Bombay HC allows airlines to book middle seats, but with conditionsDGCA has ordered airlines to try to keep middle seats vacant in flights but if booked, the carriers should provide the passenger in the mid...
15 Jun, 2020, 06.05 PM IST
Middle seat PIL: Expert aviation panel submits report to HCThe court had, on Thursday, asked the committee, set up to review public health care protocols for air travel amid the COVID-19 pandemic, i...
05 Jun, 2020, 08.26 PM IST
Bombay HC seeks clarification on transmission of virus in aircraftAs per the minutes of the meeting, physical distance between two persons helps in minimising transmission through an inadvertent touch, and...
05 Jun, 2020, 07.11 AM IST
Bombay HC seeks clarification on transmission of virus in aircraftThe court is hearing a plea filed by an Air India pilot, seeking directions to the airline to ensure that it follows the Directorate Genera...
04 Jun, 2020, 10.17 PM IST
Middle seat PIL: HC asks Centre, DGCA on infected pax dataSolicitor General Tushar Mehta and Additional Solicitor General Anil Singh told the court DGCA had issued a circular on May 31 asking air c...
02 Jun, 2020, 07.48 PM IST
Turbulence ahead: Middle seat muddle gets a new wrapThe muddle over the middle seat got more complicated as the Directorate General of Civil Aviation ordered airlines to either try and keep m...
02 Jun, 2020, 07.35 AM IST
Keep middle seats vacant to extent possible: DGCA tells airlinesHowever, if a flyer has been allotted the middle seat due to a high passenger load "then additional protective equipment like wrap-around g...
01 Jun, 2020, 08.25 PM IST
SC refuses pilot's plea against allowing Air India to operate flights with middle seats occupiedA bench of Chief Justice S A Bobde and Justices A S Bopanna and Hrishkesh Roy, while refusing to modify its order said that whatever they (...
27 May, 2020, 06.48 PM IST
Supreme Court allows Air India to fly for ten days with middle seats filled in scheduled aircraft"You should be worried about the health of citizens, not about the health of commercial airlines,"the top court told Solicitor General Tush...
25 May, 2020, 12.48 PM IST
Post lockdown flights: Civil aviation ministry suggests no cabin baggage in initial phase, detailed questionnaire for passengersGreen status on Aarogya Setu app, web check-in, and temperature checks for all domestic departing and arriving passengers have also been pr...
12 May, 2020, 05.20 PM IST
Post COVID-19, flying will be the safest mode of travel: AirbusThese observations are part of a Airbus’ project to allay fear of fliers, who would be apprehensive about flying in the post-COVID19 world....
11 May, 2020, 04.51 PM IST
Want to fly after this lockdown? Get a doctor's certificateA team of airport and airline officials, doctors and government bureaucrats will soon discuss these and other measures to ensure passenger ...
29 Apr, 2020, 09.49 AM IST
MPs demand cap on air faresMembers in the Rajya Sabha today sought a cap on airfares and sought to know why charges were levied by airlines on booking preferential se...
18 Jul, 2018, 04.56 PM IST
New poll finds Congress, BJP neck and neck in GujaratThe latest projections are a remarkable turnaround from the 30-point lead for BJP projected by a poll done by the same agencies in August.
05 Dec, 2017, 11.19 AM IST
Railways rationalise train berth reservation for physically-challengedAs per the revised provisions there will be two types of physically-challenged quota of two berths each, one lower and one middle, in the s...
26 Nov, 2015, 03.16 PM IST
Ex-CS Ashok Kumar Sinha takes oath as Bihar Chief Information CommissionerSingh was administered the oath of office by Governor Keshari Nath Tripathi at a function held at the Raj Bhawan here.
09 Feb, 2015, 03.46 PM IST
Civil Aviation Ministry asks airlines to limit number of 'privileged' seatsThe Ministry also asked them to identify the rows of seats to be charged, Civil Aviation Secretary K N Shrivastava said.
17 May, 2013, 09.15 PM IST