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Covid risk increases by 50% if passengers board planes back to front: Study in science journal

The study also showed that risk of virus exposure could be reduced by not using overhead storage bins and by boarding passengers in window seats first.

Singapore to ban pass holders, visitors from India from 24 April due to Covid surge

The ban will also impact people who have prior approval to enter Singapore, said Education Minister Lawrence Wong, co-chair of a multi-ministerial task force handling the pandemic.

Canada bans passenger flights from India, Pakistan for 30 days due to surge in Covid-19 cases

Cargo flights are still not banned and Ottawa is hoping that India, which has suspended vaccine exports, will send the bulk of 1.5 million AstraZeneca doses Canada had purchased.

Heathrow Airport refuses to allow extra flights from India, adds country to ‘red list’

The red list status, which is effective from 4 am local time, came amid a spike in Covid cases in India and resulted in PM Boris Johnson cancelling his planned visit to New Delhi.

India’s air traffic recovering rapidly, will double by 2030 from pre-Covid days, Boeing says

Boeing says that while Covid remains a near-term challenge, domestic demand will bounce back to 2019 levels through 2021, while international traffic will recover by 2023.

Why Bill Gates is keen on private jets

A popular refrain is that once people fly private, they aren’t eager to go back to the headaches of commercial flights, but Gates' interest has little to do with his own travel plans.

Globe-trotters are willing to fly less after Covid to help climate, shows survey

The poll of over 30,000 people shows 72% of Europeans & Americans and 84% of Chinese people think their own behaviour can make a difference in tackling climate change.

RT-PCR test compulsory for air travellers before leaving UK, upon arrival in India

Flights from the UK resumed Friday in a limited capacity. Thirty flights will operate each week — 15 each by Indian and UK carriers.

India to resume flights to UK from 8 January, limits it to 30 per week

Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri says Indian and UK carriers will each operate 15 flights per week to & from Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru and Hyderabad until 23 January.

India suspends flights from UK till 31 December amid concerns over new coronavirus strain

Suspension to begin Tuesday midnight. Health Secretary says all passengers arriving before suspension must undergo RT-PCR tests, and isolate for 7 days even if found negative.

On Camera

SC’s stray dog order lit a match in Delhi. Are they a menace or companions?

The last time this matter flared up was when Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta, in a very similar directive in April, called for the relocation of stray dogs in the capital.

Modi’s ‘Diwali bonanza’ for the common man—next-gen GST reforms, lower tax on daily-use items soon

Finance ministry says the proposed revamp will focus on structural reforms, rate rationalisation & ease of living, & will be deliberated upon in the coming weeks.

What is Project Sudarshan Chakra, announced by Modi from ramparts of Red Fort

The project is meant to be a ‘protective shield that will keep expanding’, the PM said. It is on the lines of the ‘Golden Dome’ announced by Trump, it is learnt.

War of IAF, PAF doctrines: As Pakistan obsesses over numbers, India embraces risk, wins

Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?