Kanpur: Facility for aircraft to landing during night at Chakeri airport from November 2023. The ministry of defence, in letter dated October 10 to the president of the Merchant Chamber of Commerce, informed that necessary navigational aids to enable night landing, including Cat-II ILS, Runway lights, DVOR/DME and other infrastructure, were installed at the Kanpur airfield in March 2023. Operation of these navigational aids, however, is being handled by the IAF and the airport authority and is likely to be available for night landing by the end of November.Merchant Chamber of Commerce president Abhishek Singhania wrote to the ministries of civil aviation and defence urging them to take up the long-pending issue of night landing and had also asked the support of the state government. After various rounds of meetings and constant follow-ups, the authorities had given approval for the night landing facility at Kanpur Airport.Since Kanpur airport, also known as Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi Memorial airport, is under the ambit of Air Force and defence ministry, the latter was involved in the discussions too.Kanpur airport had established a new terminal this year and as demanded, ILS–II was installed for the use of night landing in the near future. The airport can accommodate three planes at a time and its lounge has a capacity of 300 passengers for the departure side and around 150 passengers for arrival and it is equipped with four conveyor belts.ILS was approved 13 years ago, but due to a technical snag, the instrument could not be installed at the Kanpur airport. According to airport official Sanjay Kumar, three IndiGo flights for Delhi, Mumbai and Bangalore are operating from Kanpur. All flight movements are between 1.30 pm and 4 pm. Civil aviation ministry will finalise the date for night landing, he added.District magistrate Vishak G Iyer apprised that around 5,400 square metres of land had been demanded for a night landing facility. The land was identified and a proposal had been sent to civil aviation ministry and the land acquisition process is on, said the DM.Since the flight load is sizable, flights for Hyderabad and Kolkata are likely to resume in the next three months. We also published the following articles recentlyOperation Ajay: Second flight with 235 Indians from Israel lands in DelhiThe second charter flight carrying 235 Indian nationals arrived in New Delhi under Operation Ajay on Saturday morning. This operation aims to bring back 18,000 Indians stranded abroad due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The flight, which originated from Tel Aviv, received a warm welcome from Union Minister Rajkumar Ranjan Singh. Passengers expressed their gratitude for the governments initiative, and the Indian Ambassador to Israel assured their well-being. A 24-hour control room by the Ministry of External Affairs is monitoring the situation and providing assistance.First flight under Operation Ajay with 230 Indians to land today from IsraelThe Indian government has confirmed that around 230 Indian nationals will be brought back to India from Tel Aviv on a special flight due to concerns about the situation in Israel. This flight is part of Operation Ajay, which aims to facilitate the return of Indian citizens who want to come back. The first charter flight is expected to arrive in Tel Aviv tonight and return to India tomorrow morning. The government is in touch with its embassy in Tel Aviv and missions in neighboring countries for this operation.Aera issues warning to airport operators over unauthorised passenger tariffsThe Airports Economic Regulatory Authority (AERA) has warned airport operators against imposing unauthorized tariffs on passengers. AERA has observed that some major airport operators have been charging fees for aeronautical services without obtaining the required regulatory approvals. The authority has stated that airport operators are not permitted to levy and collect unapproved charges, and passengers should not pay for them. AERA has directed airport operators to follow the practice of filing Multi Year Tariff Proposals before seeking necessary regulatory approval.

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