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Covid-19 pandemic: Govt cuts airline capacity to 50% from June 1

Decision divides industry with experts calling it interference in commercial freedom of airlines

Go First gets loan, lease rental payments breather amid Covid-19

Wadia group backing helps airline negotiate with BNP Paribas, aircraft lessors

Air India flight returns mid-air to Delhi after bat found in plane

DGCA officials said fumigation was carried out and bat carcass was retrieved from the aircraft.

Covid impact: Ban on international flights extended till June 30, says DGCA

The decision to extend the suspension on scheduled international passenger flights comes as India battles a second wave of coronavirus

Covid impact: Singapore Airlines report record full year loss of $3.21 bn

The loss for the 12 months ended March 31 was worse than the average S$3.27 billion forecast by eight analysts, according to Refinitiv

Australia in talks with airlines on digital vaccination passports

The Australian government has opened talks with international airlines on digital vaccine passports for people who have been inoculated against Covid-19

Croatia: SpiceJet crew spend 21 hrs inside aircraft over RT-PCR rule change

The flight crew of SpiceJet's Delhi-Zagreb flight had to spend around 21 hours inside the aircraft at the Zagreb airport as there was a sudden change in rules making negative RTPCR test results mandatory for anyone coming from India, the airline said on Saturday. The crew were not allowed to come out of the plane and they conducted the return flight to Delhi -- after the 21-hour rest period -- without passengers or cargo. "Prior to departure from India, email confirmation was received from Croatian authorities that RTPCR is not required for crew," the airline's spokesperson said. On arrival in Zagreb on Tuesday, the crew, including four pilots, as well as cabin crew members, was told that the orders have changed. "Due to sudden and massive increase in COVID cases in India, they were then instructed that RTPCR test is required. This came as a surprise," the airline's spokesperson said. India recorded 3,26,098 coronavirus cases and 3,890 deaths on Saturday. Since the crew could not

Boeing wins approval for 737 Max electrical fix, notifies airlines: Report

Boeing Co won approval from US regulators for a fix of an electrical grounding issue that had halted flights for about 100 737 MAX airplanes, clearing the way for their quick return to service

Latest 737 Max problem sets back Boeing new airplane deliveries

Boeing continues to grapple with an electrical problem affecting some 737 Max airliners, and the setback is hurting the aircraft maker's ability to deliver new planes

Singapore Airlines raises $1.5 bn from airplane sale-and-leaseback deals

Singapore Airlines on Monday it had raised about $1.50 billion through sale-and-leaseback deals for 11 of its planes to help bolster liquidity

Covid-19: Australia suspends passenger flights from India until May 15

Australia on Tuesday suspended all direct passenger flights from India for the next three weeks due to the unprecedented spike in Covid-19 cases, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said

Airlines stall Indians travelling with fake Covid-negative reports

Indian airlines are now accepting only reports that have QR codes embedded in them

Covid-19: Vistara offers to fly doctors, nurses free of cost across country

Vistara Airlines on Sunday offered the Ministry of Civil Aviation to fly doctors and nurses representing the government organisations, free of cost, across its domestic network

Delhi govt files cases against 4 airlines for not checking Covid reports

Delhi government had last week announced that it will be mandatory for anyone travelling to Delhi from Maharashtra to carry a negative RT-PCR report

Covid-19 risk on flights drops by half when middle seats kept vacant: Study

Some carriers never limited seating as a result of the pandemic and others lifted the practice months ago

Airlines not allowed to serve meals in domestic flights under 2 hours

Airlines are not permitted to serve meals in domestic flights that have a duration of less than two hours, the Civil Aviation Ministry said on Monday, as coronavirus cases continue to spiral across the country. The ban will come into effect from Thursday, the ministry said in its order. When scheduled domestic flights were resumed on May 25 after coronavirus lockdown last year, the ministry had allowed the airlines to serve in-flight meals under certain conditions. Modifying the previous order, the ministry's fresh directive said: "The airlines, operating flights on domestic sectors, may provide meals services on board, where the in-flight duration is two hours or more." The ministry said it decided to review the on-board meal services in domestic flights due to the "the increasing threat of COVID-19 and its variants". Airlines are permitted to serve only pre-packed snacks, meals and pre-packed beverages on flights that have a duration of more than two hours,. The servicing of ...

Flight loads drop below 100 for four straight days as flyers defer travel

Industry execs say booking volumes down 30-40%; Airlines have begun clubbing flights last minute due to weakening demand

US fund Interups enters Indian skies with 49% stake purchase in Trujet

Exact investment sum yet to be finalised; Interups had earlier bid for Air India but withdrew its offer as the airline's employees were unwilling to join hands for the bid

SpiceJet introduces 'zero change fee' offer for domestic flights

SpiceJet has introduced a 'zero change fee' offer under which passengers can modify dates or names on the ticket

Airbus sees medium-haul air travel recovery by 2023, says report

Chief Executive Guillaume Faury said on a webcast on Tuesday that the recovery in air travel in Europe had been "very disappointing" so far in 2021 but that traffic was rebounding in the United States