SpiceJet said on Wednesday it would operate 21 new domestic and international flights from January 12. The airline will introduce two weekly flights on the route from Mumbai to Ras Al-Khaimah in the UAE and increase frequency on the Delhi-Ras Al-Khaimah route to four weekly flights, according to a statement. It will connect Jharsuguda in […]
Category: Civil Aviation
Flights remain grounded in Kashmir valley, over dozen flights cancelled
Air traffic to and fro Srinagar remained suspended for the fourth consecutive day on Wednesday as poor visibility due to heavy snowfall hampered operations, leading to cancellation of over dozen flights to the valley, officials said. They said while the snow clearance operations were in full swing, the runway was not available for flight operations […]
Stir for Ganjam airport on Jan 10
The Joint Action Committee, Ganjam, working for fulfilment of Ganjam’s demand for establishment of an airport, has threatened to take to the streets on January 10 in protest against the lackadaisical attitude of both the State and Central Governments towards the longstanding demand. The JAC took a decision in this regard at a meeting recently. […]
N-E India to get 3rd international airport by March 2021
After Guwahati and Imphal, Agartala’s Maharaja Bir Bikram (MBB) Airport is set to become the third international airport in the north-eastern region, after a `438 crore project under construction is completed in March 2021, Airport Authority of India (AAI) officials said on Monday. Construction work on the new integrated terminal building of MBB Airport has […]
Bilaspur airport to be named after Bilasa Bai Kevtin: CM
Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel on Sunday inaugurated and performed Bhoomi Pujan for development works worth more than Rs 650 crores in Bilaspur and made three important announcements for the district. He was addressing the general assembly at a function at the local Lal Bahadur Shastri School ground. The announcements included naming the Central Library […]
Seven held at Kathmandu airport for carrying fake Covid test report
Nepal police has arrested seven migrant workers from the Tribhuvan International Airport here for attempting to travel to the UAE with fake coronavirus test reports. According to a statement issued by Nepal Police Headquarters on Sunday, seven workers, who were about to board a Fly Dubai flight, were arrested on Saturday. Senior Superintendent of Police […]
Britons flying home to Spain caught in post-Brexit red tape
Blame Covid-19 travel restrictions or Brexit but whatever the cause, some British citizens trying to return to their homes in Spain this weekend have been barred from boarding flights. Airlines are refusing documents that before Brexit had been valid proof of the Britons’ status as residents in Spain. Their ordeal comes amid heightened travel restrictions […]
Flight from J’suguda to Mumbai, B’luru from Jan 12
The much-awaited flight services from the Veer Surendra Sai Airport at Jharsuguda to Mumbai and Bengaluru would commence from January 12, informed the State Commerce & Transport Department in a tweet. SpiceJet, the country’s low-cost airline, would operate the services connecting Mumbai-Jharsuguda-Bengaluru. The SpiceJet Boeing 737 would fly on this route, source said. The flight […]
‘Set up Sri Jagannath Int’l Airport at Puri’
CM Naveen Patnaik on Friday wrote a letter to Prime Minister Modi for establishment of an airport at Puri in the name of ‘Sri Jagannath International Airport’, for which land has already been identified. “Puri is organically linked to two Ramsar Sites- Chilika Lake (India’s first Ramsar site and UNESCO World Heritage site) on one […]
All passengers from UK to be tested for COVID-19 on arrival between Jan 8-Jan 30: Health ministry
All passengers coming from the UK between January 8 and January 30 would be subjected to self-paid COVID-19 tests on arrival, the health ministry said in a standard operating procedure (SOP) issued on Saturday. Moreover, each passenger arriving from the UK would have to bring his or her COVID-19 negative report from a test done […]
Yemeni PM accuses rebels, Iran of deadly Aden airport blast
Yemen’s prime minister renewed accusations on Thursday that the country’s Shiite rebels and Iran were responsible for the deadly explosion at the airport in the southern Yemeni city of Aden the previous day that killed at least 25 people and wounded 110. The explosion took place as Cabinet members were disembarking from a plane that […]
PIL questions acquisition of university’s fertile land for constructing Pantnagar airport
Hearing on a public interest litigation filed against acquisition of 1,072 acres land of GB Pant University of Agriculture and Technology for construction of an airport in Pantnagar, the Uttarakhand High Court has directed the State and Central Governments, the university and Civil Aviation Ministry to submit their reply within two weeks. The division Bench […]