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Friday, November 7, 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

As Gaza peace plan takes shape, does India have a role?

If there is any country trusted by both sides in Gaza, it is India. While some Arab and Muslim countries are mistrusted by Israel, any Western influence is doubted by Palestinians.

India’s services exports touching $400 bn—a quiet engine offsetting trade deficit

In 2024-25, India exported $387.54 bn worth of services, against imports of $198.14 bn, earning all-time high surplus of $189.40 bn. This offset 2/3rd of goods trade deficit. 

‘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.

Trump’s trade wars have rewritten powerplay, but India didn’t get the memo

This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.