NEW DELHI: Indian fugitive business tycoon Vijay Mallya can be extradited to India in the coming days “anytime” as all the “legal process” has been completed, top sources in the government said on Wednesday. India has been in touch with the British government over extradition of fugitive liquor baron Vijay Mallya after he exhausted legal […]
Category: Civil Aviation
Airlines asked to keep middle seat empty
NEW DELHI: Airlines in India will need to keep the middle seat empty if passenger load factors and seat capacity allow for it, the aviation regulator said in a notice to domestic and international carriers. However, members of the same family would be allowed to sit together, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) said […]
German airline Lufthansa agrees to give up airport slots for $10 billion bailout
Berlin: German flagship airline Lufthansa agreed Saturday to a compromise worked out between the government and the European Union, overcoming a major hurdle toward final approval of a 9 billion-euro (USD 10 billion) bailout from Berlin. Lufthansa said in a statement it had agreed to the compromise worked out between Germany and the EU in […]
Air passengers: I didn’t know there’s such a thing as compulsory quarantine
Kadapa: One of the less reported aspect of the current flight resumption is that many of the passengers are unaware that they have to go for mandatory quarantine for seven days. Sai Teja, a software engineer in Chennai, came to Kadapa by a Trujet flight on Wednesday and was surprised when she was made to […]
Tamil Nadu issues guidelines for air travellers coming to the state
All domestic air travellers landing in Tamil Nadu would have to obtain a travel permit by registering themselves in TNePass portal and undergo 14 days of home quarantine on their arrival, according to the guidelines issued by the State government on the eve of resumption of flights. Despite the State government trying put off the […]
Hyderabad airport to resume domestic operations from Monday
Hyderabad: Domestic flights will resume from the Shamshabad airport in Hyderabad with Air India and five other airlines operating flights to Hyderabad to Bengaluru, Mumbai, New Delhi and Kolkata. The first flight will leave at 10.50 am Monday. Passengers can carry one piece of cabin luggage and one for check-in, said a source at the […]
Security experts worry about hand sanitizers on aircraft
Hyderabad: Back in 1987, a liquor bottle filled with explosives and placed in a carry-on bag in an overhead bin helped terrorists crash a South Korean airliner. All 115 on board died. Then, in 1994, Al-Qaeda member Ramzi Yousef, architect of the first World Trade Center bombing, detonated liquid nitroglycerin that he had taken on […]
Chaos at Shamshabad: Flight cancelled and your money gone into credit shell
Hyderabad: Even as domestic air services resumed nationwide, chaos and frustration ruled at the Shamshabad airport here due to several cancellations. According to the RGIA website, seven arriving and 31 departing flights were cancelled on Monday. This was largely to hard-nosed negotiations earlier on Sunday night between the Union Ministry of Civil Aviation and the […]
Under strict rules, India resumes domestic flights after two months
New Delhi: Domestic passenger flights resumed in India after a gap of two months and the country will see around 600 services on Monday, officials said. The Delhi airport saw its first departure at 4.45 am to Pune while Mumbai airport’s first departure was at 6.45 am to Patna, the officials said.
Israeli plane lands in Turkey for first time in 13 years, says El Al
An Israeli plane landed in Turkey for the first time in 13 years, the country’s flag carrier El Al said. El Al was the only Israeli airline to conduct flights to Turkey until it cancelled the route to Istanbul in 2007 due to high security costs and stiff restrictions arising from the tense relations between […]
Domestic air travel open, conditions apply
New Delhi: Two months after all domestic and international flights were halted in India due to the coronavirus pandemic, 33 per cent domestic flights will restart May 25. On Thursday, the government issued guidelines for air travel and set several conditions, including fare-capping. The civil aviation ministry said one-third of domestic flights will start in […]
Stop using drones to tail people flouting physical distancing norms: French Court
Paris: France’s highest administrative court ruled Monday that Paris authorities could no longer use aerial drones to track people flouting social-distancing rules in the coronavirus fight, handing a victory to rights groups who warned of a threat to personal privacy. The devices have been deployed in dozens of cities around the world to ensure lockdowns […]