American Airlines was working Thursday to rebook customers as one of its regional carriers grounded most of its planes. American subsidiary PSA Airlines had canceled 194 flights as of Thursday afternoon, according to flight tracker FlightAware, under the American Eagle name. “Out of an abundance of caution, PSA Airlines has temporarily removed most of its aircraft from service in
With the number of coronavirus cases dropping in India and across the world, barring only a few countries like the UK and South Africa, the Ministry of Civil Aviation is set to decide on a date to resume regular international flights. Scheduled international air travel has already been restricted till January 31 in view of
AirAsia India commenced Bhubaneswar to Pune direct flight operation from Biju Patnaik International Airport (BPIA). Commerce and Transport Minister Padmanabha Behera flagged off the flight operation. The minister said it would boost the tourism sector and help in growing economy in the state. The flight will operate every day except Saturday. Air Asia flight will
Visakhapatnam: The government will lay the foundation for the proposed greenfield international airport at Bhogapuram after the panchayat elections. A series of review meetings have been held focussing on the construction of the international airport. It may be recalled that CM YS Jagan Mohan Reddy and industries minister M Gautham Reddy during their recent visits
Singapore: Singapore is not discussing an air travel bubble arrangement with India as people here understand it to be, said the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) on Thursday (Jan 28). CAAS was responding to media queries regarding a CNBC interview with India’s High Commissioner to Singapore P Kumaran, where he said negotiations were ongoing
Interglobe Aviation Ltd, which runs India’s biggest airline IndiGo, reported its fourth straight quarterly loss on Thursday, as the COVID-19 pandemic kept air travel well below normal levels. The company reported a net loss of 6.27 billion Indian rupees ($85.9 million) in the three months ended Dec. 31, compared with a profit of 4.9 billion
New Delhi: IndiGo, India’s biggest aviation firm by market share, is set to report its December quarter (Q3FY21) results on Thursday, January 28. Amid improved traffic and cost saving measures, analysts are baking in a strong sequential growth in the airline’s earnings even as the figures may be half of the previous year. In the
The Jewar International Airport in Greater Noida will be India’s largest airport and second largest in Asia after Yogi Adityanath Cabinet okayed 3 runaways for the second phase development of the proposed airport. Currently, Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport is the largest in the country with three runways. The first phase will, however, have only
Vijayawada: Following the demand from textile traders and Cloth Merchants’ Association in Vijayawada, Airport Authority of India (AAI) has reportedly written to airline companies to resume operating direct flight services between Vijayawada-Varanasi. Apart from pilgrims visiting the famous Kashi Viswanath temple in Varanasi, traders dealing with textiles travel to Varanasi for making bulk purchase orders
New Delhi: American aerospace major Boeing on Thursday said India and other emerging markets, especially in SE Asia, will drive economic growth globally in the long term and that domestic air travel in India has seen a much speedier recovery during the pandemic world than most other countries. It estimates domestic air travel here to
