Aviation

For the first time, Indian Airlines, Air India is offering massive "Independence Day" offers on international flights. As per sources, for bookings between August 8 to August 22, prices for flights between Gulf and Middle East countries to Indian cities are as low as INR 7,171 approx. The tickets booked during the aforementioned duration will be applicable for travel till October 15, with 35 kgs of luggage allowed for passengers.

Airlines company SpiceJet is all set to start flights connecting Bhavnagar in Gujarat with Pune and Mumbai from May 5 onwards. The company released a statement regarding the same on April 26, which read, "The Bhavnagar-Pune flight will operate under the Central government's UDAN scheme". It will start its Q400 aircraft for its route between Ahmedabad-Pune, easing travel for passengers, that too at affordable prices.

The Centre on May 6 issued guidelines for the rapid vaccination of aviation personnel. The order sought to create vaccination camps at airports to jab aviation staff prioritizing Air Traffic Controllers (ATC), cockpit, cabin crew and passenger-facing staff. Reportedly, the decision came after the aviation ministry requested the state governments to consider the airport and flight staff under the priority list for vaccination program.