for over three hours and two incoming flights took a diversion towards Kolkata after the air traffic controllers reported an unidentified flying object near the runaway.

Aviation minister Jayant Sinha today denied that "VIP culture" was prevalent at Indian airports, saying that leeway given is only for security reasons. The statement comes days after Union Minister of Tourism Alphons Kannanthanam was confronted by a passenger at the Imphal airport who alleged delay in her flight to Patna due to VIP movement.

After a video went viral of him being rebuked by a woman doctor in Imphal whose flight was delayed because of special arrangements for VVIPs, union minister KJ Alphons told NDTV, "I am in principle against all types of culture...take away all my privileges, I have no problem with that, but there is a protocol for the Prime Minister and President of...

A union minister was shouted at by a furious woman passenger at the Imphal airport whose flight had been delayed by two hours because of VVIP movement. The passenger, Dr Nirala Singh, was filmed yesterday venting her frustration at union minister KJ Alphons.

An Air Asia flight from Imphal was held up on Thursday and extensively searched after a passenger told the cabin crew he was carrying a bomb. Though it was later declared a hoax, the passenger has been arrested and is being questioned.