Airlines are issuing a flurry of travel waivers allowing travelers to change their travel plans amid a winter storm in the Midwest. A major winter storm blanketed parts of the middle of the country with snow that was forecast into late Tuesday in some areas, disrupting traffic and closing some coronavirus testing sites. The National Weather
India’s domestic traffic declined around 45 per cent to about 71 lakh passengers in December last year over December 2019 even as passenger traffic was up 12 per cent sequentially over November 2020, ratings agency Icra said in a release. The capacity deployment in December 2020 at around 67 per cent (vis-a-vis December 2019) is
BERLIN — A modified version of the Boeing 737 Max, incorporating multiple safety upgrades, has been approved to resume flights in Europe, following nearly two years of reviews after the aircraft was involved in two deadly crashes that saw the planes grounded worldwide, the European aviation safety agency said Wednesday. Changes mandated by the European Union Aviation
New Delhi: The Indian Air Force (IAF) has sought financial quotes from American aviation giant Boeing and the European aerospace major Airbus for leasing of at least two tankers to overcome India’s critical shortage of mid-air refuelling capability. While the IAF has sought leasing quotes for two mid-air refuellers from Airbus, it has requested quotes
Panaji: Cargo movement at Goa International Airport continued to show a steady rise in December with the airport handling 576 tonnes of freight. Domestic cargo in December stood at 509 tonne, while international freight stood at 67 tonne. Exports to England stopped once the Centre banned flights to the UK during mid-December because of a
On Monday, the longest direct flight of Air India (AI-176), from San Francisco to Bengaluru’s Kempegowda International Airport successfully landed with an all-woman cockpit crew. The cockpit crew consisted of four women pilots- Captain Zoya Aggarwal, Captain Papagari Thanmai, Captain Shivani Manhas and Captain Akansha Sonaware. This is the world’s longest commercial flight to be
Lucknow: Flight services at Agra civil terminal were resumed on Saturday and are expected to continue till the end of summer season. In the inaugural flight 19 passengers arrived from Goa in AI 883 Air India 180 seater Airbus 320 at around 11.20am and at 12.20pm it departed for Delhi. According to Agra airport authority,
Srinagar: All incoming and outgoing flights at Srinagar International Airport were cancelled on Saturday due to poor visibility and snowfall since morning, officials said. The first flight of Air Asia India, which was scheduled to land here from New Delhi at 0920 hrs, has been cancelled, they said. The visibility was very poor and there was
Mumbai: Airline and airport staff in India, too, could get vaccinated on priority like their counterparts in Dubai and Singapore. While the Karnataka government has already included airport employees in the state in the list of frontline workers for Covid-19 vaccination, the civil aviation ministry has also initiated steps in this regard. “The civil aviation
New Delhi: Kashmir received fresh snowfall on Saturday (January 23) which hit the flight operations in the region. As the snowfall continued, all flights were cancelled due to poor visibility. After heavy snowfall made the roads slippery, the authorities stopped traffic movement on Jammu and Kashmir national highway. Earlier, in the morning, flights were delayed
