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Topic: Flights

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.

Airlines and airports will need very expensive revamp to survive in the virus era

Airlines have been burning through $10 billion a month as passenger totals have tumbled more than 90 per cent during the past month.

Flights, railways, inter-state bus travel likely to remain suspended even after 14 April

Exit strategy on how lockdown can be lifted in phases was discussed at a meeting of the GoM on Covid-19, which included Amit Shah, Rajnath Singh and Nirmala Sitharaman.

Pakistan suspends all domestic flights till 2 April to curb spread of coronavirus

The nationwide tally of the Covid-19 patients has soared to 990, with the highest number of cases in Sindh.

Domestic flights suspended from Tuesday midnight to 31 March

Union Civil Aviation Ministry said cargo flights, aircraft or helicopter operated on behalf of a state govt or UT are exempted from the flying ban.

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”.

Pragya Thakur blames SpiceJet for seat-allotment controversy on Delhi-Bhopal flight

According to SpiceJet, a flight was delayed by almost 45 minutes after BJP MP Pragya Thakur, who was in a wheelchair, refused to move to a non-emergency row seat.

Why ‘flight shame’ is real but not always effective

Environmentally-motivated shame is all well and good, but economic motivation probably would prove more effective.

Airline seatback screens may be an endangered species

Advent of onboard Wi-Fi has given airlines option of using your phone or tablet as entertainment portal, avoiding costly hardware behind every seat.

DGCA directs passengers to not carry Apple 15-inch Macbook Pro laptops on flights

The order comes after Apple issued a notice in June regarding a fire hazard posed by Macbook Pro laptops due to an overheating of batteries.

On Camera

Violence over Osman Hadi is about Islamist Bangladesh. India-baiting is a distraction

The attack on Chhayanaut, newspaper offices, and the public lynching of a Hindu man show that Bangladesh is heading toward Islamist rule, far removed from electoral democracy.

China is taking India to WTO over subsidies, again. Here’s what it’s arguing before trade body

Dispute will now move to consultative process, which allows the two sides to come to an amicable agreement within 60 days.

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.

Dhurandhar shows hard cinema is soft power and Pakistan is unapologetically the target

If Pathaan gave both conservatives and liberals room to hide, Dhurandhar extends no such courtesy. Aditya Dhar ripped open that tent of hypocrisy and turned the knife.