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Thursday, October 2, 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.

On Camera

Suryakumar Yadav beats Trump’s Gaza plan on Indian TV news. No global event can match cricket

Indian TV channels need not report extensively on war zones. But why don’t they have at least one bulletin of international news each day, prime time?

More Andhra-style prawn fry for Indian plates? How Naidu’s trying to blunt US tariff hit on aqua exports

Naidu attempts to shield aqua farmers after Trump’s tariff hits the shrimp farming sector in Andhra Pradesh, leading to the cancellation of 50% of the state's exports.

Finnish giant ICEYE to build signature radar microsatellites in India, offers full control to govt

Company builds microsatellites that are smaller, faster, cheaper to produce. ICEYE will develop & launch micro-satellites, hand them over to India, which will have full control & sovereignty.

Something’s hidden in the Oval Office photo of Trump, Munir, Sharif. India must look closely

What Munir has achieved with Trump is a return to normal, ironing out the post-Abbottabad crease. The White House picture gives us insight into how Pakistan survives, occasionally thrives and thinks.