It has been a tough year for India’s aviation sector.  Hit hard by the Covid-19 turbulence, it quickly went into a tailspin early in March 2020, with the sector seeing zero passenger movement for almost two months. Since then, the government has gradually raised the scheduled flight capacity, even as India remains the second-worst-hit Covid-19

The aviation and home affairs ministries will jointly decide on “further opening up of international air travel of passengers,” the Covid guidelines issued by the ministry of home affairs on Wednesday said. The guidelines will come into effect from. Scheduled international flights were suspended on March 23 last year due to the pandemic. Since then,

New York: Boeing Co. set a target of designing and certifying its jetliners to fly on 100 per cent sustainable fuels by 2030 amid rising pressure on planemakers to get serious about climate change. Regulators currently allow a 50-50 blend of sustainable and conventional fuels, and Boeing said Friday it would work with authorities to raise

Dubai: One route at a time – that’s how the UAE’s latest budget airline intends to build a network. “We base the decision on the prospect of Wizz Air Abu Dhabi over the long run,” said Jozsef Varadi, Wizz Air’s CEO during an interview with Gulf News. “The pandemic is obviously a disturbing factor –

Two new airlines have begun flights to Sri Lanka while five others await approval, Manager Air Services and Traffic Rights at the Civil Aviation Authority of Sri Lanka (CAASL) Ishara Gunawardana said. He said Ethiopian Airlines and Maldivian Airlines started operations to Sri Lanka last month. Ethiopian Airlines mainly carry cargo and will also bring

Amid the rising chorus of voices of women facing sexual harassment onboard flights, a victim shared her story facing sexual misconduct by a co-passenger sitting behind her on a recent Air Vistara flight from Delhi to Cochin. Priya (Named changed) said she was travelling from Delhi to Cochin on Air Vistara when a passenger in

People who knew Aditya Singh during his time as a graduate student at Oklahoma State University were shocked to learn the man arrested after living in Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport for three months was the man they knew. Jana Nelson is the Executive Director of the Mission of Hope homeless shelter, where Singh used to deliver

Kochi: The suspension of the Kochi-London direct flight, introduced in August, has turned out to be a setback for Cochin International Airport Limited (CIAL), which is receiving a lot of enquiries about the resumption of the service. The service was popular, and the Kochi-London flights were almost filled to capacity, airport sources said. The direct

Dhaka: An Indian man was arrested at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) on Sunday night when he was trying to fly to London with a fake United Kingdom (UK) visa. The man was identified Shakthivel, 26, a resident of Noida of West Bengal in India, according to information on his passport. Sources at the

Security arrangements has been tightened at the Kamaraj domestic and Anna International airport here in view of the 72nd Republic Day celebrations tomorrow.   Airport sources said the security was enhanced and several restrictions were put in place for passengers following intelligence inputs from the Centre alerting the States of possible disruption of celebrations by terror