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<keyword id="24240143" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Chennai-International-Airport" source="keywords" meta.keywordsubtype="org" meta.entityname="Chennai International Airport" meta.hostid="261" meta.entityid="Chennai International Airport">Chennai International Airport</keyword> has been temporarily shut down till 7 PM on Saturday in view of <keyword id="24172195" type="General" weightage="100" keywordseo="Cyclone-Fengal" source="keywords">cyclone Fengal</keyword> making landfall today evening. As heavy rainfall and strong winds intensified ahead of the cyclone, it is expected to cross between Karaikal and Mahabalipuram coasts, near Puducherry tonight. Multiple airlines companies already issued travel advisories and updates on their flight plans due to the continuing heavy rainfall in Chennai Tamilnadu. Earlier, <keyword id="19900374" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="IndiGo-airlines" source="keywords" meta.keywordsubtype="org" meta.entityname="IndiGo airlines" meta.hostid="261" meta.entityid="IndiGo airlines">IndiGo airlines</keyword> diverted all flights scheduled to come to Chennai. "Due to the impact of CycloneFengal in Chennai, flights operating to the city are being diverted. Our crew and airport teams are dedicated to providing all possible support &amp; assistance during this time. We sincerely appreciate your patience and understanding," the X post by IndiGo said. Meanwhile, security at the Puducherry coast has also increased as Puducherry Senior Superintendent of Police, Kalaivanan visited the beaches and the coastal roads in the region and inspected them for preparedness. The authorities have advised the public to not visit beaches in Puducherry as well as in Tamil Nadu's Chennai, including Marina Beach, Pattinapakkam and Edward Elliot Beach. The tourist spots in Puducherry have been closed as a precautionary measure, owing to the impending cyclone Fengal. <keyword id="24240138" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Puducherry-police" source="keywords">Puducherry Police</keyword> in a post on X advised citizens, "In view of Cyclone Fengal, we urge you to exercise extreme caution and avoid visiting beaches and coastal areas" The SSP said that 300 police personnel have been deployed on various coastal roads and beaches. "For the last four days, we have been deploying police personnel along the beaches and apart from that we are also informing the fishermen and people living in the low-lying areas to be careful. Fishermen are not venturing into the sea. Since last night, we have closed all beaches. We have deployed nearly 300 personnel across all the beaches of Puducherry and we are coordinating with the NDRF also," the SSP said. The coastal areas of Puducherry witnessed rough sea and gusty winds on Saturday morning due to the impact of the cyclone. Puducherry received moderate rain, as per IMD, in the morning today but the rough sea was seen more than usual.

Cyclone Fengal: Chennai airport shut till 7 PM

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<ul class="summary-list"><li>Portland airport is using llamas and alpacas for stress relief at its terminals.</li><li>Travel anxiety is common, and fears like missing boarding can worsen mental health conditions.</li></ul>An airport in Oregon is trying to ease nervous flyers' concerns by providing them with access to an unusual <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/surprising-therapy-and-emotional-support-animals-2020-4">animal therapy program.</a>Portland International Airport says it has partnered with Mountain Peaks Therapy to bring llamas and alpacas into its terminals every few weeks, hoping to alleviate some of the <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/airport-tips-travel-expert-samantha-brown-2024-6">stress associated with air travel</a>, according to <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2024/11/03/nx-s1-5173755/therapy-animals-portland-airport-llama-alpaca">NPR</a>.The farm, based in Ridgefield, Washington, has five llamas and six alpacas, which it says are certified to interact with passengers in a calming manner. Its website <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://classycamelids.com/pricing">says</a> it costs about $650 an hour per animal.Studies have shown that animal therapy has <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC5504801/">minor to moderately positive effects</a> on those struggling with an array of mental illnesses, though academics say more research needs to be done on its efficacy.<a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.uclahealth.org/programs/pac/about-us/animal-assisted-therapy-research">According to UCLA Health</a>, <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/guides/health/mental-health/emotional-support-animal">animal therapy</a> can promote the release of mood-boosting hormones, lower anxiety, and provide a "happy distraction."Most existing studies are focused on therapy dogs, which are increasingly being used in airports, such as <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://mediacentre.stanstedairport.com/therapy-dogs-paws-itively-delight-passengers/">London Stansted</a> and <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/articles/cv205z3ndkjo">Istanbul Airport.</a>Although the use of llamas and alpacas is more unusual, Allison Ferre, a spokesperson for the Port of Portland, told NPR that it's just one initiative aimed at addressing the stress associated with air travel.Another involved redesigning the airport to include trees, according to NPR.The Port of Portland did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Business Insider.Denver International Airport has the world's largest animal therapy program, for which it was awarded the <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/687319-largest-airport-therapy-animal-programme">Guinness World Record in 2021</a>.A <a target="_blank" href="https://affiliate.insider.com?h=eceac68b5e5b0722d58db39ac4e9495b2b7de9f74412fda029f1a6663a285a1d&amp;postID=6728b20c06a260ef18e8c1ca&amp;postSlug=portland-airport-uses-llamas-for-stress-relief-ease-travel-anxiety-2024-11&amp;site=bi&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.prioritypass.com%2Fblog%2F2019%2Fairport-stress-survey">2019 survey of UK passengers by Priority Pass</a>, a program that provides access to airport lounges, found that the biggest <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/flying-becoming-more-miserable-climate-crisis-delays-costs-turbulence-2024-8">anxieties about travel</a> are getting stuck on the way to the airport, losing baggage, missing boarding, or misplacing passports.According to Mintel, a market research company, nearly half (45%) of US airport travelers surveyed in 2022 reported that they found airport crowds to be a major source of stress, the company said in an email to BI.<a target="_blank" class="" href="https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/travel/page/mental-health">The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention</a> said that travel-related stress can be a trigger for those with pre-existing mental illnesses, including depression and anxiety.

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<ul class="summary-list"><li>Mobile Passport Control lets travelers skip customs lines with a free app on their phone.</li><li>The app, available since 2014, is underused despite being available at 33 major US airports.</li></ul><a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/how-to-get-approved-for-global-entry-quickly-2023-6">Global Entry</a> isn't the only way <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/traveling-full-time-not-worth-it-wouldnt-do-again-2024-4">international travelers</a> can skip long lines at US Customs and Border Protection (CBP).The popular program that allows travelers reentering the US to breeze through customs has a $100 application fee and requires an in-person interview at an airport or government building for approval, <a target="_blank" href="https://www.cbp.gov/travel/trusted-traveler-programs/global-entry">according to the CBP website</a>."It's a great option for those who frequently travel internationally, but it doesn't make sense for everybody," <a target="_blank" href="https://thepointsguy.com/author/scudahy/">Sean Cudahy</a>, an aviation reporter at The Points Guy who has Global Entry and has already flown 65,000 miles this year, told Business Insider.For occasional international travelers, there's a free way to save time at CBP, and no application or interview is required — all you need is your phone.<h2 id="55e3506a-6cc0-4568-a93f-26802878b246">Mobile Passport Control</h2><div type="image" title="A couple speaks to a CBP officer as they try to use their new mobile app at an entry point" height="3840" width="5760" msid="111349195" hostid="261" sizebytes="426996"></div><a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/how-mobile-passport-travel-app-works-bypass-customs-global-entry-2020-2">Mobile Passport Control</a> is an app available on Google Play and the Apple App Store. It allows many travelers to submit their CBP forms electronically and enter a <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/tried-clear-tsa-precheck-and-global-entry-2023-6">shorter customs line</a> upon arrival in 33 major international US airports, including John F. Kennedy, Phoenix Sky Harbor, and Dallas Fort Worth, <a target="_blank" href="https://www.cbp.gov/travel/us-citizens/mobile-passport-control">according to the CBP website</a>."On any given day, you might see a 30-minute line for customs, and most of the people that are standing in that line are eligible for the Mobile Passport Control line, which is sometimes only a couple of people at any given moment." Cudahy, <a target="_blank" href="https://thepointsguy.com/news/what-is-mobile-passport-control/">who recently reported on the program</a>, told BI. "It's available to a wide range of travelers."US citizens, Lawful Permanent Residents, Canadians with a B1/B2 visa, and permanent citizens of the 41 countries included in the <a target="_blank" href="https://www.cbp.gov/travel/international-visitors/visa-waiver-program">Visa Waiver Program</a> who have been to the US before can use the app when arriving in the US.<h2 id="347a7c8d-47ea-4199-8fc7-8a364c3f5d71">It's not exactly Global Entry</h2>"Nothing is as fast as Global Entry," Cudahy said. "I've been through Global Entry probably a dozen times in the last eight or nine months, and on most of those occasions, it's so fast that my feet barely even stop moving."While Mobile Passport Control users access a shorter line to talk to CBP officers, Global Entry members don't talk to an officer at all."You get off the plane, go right to a kiosk, it recognizes your face, and you're on your way in a matter of seconds," Cudahy said of Global Entry.<div type="image" title=": An officer with the US Customs and Border Protection demonstrates a new arrivals processing kiosk" height="1873" width="3000" msid="111349198" hostid="261" sizebytes="171220"></div>Global Entry is also available in twice as many US airports as Mobile Passport Control, and it includes <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/tsa-precheck-security-etiquette-to-get-through-fast-2023-10">TSA PreCheck</a> access for the duration of the membership.While it's a more useful perk than Mobile Passport Control, not every international traveler wants to pay $100 and go to the airport for an interview. But they can still avoid long wait times.<h2 id="14e82dd0-3c1d-40e9-bebb-fdcdf0b0c6fd">An underrated hack</h2>Mobile Passport Control has been available since 2014, but not many people use it — especially compared to Global Entry. According to a <a target="_blank" href="https://www.cbp.gov/newsroom/national-media-release/cbp-reminds-summer-travelers-stay-travel-ready">CBP press release</a>, 4 million travelers used Mobile Passport Control in 2023.Meanwhile, more than 10 million travelers either enrolled in or renewed their Global Entry memberships in the same year, <a target="_blank" href="https://www.cbp.gov/sites/default/files/2024-06/cbp_fy_2023_travel_fact_sheet_06.2024.pdf">according to the CBP</a>. And the regular customs line remains long.<div type="image" title="A sign points passengers to the mobile passport control window set up for international travelers arriving at Miami International Airport" height="3840" width="5760" msid="111349201" hostid="261" sizebytes="467462"></div>Cudahy told BI that CBP wants more travelers to use Mobile Passport Control.<h2 id="9e404beb-cb4e-4faf-a2d4-27a1f8f78ec4">How to use the app</h2>Once your flight lands in the US, open the Mobile Passport Control app.The app will ask you to select the airport you've arrived at.Next, you'll be prompted to add travelers to your trip. Up to 12 travelers in your household can enter their information on the same phone, making it easier and more efficient for <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/traveling-with-my-parents-has-changed-my-relationship-with-them-2023-10">families traveling together</a>.Each traveler will scan their passport, enter their personal information and customs declaration forms, and take a selfie.Once you submit the forms through the app and deplane, follow the signs for Mobile Passport Control to the shorter customs line.<div type="image" title="A sign points passengers to the mobile passport control window set up for international travelers." height="3840" width="5760" msid="111349194" hostid="261" sizebytes="857944"></div>A customs officer will take only one traveler's photo to pull up everyone's information in your group.<h2 id="f224003f-674e-47d2-98a1-951a62b6ef10">First-timer tips</h2>The process is simple, but Cudahy has a few tips for first-time users.First off, download the app before your trip rather than after landing."Sometimes, when you take a phone off airplane mode, it could be a little wonky at first," he said.When you download the app in advance, Cudahy suggests getting comfortable with it before your trip."Don't submit any declarations on the application until you're ready, but you can play around with it and familiarize yourself so you're ready to go when you land," he said.<div type="image" title="A black iPhone with The Mobile Passport Control app on the screen." height="2005" width="2673" msid="111349196" hostid="261" sizebytes="216068"></div>And lastly, if you're traveling with family, make sure everyone knows about the selfie."Just have them all aware of the fact that everybody's going to need to take a selfie on the one person's phone," he said. "That way, you can do it in an efficient manner once the plane lands."Once you deplane and see that short line next to rows of travelers in the regular customs line, you'll be glad you're in on this underrated hack.

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<ul class="summary-list"><li>Airports are looking to private wireless networks to improve operations, execs said at MWC Las Vegas.</li><li>Passengers could see benefits like smoother baggage claim and check-ins, the panelists said.</li></ul>Private wireless networks are key to ushering in a better airport experience for both the travel hubs' operations and <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/busiest-airport-world-atlanta-dubai-tokyo-heathrow-dallas-list-ranking-2023-12">the billions of passengers who pass through them</a>.That's according to airport executives who spoke on a panel about connected aviation Tuesday at the trade show <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/mwc-las-vegas-2024-5g-ai-mobile-communications-conference-2024-10">Mobile World Congress Las Vegas</a>.<a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/las-vegas-private-5g-network-2023-9">Private networks</a> generally offer greater security and reliability, lower latency, and higher bandwidth compared with public networks. For these reasons, they can help airports with operations and communications, plane and baggage tracking, and security.California's Ontario International Airport, for example, is using a private wireless network to run its perimeter-intrusion detection system, Charles Miwa, the airport's chief information officer, said."As I think about a future with a lot of growth, private wireless is foundational. It's going to enable us to accommodate these ad hoc moves," he said, emphasizing the need for flexibility given how often many airports do some form of construction to update their infrastructure."We're trying to run more efficient airports, more customer-friendly airports," said Michael Youngs, the vice president of information technology at Dallas Fort Worth International Airport, which last year announced a $10 million deal with AT&amp;T for a <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/guides/tech/what-frequency-is-5g">private 5G network</a>."We're not going to do it with people. We're not going to do it with brick and mortar. We're going to do it with technology, with IoT, but we need that base foundational level of connectivity, private wireless, that's going to enable it," he added, referring to the Internet of Things.Private wireless networks can also help enterprises with cost and mobility by reducing the expense of installing cables and by providing connectivity to areas that might be harder to reach with wires."We traditionally at the airport, especially, do not put anything very secure across wireless. We just don't do it," said Kyle Mobley, the director of information technology at the Port of Oakland, which operates the San Francisco Bay Oakland International Airport. "And it's not because we have any proof it's going to be less secure in the way we do it. It's the what you don't know."Mobley added: "Having this infrastructure wirelessly is huge." Mobley spoke of using private wireless for passenger traffic sensors, for example."It's tough to keep sending people out in the field to investigate things at 2 o'clock in the morning," he said. "And we cover such a wide area that getting these sensors — lidar, cameras, whatever it ends up being — in every corner of our property is huge to give that person working that desk the ability to know what's going on. Do I have a squirrel running up the fence, or is it somebody? The squirrel will sometimes send 10 cars out there, and that's not very efficient."Roughly 58% of airports worldwide that participated in the survey are investing in major development programs for a 5G communications network, and another 29% have research-and-development programs for the tech by 2026, said the <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.sita.aero/globalassets/docs/surveys--reports/2023-air-transport-it-insights-v6.1.pdf">2023 Air Transport IT Insights</a> report from SITA, an IT and telecommunications service provider for the aviation industry, and Airports Council International.As for passengers, they might see benefits like quicker <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/heres-what-to-do-when-an-airline-loses-your-luggage-2022-7">baggage claim</a> or smoother check-ins."I'm not really looking to be in the private-wireless business — I feel like I have to be in the private-wireless business," Youngs said. "I need to harness data to take our airport forward. That's really the end game."

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