Page 19 - Flights

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

Suspension of scheduled int'l passenger flights extended till Aug 31

However, international scheduled flights may be allowed on selected routes by the competent authority on a case-to-case basis, says DGCA

Daily flight connecting Bhavnagar to Delhi, Mumbai to start from Aug 20

"This will certainly ensure easy accessibility to Delhi and Mumbai for Bhavangar's citizens": Scindia

EU gives Google 2 months to improve hotel, flight search results

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Covid: UAE extends ban on passenger flights from India till August 2

Last month, the Canadian government also announced that it is extending the ban on incoming passenger flights from India for another month

Weekly flights between Kathmandu, New Delhi increased from 2 to 6: Report

The national flag carriers of Nepal and India have increased the number of weekly flights from two at present to six on the Kathmandu-Delhi route under air bubble arrangement between the two countries

SpiceJet to launch 42 new domestic, int'l flights between July 10 and 30

SpiceJet will launch 42 new domestic and international flights between July 10 and 30, according to an official statement issued on Thursday.

UAE's Emirates airline to resume flights from India to Dubai from June 23

Emirates had suspended passenger flights from India effective until July 6, 2021

British Airways, Ryanair face UK probe over denied flight refunds

The U.K.'s Competition and Markets Authority said it has opened enforcement cases against both airlines on Wednesday.

Airship Airlander 10 takes a page out of history for short-haul flights

HAV, which is marketing its Airlander 10 airship and aims to operate these flights by 2025, says it has a client in Swedish travel firm OceanSky Cruises, which will offer cruises over the North Pole

German airline Lufthansa gets green light to resume flights to Russia

Lufthansa said that it has received the green light from Russia to resume flights there, after being briefly denied permission, which resulted in a reciprocal blocking of flights by Germany

Myanmar extends suspension of international flights for a month over Covid

Myanmar's Ministry of Transport and Communications has extended the suspension period of international commercial flights to the end of June due to the Covid-19 pandemic

Lufthansa to operate flights between India and Germany via Bahrain

Lufthansa said it will operate its 10 weekly flights between India and Germany via Bahrain instead of Dubai from Sunday due to recent restrictions imposed by the UAE government

Covid-19: Nepal allows 'special flights' to evacuate stranded foreigners

Nepal has permitted special flights to evacuate over 7,000 foreign nationals, including Indians, stranded in the country after it suspended all international flights to check Covid-19

Vistara to start Delhi-Tokyo flights from Jun 16 under air bubble agreement

Vistara said on Monday it will start flights on the Delhi-Tokyo route from June 16 under the air bubble arrangement formed between India and Japan.