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Air India Announce One Free Change Offer For Passengers
Air India approved "One Free Change" to passengers, after IndiGo's 20% flights were cancelled. On January 10, Air India allowed one change of date, flight number and sector for domestic flights with confirmed tickets. The offer can be availed once, for travelers traveling on/before March 31, 2022. Air India took to Twitter and posted same asking people to follow official Air India website airindia.com for more details.
Tags: Air India, Covid-19, IndiGo, One Free Change, Flights
Courtesy: Zee Business
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Flights Delayed, Roads Shut Amid Snowfall In Kashmir
Several roads in far-off areas of Kashmir closed, while flights were delayed at Srinagar airport, after Kashmir valley received fresh snowfall. An official has said that Srinagar recorded rain and snowfall of 7.1 mm since overnight till morning of January 4. Notably, Kashmir valley is currently under the grip of 40 day long harsh period of winter, which will be followed by a 20 day long "Chilla Baccha".
Tags: kashmir, snowfall, rains, Flights, Roads
Courtesy: GNS
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Canadian Guidelines Remove Flight Restrictions For Indian Passengers
After a month of travel prohibition due to the Covid-19 crisis, Canada has allowed direct and indirect flights from India on September 26. Passengers on direct flights are mandatorily required to submit a negative Covid-19 report from GeneStrings-Laboratory. The test must be done within 18 hours before their departure time. The ones taking indirect flights will have to provide a negative test certificate from the third nation.
Tags: Canada, India, Flights, Covid-19, NEGATIVE RT-PCR REPORT
Courtesy: Deccan Herald
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Oman To Open Travel Sevices For Vaccinated People, Including India
According to the Civil Aviation Authority, Oman decided to open its travel services from September 1 for the citizens of over 20 countries, including India who has received both doses of the COVID-19 vaccine. However, people have to wait for 14 days after receiving the vaccines to travel and also need to carry negative RT-PCR certificates to get exemption from quarantine. Oman also lifted the night curfew in the country.
Tags: Oman, Covid-19, travel ban, Flights, Passengers
Courtesy: The Siasat Daily
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Indigo Airplane's Tyre Bursts While Landing In Karnataka
Indigo aircraft's tyre busted during its arrival at Hubli in Karnataka. Indigo spokesperson stated, "All passengers and crew are safe. The aircraft is currently undergoing maintenance checks at Hubli". The Indigo ATR was scheduled to land at 08:00 PM, but after suspecting tyre burst, plane landed at 08:34 PM after informing the local air traffic. The airport director of Hubli, Pramod Kumar Thakur, declared the safe deboard of passengers.
Tags: Indigo Passengers, IndiGo Airlines, Flights, Crew members
Courtesy: Hindustan Times
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Air India Flight Makes Emergency Landing After Spotting Bat In Plane
An Air India flight made an emergency landing after half an hour from taking off as the crew members spotted a bat in the plane on May 27. The flight had taken off from the Delhi airport and was bound to New Jersey. However, the aircraft returned to the airport and all passengers were shifted to another plane. Meanwhile, Air India stated the bat came through a third-party like catering.
Tags: Air India, Flights, Bat on Air India Flight, BAt
Courtesy: Business Today
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Australia Starts 1st Repatriation Flight From India After Travel Ban
In its first repatriation flight, the Australian government repatriated 80 passengers from New Delhi to Darwin, Australia on May 15. Reportedly, the flight was scheduled after a severe backlash against the Australian government for banning travel from India. Mandating two COVID negative reports to board the flight, Australia has provisioned two-week mandatory quarantine upon arrival. The Australian carrier barred 70 people from boarding… read-more
Tags: Australia, qantas, COVID-19 outbreak, travel restrictions, Flights, Repatriation
Courtesy: The Economic Times
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Centre Nods To Drone Flight Operations Of Swiggy, Spicejet, 18 Others
The Aviation Ministry has approved a conditional exemption for drone flight operations of 20 entities including SpiceJet, Dunzo Air Consortium and Swiggy. The one-year exemption is granted under the Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) Rules, 2021, and the drones have been allowed to operate beyond the visual line of sight (BVLOS). The 20 entities have been selected by a committee after evaluating the Expressions of Interest by 34 participants. … read-more
Tags: Union Civil Aviation Minister, Swiggy, Dunzo, Flights
Courtesy: India Today
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Civil Aviation Ministry Defers Any Restrictions On Flight Services
Amid the surging COVID-19 cases, the Civil Aviation ministry has denied plans to curb flight services. However, skeptical about the second wave of COVID, the Union minister Hardeep Singh Puri announced to defer the 100% resumption of domestic services, earlier scheduled from April 1. While the flights services are currently operating at 80% capacity, the airport authorities have been advised to blacklist passengers for flouting COVID-19… read-more
Tags: Aviation Minister, Flights, SECOND WAVE, COVID-19 outbreak
Courtesy: Hindustan Times
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Mutant COVID-19: India Extends The UK Fights Ban Till January 7
Amidst the new COVID-19 strain fear spreading in the country, the Centre on December 30 extended the ban on flights originating from the UK till January 7. However, the Union Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri clarified that the flight suspensions will not be extended beyond January 7. Earlier, Indian government had suspended the India bound UK flights till December 31. Reportedly, over dozen of new strain positive cases have been… read-more
Tags: UK, Flights, UK flight ban, Covid-Strain, Hardeep Singh Puri, Union Civil Aviation Minister
Courtesy: Times Now
