Amritsar-Milan Indigo flight cancelled due to denial of permission from aviation authorityThe flight was booked under Vande Bharat Mission (VBM) flight and 215 passengers checked in at the terminal building for travelling.
Domestic air passenger traffic nosedives to 19.20 lakh in May: ReportAt the same time, the airlines' capacity deployment for May was lower by around 54-55 per cent 27,700 departures, compared to about 60,300 ...
Second wave of COVID-19 may delay recovery in air passenger traffic, says reportThe average daily number of departing passengers during March 2021 stood at 2.49 lakh; and declined by 28 per cent m-o-m in April to 1.79 l...
Around 50 lakh people returned to India under Vande Bharat MissionMinistry of External Affairs said that it has incurred Rs 33.5 crores (as on December 31, 2020) to assist Indian nationals in distress to b...
Empty planes flying from India to Saudi Arabia to bring back stranded Indians: PuriLast month, Saudi Arabia suspended flights from various countries, including India, in the wake of a spurt in coronavirus cases. India susp...
VBM flights to China cancelled as Beijing suspends visas for IndiansThe embassy said the "suspension" is a temporary measure that China has to adopt to deal with the current pandemic. "China will make furthe...
China says talks on over India's plan to operate more Vande Bharat Mission flightsThe Indian Embassy on Monday announced that Air India is planning to operate four flights to Delhi on November 13, November 20, November 27...
India to operate first Vande Bharat Mission flight to Wuhan on October 30This will be the sixth VBM flight by Air India to China to help Indians stranded in both the countries to travel back to their destinations...
Indians in UAE no longer need to register with Embassy to come to India: Air India ExpressLast week, the Ministry of External Affairs had said that as many as 17.2 lakh Indians have been repatriated through different modes under ...
Recovery in domestic air passenger traffic continues in September: IcraThe passenger volumes, however, plunged around 60 per cent in September over the same month year-ago, it said in a release. Besides, the do...
Air passenger traffic grows around 25% sequentially in August: IcraOverall, passenger traffic grew by 19 per cent till August 31, with carriers flying over 70 lakh passengers during the period, after the re...
Flying within Vande Bharat Mission or air bubble? No need to register with Aviation MinistryIndia has so far created air bubbles with the US, UK, France, Germany, UAE, Qatar and Maldives. The idea of air bubbles is to ensure contin...
India undertakes biggest repatriation exercise globally; half-a-million return homeThe VBM operations commenced on 7th May and in less than two months 5,03,990 stranded Indians from 137 countries, including from remote are...
India looks at 'travel bubbles', domestic fare cap may be extendedAir India will add more flights under the ongoing Vande Bharat Mission phase-3 and the next phase, that will see private Indian airlines op...
Preparations underway for third phase of repatriation of Indians from across globePhase I has been successfully completed from 7 May -16 May during which 16,716 stranded Indians returned. “We are in the Phase II of VBM fr...
Over 1 lakh Indians to return before June 13“Concluded a detailed review meeting of Vande Bharat Mission... The focus of the meeting was to ramp up the scale of VBM and enhance its ef...
Indian American Congressmen Ami Bera, Ro Khanna engaged in tight raceBera is fighting to retain his seat in the US House of Representatives while Khanna is seeking to make his maiden entry into the Congress.