Gulf Airlines

Airline fined for denying passenger to travel over single-name passport

The Chennai North District Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission has directed the Gulf Air Airlines to compensate a former Tamil Nadu legislator for denying him travel at Moscow airport as his passport did not contain his surname. The airlines has been directed to pay a compensation of about Rs 1.4 lakh with nine per cent interest per annum from the date of travel, to former MLA and advocate Nizamudeen, the affected passenger. This resident of Periamet here was stopped from boarding the Gulf Air flight at Moscow airport because his passport had a single name. On February 9, 2023, he was scheduled to travel by Gulf Air flight from Moscow to Dubai via Bahrain but was denied travel as his passport had contained only his name Nizamudeen without the surname. Nizamudeen claimed that he was allowed to board a flight from India to Moscow under the same name in the passport. He had a meeting in Dubai the next day but the airline's ground staff was "inconsiderate" to his requests and made h

Engine fire grounds flight in Kuwait, passengers claim visa discrimination

Gulf Air flight engine fire: In the absence of transit visas, many India passengers were unable to step out of the airport premises and had to endure the long wait on the terminal floor

Gulf airlines edge past Air India again as post-Covid flying picks up

Air India's dwindling market share is significant as the Tata-owned airline is reported to induct about 200 more planes in what is being billed as one of the largest aircraft orders in Indian aviation

SpiceJet inks codeshare flight agreement with Gulf Air to expand reach

The scope of MoU also includes collaboration in the field of pilot training, coordinated cargo and engineering services

Gulf flag-carriers see manifold jump in entitlements in 2017

Gulf carriers enjoy about 54% of total global air travel destination for the country

Indian carriers accuse Emirates, flydubai of violating bilateral agreement

Indian airlines have complained that Gulf airlines are flying more seats into the country than allowed under the bilateral treaty between the two countries. The aviation ministry has asked regulator Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) to inspect the claim following which the ministry can take action. This comes as negotiations are on to increase seat entitlements of DubaiDocuments reviewed by Business Standard shows that the Indian airlines have said that the Gulf airlines are flying 5000 excess seats per week in each direction which is a violation of the bilateral agreement. "Based on schedules published in Innovata which is a global flight schedule database capacity deployed by designated airlines of Dubai to and from India has been much in excess of the 66,504 seats even after including the 2 percent flexibility, since November 2014 even though their schedule filing with the Indian DGCA has been that," the letter sent by the airline said. Business Standard has reviewed a ..