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Singapore Airlines raises $1.5 bn from airplane sale-and-leaseback deals

Singapore Airlines on Monday it had raised about $1.50 billion through sale-and-leaseback deals for 11 of its planes to help bolster liquidity

Covid-19: Australia suspends passenger flights from India until May 15

Australia on Tuesday suspended all direct passenger flights from India for the next three weeks due to the unprecedented spike in Covid-19 cases, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said

Airlines stall Indians travelling with fake Covid-negative reports

Indian airlines are now accepting only reports that have QR codes embedded in them

Covid-19: Vistara offers to fly doctors, nurses free of cost across country

Vistara Airlines on Sunday offered the Ministry of Civil Aviation to fly doctors and nurses representing the government organisations, free of cost, across its domestic network

Delhi govt files cases against 4 airlines for not checking Covid reports

Delhi government had last week announced that it will be mandatory for anyone travelling to Delhi from Maharashtra to carry a negative RT-PCR report

Covid-19 risk on flights drops by half when middle seats kept vacant: Study

Some carriers never limited seating as a result of the pandemic and others lifted the practice months ago

Airlines not allowed to serve meals in domestic flights under 2 hours

Airlines are not permitted to serve meals in domestic flights that have a duration of less than two hours, the Civil Aviation Ministry said on Monday, as coronavirus cases continue to spiral across the country. The ban will come into effect from Thursday, the ministry said in its order. When scheduled domestic flights were resumed on May 25 after coronavirus lockdown last year, the ministry had allowed the airlines to serve in-flight meals under certain conditions. Modifying the previous order, the ministry's fresh directive said: "The airlines, operating flights on domestic sectors, may provide meals services on board, where the in-flight duration is two hours or more." The ministry said it decided to review the on-board meal services in domestic flights due to the "the increasing threat of COVID-19 and its variants". Airlines are permitted to serve only pre-packed snacks, meals and pre-packed beverages on flights that have a duration of more than two hours,. The servicing of ...

Flight loads drop below 100 for four straight days as flyers defer travel

Industry execs say booking volumes down 30-40%; Airlines have begun clubbing flights last minute due to weakening demand

US fund Interups enters Indian skies with 49% stake purchase in Trujet

Exact investment sum yet to be finalised; Interups had earlier bid for Air India but withdrew its offer as the airline's employees were unwilling to join hands for the bid

SpiceJet introduces 'zero change fee' offer for domestic flights

SpiceJet has introduced a 'zero change fee' offer under which passengers can modify dates or names on the ticket

Airbus sees medium-haul air travel recovery by 2023, says report

Chief Executive Guillaume Faury said on a webcast on Tuesday that the recovery in air travel in Europe had been "very disappointing" so far in 2021 but that traffic was rebounding in the United States

Passenger on SpiceJet flight tries to open emergency door mid-air

A passenger travelling on SpiceJet's Delhi-Varanasi flight tried to open the emergency door of the aircraft when it was mid-air, but was restrained by the flight crew and co-passengers, the airline said on Sunday. The passenger was later handed over to the police, it said. "On March 27, a passenger travelling on SpiceJet flight SG-2003 (Delhi-Varanasi) tried to open the emergency door of the aircraft in an abusive and aggressive state while the aircraft was airborne, the airline's spokesperson said in a statement. The passenger was brought under control by the flight crew with the help of co-passengers, he said. The crew immediately informed the captain who requested the ATC (air traffic controller) for a priority landing. "The aircraft landed safely in Varanasi where the said passenger was handed over to the local police by CISF and SpiceJet's security staff," the spokesperson added.

GoAir's IPO plan in midst of Covid-19 pandemic flies in the face of logic

GoAir's IPO plan has been in the making for several years - this is reportedly the sixth such plan - but the pandemic has made it an imperative after the airline's bankers refused it further loan

Refunds given for 99% tickets of flights cancelled during lockdown: IndiGo

Budget carrier IndiGo said on Wednesday it has processed 99.95 per cent of the total amount owed to passengers whose flights got cancelled during the two-month lockdown

Jeh Wadia steps down as GoAir MD, Ben Baldanza made vice chairman

Jeh Wadia will continue to be part of the airline's board, said the company that is planning an initial public offering (IPO)

Europe's Covid-19 pandemic setbacks risk another summer travel washout

Europe's airlines and travel sector are bracing for a second lost summer, with rebound hopes increasingly challenged by a hobbled Covid-19 vaccine rollout, resurgent infections and new lockdowns

GoAir plans to add new routes ahead of IPO, looks to hire senior executives

The airline currently operates 37 of its total fleet of 53 Airbus A320 aircraft

Former Jet Airways CEO Vinay Dube plans to launch a new airline in 2021

Dube has teamed up with his airline colleagues Praveen Iyer and Nikhil Ved for the venture and has held talks with aircraft manufacturers Airbus and Boeing

Domestic airport sector to incur net loss of Rs 5,400 cr this fiscal: Icra

A 66 per cent year-on-year slip in passenger traffic amid Covid-19 induced travel restrictions weighed on the sector

IndiGo CEO Ronojoy Dutta gets stock worth Rs 14 core through ESOP

This is over and above Dutta's last year's salary of Rs 11.9 crore which he has received till 31 December