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Tuesday, September 30, 2025
TopicAir travel

Topic: Air travel

India screened only 19% of inbound passengers for Covid until 23 March, RTI reply reveals

According to the RTI reply, most passengers travelling from Europe were exempted from screening until early March.

Face shields, gowns, masks — the new attire for cabin crew post lockdown

IndiGo, Air India, Vistara & AirAsia India decided on this to ensure safety of cabin crew members as they are in close proximity to passengers during flights.

Air travel is gradually returning, but coronavirus complications remain

Between meeting demand, maintaining social distancing and boosting revenue, airlines have a tough balancing act this summer

Air travel is the safest mode of transport in Covid times. India can boom here

In the post-coronavirus world, when social distancing will be the norm, India’s aviation system is going to boom thanks to low international crude oil prices.

Indian travel agents are stuck as fliers want cash refunds but airlines only giving credit

Modi govt has told airlines to repay passengers in cash for tickets booked during the lockdown, but there’s no such obligation when it comes to travel agents.

Corona vacation, why some millennials only see cheap flights and resorts in the pandemic

It doesn’t look like millennials fear for their lives because they are “here for a good time, not a long time”.

Don’t blame capitalism for shrinking airline legroom

Air travel has gotten cheaper in the last 20 years and it offers a larger set of choices including extra legroom in premium seats.

I traveled the world in 37 hours because of the coronavirus

A first person account of how a flight from New York to the Philippines via Hong Kong turned into a 37-hour game against time as the coronavirus outbreak quickly narrowed global travel options.

For Japan’s biggest airline ANA Holdings, the future of travel is about sitting at home

Concerns about sustainability and movements like 'flight-shaming' are taking a toll on carbon-intensive airlines, which are now looking at newer revenue models.

World’s most ‘dangerous’ countries to travel to aren’t that scary

News headlines tend to focus on violence & danger and are not always the best source of information about what it is actually like in any given place.

On Camera

Viksit Bharat 2047 — the state as platform, the civil servant as builder

If we get this right, the citizen of 2047 will experience government as ambient and humane. Benefits arrive when needed without forms; grievances resolve in hours.

Market regulator SEBI clears Adani Group of impropriety alleged by Hindenburg Research

SEBI probe concluded that purported loans and fund transfers were paid back in full and did not amount to deceptive market practices or unreported related party transactions.

In Nepal, young dreams of serving in Indian Army crash as Agnipath halts a centuries-old tradition

Since 1815, Nepali Gorkhas have served in Indian & British Armies, as well as in Bihar, Bengal & Assam Police. Since Agnipath scheme came in, no Nepal-domiciled Gorkha has enlisted.

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.