Air Passengers

Delta to Omicron: Looking back at Covid-19 pandemic's journey in 2021

With omicron presenting another challenge, the country is working to be better prepared this time around.

Existing fare caps act as protector for passengers, airlines: Scindia

Aviation Minister on Wednesday said fare caps act as a protector for travellers as well as airlines and indicated that doing away with the curbs could be looked at once the environment stabilises

Recovery tracker: Eid celebrations boosts retail and recreation visits

Traffic has increased in Mumbai and New Delhi

DGCA orders airlines to compensate if passengers are denied boarding

The regulator will impose financial penalties for non-compliance

Air traffic likely to soar as regular foreign flights take wing after 2 yrs

Development marks end of air bubbles which came into being in mid-2020. Over 115,000 passengers flew in and out of India on 667 flights under this mechanism on Saturday

Jan domestic air traffic drops 42.7% on flight cancellations, curbs

Traffic had started slowing down in end December, as airlines pruned capacity due to fall in demand. Market leader IndiGo cut flights by 20% in January, daily passenger figure fell below 200,000

Seven-day home quarantine in Mumbai for passengers arriving from Dubai

As many as 88 people had tested positive for Omicron in Maharashtra until Thursday, including 35 in Mumbai

Institutional quarantine likely in Mumbai for passengers from high-risk nations

The issue was discussed at a review meeting called by BMC commissioner on Saturday and it was decided that passengers arriving from countries at risk shall be subject to a compulsory quarantine

Flights and passengers on Sunday highest since air travel resumed last May

The first seven days of November have also seen the highest traffic on a comparative basis this year

Go First completes 16 years of service, starts 16% discount scheme

Airline major Go First has started a 16 per cent discount offer on airfare for passengers of both domestic and international flights to mark the completion of its 16 years of operations.

India's July YoY domestic air passenger traffic rises, says IATA

Accelerated vaccination drive as well as higher rate of economic activity rose India's domestic air passenger traffic in July 2021 on a year-on-year basis.

Work on Noida airport to begin in few weeks as per plan despite Covid: CEO

Airport will handle 12 mn passengers a year in phase-1, no pandemic-induced change in design, says Christoph Schnellmann

Passengers injured as Mumbai-Kolkata flight hit severe turbulence: Vistara

A few passengers of Vistara's Mumbai-Kolkata flight were injured on Monday as the aircraft encountered severe turbulence just 15 minutes before landing, the airline said.

UK regulator probes Air India's data leak impacting 4.5 mn passengers

EU and UK laws require airlines to incorporate data protection measures and report data breach to regulators within 72 hours. Non-compliance can invite steep fines

DGCA allows airlines to offer fare discount to customers with no baggage

Aviation regulator DGCA on Friday allowed airlines to provide concessions in air fares to customers travelling with no check-in baggage. The move comes days after the Directorate General Civil Aviation (DGCA) provided greater flexibility to domestic carriers on fixing ticket prices by increasing the minimum fare band on domestic flights tickets. "As part of airline baggage policy, scheduled airlines will be allowed to offer free baggage allowance as well as zero baggage/ no check-in baggage fares," DGCA said in a circular on unbundling of services issued on Friday. This will be subject to the condition that the passenger booking ticket under such fare scheme is made aware of the charges that shall be applicable if the passenger turns up with the baggage for check-in at airline counter, it stated. The circular further said on the basis of various feedback received, it is felt that many times these services provided by the airline may not be required by the passenger while ...

US to require negative Covid-19 tests for international air passengers

The new rules are to take effect two weeks from the day they are signed by CDC Director Mark Redfield, which would be Jan 26

Goa makes screening of air, rail passengers mandatory amid Covid-19

The government issued Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) to this effect on Wednesday

Number of passengers flying in single day increases to over 178,000

The total number of passengers flying in a single day increased to 1,78,431 on October 11, Union Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said on Monday

Caught in Covid air pocket, SpiceJet posts Rs 593-crore pre-tax loss in Q1

Market leader IndiGo had registered a pre-tax loss of Rs 2,849 crore during the same period

Exemption from quarantine popular among global flyers, shows airport data

Almost one-third global travelers flying into Delhi' IGI airport have sought and been given exemption from institutional quarantine