The last commercial flight between India and Afghanistan was operated by Air India on the Kabul-Delhi route on 15 August, the day Kabul fell to the insurgent group.
Travellers must have negative Covid test report from approved lab at Delhi airport taken within 18 hours of scheduled departure, Transport Canada tweeted Saturday.
While travel sector is recovering, it could still take a hit in the event of third Covid wave. Indigo CEO Ronojoy Dutta says company may raise funds as an insurance buffer.
Statistically, that sounds sensible. But aviation safety isn’t about averages. It needs to be built around the edge cases, where pilots need to work together to solve a problem.
The decision has been taken in the light of non-resumption of normal commercial flights on gratis basis without levy of any overstay penalty, the Home Ministry said in a statement.
A statement by Emirates said UAE nationals, holders of UAE Golden Visas and members of diplomatic missions complying with revised Covid protocols will be exempt for travel.
The Ministry of Civil Aviation said due to the surge in Covid cases and fall in passenger traffic, the airlines' seat capacity may be lowered from 80 to 50 per cent.
Countries that quickly rolled out Covid vaccines are making rapid progress toward the return of flying, including in Europe, where several nations have started to relax restrictions.
Air India Ltd. plans to increase its weekly frequency of flights to the US to 32 starting 11 May, up from the current 29. That compares with about 33 weekly flights before Covid.
The dynamics between Europe and Russia have gone so south that mending fences looks like an uphill task—even as the US swings between sanctions and olive branches.
Centre for Science and Environment in new report makes case for rationalising GST on waste material, saying most informal operators can’t afford high tax & it also hinders recycling.
Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.
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