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Topic: Flights

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.

India, Nepal decide to resume flights under air bubble arrangement

According to sources, the service will be started with Indians and Nepalese nationals and all those having valid Indian visa except tourist ones.

Grounded pilots without practice spark safety fears for some airlines

Pilots aren’t getting enough opportunity to fly because airlines have grounded planes & scaled back operations due to Covid-19 travel restrictions.

Airlines set to lose record $157 billion in 2020 and 2021 due to Covid-19 pandemic

IATA predicts airline industry won't turn cash positive till Q4 of 2021, which is earlier than expected, thanks to the hope of Covid vaccines coming soon.

Passengers who booked flights during lockdown entitled to immediate refund, DGCA tells SC

In an affidavit filed before SC, DGCA said that passengers will get full refunds if they don't avail the credit shells offered to them by airlines till 31 March 2021.

SC asks Centre to clarify stance on refund of flight tickets booked during lockdown

The Supreme Court referred to a recent affidavit filed before it by DGCA that said tickets booked for travel during the lockdown period will be refunded.

Anti-Covid coating, fabric barriers – innovations in the works to make your flight safe

Airlines are considering a range of modifications to keep passengers apart to reassure public that their health won't be at risk on a flight.

We can’t afford to wait for Covid vaccine, says global airlines body’s top doctor

IATA, which represents 290 carriers globally, said it doesn’t see passenger traffic recovering until at least 2024, and expects airlines to lose more than $84 billion in 2020.

International travellers with connecting domestic flights can avail Covid tests at airports

If the RT-PCR test result is negative, the passengers can catch their flight & avoid institutional quarantine at the destination, the civil ministry's order stated.

On Camera

Who grounded IndiGo flights? They are the culprits, not DGCA

The IndiGo crisis is nothing short of a threat to India’s stability. Could it be an experiment? Can this happen in any other crucial sector like power or railways?

Steady growth rooted in ‘Dravidian model’. How Tamil Nadu more than doubled its GSDP in 10 yrs

RBI Handbook of Statistics shows state’s GSDP has more than doubled in past decade, finishing second behind Maharashtra. It has performed well across health & education parameters as well.

Israel has ‘realised who its real friend is’, eyes defence expansion in India amid arms curbs by others

It is argued that India-Israel ties are moving from buyer–seller dynamic to one focused on joint development & manufacturing partnership, a shift 'more durable' than traditional arms sales.

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.