Ahmedabad, Dec 28 A two-day dry run to check the preparedness of health authorities for a future nationwide COVID-19 vaccination programme began on Monday in Rajkot and Gandhinagar districts of Gujarat, officials said. Gujarat is one of the four states chosen by the Centre to conduct the mock COVID-19 vaccination drive. “In Gujarat, the dry

Chennai, Dec 28 (PTI) A software engineer working at the Chennai airport and a passenger who arrived from Dubai were apprehended on Monday for allegedly smuggling gold bars worth Rs 1.5 crore, the CISF said. They said the security personnel found that the passenger, Niyamatullah Hadi, was behaving in a suspicious manner as he entered a

When 50% passengers book their air tickets over two weeks in advance, when one in every two booking involves a return flight, and when flights to metros like Chennai and Hyderabad regain their ranking among the top five domestic routes out of Mumbai, then it could be concluded that domestic air travel in India has

VASCO: Stating that part of the G-20 Summit will be held in Goa, former union minister for railways Suresh Prabhu on Monday said the government plans to turn the State into a logistics hub of India.  Speaking to reporters at the Dabolim Airport, Prabhu said he will be meeting Chief Minister Dr Pramod Sawant and

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,

The Airports Authority of India (AAI) will hand over Jaipur, Guwahati and Thiruvananthapuram airports to the Adani Group next month. Apart from the above three, the group had won bids to operate three more AAI airports including Mangaluru, Lucknow and Ahmedabad for 50 years on PPP basis. While it has taken over Mangaluru, Lucknow and

Trichy: Bharathidasan University (BDU) signed memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Madras Flying Club Aviation Academy (MFCAA) to offer collaborative programmes on aviation industry. P Manisankar, BDU vice chancellor, exchanged the copy of MoU with Captain Jacob Selvaraj, secretary of the Madras Flying Club and CEO / authorised signatory of Madras Flying Club Aviation Academy. There

SpiceJet has reportedly announced to operate the Adampur-Delhi flight throughout the week from the next month. Till now, the flight used to operate for three days (Friday, Saturday and Sunday) in a week. The new development in the flight’s schedule will come as a relief to area residents, who prefer to travel to the national

While 2020 turned one of the worst years for civil aviation, there is something to cheer about. From Sunday, a new international airline will be operated to the Kempegowda International Airport (KIA), making it one of the first to start services in the Covdi-19 era. Flydubai, the UAE government-owned budget carrier, has started daily flights

A seaplane from the country’s national airline had travelled to Maliku islands on Monday India’s Spice Jet had chartered their seaplane for the duration of one month India launched its first seaplane operations with assistance from Maldives’ national carrier, back in October A seaplane of the country’s national carrier, Maldivian, landed in Minicoy island as