Category: Civil Aviation

In view of the COVID-triggered restrictions on Indian passengers arriving United Arab Emirates (UAE), Dubai-bound Emirates Airlines’ 350-seated Boeing (B-777) operated with only one passenger from Mumbai on May 19. “EK-501 Emirates plane operated from Mumbai airport to Dubai with one passenger. The flight took off at 4:30 am IST,” Mumbai Airport sources told ANI. […]

Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko defended his handling of the diversion of a Ryanair flight over the weekend and accused Western leaders of trying to interfere in the country’s affairs, charging that they had crossed red lines in their attacks on the former Soviet state. The Belarusian leader said his country was justified in asking the […]

Have you got infected with Covid-19 recently? And due to this, your travel plans had to be changed. Air India is offering waivers to facilitate Covid-19 positive patients. “In case you are unwell and diagnosed COVID-19 positive, necessitating a change in your travel plan, we are offering waivers to facilitate you, “Air India said in […]

Air India is offering various Waivers/flexibility to passengers who are holding tickets for international travel. In view of entry restrictions announced by countries like the UAE, UK, Singapore and others , the airline has announced various waivers facilitating passengers. ”Due to continued impact of COVID-19 across the globe bringing uncertainty in travel plans, Air India […]

Bookings for private jets fell by up to 50% in April-May from March, following the second covid wave, which has affected large swathes of India’s population, including the business community and corporations. According to Sanjay Julka, chief executive, technical, Club One Air, one of the oldest and largest air charter firms in India, between late […]

NEW DELHI : The Indian forces are set to get a major boost to their surveillance capabilities as they are shortly going to receive their advanced Heron drones from Israel for keeping an eye on the Chinese activities in the Ladakh sector and other areas along the Line of Actual Control with China. Despite the […]

Global air passenger traffic is expected to recover to 88% of pre-covid levels or traffic seen in 2019 before the pandemic during 2022, and is expected to surpass this level during 2023, airline association The International Air Transport Association (IATA) said in a statement on Wednesday. During 2021 global passenger numbers are expected to recover […]

London: Vijay Mallya on Wednesday lost an appeal to gain further access to court-held funds to cover his costs for legal proceedings in India, as a High Court judge in London concluded that the 65-year-old businessman had failed to provide sufficient evidence in support of the over 750,000 pounds being sought. During a remote hearing […]

Amid the Covid-19 pandemic, Air India has extended its free date, sector, flight change facility on all domestic flight tickets for the travel period till 30 June 2021. This decision was taken after seeing the travel restrictions put up by the various state governments. “Due to the current pandemic situation, Air India has extended its […]

Amid the Covid-19 pandemic, Air India has extended its free date, sector, flight change facility on all domestic flight tickets for the travel period till 30 June 2021. This decision was taken after seeing the travel restrictions put up by the various state governments. “Due to the current pandemic situation, Air India has extended its […]

NEW DELHI : Fewer Indians took to the skies for the ninth week in a row amid a fresh surge in covid cases across the country. The average number of daily fliers stood at 49,000 for the week ended 23 May, compared to 60,000 for the previous week and 126,000 in the week that ended […]

The chief executive of Ryanair Holdings PLC said the airline believes members of Belarus’ secret service were aboard one of its airliners when the plane was forced by a Belarus jet fighter to divert to the country’s capital Minsk on Sunday, calling the incident “a case of state-sponsored hijacking” and further raising global aviation industry […]