Aviation

Flag carrier Air India is set to resume its services to Mumbai from here with three flights per week, starting September 15, an official has said. The flights between the two cities were suspended in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. The airline's operations from Aurangabad airport to New Delhi and Hyderabad have already been restored earlier. Air India...

International passengers who have to take connecting domestic flights after landing in India will have the option of getting themselves tested for COVID-19 at the entry airports, the Civil Aviation Ministry said on Wednesday. If the RT-PCR test result is negative, the international passenger will be allowed to catch his or her connecting domestic flight and he or she...

Vistara and Japan Airlines have inked a partnership that allows members of their frequent flyer programmes to earn and spend points on each other. A frequent flyer program (FFP) is a loyalty programme wherein a passenger earns points for travelling on an airline's flights, which can then be used to get rewards on the same airline or partner companies....

The Centre has allowed airlines to operate flights to Kolkata from Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Ahmedabad, Pune and Nagpur September 1 onwards on a limited basis. Flights from these six airports to Kolkata have remained suspended since July 6 after the state government requested so, citing high Covid-19 case-loads in these cities. For the first two weeks of September, flights...

The government has permitted the airlines to serve pre-packed snacks, meals and beverages on domestic flights and hot meals on international flights, according to an official order. Moreover, any passenger who refuses to wear a face mask in a flight can be put on the no-fly list by the airline, said a senior official of the aviation regulator DGCA....

Israeli flag carrier, El Al has reported a $244 million loss in the first half of this year in the wake of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.According to its second quarter financial report, the company's loss in April-June reached about $105 million, compared to the $100 million profit in the second quarter of 2019, reports Xinhua news agency. The report...

Australian flag carrier Qantas on Tuesday announced another 2,500 job cuts as it plans to outsource ground handling services at major airports.Qantas said it is proposing to outsource various ground operations roles, including baggage handlers, aircraft cleaners and bus drivers, impacting nearly 2,500 roles in total, reports Xinhua news agency.The airline has already flagged 6,000 job losses in June...

Budget carrier SpiceJet has operated its maiden long-haul cargo flight with a widebody Airbus A340 freighter aircraft to the city from the Dutch capital Amsterdam, making it the first and only Indian carrier to operate non-stop cargo services from Europe on a dedicated freighter. The Gurugram-based airline, in a release on Saturday, also said that the...

Captain Amol Yadav had started the project 19 years ago and now the six-seater passenger aircraft which he built on the terrace of his house has completed the first phase of its test flight. The aircraft would now have to prove flight at a height of 2000 feet in the next phase, Captain Amol Yadav, said. Yadav...

(New Delhi, August, 2020)- The new-age carrier Vietjet has launched a special luggage promotion allowing travelers to carry up to 15kgs of check-in baggage free of charge in all flights across Vietnam. The passengers travelling with Vietjet’s flights on all domestic routes in Vietnam from August 14 to October 24, 2020, will receive a "special gift" in...