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14 Indian airports get ambulift to aid physically challenged passengers

Made-in-India ambulifts have been deployed at these airports as they do not have aerobridge facilities, the AAI said in a statement on Wednesday

Airbus expects Indian aviation mkt to grow in single digits for next 20 yrs

However,according to Airbus the Indian aviation market will grow faster than the global market

Scaling new highs: ATF past Rs 100,000-mark for first time in history

Airlines unlikely to pass on Jet fuel price hike to customers

Vistara to ramp up manpower to 5,000 this year, says CEO Vinod Kannan

The airline, which currently has 50 planes, aims to have 70 planes by the end of 2023 after taking into account some aircraft that will be returned to lessors

Financial viability important for starting new overseas flights: Vistara

With fuel cost being higher, we have to review where we should be looking at for additional operations, said Vistara's chief Vinod Kannan

Aviation turbine fuel prices climb to record high after 5.2% hike

ATF price was hiked by Rs 4,481.63 per kilolitre or 5.2 per cent to Rs 90,519.79 per kl in the national capital, according to a price notification of state-owned fuel retailers

Vistara gradually restoring certain services to pre-Covid levels

The airline also plans to improve its inflight entertainment offerings across its domestic and international network by introducing a wider variety of content, Vistara said in a statement

IndiGo to upgrade navigation technology with NAVBLUE in its A320 aircraft

NAVBLUE is into flight operations and air traffic management solutions

Jet Airways to get Rs 50 cr as inter-corporate deposit for certain expenses

As efforts are on to restart services of Jet Airways, Orion IT Parks Pvt Ltd -- whose shareholders are Murari Jalan and Ankit Jalan -- will extend an Inter-Corporate Deposit (ICD) of Rs 50 crore

Under a third of those cancelling flights due to Omicron got refund: Report

Less than one-third of the people who cancelled their flights owing to the emergence of the Omicron variant-led third pandemic wave were able to receive refunds, according to an online survey.

Madras High Court dismisses SpiceJet's appeal against winding up order

The airline has time till January 28 to move the Supreme Court.

Top headlines: Quarantine for flyers from abroad, CCI probe against Google

India climb up the ladder of emerging tech patents, shows data. More in today's top headlines

More than 2,800 flights cancelled, 12,000 delayed globally on Thursday

More than 2,800 flights were cancelled and nearly 12,000 more were delayed around the world on Thursday as the Omicron variant of the coronavirus caused staff shortages at airlines

Why Covid-19 means the era of ever cheaper air travel could be over

In 2020 international passenger demand was less than 25% that of 2019, according to the International Air Transport Association

Govt advises airlines to play Indian music on flights, at airports

ICCR called Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia to its program and submitted a memorandum to him and said that if this happens in Indian Airlines, Indian music will get a lot of strength

Some 3,000 flights cancelled, 11,500 delayed worldwide on Tuesday: Tracker

Amid the global surge of the Omicron variant of COVID-19, almost 3,000 flights have been cancelled and more than 11,500 flights have been delayed worldwide on Tuesday.A total of 2,969 flight cancellations and 11,512 flight delays worldwide on Tuesday, with 1,172 of the cancellations and 5,458 of the delays occurring within, into, or out of the US, according to the flight-tracking website FlightAware.Earlier on Monday, Flightradar24 data showed that 12,528 delayed flights and 2,959 cancelled flights were reported with airlines and airports in the US, accounting for nearly half of all delays and cancellations worldwide.Similarly, air travellers in the US continued to face flight disruptions, with 2,513 flights cancelled on Sunday and 2,850 on Saturday due to staff members calling in sick.Amid the Holidays celebrations during the Christmas weekend, the US on Tuesday set a single-day record of new COVID-19 infections, with 441,278 new cases.The seven-day moving average is now more than ...

Covid-19: US airlines call off more flights amid Omircon variant surge

Delta Air Lines, United Airlines, JetBlue Airways and American Airlines have cancelled more than 750 flights combined on Christmas Day, and cancellations were set to continue

US airlines scrap nearly 1,000 Christmas Day flights due to Omicron

At least one airline said that it expects hundreds more cancellations on Sunday

Pakistan looks to lift flight operations ban imposed by European Union

The ban imposed by the European Union on Pakistan International Airlines flight operations is expected to be lifted soon, local media reported quoting the country's Civil Aviation Authority official

IndiGo plans to grow 25% from 2024, keep focus on international routes

'Repairing balance sheet is an urgent task', says CEO Ronojoy Dutta in year-end letter to employees.