Page 9 - Air Travel

Lift capacity, fare caps: Operators of India's largest airports to govt

They have also urged the government to resume international air travel without limiting capacity

India requires nearly 1,000 pilots annually to meet traffic growth

New pilot training schools will come up at the Airports Authority of India (AAI)-run airports at Belagavi, Jalgaon, Kalaburagi, Khajurao, and Lilabari

June air travel recovery subdued, demand nowhere near it needs to be: IATA

The IATA has announced passenger demand performance for June showing a very slight improvement in both international and domestic air travel markets.

Covid-19: Pakistan to ban education, malls, air travel for unvaccinated

The national positive test rate for Covid stands at 7.53 per cent, according to the NCOC

Need to prescribe limit on air cancellation charges: Parliamentary panel

There is a need to rationalise and prescribe an upper limit on air cancellation charges, said a Parliamentary Standing Committee's report tabled in Rajya Sabha on Friday.

India urges foreign governments to ease travel restrictions for Indians

India on Thursday said that it has been taking up with foreign governments the issue of easing travel restrictions for Indians in view of an improvement in the coronavirus situation in the country

IBM signs 10-year partnership deal with Bangalore International Airport

To create 'Airport in a box' platform that will support transforming the end-to-end travel experience for passengers

Air traffic grows 47% in June as Delhi, Maharashtra ease Covid-19 curbs

Industry-wide passenger load factor rose to 62.9% in June from May's 50.5%. SpiceJet had the highest load factor of 70%.

T2 terminal of Delhi international airport to reopen from July 22

The T2 terminal of the Delhi international airport will resume operations from July 22, two months after it was shut down due to significant drop in domestic air traffic owing to the Covid-19 pandemic

Air travel may become expensive as jet fuel price increases again

State-run refiners increased the jet fuel prices on Friday adding more worries to the Indian carriers struggling to reboot operations after extensive disruptions due to the fresh wave of pandemic

Jet lag: Asia's air travel may take three years to recover from Covid-19

Asia's jet fuel usage accounted for a third of global consumption in 2019. Right now, the region's overall flight numbers -- domestic and international -- are 70% of pre-virus levels

Serbia's new quarantine rule for Indians puts Canada-bound students in fix

New rule came started Friday and Indian travellers were unaware of it till they landed in Belgrade.

Delhi Airport sees 3x rise in footfall since mid-May as Covid cases dip

Rise in passenger driven by leisure traffic

US proposes to ban air travel between US and Belarus in latest fallout

The United States has proposed sharp restrictions on travel between the US and Belarus, the latest fallout from the forced landing of a passenger jet to arrest a dissident Belarussian journalist

Covid impact: Philippines extends travel ban on India until July 15

The Philippines has extended the travel ban for all inbound travellers from India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Nepal, Oman, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) until July 15

Air traveller numbers treble from May low as states get into unlock mode

But the grim reality is that the average daily passengers for June from the second week is still around 40 per cent of the levels reached in March when it rose to 313,000 passengers a day

Vistara announces 48-hr sale on all classes for Aug 1-Oct 12 travel period

Vistara announced a 48-hour sale on all classes of its flights for travel between August 1 and October 12.

How Indian aviation sector braved Covid turbulence better than global peers

Compared with other major countries during Covid-19, domestic airlines have precariously stayed the course

SpiceJet, IndiGo ready for new war zone as cargo biz continues upward swing

Analysts remain sceptical on the profitability from freighter business

Air travellers show 2x rise in June first week over May as Covid cases fall

Rise in passenger uptake expected to be swifter than it was after 1st wave