In the recent development of events, the Reserve Bank of India has announced the lifting of the ban from Diners Club International. The ban was imposed on the latter in the month of April of this year for disregarding data storage norms and was barred from onboarding new customers. RBI decided to lift the ban on Diners Club International after they complied with specified guidelines. The Data Localization Rules by... Read More
Fintech company Capital Float and SpiceJet have joined hands to provide customers with the ability to pay for their air tickets in instalments. Most banks already provide their credit cardholders with the opportunity to pay monthly instalments of their expenditures and this tie-up between SpiceJet and Capital Float is sure to help those who do not own a credit card. An Accessible and Affordable Travel Option The Chief Commercial Officer... Read More
As the travel industry looks to revive with the covid-19 graph going down each passing day and the restrictions on air travel ease, the domestic air traffic has seen an increment of 67% as compared to the previous year and about 24% rise in October alone making it up to around 8.8 million passengers. The season of festivities is also being seen as a reason for the surge. The Recent... Read More
In the recent development of events, as the covid restrictions ease and the US opens border for non-citizens, American Airlines have welcomed 150 flights in the country on Monday carrying passengers who are fully vaccinated against Covid-19. The president of American Airlines expressed his delight at the rising demand and told that they were going to welcome around 40,000 passengers in the country. American Airlines Expects Expects Surge in Travel... Read More
All eyes are set on Tata as they have reacquired India’s flagship carrier Air India after a long 68 years when initially Maharaja was nationalized. Tata is required to take control and begin the operations of Air India, Air India Express, and its ground handling company AISATS (in which a 50% stake is with new owners) before January 23rd, 2022. The ‘long stop date’ has been mentioned in the purchase... Read More
In today’s day and age, the use of credit cards has become more common than ever. Everyone owns a credit card but when it comes to the fundamentals of the credit card not everyone seems to be aware. It can seem very simple to spend money using your credit card but users also have to remember that they have to pay it back using the money they have earned with... Read More
In the recent development of events, India’s one of the leading airlines Indigo announced that it will be initiating 12 new flights in the month of November. The airline has already commenced flights between Jodhpur and Ahmedabad from November 1st and flights on other routes including Bengaluru-Rajkot, Kolkata-Coimbatore, Delhi-Trivandrum, and Dibrugarh-Dimapur routes from November 2nd. The airline will also launch flights between Ahmedabad and Ranchi from 10th November. The Reason... Read More
In the recent development of events, Qatar Airways is looking forward to ‘unwillingly’ reinitiating the service of 10 of its grounded Airbus A380 for a temporary period of time. The reinitiating is being planned as there has been a capacity shortage due to the grounding of A350s carriers as informed by the company. According to the plan as of now, the airline is going to launch its superjumbos A380s on... Read More
In the recent development of events, Rajya Sabha has instructed its members to settle the air travel bills and clear their dues with Air India. A letter was issued to the members by the Upper House Secretariat stating that 'Air India has stopped extending credit facility for the purchase of air tickets against exchange orders which was in practice in the past.' It was informed by the RS communications that... Read More
The national airline of the sultanate, Oman Air has recently signed a deal with Qatar Airways wherein the two airlines have joined hands for a reciprocal loyalty partnership. Under this new deal, the members of Oman Air Sindbad and Qatar Airways Privilege Club will be able to earn loyalty miles when they travel between Doha and Muscat in either direction and on any of the two flights. Advantages of the... Read More
America’s flag carrier American Airlines has announced the delay in implementation of protocols that required its employees to get fully vaccinated against Covid-19. The delayed date has now been set to 4th Jan. The decision was rolled out four hours after administration under Joe Biden delayed its deadline for federal contractors to meet the protocols. The New Guidelines As per the previous requirements, more than 100,000 American Airlines’ mainline employees... Read More
Hyatt Regency, the hotel in Mumbai, had to halt its operations due to its parent company Asian Hotels (West) Ltd. wasn’t making the payments. The halt in operations has now been deemed ‘illegal’ by a labour court under the Maharashtra Recognition of Trade Unions and Prevention of Unfair Labour Practices (MRTU and PULP) Act, 1971. SV Suryawanshi, a member of the industrial court in Mumbai passed an order which stated... Read More
The protest that began on November 1 by some of the staff from India’s airline SpiceJet has now been called off after a meeting was held between protesters and the officials of the company. The work has been resumed by the protestors who called it off after the airline assured them of addressing their concern in the next few days. The Reason for the Protests The SpiceJet employees at Delhi... Read More
As the demand for aviation fuel is expected to rise in the foreseeable future, Air India’s unpaid fuel bills amounting to somewhere around Rs 5,000 Crore is putting pressure on the retailers who will be looking forward to buying the quite costly crude at the time of need. According to the industry executives, the government has not provided any particular time frame for the payment of dues despite the fact... Read More
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