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SC notice to Civil Aviation Ministry, DGCA over cancelled tickets refund

A three-judge bench headed by Justice NV Ramana and also comprising Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Justice BR Gavai was hearing a petition filed by an NGO named Pravasi Legal Cell

India coronavirus dispatch: The reinvention of the Indian Railways

From the aviation sector workers resting stranded Indians, to on-and-off lockdowns till we discover a vaccine, and how coronavirus affects our kidneys - read these and more in today's India dispatch

Indian airports gear up to face new realities in a post-lockdown world

Thermal screenings, online duty free shopping, early check-in and light packing may become the new norm

Indian airlines may suffer $11.2 bn revenue loss, 2.9 mn jobs at risk: IATA

IATA called for a combination of direct financial support, loans, loan guarantees and support for the corporate bond market, and tax relief

SpiceJet lessors in talks to reclaim planes over missed payments: Report

One of the leasing companies started to pull out a few planes earlier this year after SpiceJet failed to pay maintenance fees due since late last year

A year after, Jet Airways' lenders and employees still await payments

The airline operated its last flight between Amritsar-Mumbai on April 17 last year as lenders turned down its demand for an emergency funding

Domestic, intl flights suspended till May 3 as Covid-19 lockdown continues

Domestic and international commercial passenger flights were earlier suspended from March 25 to April 14

Covid-19 woes: IndiGo to discontinue on-board meal service, says CEO

The company will also run its airport buses at 50 per cent capacity when service resumes

Covid-19 crisis may drag 400 mn Indian workers further into poverty: ILO

In India, with a share of almost 90% of people working in the informal economy, about 400 million workers in the informal economy are at risk of falling deeper into poverty during the crisis

Domestic air traffic to fall from 140 mn to 90 mn due to covid-19: CAPA

Domestic air traffic is expected to drop to 80-90 million passengers in the current fiscal and delivery of more than 200 planes to Indian carriers are likely to be deferred by up to two years, according to a report. "The combination of COVID-related travel restrictions and an economic downturn is likelyto result in 1Q FY2021 being a virtual washout for the Indian industry. "The second quarteris historically the weakest period for demand and hence airlines are only likely to limp back into recovery," aviation consultancy CAPA India said on Monday. As a result, CAPA said the majority of the fleet is likely to be surplus to requirement during the first half of the current financial year. In its report titled 'COVID-19 & the State of Indian Aviation Industry,' the aviation consultancy forecast domestic traffic to decline to around 80-90 million this fiscal from an estimated 140 million in FY2020. International traffic is expected to fall from approximately 70 million in the previous .

Covid-19: India to open its skies in phases after lockdown is lifted

The top 10 airports are likely to be made operational first; international travel to open up last

Covid-19: Global aviation could lose $250 bn; India may take $3.6 bn hit

According to the International Air Transport Association (IATA), airlines could lose a quarter of a trillion dollars in revenue this year as commercial flights come to a grinding halt.

Major airlines urge US Treasury to disburse assistance of $58 bn quickly

In a letter dated Saturday and seen by Reuters, carriers wrote that "given the urgent and immediate need, it is essential that these funds be disbursed as soon as possible."

CRISIL downgrades ratings for SpiceJet to 'B' as business takes hit

Puts ratings for three airports "under watch negative"

US Senate offers $58 bn aid to airlines as they struggle to stay afloat

The US Senate passed an industry aid package, half in the form of grants to cover some 750,000 employees' paychecks

Covid-19 relief: FM announces Rs 1.7 trn plan for poor, migrant workers

Package announced includes both food security and cash transfer components

Coronavirus: IndiGo offers its aircraft, crew to ferry medicine, equipment

India has banned international commercial passenger flights for a period of one week from Sunday. Moreover, domestic flights have also been suspended from Tuesday midnight

Covid-19: GoAir is third airline to cut salaries, all staff to take hit

Extent of March pay cut not known, lowest pay grades will suffer least; domestic airlines have sought urgent funding from govt to pay 50% staff salaries for next three months

Valuation of Air India set to take a knock amid coronavirus outbreak

The aviation industry is expected to make a loss of $67 billion in 2020 and several airlines are expected to file for bankruptcy in the coming months

Airlines may ground 68% planes amid coronavirus outbreak, says govt

The firms currently have 633 aircraft and the government said they would operate only 200 of these