Juhu airport-based charter company, Bativala M Bhagvati Flying Charters LLP, has tied up with Sanskruti Vacations for helicopter services from Juhu airport to the Statue of Unity in Kevadia, Gujarat. Earlier, SpiceJet had started a seaplane service to the fast emerging destination. Captain Mihir Bhagvati, a partner of Bativala M Bhagvati Flying Charters LLP, said,
A government-appointed committee has dropped the proposal floated by the civil aviation ministry to restrict the number of airports a private operator can bid for under the public-private partnership model. Sources in the government said the committee, after examining the market, came to the conclusion that there are not enough players in the sector to
Wizz Air’s new Abu Dhabi unit will operate its first flight on 15 January, to Greek capital Athens, part of an initial network of destinations across the Mediterranean and Caucasus regions. Services to another Greek city, Thessaloniki, will begin on 4 February, to be followed in the coming months by flights to Alexandria in Egypt,
Visakhapatnam: A medical team led by a senior medical officer has been deployed at the Visakhapatnam International Airport since Tuesday night to check the passengers flying in from Mumbai, New Delhi, Chennai and Hyderabad. “We have asked the medical personnel to check tickets of passengers to ensure they did not fly in from England or
If Covid is conquered and normalcy returns, the sector should see a lot of action, from the Air India and airport privatisation, to the Tatas’ interests in the sector, to Jet Airways trying a phoenix act. What could be in store in the year ahead? Read on to find out There probably has never been
New Delhi: IndiGo, India’s biggest airline, could start slowly rehiring staff in three months as capacity rebuilds from “the background of carnage” caused by Covid-19, with domestic services likely to return to pre-pandemic levels by January or February, chief executive officer Ronojoy Dutta said. “Doom and gloom is off the table and we are recovering
AirAsia Group plans to cut its stake in AirAsia India from 49% to just 13%, unnamed sources have told The Times of India, giving joint venture partner Tata Sons a significantly greater hold over the airline. However, the low-cost carrier will continue to use the AirAsia brand for some time, together with other arrangements such
The struggling global aviation industry’s revenues may reach 70 percent of the pre-COVID-19 levels in 2021, but complete recovery may take a bit longer as airlines across the world downsize operations to pare costs, said VK Mathews, Founder and Executive Chairman of IBS Software Services, a leading provider of SaaS solutions to the travel industry.
The Covid-19 pandemic had a massive impact on the Indian aviation sector in 2020 and major airlines facing losses and challenging times laid off employees, sent them on leave without pay, or cut their salaries. The government also had to extend the deadline for submitting bids for Air India five times during the year. When
Govt of India has released Phase 4 for Vande Bharat flights. The phase 4 of Vande Bharat flight is starting from 3rd July and has International destinations like Johannesburg, Nairobi,Narita , Manila, USA, Bangkok, London etc. In phase 4 of Vande Bharat flight, there are total 177 flights are planned by Air India. You can
