AIRLINES

Airlines, hotels unsure of gains despite lifting of visa curbs

The home ministry on Thursday further relaxed visa restrictions, enabling foreigners to come to India for various purposes such as business...

Airlines warn of more bankruptcies as wage support ends

The call for increased support came as U.S. airlines begin furloughs of more than 32,000 workers amid fading hopes for a new federal bailou...

Govt to allow airlines to increase capacity to 75% of pre-COVID levels

“The increase in the number of passengers taking domestic flights is encouraging and the need is to further increase the number of flights ...

Puri promises action after passenger alleges COVID-19 protocol violation at Srinagar airport

Sanjay Raina posted three pictures on Twitter on Thursday morning showing passengers standing extremely close to each other during a securi...

DGCA issues airline ticket refund guidelines after Supreme Court verdict

The top court had, on October 1, also passed directions about the refund and credit shell formation for the bookings and cancellations done...

SpiceJet starts facilitating COVID-19 tests for passengers in India, UAE

Passengers can submit their samples at a "location of choice", including at home, using the "At your Doorstep" service, the airline said, a...

Vistara to start flights to Bangladesh from Nov 5 under air bubble pact

Vistara's announcement comes a day after budget carrier SpiceJet said it will operate flights to Dhaka and port city Chittagong from India ...

Hyderabad Airport introduces E-boarding facility for international passengers

The GMR group-led airport already has the credit of being the first and only airport in India to offer truly end-to-end paperless E-boardin...

AirAsia India resumes in-flight meal service

On August 27, the Aviation Ministry had permitted the airlines to serve pre-packed snacks, meals and beverages on domestic flights and hot ...

View: Fly thy neighbour - India's neighbours can help its airlines fly higher

With India’s policy of Neighbourhood First, there is an urgent need for increasing trade and airline connectivity first with BIMSTEC countr...

India's top court orders airlines to refund bookings during coronavirus lockdown

The lockdown, imposed on March 25, banned domestic and international travel, closed factories, schools, offices and all shops other than th...

Fare drops and flexible rules: Airlines look to bring back the passengers COVID-19 cost them

Although the government has put a lower and a higher cap on fares till November 24, key airline executives say fares will go down from the ...

Flying out of Mumbai airport set to get costlier

The ad-hoc UDF proposed for every departing domestic passenger, which is currently nil at Mumbai, is Rs 200.

Tata Sons in talks to buy AirAsia's 49% in joint venture

“AirAsia, because of its financial difficulties, is not keen on infusing capital into the India JV. It wants the JV to take on debt to run ...

Air India bid deadline may be extended till Dec 15, govt to ease asset valuation norm

The government is likely to further extend the deadline for putting in a preliminary expression of interest for the loss-making national ca...

Plan cleared, but Jet Airways’ revival still a long way off: Experts

The path to Jet’s revival remains long and arduous and will require a fresh business plan with low costs, capital infusion and efficient ma...

Tata Group's interest in Air India concerning for Vistara partner Singapore Airlines

Top officials close to the development said concerns have been personally conveyed to Tata Sons chairman N Chandrasekaran by SIA and Temase...