A Nelson lawyer who failed to have her travel ban with Air New Zealand lifted says she's considering her legal options.
Anjela Sharma was barred from using the airline's services in 2019 after a dispute over entry into Nelson's Koru Club Members lounge.
In a decision released yesterday, the Auckland High Court dismissed her application for a mandatory interim injunction to immediately remove the ban.
Justice Paul Davidson also dismissed an application...
Showing posts with label Foreign Feb 2020. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Foreign Feb 2020. Show all posts
Tuesday, February 25, 2020
Three CIS airlines to operate on Mumbai route
Mumbai: Mumbai airport operator MIAL on Monday said three new airlines, including Russia''s Aeroflot and Ural Air, are expected to commence services to the financial capital in the coming months.
While the two carriers would connect Mumbai with Moscow, Kazakhstan''s Air Astana would start services from Almaty.
"The introduction of new services to the the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) region will see an increase in flights from three...
Amadeus And SpiceJet Strengthen Partnership In The Gulf
Looking to the future of travel in the Gulf, SpiceJet, a budget carrier in India, and Amadeus recently organised a series of empowerment sessions for the region’s travel community held in Dubai, UAE.
More than 100 travel consultants participated in the sessions, which focused on how the Gulf’s travel industry can collaborate to better define and deliver offers to travel agents, corporates, and individual travellers.
A number of success cases...
Donald Trump ditches standard Air Force One aircraft for trip to Agra
Ahmedabad: After addressing the high-decibel ‘Namaste Trump’ campaign-style rally at Ahmedabad, US President Donald Trump left for Agra where he will visit the iconic Taj Mahal.
Trump ditched the standard Air Force One, a Boeing 747 200B series VC-25 aircraft, for a smaller C-32 (Boeing 757) aircraft which served as the US President’s ride for the flight from Ahmedabad to Agra.
The Air Force One often called “Flying Oval Office” is a fortress...
Coronavirus outbreak: Air India, Vistara, Singapore Airlines to reduce flights between India and Singapore
New Delhi: With India asking its citizens to avoid non-essential travel to Singapore and screening passengers coming from there due to the coronavirus outbreak, flights connectivity between the two countries is now being slashed.
Air India has a daily on Delhi-Singapore-Delhi and Mumbai-Chennai-Singapore-Chennai-Mumbai sectors. “From Monday, the Delhi flight will operate five days a week and Mumbai four times. So the 14 times weekly is now nine...
Coronavirus: Evaluate airlifting China consignments, Centre asks industries
New Delhi: The Ministry of Civil Aviation has reached out to several industries asking their views on airlifting consignments from China, as the coronavirus outbreak continues to disrupt business. However, the move may not be practical or feasible, given the challenges involved.
The direction from the Ministry of Civil Aviation came following a finance ministry-led meeting to address supply chain issues of the Indian industry. Following that, a...
The significance of American Airlines’ proposed Seattle-Bengaluru flight
A very American-Indian piece of news got lost in the endless excitement over US President Donald Trump’s visit to India. Last week, American Airlines said it would launch a daily non-stop flight between Seattle and Bengaluru from October.
Binoy Prabhakar (CNBC TV18) writes why this flight is so important >>...
2 addl flights will push up cargo volume: Exporters
Trichy: Exporters in Trichy airport exuded confidence that the introduction of two more flight services to Abu Dhabi and Doha will help them handle more volume of cargo. The old terminal at the airport was converted into an international cargo complex and was commissioned for operations on November 21, 2011.
The Central Board of Excise and Customs approved and notified the airport as an air cargo complex. Ever since the airport started to handle...
Alliance Air announces daily flights between Chennai and Jaffna from February 27
Chennai: Alliance Air, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Air India, will start operating daily flights between Chennai and Jaffna from February 27 onwards.
Earlier, in November 2019, the airline inaugurated commercial flight operations between Chennai International Airport (MAA) and Jaffna International Airport (JAF) thrice a week (Monday, Wednesday and Saturday).
Following an overwhelming response from passengers, the airline has now announced that...
Monday, February 24, 2020
Thrice-weekly Mumbai - Doha AI service takes flight
Doha: Air India started thrice-weekly operations on the Mumbai — Doha sector using the state-of-the-art Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft with effect from Friday.
The flight AI 969 departs Mumbai at 10.20am and reach Doha at 11.15am. Flight AI 970 leaves Doha at 12.45pm and reaches Mumbai at 6.45pm.
Air India Boeing 787 Dreamliner has two configurations with 18 business class and 238 seats in economy.
Air India had earlier recommenced Delhi — Doha...
Communicating with India over delay in grant of permission to IAF flight: China
Beijing: China on Monday said Indian and Chinese officials were in "communication" over the delay in grant of permission to India's special flight carrying medical supplies to Wuhan and to evacuate over 100 Indians stuck in the city worst affected by the novel coronavirus outbreak that has claimed over 2,500 lives.
India has announced its plan to send Indian Air Force's biggest plane C-17 Globemaster with medical supplies to China and to evacuate...
Daily flights to Chennai from Jaffna
Alliance Air, a wholly owned subsidiary of Air India, will operate daily flights to Chennai (MAA) from the Jaffna International Airport (JAF) from Thursday, February 27, the airline said yesterday.
Alliance Air already operates three flights per week on this sector. The airline, which was restricted to domestic operations in India, expanded wings globally and commenced commercial flight operations from Chennai International Airport to Jaffna International...
International airlines flying into and over India begin offering IFC
International airline clients of Panasonic Avionics’ Ku-band satellite-supported inflight Internet service are flipping the switch on their IFC systems when flying into and over India now that the entertainment and connectivity giant is availing of Nelco Limited’s license with the Indian government.
A number of non-Indian airlines have already started to “go live” with Internet for passengers, a Nelco spokeswoman told Runway Girl Network after...
Pakistanis and Indians can now get Saudi visit visa on arrival and can also perform Umrah
Dubai: Saudi Arabia has introduced one-year multiple entry visit visas for Pakistanis, Indians and all other applicants who have a valid UK, US or Schengen visa stamped on their passports.
The new multiple-visa will be valid for one year and the visitors will also be allowed to pefrom Umrah. However, they are not allowed to perform Haj.
Visitors can get visa on arrival at any international airport in Saudi Arabia but they must have a credit card...
Lawyer fails to have her Air New Zealand flying ban removed
A Nelson lawyer has failed to lift her travelling ban with Air New Zealand after a dispute over entry into the Koru Lounge.
Anjela Sharma sought an interim injunction from the High Court at Auckland to overturn a one-year ban imposed by Air New Zealand.
In a judgement released on Monday, Justice Paul Davison dismissed the application and also declined the proceeding to be transferred to Nelson.
Sharma said she and her family were travelling to...
Malindo Air pleads not guilty for data breach charges
Malaysian airline Malindo Air has been taken to court for data breach incident, which occurred last year and saw the personal data of some of its passengers hosted on a cloud-based environment being compromised. The airline has also pleaded not guilty in its court charges in Malaysia under the Personal Data Protection Act 2010, and is challenging the authorities on the nature of the charges.
Malindo Air said in a press statement that it believes...
US backup planes at Jaipur airport for Donald Trump in case Delhi weather fails
Jaipur: The Airports Authority of India (AAI) Jaipur is geared up to receive Air Force One carrying US president Donald Trump in case weather plays truant in Delhi on Monday.
As a backup plan, a US Air Force Boeing 757 landed here on Sunday evening to ferry Trump in case there is a technical snag in his plane. In addition, a C-17 Globemaster landed here for the second day with some more equipment needed for ground-handling.
According to sources,...
Air Force One lands in Ahmedabad, Modi welcomes Trump
Ahmedabad: US President Donald Trump arrived in Ahmedabad on Monday for the first leg of his India trip. The Air Force One plane carrying Trump and his wife Melania landed at the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel international airport here at 11.37 am. It was scheduled to land at 11.40 am.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who reached Ahmedabad over an hour before Trump did, was present at the airport to welcome the US president at the airport. In Ahmedabad,...
Cabinet okays Indo-Lanka MoU to upgrade Jaffna Int’l Airport
The Cabinet has approved the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Government of India to upgrade the Jaffna International Airport in Palaly with a Rs.300 million grant, Minister Prasanna Ranatunga says.
Through the financial grant it is expected to improve the facilities in the areas of airport terminal modification, electricity supply, solid waste management system and utility and transit services.
By now in the Palaly airport...
Afghan national arrested for using fake UK visa in 2014: Police
New Delhi: The Delhi Police on Sunday said it has arrested an Afghan national accused of using a fake UK visa in 2014 on his Indian passport which he had obtained in 2013 by allegedly using forged voter ID and other documents.
The District Investigation Unit (DIU) attached to the Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport on February 20, arrested Charan Singh Sachdeva, 48, also known as Karan Singh, six years after an FIR was lodged in connection...
Sunday, February 23, 2020
IndiGo in talks with Jetstar, Qantas for codeshare partnership
New Delhi: IndiGo is in talks with Sydney-based Qantas Airways and its wholly owned subsidiary Jetstar Airways on codeshare agreements, which allows an airline to sell other airline's seats, officials said.
Currently, IndiGo has a two-way codeshare agreement with Turkish Airlines and a one-way codeshare partnership with Qatar Airways.
In a two-way codeshare agreement, each airline on its distribution system can sell seats on other's flights.
"IndiGo...
CONVID 19: Airports to screen passengers from 4 more countries
New Delhi: Aviation regulator DGCA has ordered screening of passengers from four more countries -- Nepal, Vietnam, Indonesia and Malaysia, as part of efforts to prevent spreading of coronavirus.
Now, fliers from as many as 10 countries would be screened at Indian airports.
Already, passengers travelling in flights from China, Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea, Thailand and Singapore are being screened at Indian airports in the wake of the Novel Coronavirus...
Coronavirus screening tightened at Mumbai airport
Mumbai: International Airport (CSMIA) has started screening passengers flying from Malaysia, Indonesia,
Vietnam and Nepal to Mumbai as well as those arriving from China, Hong Kong, Singapore,
Thailand, Japan and South Korea.
The Ministry of Health has tightened screening and has issued an advisory requiring all passengers
arriving from these countries to undergo screening for coronavirus infection.
Health counters and thermal scanners have been...
US aircraft in city with backup gadgets for Trump
Jaipur: A US Air Force Globemaster landed here on Saturday with ground-handling equipment needed for the safe landing of US President Donald Trump in case Air Force One fails to land in Delhi because of weather issues on Monday.
Jaipur airport authorities including the Air Traffic Controller were on high alert when the US Air Force C-17 aircraft arrived at 9.30 am on Saturday. “It landed at our airport with ground-handling and other equipment required...
Coronavirus: India advises against non-essential travel to Singapore, will expand airport screening
India on Saturday advised its citizens to avoid non-essential travel to Singapore in the wake of the novel coronavirus outbreak. The government said it was planning to start screening passengers arriving at Indian airports from Kathmandu, Indonesia, Vietnam and Malaysia.
Passengers from China, Hong Kong, Thailand, South Korea, Singapore and Japan are already being screened at 21 airports in the country for possible exposure to the novel coronavirus....
Coronavirus: Screening at Bangla border, Agartala airport
Agartala: The Tripura health department on Saturday reiterated that nobody in the state had contracted the novel coronavirus (nCoV) and health screening facilities have been installed at India-Bangladesh checkpost and Agartala airport.
Director of health and family welfare Dr Radha Debbarma said the health screening had been installed after the ministry of health issued an alert against nCoV and that the health department had been continuously...
Saturday, February 22, 2020
ITBP ready for second batch of evacuees from Wuhan
New Delhi: The make shift quarantine facility created by the IndoTibetan Border Police (ITBP) at its Chhawla
facility here is getting ready for the second lot
of Indian evacuees from the epicenter of
deadly Novel Corona Virus Wuhan in China.
“The ITBP Quarantine facility at Chhawla
camp is again ready to house another batch of
over 100 people who are expected to reach
the Capital on Saturday”, ITBP spokesperson Vivek Pandey told UNI.
These...
Coronavirus: Airlines in Asia Pacific region to lose USD 27.8 billion revenue in 2020
New Delhi: The Novel Coronavirus outbreak (COVID-19) is likely to have an adverse impact on airlines operating in Asia Pacific region (APAC) with a potential 13 per cent full-year loss in passenger demand.
According to International Air Transport Association (IATA), the decline could translate into a $27.8 billion revenue loss in 2020 for carriers in the region, home to some of the fastest growing airlines in the world.
Most airlines across...
China Denies Delay In Granting Permission To Special Indian Flight To Wuhan
Beijing: China on Friday denied any delay in allowing a special Indian flight to the coronavirus-hit Wuhan city to deliver medical supplies and evacuate remaining Indians from there, saying the concerned departments of both the countries were in touch to finalise the schedule.
India on February 17 announced that it will send Indian Air Force's largest plane C-17 Globemaster with medical supplies to Wuhan, the epicentre of the novel coronavirus,...
Chinese wall stopping evacuation of Indian nationals from Wuhan
China is "deliberately delaying grant of clearance" for a special Indian flight to the
coronavirus-hit Wuhan city to deliver medical supplies and evacuate remaining Indians
from there. Beijing is allegedly "creating a roadblock" for India's evacuation efforts.
“The Government of China is yet to grant clearance to the flight carrying relief supplies to
China which will also bring back the remaining Indian nationals from Wuhan. Chinese side
continues...
Air India Inaugurates Mumbai – Stansted Route
Air India has inaugurated its second long haul route to London Stansted Airport. The route sees a Boeing 787 Dreamliner flying between Mumbai and London three times per week.
India’s flag carrier is slowly showing that London Stansted can be a gateway to the world. Last year, the airline launched the airport’s second current long haul flight. Now, the airport, which is home too low-cost carrier Ryanair, has two long haul carriers flying to three...
Covid-19 outbreak: Air India pilot recounts his experience leading the Wuhan evacuation missions
“An eerie silence prevailed, with no sight of humans anywhere.” That’s how captain Amitabh Singh described the Chinese city of Wuhan, the epicentre of the global novel Coronavirus outbreak.
Read what Singh had to say to Quartz about the challenges the crew faced and the first reactions of the stranded citizens when they got to know they were finally going home >>...
China delays India’s third flight to Wuhan even as it clears flights from Japan & France
New Delhi: The Chinese claim that there is no delay in clearing third relief flight from
India to Wuhan appears to be false as India first requested for flight on February 13 and
the flight plan was submitted on February 15.
The date of flight proposed originally was February 20. The delay therefore appears
deliberate, sources told ET.
In between the following flights have taken off from Wuhan 16 Feb for Japan; 19 Feb for
Ukraine and...
United Airlines Enters Codeshare with Indian Carrier, Vistara
United Airlines has entered into a codeshare agreement with Vistara, the full-service Indian airline, to expand travel options for customers.
In addition to providing access to 68 Vistara-operated flights to 26 destinations throughout India, the codeshare also allows MileagePlus and Vistara's loyalty program members to earn and redeem miles when flying on either of the airline's route network, beginning Feb. 28.
Vistara is a joint venture between...
Russia meets Mumbai: Aeroflot, Ural Airlines mulls launching weekly flights
Mumbai: Indian and Russian carriers plan to introduce new flight services from Mumbai and Delhi to Moscow. Aeroflot and Ural Airlines plan to launch Moscow-Mumbai services in summer schedule. Kazakhstan's Air Astana will begin four weekly flights between Almaty and Mumbai increasing connectivity to Central Asia as well. Currently Uzbekistan Airlines has two flights weekly to Mumbai. By July, Mumbai airport will have eighteen weekly flights to Russia...
After US incident, Indian aviation ministry tells flyers that the seat is not a sleeper berth
New Delhi: India's aviation ministry has asked flyers to be considerate towards other
people's space. The message from the civil aviation ministry comes after a video of a man
punching a reclined seat in front of him went viral in the US.
"A little bit of basic good manners and respect are always worth a thumbs up. Your seat is
not a sleeper berth. Don't be inconsiderate of other people's space,” said the tweet from
civil aviation ministry's...
China delays clearance to IAF flight with relief supplies
New Delhi: The Chinese government is 'deliberately delaying grant of clearance for the evacuation flight' which was to fly to Wuhan with medical supplies and bring remaining Indians back, sources said on Saturday.
However, China continues to maintain that there is no delay, Even though on Friday, the day the flight was supposed to go to Wuhan, but inexplicably the clearance was not given.
Indian Air Force's largest plane C-17 Globemaster was scheduled...
Vietjet offers 50% discounts on new routes from India
Mumbai: Vietnamese carrier Vietjet Friday announced discounts up to 50% on all routes with a booking time till Feb 29.
The tickets are valid for travel between February 20, 2020 to April 27, 2020.
“Further expanding the international flight network, Vietjet connects many new, attractive and safe destinations with unique and beautiful culture such as Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya, Fukuoka (Japan), Bali (Indonesia) and especially New Delhi and Mumbai, the...
CCI approves stake sale in GMR Airports to France's ADP
New Delhi: The Competition Commission of India (CCI) has approved the sale of 49 per cent stake in GMR Airports to France's Groupe ADP through the green channel mechanism.
Green channel is an automatic approval system, whereby a combination is deemed to have been approved by the CCI upon receiving the filing of the notice for the combination by the parties concerned.
"The Competition Commission of India (CCI) received the following green channel...
Saturday, February 15, 2020
DGCA asks airports to screen passengers from Japan, Korea
New Delhi: Not ready to take any chance in the wake of the spiraling cases of coronavirus across the countries, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) asked airports and airlines on Friday that passengers arriving in flights from Japan and South Korea must be screened once they step out of aerobridges in order to prevent the spread of novel coronavirus infection.
Till date, only passengers arriving from four countries -- China,...
Friday, February 14, 2020
Air India Express to fly to Delhi, Doha, Abu Dhabi soon
Tiruchy: Air India Express (AIE) is expecting to make a profit of Rs 500 crore this financial year, according to Chief Executive Officer (CEO) K Shyam Sundar. He was speaking in Tiruchy while announcing new destinations for the airline from the city.
The Air India subsidiary on Thursday announced direct flights to Doha, Abu Dhabi and New Delhi from Tiruchy. “We are planning to start operations to Abu Dhabi, Doha and Delhi from March 28. In a week,...
Etihad to add flights to India as coronavirus outbreak leaves spare capacity
Etihad has started adding more flights from India as it looks to utilise the capacity which is lying idle due to temporary suspension of most of its operations to China due to coronavirus outbreak.
For now, the airline is increasing the frequency of flights from existing points of network like Trivandrum on a sporadic basis but has decided to add a second frequency to Trivandrum and a third frequency to Chennai for the entire month of May as it...
How Air India scripted history with its Wuhan evacuation
A lot of preparation was involved in the Air India’s first-ever medical evacuation; 647 Indians were brought back from the epicentre of the coronavirus outbreak
The flights to and from Wuhan in China evacuated Indians stranded there after the outbreak of the coronavirus epidemic in the first medical evacuation for Air India in over 70 years of existence. This will probably also be the last evacuation while the Maharaja is still owned by the government.
Ashwini...
Coronavirus: Around 13K flyers screened at Jaipur airport
Jaipur: A total of 12,992 passengers have been screened at Jaipur International Airport in the wake of coronavirus alert coming in from 84 international flights till Friday.
In a release by the Directorate Medical & Health Services, it was informed that screening of all passengers has been going on since January 28. Five doctors and 5 paramedical nurses have been deputed at the airport.
Samples of 80 patients were collected out of which...
SpiceJet Bangkok-Delhi passenger tests negative for Coronavirus
Delhi: A passenger suspected of suffering from coronavirus on a SpiceJet Bangkok to Delhi flight on Thursday and quarantined on arrival, has tested negative for the same.
"The passenger travelling who had been suspected of being infected with Coronavirus on Bangkok to Delhi SpiceJet flight SG-88 on Thursday, has tested negative for the same. The test results came Friday," said a SpiceJet spokesperson.
The passenger was quarantined on arrival at...
Coronavirus outbreak: SpiceJet to suspend Hong Kong flights from February 16 to 29
New Delhi: SpiceJet will finally discontinue its daily Delhi-Hong Kong flight from Saturday (February 16). Air India and IndiGo had suspended their flights to Hong Kong earlier this month due to coronavirus outbreak. SpiceJet crew was reportedly very unhappy with the airline’s decision to continue flying to Hong Kong. “SpiceJet has decided to temporarily suspend its daily Delhi-Hong Kong passenger flight from February 16 to 29, 2020,” said an airline...
Thursday, February 13, 2020
Coronavirus: Inside story of Air India’s daring Wuhan evacuation!
An “eerie feeling” crept into him when the first flight was landing, Captain Amitabh Singh recalled, as all the roads and buildings were well lit but it looked like a “dead city” as no human beings were around. Disinvestment-bound Air India might have done many evacuations before, but the Wuhan flights were the first of their kind in terms of evacuating people in a medical emergency.
Read how the AI flight crew conquered fear and succesfully...
Wuhan evacuation flights: PM Modi appreciates Air India, health ministry officials
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has appreciated the 'high level commitment to duty showcased by the officials of Air India and ministry of health who conducted evacuation operation of Indian citizens stranded in the Chinese city of Wuhan."
Modi has issued a letter of appreciation to the officials involved in the evacuation operations, said a government statement, adding that the letter would be handed over to the crew by the minister of...
Air tickets of seven Chinese paragliders cancelled
Aizawl: Seven Chinese nationals, who were scheduled to take part in a paragliding championship in Mizoram, could not make it to the event, in view of the curbs imposed by aviation regulator DGCA to prevent the spread of novel coronavirus.
C Lalhminghlua, the president of Mizoram Aero-Sports Association (MASA) -- which has organised the tournament-- told PTI that the Chinese nationals were among the 58 paraglisers registered for the championship.
An...
Ready to help IAF on Tejas and AMCA projects: Lockheed Martin ahead of Trump's India visit
New Delhi: US aerospace giant Lockheed Martin has offered to help India in its multi-billion-dollar programme to develop a next-generation advanced multi-role combat aircraft and boost capability of the Tejas fighter jet.
The offer by the US aerospace firm comes ahead of President Donald Trump's maiden visit to India on February 24-25 during which both strategic partners are expected to further expand defence and military cooperation.
Vivek Lall,...
3 IndiGo pilots, crew members from China flight kept under surveillance in Kol
Mumbai: At least three IndiGo pilots and crew members who operated flights to Guangzhou in China recently have been kept under “home surveillance” in Kolkata for a few days.
One of them had flu, but has not tested positive for novel coronavirus and has been cleared by the Airport Health Organisation, the airline is known to have told the director-general of civil aviation.
According to sources, these crew members had operated the Guangzhou-Kolkata...
12 notable airlines have gone out of business in the last 14 months — here's the full list
"2019 has seen the fastest growth in airline failure in history," airline consulting firm IBA told Reuters last October.
The year 2020 looks to be off to a similar start, with Tuesday's news that Air Italy will shutter less than two years after starting operations.
Here are the commercial airlines that have been forced to close their doors and fold up their wings >&g...
‘Singapore’s Changi airport was empty!’
Indians travelling abroad are thronging the Gulf transit airports of Dubai, Doha and Kuwait, staying well clear of the South East Asian (SEA) transit hubs of Singapore, Malaysia, and Thailand as well Hong Kong in East Asia due to the Coronavirus pandemic. This, in turn, has pushed up airfares to the US or Europe via Gulf airports by 15-20 per cent, whereas there are no takers for flights via these South East Asian airports and Hong Kong.
Vyjanthi...
Will Another Carrier Replace Jet Airways’ Flights To Manchester?
Manchester was one of many routes that saw its direct connection to India disappear with Jet Airways’ collapse. Now, nearly a year after the collapse, no airline has added the route, so will any of them do so?
While, on paper, Manchester seems like just another major city in the UK, there is something unique about it. The city is serviced by airlines from Pakistan, Bangladesh, Singapore, the US, and many more. Manchester Airport is the third-largest...
Etihad marks 15 years of flying in India, set to increase flight frequency
Etihad Airways is celebrating 15 years of flying in India. The UAE-based airline operates in 10 cities in India and has 161 flights a week.
India is a major market for the company and it is always looking at means to grow its footprint in the country, Neerja Bhatia, VP-Indian Subcontinent, Etihad Airways, told CNBC-TV18.
“Last year we got a wide body into Chennai, Hyderabad, and Bangalore and added a fourth frequency in Mumbai. So, yes, we are...
Five couples serve legal notice to GoAir seeking compensation for their monetary losses, 'harassment' after flight delay
Five couples, including a lawyer couple from Mumbai, who were on board the January 24 GoAir flight from Bengaluru-Phuket, which was delayed by
eight hours after a mid-air turn back, on Wednesday sent a legal notice to the airline seeking compensation for their monetary losses, service deficiencies,
and harassment.
The notice, sent by Mumbai-based law firm Solicis Lex, on behalf of 13 passengers who travelled on that flight to Phuket, threatened...
Expats elated over resumption of Air India service to Calicut from Sunday
Jeddah: Hundreds of thousands of Indian workers from the southern state of Kerala living in the western region of Saudi Arabia are delighted over the realization of their long-time demand for the resumption of direct flights of Air India, the national carrier, between Jeddah and Calicut. The flights will resume after a hiatus of nearly five years.
The Jumbo aircraft 747-400 with the capacity of 423 passengers will leave King Abdulaziz International...
Growth in foreign tourist arrivals, earnings slowest in 10 years
Mumbai: Arrivals of overseas tourists in India and the country’s foreign exchange earnings
from them grew at the slowest pace in a decade in 2019, government data showed.
Tourism industry experts and airline executives attributed the slowdown to multiple factors,
including street protests over the new citizenship law and elevated levels of pollution in
northern India, including Delhi.
Several countries had issued travel advisories to their
citizens...
American Airlines to offer new flights to India from an unlikely place: Seattle
American Airlines will become the first airline to offer nonstop flights between the United States and Bangalore, India, in October, from an unlikely departure city.
American is adding the daily service to the southern India technology center not from Dallas, Chicago or one of its other big hubs, but from Seattle, where it has a small presence.
It's all part of an expanded partnership with Alaska Airlines announced Thursday, where the airlines...
If Pakistan Won’t Evacuate Its Citizens From Wuhan, India Should
India has efficiently and swiftly evacuated hundreds of its nationals from China due to the coronavirus outbreak that has already killed over 1,100 people there. Two special Air India flights evacuated 640 Indians and seven Maldivian nationals stranded in Wuhan — the epicenter of the coronavirus, now under a strict quarantine.
In contrast, the Pakistani government, in the words of Zafar Mirza, special assistant to the prime minister, has refused...
Coronavirus: Man Aboard Bangkok-Delhi Flight Isolated In Delhi; 3 Positive In Kolkata
New Delhi: A passenger aboard a SpiceJet flight from Bangkok to Delhi is suspected to have coronavirus and was quarantined after landing in Delhi on Thursday.
The passenger was seated on SpiceJet flight SG-88 operating between Bangkok and Delhi. He was seated on seat number 31F and was sitting alone in that row.
The suspected case of coronavirus has been quarantined by Airport Health Organisation (APHO), said a Spicejet spokesperson.
Two more...
SpiceJet crew quarantined after flying passenger suspected of coronavirus from Bangkok to Delhi
New Delhi: A person on board a SpiceJet flight from Bangkok to Delhi on Thursday was suspected of suffering from coronavirus, sparking infection fears. The passenger was quarantined on arrival at Delhi Airport.
The Boeing 737 (VT-SYE) was disinfected before being released for next flight. The crew has been quarantined at their homes to keep a check on their health. Airport officials say all other passengers were screened and none of them was found...
Wednesday, February 12, 2020
Vistara starts flights to Kathmandu
Vistara has added Kathmandu, Nepal as its fifth international destination. The Tata-SIA airline has started operations between New Delhi and Kathmandu, February 11 onwards.
The launch of this new service will enable passengersto have one-stop connections to and from other Indian cities including Bengaluru, Chennai, Hyderabad, Mumbai and Pune, among others.
Vistara forayed into the international airspace in August 2019 with Singapore as its first...
London Gatwick Airport Wants More Indian Flights – Here’s Why
One of the main reasons Gatwick is courting Indian carriers is because of the opportunity for tremendous growth. Currently, the market has no Indian airline that flies to long-haul international destinations (barring Air India). This gap has long been filled by the big three Middle East airlines and some European carriers, further so after the fall of Jet Airways. All of this is poised to change in 2020.
Syd Sharma (Simple Flying) writes the other...
AI Express to resume Abu Dhabi flight from March
Trichy: Air India Express will resume its service to Abu Dhabi from Trichy international airport from the last week of March, after a gap of eight years, apart from launching new services to Doha, Delhi and Madurai.
With these new additions, the total number of international destinations from Trichy will increase to seven and number of services to 98( from 91). In terms of domestic services, it will increase to 70 from the existing 63.
It may be...
GoAir plans to expand its global footprint; announces new daily flights to Doha
In a bid to strengthen its footing in West Asia, GoAir airline has announced direct flights between Doha and Mumbai starting March 19, 2020. The airline has made plans for daily operations of the new launches. GoAir will debut its presence in Qatar with the upcoming direct flights to capital Doha. Doha will be GoAir’s sixth destination in GCC (Gulf Cooperation Council) countries.
GoAir is owned by Wadia Group that has a strong presence in Indian...
Air India Express starts Doha-Trichy service
Indian budget carrier Air India Express will launch a new service between Tiruchirappalli (Trichy) in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu and Doha next month, it is learnt.
Starting on March 31, the service will operate thrice a week - on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, according to information available on the airline's website.
Flight IX 673 will depart Tiruchirappalli at 1.30am and arrive in Doha at 3.40am, while flight IX 674 will leave...
Air India’s humanitarian gesture wins hearts and jalebis
In the wake of fears of the Coronavirus, Air India has been lauded for sending two jumbo 747s to Wuhan, the epicentre of the epidemic in China. The airline evacuated more than 650 Indians from there in an operation described by the Indian Ambassador to China Vikram Misri as a “logistical nightmare”.
In a surprising and heart-warming gesture, a hotel in Chandigarh seems to have made special jalebis as a tribute for Air India’s humanitarian gesture....
Tuesday, February 11, 2020
Logistical nightmare: Indian envoy on evacuation of citizens from coronavirus-hit Wuhan
Beijing: India's efforts to evacuate its citizens from the coronavirus-hit Hubei province and its capital Wuhan was a logistical nightmare since the entire operation had to be done in a region sealed from all sides, Indian Ambassador to China Vikram Misri said on Monday.
As the news of the outbreak began emerging in the middle of January, the Indian Embassy stepped up efforts to locate hundreds of Indians, mainly students, residing hundreds...
Passengers shun Chinese carriers, Air India to benefit from traffic curbs
Air India’s (AI’s) non-stop flights to Canada and the US will get a fillip as the novel coronavirus (nCoV) outbreak curbs traffic flow via China and Hong Kong.
Over 5.4 million passengers flew between India and the US in the 12 months ended September 2019. Around 25 per cent of passengers flew non-stop between the two countries; the rest flew via hubs in Dubai, Doha, or Frankfurt.
Around 5.7 per cent of the India-US traffic and 8 per cent of the...
UP couple stranded in Wuhan asks to be evacuated
Lucknow: An associate professor from Uttar Pradesh''s Etah district, who is stranded in Wuhan, has been requesting the Centre to immediately evacuate him and his wife along with 23 other Indians from the Chinese city which is the epicentre of the novel coronavirus outbreak.
The 35-year-old Ashish Yadav, who works at the Wuhan Textile University, and his wife Neha (30), currently pursuing a PhD in computer science, have been in touch with their...