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Airlines Now Mandated To Share Passengers' Details To Customs Dept

According to central government's latest mandate, airlines now have to share the passengers' details with the customs. The decision was taken on August 8, citing "risk analysis". According to the mandate, every airline should now provide Passenger Name Record (PNR) details to National Customs Targeting Centre-Passenger (NCTCP), 24 hours before the journey. Furthermore, a violation under this new rule can attract penalty between Rs 25,000 to… read-more

Wed, 10 Aug 2022 - 05:15 PM / by Shibu Immanuel S

Tags: Airline, Customs, Central Government, PNR, Flight Risks

Courtesy: Hindustan Times

An aeroplane in the sky.

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Domestic Aviation Industry To Allow 72.5% Passengers: MoCA

The Ministry of Civil Aviation announced on August 12 that it has increased the passengers’ capacity from 65% to 72.5% to fly in domestic airlines. The order came after the MoCA Jyotiraditya Scindia held a meeting on August 6 and said ''will remain in place until further order.'' Besides, people have to invest more in tickets as a separate order by the government has increased the airfare bands to 12%. 

Fri, 13 Aug 2021 - 08:54 PM / by Brijesh Goswami

Tags: Airline, Domestic Flights, Ministry of Civil Aviation, Jyotiraditya Scindia, Air Travel