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IndiGo has announced a hike in fuel charges on domestic and international flights starting April 2, citing a sharp rise in aviation turbine fuel (ATF) prices due to global supply chain disruptions. The airline has introduced a distance-based surcharge for domestic routes and revised charges for international destinations.

Air India cancelled eight flights, including four international services, on Friday due to enhanced maintenance and operational reasons. The airline is providing full refunds or free rescheduling, and alternative arrangements are being made for affected passengers

While Air India cancels six international flights due to DGCA subjecting its Dreamliner fleet to enhanced checks, the airlines cancels Ahmedabad-London flight due to unavailability of aircraft

The network-wide sale is open until 11.59 pm of May 25 with the last 24 hours of the sale being exclusively available on Air India’s website and mobile app

Bookings for the Air India Express ‘Payday Sale’ open till March 2, for travel till September 19, 2025 

The flight with about 237 passengers was thoroughly checked upon making a safe landing but no explosive substances were found onboard

According to sources, the flights of IndiGo, Vistara and Air India were among those that received the bomb threats

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 […]

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 […]

"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.

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 […]

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.

The decision to resume international flights will bring cheer to the sector but is not enough to bail out the struggling industry

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 […]

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 […]

"However, international scheduled flights may be allowed on selected routes by the competent authority on case to case basis."

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.

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.

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.

Accordingly, the new flights will commence operations in a phased manner from January 12, 2021.