Page 7 - International Flights

Govt mandates Air Suvidha portal for international passengers' convenience

Air Suvidha intends to provide hassle-free, queue free, and convenient air travel to all international passengers, says govt as Omicron threat looms

Top headlines: India not to resume int'l flights from Dec 15; LIC NPAs down

LIC has provided heavily against its debt portfolio and managed to bring down its net non-performing assets (NPAs). More about the state-owned firm in our morning briefing.

Omicron scare: Govt puts on hold restart of regular international flights

DGCA says emerging situation being watched closely

Top headlines: Int'l flights not from Dec 15; Nov GST mop up at Rs 1.31 trn

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Malaysia bans entry of travellers from eight countries over Omicron fears

Malaysia has imposed travel restrictions on travellers from eight countries in a bid to stop the new Omicron variant from spreading to the country, Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin said on Wednesday.The countries affected are South Africa, Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia, Zimbabwe, and Malawi, with non-citizens from these countries being barred from entering Malaysia, he told a press conference.The restriction will also apply to migrant workers as well as international students from the affected countries.The minister said the list would be updated regularly and countries added or removed as needed.He said that while Malaysian citizens, permanent residents and long-term passholders were not barred, they would be required to undergo a 14-day quarantine on arrival.Khairy also said plans to introduce vaccinated travel lanes with countries afflicted with Omicron would be put on hold.The Omicron variant was first reported to the World Health Organization (WHO) by South ...

Amid Omicron threat, govt issues FAQs for incoming international travellers

ICMR approves 9 systems for molecular testing of SARS-CoV-2 at airports

DGCA postpones resumption of scheduled international flights from Dec 15

Aviation regulator said the effective date for resumption of scheduled commercial international passenger services will be notified in due course

Covid-19: Japan suspends new reservations on all incoming flights

Japan's NHK national television said the country's transport ministry requested international airlines to stop taking new reservations for all flights arriving in Japan until the end of December.

Ireland to require negative Covid-19 test result for all arrivals

The Irish government has made a negative Covid-19 test result for all people coming to Ireland mandatory from Friday.

After 6 infectees, Mumbai airport 'segregates' overseas passengers

The Airport on Wednesday started segregating passengers arriving here from the 'high-risk' countries, after six were found infected in the past few days, an official said

Mandatory RT-PCR test for international travellers arriving in Karnataka

The Karnataka government on Tuesday said international travellers arriving in the state will have to mandatorily undergo RT-PCR test and be in seven days home quarantine.

Stricter norms for int'l passengers to be effective from Tuesday midnight

Authorities are stepping their vigil for effective surveillance amid mounting concerns over the emergence of the COVID variant Omicron.

Why is India not banning international flights, Kejriwal asks PM Modi

In the wake of emergence of a new Covid-19 variant -- Omicron, Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday requested PM Modi to ban international flights as most of them land in the national capital.

Top Headlines: Tracking multiple Covid strains; FMCG companies hike prices

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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

Top headlines: Indian investors flee crypto trading; intl flight ops 'soon'

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Normalisation of international flight services expected by year-end: Govt

Currently, India has air bubble arrangements with more than 25 countries for operating international flights

'Evaluating process', says Scindia on normalising int'l flight operations

Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia said the process is being evaluated with respect to normalising international flight operations