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Saturday, November 8, 2025
TopicAir travel

Topic: Air travel

Mandatory Covid vaccines for travel would ‘kill’ tourism sector

Airlines are among the hardest hit by the Covid-19 pandemic. When the losses of the broader tourism sector are added to its tally, the impact rises.

How India plans to manage its growing drone air traffic in the years to come

The draft policy by civil aviation ministry is expected to coordinate drone flight paths, manage traffic and provide weather and terrain data.

A third of the world’s air routes have been lost due to Covid

With borders effectively shut from Europe to New Zealand, the bulk of the world’s dropped routes are inevitably cross-border. But thousands of domestic legs have also been axed.

Most people don’t plan to resume regular travel even after Covid, study finds

As many as 83% of passengers globally are reluctant to fall back into their old travel habits and 31% will travel less often by air, the survey of around 10,000 frequent fliers found.

1 million people travelled by air this Sunday — a promising sign of post-Covid times

The rise in passenger traffic, from 29% of normal levels to 35% on Sunday, shows that virus flare-ups may no longer lead to further backsliding in passenger traffic.

Custom-made B777 plane for President, Vice President & Prime Minister to arrive 1 October

The aircraft from the US is manufactured by Boeing with the call sign Air India One and will land at the Delhi airport from Texas at around 3 pm Thursday.

Millions of Chinese will take flights this week – and Covid-hit world will watch in envy

The so-called Golden Week — a period of festivities and family reunions — will add momentum to a domestic rebound that’s lifting air travel within China back toward usual levels.

Jet fuel is now so cheap it’s being blended for use by ships

With International Air Transport Association not expecting air travel to get back to pre-virus levels until 2024, this may be a feature of the market for some time to come.

Flying business class is no longer what it used to be before Covid-19

Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, multi-course banquets, chilled Moet & Chandon, mid-flight gin and tonics have stopped. And premium-grade travel resembles economy class.

UAE, India should have open sky policy instead of air service agreement, says envoy

Ambassador Ahmed Al Banna Wednesday said the two sides should look for a stronger collaboration wherein both Indian and UAE airlines would benefit.

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Population causes poverty is the devil’s philosophy. It causes prosperity: Sauvik Chakraverti

Crowded cities are rich because there is greater division of labour. The extent of the division of labour depends on the size of the market, wrote Sauvik Chakraverti in 2002.

Asia’s ‘weakest’ link: Yunus on a tightrope as Bangladesh tries to fix banks without breaking economy

With 20.2 percent of its total loans in default by the end of last year, Bangladesh had the weakest banking system in Asia. Despite reforms, it will take time to recover.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.