Page 19 - Flights

Serving food on flights of less than two-hour duration can be resumed: Govt

Serving food on flights with a duration of less than two hours can be resumed, the Union health ministry is learnt to have informed the civil aviation ministry

Flights and passengers on Sunday highest since air travel resumed last May

The first seven days of November have also seen the highest traffic on a comparative basis this year

India extends ban on international commercial flights till Nov 30

This restriction does not apply to international all-cargo operations and flights specifically approved by the DGCA

Domestic air traffic movement may near pre-Covid level this winter

Among the major airlines, while Vistara is adding the highest number of flights (a 21.73 per cent increase over winter 2019), SpiceJet is seeing the highest drop

SpiceJet announces launch of 28 new domestic flights

SpiceJet will launch 28 new domestic flights across the country from October 31 onwards, the airline said Monday. It will launch multiple new non-stop flights connecting the tourist hotspots of Jaipur, Jaisalmer, Jodhpur and Udaipur in Rajasthan with key metros and cities as part of its new winter schedule, SpiceJet said in a statement. SpiceJet will also connect Bagdogra with Ahmedabad, Kolkata with Srinagar and add two new flights on the Bengaluru-Pune sector, it said. The government had on October 12 allowed airlines to operate domestic flights without any capacity restriction from October 18. When the government resumed the scheduled domestic flights on May 25 last year after a two-month break, the ministry allowed the carriers to operate not more than 33 per cent of their pre-Covid services. This cap was gradually increased to up to 85 per cent till September this year.

Airlines can now operate at full capacity, flight restrictions lifted

The decision was taken following a review of the current status of scheduled domestic operations, the ministry said in its order on Tuesday

Domestic flights can operate at full capacity from Oct 18, says govt

The carriers have been operating 85 per cent of their pre-COVID domestic services since September 18, according to the ministry's order.

Alliance Air to operate flights in Mizoram from October 18: Official

Mizoram will get an additional flight service as Alliance Air will start operating on the Kolkata-Guwahati-Aizawl-Shillong sector from October 18, an official of the state claimed on Thursday

Canada to allow direct flights from India, lifts ban after 5 months

Canada will allow direct flights from India from Monday, lifting the ban on them after a gap of more than five months. Announcing the decision, Transport Canada on Saturday in a tweet said: "Beginning at 00:01 EDT on September 27, direct flights from India can land in Canada with additional public health measures in place." "Travellers must have proof of a negative COVID-19 molecular test from the approved Genestrings Laboratory at the Delhi airport taken within 18 hours of the scheduled departure of their direct flight to Canada," it added. In April, Canada banned all direct flights to and from India when the second Covid wave hit India. The date of reopening has been postponed many times. Welcoming the decision, India's high commissioner to Canada Ajay Bisaria described it as a "decisive step towards normalising air mobility" between the two nations. "@airindiain and @AirCanada are now set to run daily flights between Delhi and Toronto/Vancouver from 27 September. Working with .

Port Blair-bound AI flight returns following suspected technical snag

There were 115 passengers onboard the aircraft.

Non-stop flights to Canada resume

Canada required travellers from India to do a RT-PCR in a third country before giving them access.

Air India to operate first ever non-stop Hyderabad-London flight

Air India is set to commence its first ever non-stop service between Hyderabad and London, with the first flight arriving here from the UK capital on Thursday

Delhi-London Air India flight delayed after ants found in business class

AI's Delhi-London flight, which was to depart from the IGI airport here at 2 pm on Monday, got delayed for more than three hours after a swarm of ants was found in the business class, sources said

Maharashtra introduces on-arrival RT-PCR test for international passengers

Institutional quarantine no longer required. New norms bring uniformity in state and central rules

India doubles frequency on India-UK route to 30 flights per week

Move follows public outcry over the significant rise in airfares on the route

Minimum one-way Delhi-London airfare zooms over Rs 1 lakh, DGCA data shows

UK has included India in amber list from Sunday; passengers from India needn't undergo institutional quarantine, can self-isolate at home for ten days

DGCA asks airlines to submit details about fares on India-UK flights

Aviation regulator DGCA has asked the airlines to submit details about the airfares they have been charging for India-UK flights during August, a senior official said on Sunday. On Saturday, Sanjeev Gupta, Secretary, Inter-State Council Secretariat, Union Home Ministry, had complained on Twitter that an economy-class ticket on British Airways's Delhi-London flight for August 26 was priced Rs 3.95 lakh. He added that economy-class ticket on Delhi-London flights of Vistara and Air India for August 26 was also priced between Rs 1.2 lakh and Rs 2.3 lakh amid the college admission time in the UK. Gupta said he has "alerted" Union Civil Aviation Secretary P S Kharola about this matter. A senior official of the Directorate General of Civl Aviation (DGCA) said on Sunday that the regulator has asked the airlines that operate India-UK flights currently to submit details about their fares. While there have been lower and upper limits on all domestic airfares in India since May 25 last year,

UAE lifts ban on transit flights from India, Pakistan, other countries

The UAE, a major international travel hub, has banned passengers from many South Asian and African countries for several months due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Low-cost airline SpiceJet to launch 16 new flights from August

Bhavnagar will now be connected to Delhi, Mumbai and Surat with direct flights starting August 20.

Air India Express plane makes emergency landing due to cracked windshield

The plane landed at Thiruvananthapuram international airport