Category: Civil Aviation

The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) today said it had approved 12,983 weekly domestic flights of airlines in winter schedule from October 25 till March 27 next year, which is around 55% of the permission granted in the pre-Covid times last year.

The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) said it has approved 12,983 weekly domestic flights of airlines for the winter schedule that begins on Sunday and ends on March 27 next year.

The Adani group would be taking over the operations, management and development of the airports at Mangaluru, Lucknow and Ahmedabad from the AAI by October 31, November 2 and November 11, respectively, said an official press release on Thursday.

Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport in Delhi is the second safest aerodrome globally for effective implementation of Covid-related health and safety protocols, as per a survey conducted by Safe Travel Barometer, a industry-first rating initiative.

Hong Kong: Hong Kong airline Cathay Pacific Airways said on Wednesday it would cut 8,500 jobs and shut a regional airline as it grapples with the plunge in air travel due to the pandemic. About 5,300 employees based in Hong Kong and another 600 elsewhere will likely lose their jobs, and 2,600 unfilled positions will […]

Bangladesh is all set to resume flights to India from October 28 under ‘air bubble’ arrangement, after nearly eight months the communications were suspended due to the coronavirus pandemic, according to media reports on Saturday.

IndiGo will charge a passenger Rs 100 service fee if he or she wants to check-in at the airport counters from Saturday onwards, the airline said in a statement.

Alliance Air will operate daily flights between Delhi and Kullu from October 30. At present, the flights are being operated four days a week.

The country’s largest carrier by domestic market share IndiGo is mulling launching dedicated freighter services amid an expected surge in cargo transportation, particularly to transport COVID-19 vaccine once it is available.

British premier carrier Virgin Atlantic on Thursday announced launch of flight services from India to Manchester, which has a sizable population of Indian origin people, starting December 20.

The residents of Gaggal and its adjoining area are a harried lot due to the delay in the process of land acquisition for the expansion of the Gaggal airport. They are alleging that they are facing uncertainty as the government had announced that the Gaggal airport would be expanded and their lands would be acquired. […]

Even as the airport authorities are yet to announce the winter schedule, airlines have started taking bookings for flights to be operated from Chandigarh International Airport beginning October 15. According to the information, six domestic flights by GoAir will be operational from October 26.GoAir’s Chandigarh-Hyderabad flight will be operational from October 27. It will take […]