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Industry body urges govt to lift flight curbs in Andaman & Nicobar Islands

An association of hotels and restaurants has urged the Union government to lift restrictions on flight landings in Andaman and Nicobar Islands to aid the coronavirus-hit tourism sector of the Union Territory. The Andaman and Nicobar Islands administration will resume tourism activities in some parts of the archipelago ahead of the festive season, after a gap of almost seven months, an official said. Around 35,000 families in the region depend on the sector for livelihood, he said. The Federation of Hotel & Restaurant Associations of India, in a letter to the Union tourism minister, had recently sought removal of flight landing restrictions in the UT along with ensuring inter-island connectivity for tourists. "At present, the biggest challenge faced by the tourism and hospitality industry here is the action of the administration to limit the number of flights each day to only two against the usual demand of 18 flights," FHRAI vice- president Gurbaxish Singh Kohli ...

SpiceJet operates 1,000 flights to repatriate 175,000 passengers

Budget carrier SpiceJet on Friday said it has operated over 1,000 charter flights to repatriate 175,000 passengers so far in times of the pandemic

Virgin Atlantic to start flights to Manchester from Mumbai, Delhi

British premier carrier Virgin Atlantic announced launch of flight services from India to Manchester, which has a sizeable population of Indian origin people, starting December 20

Mamata urges Centre to continue with Kolkata-London direct flights

West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee said that there is a huge demand for flights to European countries from this part of India and urged the Centre to continue with Kolkata-London direct flight services

Number of passengers flying in single day increases to over 178,000

The total number of passengers flying in a single day increased to 1,78,431 on October 11, Union Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said on Monday

On-board meal service in flights to resume soon as govt lifts ban

In-flight meals were banned when air transport had resumed on 25 May to counter the spread of the virus

Unscheduled transit flights can't land for specific hours in Delhi on I-Day

The Delhi International Airport Ltd said scheduled flights will operate as normal

Domestic air traffic rises 6% in July as aviation sector tries to take off

Airlines flew 2.1 mn passengers in July, against 1.9 mn in June

SpiceJet offers discounts, vouchers up to Rs 2,000 to boost seat capacity

Domestic capacity of airlines in india this July at 27 per cent of 2019 level, says Icra

Special flights carrying 1,153 Gujarat residents to arrive during May 10-13

Five special flights carrying 1,153 residents of Gujarat, who have been stranded in various countries due to the coronavirus-induced lockdown in India, will land in Ahmedabad between May 10 and May 13

Nobody should pay more for tickets via agents on Vande Bharat flights: Govt

Scheduled international passenger flights continue to remain suspended in India since March 23 amid the coronavirus pandemic

Air travel bubble takes flight even as demand tapers due to entry curbs

Air France and United have already commenced bookings for travel from Paris and Newark to India, while Lufthansa is yet to open inbound sales

IndiGo has carried 75,428 fliers through charter ops, Vande Bharat Mission

IndiGo has operated 436 international passenger charter flights and 51 international repatriation flights under the Vande Bharat Mission from 3 till July 14

India to operate 9 more flights to evacuate stranded citizens from UAE

Air India Express will operate these flights as part of the Vande Bharat Mission to south Indian cities from Sharjah

Covid-19 crisis: Pilots, crew are opting for leave without pay for now

Sources at both IndiGo and Vistara say that some senior pilots and crew who have elderly parents at home had said that they would like to stay off the roster for now.

Beijing cancels hundreds of flights, trains as Covid-19 cases spike

Two airports in Beijing have cancelled 1,255 domestic flights, nearly 70 per cent of the scheduled trips, the official media reported

DGCA allows 870 chartered flights, ferrying of 200,000 people amid lockdown

These charted flights were foreign airlines transporting stranded people to their destinations amid coronavirus lockdown

Over 70,000 returned to India, 17k flew out on Vande Mission flights: Puri

'Vande Bharat' mission is a Government of India's initiative to bring home Indian nationals stranded in various parts of the world due to restrictions over air travel to contain Covid-19 spread

China eases flight restrictions after United States targets its carriers

Qualifying foreign carriers currently barred from operating flights to China will be allowed once-a-week flights into a city of their choosing starting on June 8

Cycline Nisarga: Flight operations at Mumbai airport resume after 6 pm

A GVK-led consortium in partnership with AAI runs the Mumbai airport under a joint venture MIAL