Page 2 - International Flights

Tourist arrivals may just be a third of pre-pandemic levels this year

Rajiv Mehra, head of the Indian Association of Tour Operators (IATO), stated that he does not anticipate inbound foreign visitors to surpass 35 per cent of pre-Covid levels until March 31

International travellers with monkeypox symptoms to be sent to LNJP: Report

International travellers arriving in Delhi with monkeypox symptoms such as high fever and back pain will be sent to the LNJP Hospital from the airport, sources said on Monday. The decision was taken in a review meeting chaired by Delhi Lieutenant Governor V K Saxena on Monday, they said. The Delhi government on Monday asked district authorities and officials concerned to adhere to the Centre's guidelines on management of the infection, which also state that referral arrangements from airport/port to identified link hospital need to be established or strengthened. The sources said that those travellers having symptoms like high fever, back pain and joint pain at the IGI Airport will be sent to the isolation ward at LNJP Hospital, which has a special 20-member team to deal with such patients. The samples of suspected patients will be sent to the National Institute of Virology, Pune, while the district administration will quarantine the family members and carry out contact tracing of

UDAN international plan under a cloud as AirAsia India fails to get permit

CBI case prompts the authorities to bar low-cost airline from proceeding on bids it won for regional air connectivity project

Airlines cancel, reschedule London flights as Heathrow restrictions kick in

The move to limit passengers comes as Heathrow Airport struggles to cope with a surge in passenger traffic

Govt issues corrigendum to withdraw excise on ATF for international flights

Indian Oil had begun levying 11% duty following a govt notification; ATF accounts for 40% of an airline's operating expenses

Our expansion plans will take a hit due to ATF duty, say airlines

ATF accounts for around 40 per cent of an airline's operating expenses

Punjab CM calls for direct flights from Mohali airport to US, Canada

This initiative will facilitate the Punjabi diaspora settled abroad to visit their native places in the state in a seamless manner, he said

New Zealand reopens to international tourists after two-yr hiatus

Now, people from more than 60 countries can now enter the country if they are vaccinated against the virus and are also Covid negative, the BBC reported

Australia's Qantas unveils plans for new non-stop international flights

The carrier, which has been working on endurance flying under Project Sunrise for years, announced that it is ordering 12 Airbus A350-1000 aircraft to service the routes, reports Xinhua news agency

Ethiopian Airlines to boost India flights, eyes higher traffic from BRICS

Ethiopian Airlines, the largest carrier in Africa, is allowed to operate 35 flights per week to Mumbai, Delhi, Bengaluru and Chennai.

Privatised Air India loses priority in international traffic rights

DGCA drops clause that gave the airline an edge over other private ones in the amended rules issued on April 19

Qatar Airways, IndiGo reactivate codeshare partnership signed in 2019

In a codeshare partnership, each carrier on its distribution system can sell seats of other's flights

Air traffic likely to soar as regular foreign flights take wing after 2 yrs

Development marks end of air bubbles which came into being in mid-2020. Over 115,000 passengers flew in and out of India on 667 flights under this mechanism on Saturday

It's an important day as regular international flights resumed: Scindia

Union Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia said regular international flight services, which were suspended due to the coronavirus pandemic for the last two years, resumed with full capacity

India allows over 3,200 international flights per week from Mar 27

As per the approved schedule, IndiGo will operate 505 departures per week, followed by Air India at 361, Air India Express 340, SpiceJet at 130, GoAir (GoFirst now) at 74 and Vistara at 56

Airlines to operate 930 daily flights to 40 countries in summer schedule

This is around 22.5% lower than pre-Covid levels

After two years, regular international flights to resume from Sunday

Overseas flights are being operated now under bilateral air bubble arrangements with various countries

Emirates to resume pre-pandemic service frequency to India from Apr 1

Prior to the pandemic hitting the country in March 2020 and grounding overseas flight services, Emirates was operating 170 weekly flights to nine destinations

Virgin Atlantic to start second daily flight on Delhi-London route

The flight will be operated from Heathrow airport to Indira Gandhi International Airport in the national capital

IndiGo starts flights between India and Thailand after a span of two years

The airline said it will operate the Thailand flights under air bubble agreement till March 26 and thereafter as part of its scheduled commercial international operations