Page 18 - Flights

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

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Covid-19: Bengal now allows flights from Delhi, Mumbai thrice a week

The state has also banned direct flights from the UK in the wake of the surge of Omicron variant of Covid-19 in that country

US woman tests Covid positive mid-flight, isolates for 5 hrs in bathroom

A US woman was quarantined in an aeroplane bathroom for three hours after testing positive for COVID-19 halfway through a flight from Chicago to Iceland, according to media reports. Marisa Fotieo, a teacher from Michigan, said her throat began to hurt halfway through the trip on December 19 so she went to the bathroom to perform a rapid Covid test which confirmed she was infected, WABC-TV reported. Before the flight, Fotieo told CNN she took two PCR tests and about five rapid tests, all of which came back negative. But about an hour and a half into the flight, Fotieo started to feel a sore throat. "The wheels started turning in my brain and I thought, 'OK, I'm going to just go take a test.' It was going to make me feel better," Fotieo said. "Immediately, it came back positive." Fotieo is fully vaccinated and has received the booster. She tests consistently since she works with an unvaccinated population. When she got her results in the aeroplane bathroom, over the Atlantic Ocean, s

JetBlue cuts about 1,280 flights through mid-January on Omicron hurdles

Carriers have been canceling hundreds of flights every day in the United States since Christmas Eve as they grapple with staff shortages

British Airways plane windscreen cracked by block of ice at 35,000 feet

The Boeing 777 aircraft cruising at 35,000 feet was making the journey from London Gatwick to San Jose in Costa Rica on Christmas Day

Covid scare: Korean Air ordered to suspend flights to Hong Kong till Jan 8

Korean Air Lines, South Korea's national flag carrier, has been ordered to suspend flights to Hong Kong for two weeks due to coronavirus infections found among its passengers aboard a plane

ICCR demands compulsorily playing Indian music on Indian flights

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

Indian aviation industry was able to breathe a little easier in 2021

Air India's sale to the Tata Group and arrival of Rakesh Jhunjhunwala-backed new airline Akasa Air in 2021 are likely to introduce more competition

Boeing wants to build its next airplane in 'metaverse': How will it work?

It is a snapshot of an ambitious new Boeing strategy to unify sprawling design, production and airline services operations under a single digital ecosystem

Flights diverted as RVR measuring equipment fails at Amritsar airport

Multiple flights have been diverted from the Amritsar airport in the last two days as runway visual range (RVR) equipment, which allows pilots to land flights amid dense fog, has stopped functioning

No ban on small aircraft at Delhi, flights to be rescheduled for winter fog

The schedule change will, however, cause delays, the source said

Airline industry's recovery faces holiday season test as demand surges

The Transportation Security Administration says that passenger checkpoints are nearly as busy now as they were in 2019

Govt decides not to resume scheduled international flights from Dec 15

The latest move also comes after Prime Minister Narendra Modi on November 27 asked officials to review the plans for easing international travel restrictions amid concerns over Omicron

PM asks officials to review plans for easing of international travel curbs

PM Modi on Saturday chaired a comprehensive meeting to review public health preparedness and vaccination related to Covid, says PMO

Govt allows scheduled international flights from Dec 15, air bubbles to end

The decision to open up international flights was announced by the civil aviation ministry on Friday following consultations with the ministries of external affairs and health and home

India to resume scheduled international flights from Dec 15: Govt

'Resumption of commercial international passenger services would imply reversion to bilaterally agreed capacity entitlements and termination of air bubble arrangements,' Civil Aviation Ministry said

Normal international flights by year-end, says Civil Aviation Secretary

Restart of scheduled international commercial passenger flights would increase travel options for passengers and foster lower fares

Singapore Airlines offers up to 50% off on India flights starting Nov 29

Will run daily vaccinated travel lane flights to Chennai, Delhi and Mumbai, with quarantine-free entry to Singapore; Non-VTL services from a few other cities from November 29.

Domestic air passenger volume spikes 70.5% to 89.85 lakh in October

IndiGo in October 2021 flew 48.07 lakh passengers, accounting for 53.5 per cent of the total domestic traffic

American Airlines starts New York-Delhi flight from November 12

American Airlines has started a daily flight on New York-Delhi route from November 12 onwards, a statement said on Monday. The New York-Delhi service will be operated through Boeing 777-300 aircraft that has 8 first-class seats, 52 business-class seats, 28 premium economy seats and 216 economy-class seats, the airline's statement noted. American and IndiGo had in September announced that they have entered into a codeshare agreement that allows the former to sell seats on the latter's flights on 29 domestic routes. Scheduled international flights have been suspended in India since March 23 last year amid the Covid pandemic. However, limited international passenger flights been permitted since July last year under air bubble arrangements that India has formed with approximately 28 countries.