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Hong Kong has banned Air India services till April 24 after three passengers on one of its flights tested positive for COVID-19 post arrival on Saturday, a senior government official has said.| Passengers from India can arrive in Hong Kong only if they have a COVID-19 negative certificate from a test done 48 hours prior to the journey, according to rules issued by the Hong Kong government, said the official on Sunday. Moreover, all international passengers are required to take a post-flight COVID-19 test at the airport…

Image used for representation. (Image: Reuters)China Eastern Airlines has said it had conducted systematic tests, structural checkups, and verified airworthiness data for each of the Boeing 737-800 aircraftsReuters Last Updated:April 18, 2022, 18:01 ISTFOLLOW US ON:China Eastern Airlines has started putting its Boeing 737-800 jetliners back in use for commercial flights less than a month since a crash killed 132 people and led the company to ground 223 of the aircraft, the carrier said on Sunday. The airline said it had…

Vistara Summertime Sale: Vistara has announced a Summertime Sale across its domestic and international network. The sale is available on all three classes of travel - Economy, Premium Economy and Business.Domestic bookings under the sale are open for a period of 72 hours from 19 April 2022 to 21 April 2022 with one-way all-inclusive fares starting at Rs 2,499 for Economy, Rs 3,459 for Premium Economy and Rs 9,999 for Business Class. On international routes, all-inclusive return fares start at Rs 12,999 for Economy, Rs…

Representative Image (Image: Shutterstock)IndiGo has launched an exclusive fare category called "Super 6E" that will provide special services . Passengers will be able to opt for 'Super 6E' fare only at the time of booking. PTI Last Updated:May 04, 2022, 16:05 ISTFOLLOW US ON:IndiGo on Wednesday launched an exclusive fare category called “Super 6E" that will provide special services like extra 10 kg baggage, free seat selection, reduced cancellation fee as well as in-flight meal. Passengers will be able to opt for ‘Super…

Flights coming to Hyderabad from Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru, and Visakhapatnam were diverted to other cities as a thunderstorm hit the city and suburbs on Thursday evening.Parts of Hyderabad and surrounding districts experienced light to moderate rains along with hailstorm and lightning.While the sudden change in weather provided citizens relief from sweltering heat, the gusty winds also uprooted trees and disrupted movement of vehicular traffic at a few places.The bad weather also forced the airport authorities to divert…

Night flight operations will start from Srinagar and Jammu airports from Thursday as the two airports have been given approval for night parking facilities by the competent authority.Officials at the two airports said that ‘Go Airlines’ will park two A-320 NEO aircrafts each at Jammu and Srinagar airports. “This is to ensure that late night and early morning takeoffs are hassle free. It is for the first time that these airports will have night parking facilities for aircraft."G8 flight number 1019 will leave Delhi at 6.30…

Air India has lost its preferential access to bilateral rights that are needed to operate flights to another country, according to a circular issued by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA). Air India had preferential access to bilateral rights, which are granted under air services agreements signed between two countries — as it was a government-owned national carrier.However, the Tata Group took control of Air India on January 27, after successfully winning the bid for the airline on October 8 last year.…

Image for representation (Reuters)At least six flights were diverted and many more services were delayed due to a thunderstorm over the Delhi airport on Monday evening.PTI Last Updated:April 26, 2022, 10:45 ISTFOLLOW US ON:At least six flights were diverted and many more services were delayed due to a thunderstorm over the Delhi airport on Monday evening, sources said. A Vistara plane from Mumbai and two Alliance Air flights — one from Jaipur and one from Lucknow itself — were diverted to the Lucknow airport on Monday…

India’s aviation regulator DGCA on Monday announced that it is carrying out an inspection of the entire SpiceJet aircraft fleet after its Mumbai-Durgapur plane ran into severe turbulence leading to injuries to 17 people, two of which whom were in ICU. The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) also took off the roster of the flight’s crew, aircraft maintenance engineer (AME) and in charge of SpiceJet’s maintenance control centre, pending a probe.At present, the aircraft that was involved in the incident on Sunday is…

New Delhi, Apr 26: SpiceJet on Tuesday said it will start flights connecting Bhavnagar in Gujarat with Pune and Mumbai from May 5 onwards. In a statement, the airline said it will also start additional flights on the Ahmedabad-Pune route.The Bhavnagar-Pune flight will operate under the Central government’s UDAN scheme, it mentioned. Under the UDAN scheme, financial incentives from the Centre, state governments and airport operators are extended to selected airlines to encourage operations from unserved and underserved…