Kempegowda International Airport has witnessed the highest-ever annual passenger traffic and cargo numbers, with a total of 37.53 million passengers traversing through its terminals and 4,39,524 metric tonne of cargo passing through the airport during the financial year 2023-24. The airport catered to 32.86 million domestic and 4.67 million international passengers during this period, it […]
Category: Civil Aviation
China’s air passenger traffic hits fresh record on New Year boost
China’s airlines flew a record number of people in the first quarter, amid government efforts to boost the nation’s tourism sector and strong demand for holidays at home. Total air passenger traffic reached almost 180 million trips in the first three months of 2024, state broadcaster CCTV said Tuesday, citing data from the Civil Aviation […]
Summer holidays: Shell out less than Rs 1,000 as base air fare on 22 routes
Imagine hopping on a quick flight for just Rs 150 as the base fare! This dream is now a reality for travelers in India, thanks to the government’s Regional Connectivity Scheme (RCS), also known as UDAN (Ude Desh ka Aam Nagrik). This initiative aims to make air travel accessible to more people by offering subsidized […]
Travel portal ixigo finds lowest fare at Rs 150 for a 50-min flight
Shell out just Rs 150 as base airfare and take a 50-minute flight from Lilabari to Tezpur. Not just this route, there are many more flights where the base ticket price is less than Rs 1,000. All of them are operated under the regional air connectivity scheme that provides various incentives for the airline operators. […]
Delhi Airport’s T2 conversion to all-international delayed till next April
The proposed transformation of Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport’s Terminal 2 (T2) into an exclusively international terminal has been delayed until early next year, the Times of India reported on Monday. The move by the Delhi International Airport Ltd (DIAL) is aimed at preventing a repeat of the previous winter, when crucial infrastructure, specifically the […]
Air India suspends Tel Aviv flights; airlines avoid Iranian airspace
With the Middle East tensions flaring up, Air India has temporarily suspended its Tel Aviv flights and airlines have charted alternative flight paths to avoid the Iranian airspace. Longer flight paths will result in increased operational costs for the carriers, and the situation could also push airfares higher. Air India, Vistara, IndiGo and some international […]
Iran attack on Israel disrupts flight schedules for major Arab airlines
Major airlines across the Middle East announced the cancellation of some of their flights, while having to reroute others, after Iran launched dozens of drones and missiles at Israel through Saturday night into Sunday. Etihad Airways cancelled services to Tel Aviv and Amman on Sunday. Emirates Airlines also cancelled some of its fights and rerouted […]
India may suspend flight ops to Israel amid escalating Iran-Israel conflict
Indian airline companies are likely to announce the suspension of flight operations to and from Tel Aviv, Israel, amid rising tensions between Iran and Israel. Iran and its proxies operating out of Yemen, Syria and Iraq launched more than 200 projectiles at Israel on Saturday night, including dozens of ballistic missiles, cruise missiles and drones. […]
Airlines confront new Iran-Israel risks as Mideast nations shut airspace
Airlines are weighing an ever narrowing set of options to fly between Europe and Asia after grappling with airspace shutdowns in the wake of the first direct Iranian attack on Israel from its soil. Several Middle Eastern countries including Jordan, Iraq and Lebanon announced closures of their airspace as Iran launched drones and missiles. Both […]
West Asia tensions: AI, Vistara opt for alternative paths for flights
Amid escalating tensions in the Middle East, Air India, and Vistara on Saturday said they have decided to opt for alternative flight paths for some of its flights to and from India. On Friday, India asked its citizens not to travel to Israel and Iran amid increasing fears that Tehran may launch an attack on […]
HAL gets Rs 65K cr MoD tender for 97 more Tejas Mark 1A fighter jets
In what could be the government’s largest-ever purchase of indigenously-built military equipment, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) has issued Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) a request for proposal (RfP) for 97 Tejas Mark 1A fighter aircraft. A HAL spokesperson has confirmed that the defence public-sector undertaking (DPSU) has been given three months to respond to the MoD’s […]
Annoyed by flight delays or planning a trip abroad? Go for travel insurance
Vistara has announced it will cancel 25-30 flights daily as the airline tries to minimise the impact of crew shortages. The airline, which usually operates about 350 flights a day, had to cancel over 100 flights last week because of a lack of available pilots. This situation is not unique. Every winter and monsoon season, […]