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New Delhi: Airlines will have to mandatorily share PNR details of passengers with customs authorities 24 hours prior to departure of international flights, a move which will help prevent law offenders from fleeing the country. The information, which shall include name, contact details and payment details, will be used by the Customs Department for improved […]
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The resumption of regular international flights, after a pandemic-induced hiatus of over two years, is a matter of big relief for both the passengers and the crisis-ridden aviation sector. The last two years of the Covid-19 pandemic have been very tough on the aviation industry which suffered unprecedented losses. The international flights, suspended since March […]
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"Scheduled operations on more than 150 routes will be restarted in a phased manner through the month of April 2022," the airline said in a statement on Sunday.
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New Delhi: Parliamentary Standing Committee for Civil Aviation Chairman TG Venkatesh welcomed the decision to resume the international flight operations from March 27 after two years of suspension due to the COVID-19 pandemic. “There is good news for international travelers and the government that flights have started all over the world from today. This is […]
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The order said that Scheduled Foreign Carriers have applied for approval of their international schedule. The Summer Schedule 2022 is effective from March 27, 2022, till October 29 this year.
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The decision to resume international flights will bring cheer to the sector but is not enough to bail out the struggling industry
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New Delhi: The government on Wednesday decided not to resume scheduled international flights from December 15, less than a week after announcing the decision in the wake of rising concerns over the COVID variant Omicron. Aviation watchdog DGCA said the effective date for resumption of scheduled commercial international passenger services will be notified in due […]
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New Delhi: It is learnt that Singapore is in talks with the Ministry of Civil Aviation and the Ministry of External Affairs to restart scheduled commercial services with two daily flights each from Chennai, Delhi and Mumbai. As of now, only repatriation is taking place through Air India, under the Vande Bharat mission. Singapore has […]
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"However, international scheduled flights may be allowed on selected routes by the competent authority on case to case basis."
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Earlier, the DGCA had extended the restriction on flights between India and the UK till February 14 to contain the spread of a new strain of COVID-19.
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In the June and September quarter this fiscal, the airline had incurred a net loss of Rs 2,884 crore and Rs 1,194 crore, respectively.
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This will also give some encouragement to the pandemic-hit industry, where earnings had almost hit zero levels with limited support coming from the government under Aatmanirbhar Bharat programme.
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Accordingly, the new flights will commence operations in a phased manner from January 12, 2021.
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When the pandemic started spreading across the country, all scheduled international flights and domestic passenger flights were suspended from March 23 and March 25, respectively.
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The airline will operate a Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner aircraft between the Indira Gandhi International Airport in Delhi and its hometown hub at the O'Hare International Airport in Chicago.
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The aviation regulator further clarified that international scheduled flights may be allowed on selected routes by the "competent authority on case to case basis".
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The service is currently available for select international flights of IndiGo Airlines.