At times like this, when the world is fighting the COVID-19, no doubt Airlines have been hit hard by the pandemic and so as the travel and hospitality industry. At the outbreak of the virus, having no options left, airlines have cancelled the flights, stopped specific sectors or even halted operations in regions as specified by the respective government bodies. Today, though the high flying steel birds started taking off... Read More
Uttar Pradesh government and Zurich airport international have signed an agreement detailing the terms of work to begin the construction of Noida airport in Jewar. According to the terms, Zurich airport will build one runway of Noida airport in the first phase. Around 90% of the traffic on this runway will be limited to domestic flights. While Zurich airport will remain as the principal investor of the construction, it will... Read More
Delhi airport has brought back its Terminal 2 into service. Earlier when the pandemic hit and nationwide lockdown was put into place, Delhi Airport’s Terminal 2’s (T2) services were paused for the passengers. Even when the lockdown was lifted and after a few weeks domestic flights were resumed, Delhi airport authorities only resumed the Terminal 3 (T3) for the passengers. But now, T2 is open for service from today. IndiGo... Read More
Hardeep Singh Puri, the Civil Aviation Minister of India two days back tweeted that flights will be resumed from May 25. Flight bookings have already started from Thursday. Airports Authority of India (AAI) recently disclosed the standard operating procedure (SOP) for passengers seeking to board a flight in the near future. One mandatory rule that passengers must follow is the installation of Aarogya Setu app in their smartphones. But that... Read More
IndiGo is the largest carrier in India which flies half of the passengers in India with close to 50% market share. The carrier’s website, as such, is a big part of the flying process which allows the passengers to avail information about flights, schedules and also allows them to book tickets as well. However, until now the IndiGo website was fully in English. But, in a new announcement IndiGo has... Read More
In the last twenty years of the Indian aviation industry, the international travel market has seen a six-fold growth which has propelled the international companies like Air Italy, United and NokScoot to explore the Indian territories. Further, airlines like JetAirways and IndiGo have also ventured out of Delhi and Mumbai to form new routes between countries and Indian airports. Air Italy, NokScoot and United Extend Routes in India As per... Read More
In another heavy blow to Boeing, Saudi Arabian airline flyadeal has cancelled the purchase order of 50 Boeing 737 Max Jets, which is now under global scrutiny for its safety issues. “We understand that flyadeal will not finalize its commitment to the 737 MAX at this time given the airline’s schedule requirements,” a Boeing spokesman said. On the other hand, the airline flyadeal has announced that it has placed an... Read More
India is gearing up to reopen its international operations with various nations with all the preventive measures. The renowned airlines IndiGo and SpiceJet are gearing up to launch long-haul flights to international destinations. The largest airline of India, IndiGo, has not finalised the destinations where it will fly. It is expected that the airline might fly to London and Paris both. As of SpiceJet, the airline will be launching flights... Read More
International flights are still not operational in India and for a good reason. But there are still special international flights which are operating with the permission of DGCA. Some of the flights are going to UAE and some are coming from there to India. One thing that is still not clear for India is when will the regular international charters resume. As for the flights coming from UAE, none of... Read More
Commercial operations at Delhi’s Hindon air base to begin from July first week. Night operations will remain banned for now due to the movements of Nilgai on the airstrip, a report by Zee Business claimed. The flights from Hindon airport will mostly serve regional destinations and will be functioning under the Regional Connectivity Scheme of the Government ‘’Ude Desh Ka Aam Nagrik’ (UDAN). Under the rules of the UDAN scheme,... Read More
Indira Gandhi International’s terminal 3 airport has been highly acclaimed for its amenities, architecture and facilities which it provides to travellers from around the world. It was because of T3 that Delhi Airport has received such positive reviews from around the world. However, T2 or the Terminal 2 was considered to be lagging behind T3 up until now on the aesthetics and amenities front, but with the inauguration of the... Read More
Air India has announced its plan to add two additional flights to Dubai from June 1. The new flights will benefit the passengers flying from India as there is a significant scarcity of flights to Dubai after the grounding of Jet Airways. Among the two new flights, one trip will operate from Delhi, and the other will be from Mumbai. Air India already has two flights to Dubai – a... Read More
A Vistara flight bound from Mumbai to Delhi hit a serious snag on its way to Delhi because of bad weather conditions. The Vistara flight had 153 passengers onboard. As per the reports of the incident available, the Vistara flight in question was bound to Delhi but because of bad weather conditions, was diverted to Lucknow. At the Lucknow airport, the Vistara flight landed with critically low fuel levels. The... Read More
Air India Express has completed the trials for using Taxibots at the Indira Gandhi International (IGI) airport on Monday. As a part of the trial, Air India Express Boeing 737-800 NG series aircraft was taxied from Apron 3 towards Runway 29. Each taxiing event of about 15 minutes with Taxibot attached saves about 200 litres of Aviation Turbine fuel. In addition to this, it saves engine life plus emission of... Read More
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