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Topic: Flights

Where in the world can you fly to right now? Take a look

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.

Airlines add flights out of India to bring home residents, citizens amid Covid crisis

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.

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.

On Camera

‘I met Messi’ was the headline of the GOAT tour. Football and fans were ignored

Perhaps the clearest indicator of how shallow the tour was lies in how Luis Suárez and Rodrigo de Paul were treated. These aren’t random names.

India’s merchandise exports to US rising month-on-month despite Trump tariffs, govt data shows

November exports to the US saw 10% growth from the previous month. Overall, in the first 8 months this fiscal, the merchandise exports to the US touched has touched $59bn.

US clears $686-mn package to breathe fresh life into Pakistani F-16s

Of the total package, $649 million will be utilised for additional hardware, software, and support services, and the remaining for Major Defence Equipment (MDE).

India’s top airline just handed sarkar the keys. That’s IndiGo’s real ‘crime’

Don’t blame misfortune. This is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. So bad, heads would have rolled even in the old PSU-era Indian Airlines and Air India.