Air India, AI Express adds more flights to return stranded passengers from Dubai, other regions amid Iran conflictAir India and Air India Express are operating additional flights to and from Jeddah and Muscat, with airspace over Saudi Arabia and Oman op...
07 Mar, 2026, 04.01 AM IST
Air India Express launches direct flights from Bengaluru to Jeddah, Kuwait, RiyadhAir India Express is launching direct flights from Bengaluru to Jeddah and Riyadh in Saudi Arabia, and Kuwait, starting October 26. These n...
10 Oct, 2025, 08.34 PM IST
Air India Express ups number of flights per week from Kolkata to Bagdogra by 62 in winter scheduleAir India Express is increasing its flights this winter. The airline is adding new routes and more flights from Kolkata and Bagdogra. Passe...
15 Nov, 2024, 04.57 PM IST
Surveillance or security? Digi Yatra app divides opinion on facial scanningWith massive data breaches in the past few years, critics are sceptical and have raised concerns about privacy. So, are these fears real or...
11 Feb, 2024, 09.28 AM IST
Digi Yatra facility to be launched at six more airports in August"Digi Yatra facility will be launched at six more airports namely Mumbai, Ahmedabad, Kochi, Lucknow, Jaipur, and Guwahati airports in the m...
11 Aug, 2023, 10.42 PM IST
Paperless check-in, boarding service Digi Yatra to be launched at four more airports next month. Details here"Airports Authority of India (AAI) has awarded the work for the implementation of the Biometric Boarding System at Kolkata, Pune, Vijayawad...
03 Feb, 2023, 11.50 AM IST
Government yet to decide on transaction modalities for leasing out next set of airports: VK SinghCurrently, there are 130 operational airports, two water aerodromes and eight heliports. Out of them, five airports are private and four no...
03 Feb, 2022, 08.50 PM IST
Facial recognition technology at 4 airports to be introduced by March next year: CentreCivil Aviation General V K Singh (retd) said FRT has not yet been introduced at any of the airports in India. However, the Airports Authori...
02 Dec, 2021, 03.23 PM IST
Trial project on at 6 airports for boarding system using facial recognition tech"Work has been awarded for implementation of Biometric Boarding System (BBS) by using facial recognition technology at six airports namely ...
05 Aug, 2021, 05.42 PM IST
Spicejet to launch 12 new flightsThe airline has also announced one more frequencies on the Jaipur-Varanasi (second daily flight), Chennai-Madurai (fourth frequency) and a ...
03 Jan, 2019, 08.52 PM IST
Air passenger traffic jump 21.7% YoY in AprilDomestic traffic grew by 25 per cent and international traffic by 10.2 per cent in April, with the overall passenger movement being recorde...
03 Jun, 2018, 02.39 PM IST
IndiGo launches new flights; connects Chennai to Varanasi, Patna, Udaipur and LucknowThe airline said that it will also introduce first direct flight on Patna – Varanasi, Udaipur – Jaipur, Jaipur – Chennai sectors as well.
04 Jan, 2018, 04.52 PM IST
Relief for domestic air passengers as airport charges slashedThe Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) had hiked the air navigational charges at all domestic airports besides increasing passeng...
19 Jun, 2017, 08.54 PM IST
Air Costa gets green light to fly pan-IndiaThe regional airline had been focussing on southern India until now; plans to expand, adding two more aircraft to its fleet.
19 Dec, 2015, 11.40 AM IST
Air Costa gets clearance for pan-India flying permit"Pan-India operations shall commence from the summer schedule of 2016," Air Costa deputy chief executive officer Vivek Choudhary was quoted...
18 Dec, 2015, 05.01 PM IST
Regional airlines now pitch for a national licenceWhile a regional licence restricts an airline within a region, national licence allows airlines to operate flights to destinations across t...
08 Sep, 2015, 10.00 AM IST
Railway Budget 2013: Full text of Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal's speechBansal, on Tuesday, presented his maiden Railway Budget in the Lok Sabha announcing a slew of measures to improve passenger experience and ...
26 Feb, 2013, 03.04 PM IST