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...
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...
Centre issues SOPs for Vande Bharat Mission and Air Transport Bubble flightsThe Civil Aviation Ministry laid out a set of detailed guidelines for travel on Vande Bharat and Air Transport Bubble Flights for inbound a...
Boeing suspends spare parts pact for Air India Dreamliners due to non-payment of duesIn a letter to the national carrier on August 1, the American plane maker said it was immediately suspending support to the so-called Compo...
Air India commences fifth phase of Vande Bharat Mission, expected to run 700 flightsAccordingly, the airline is expected to operate close to 700 flights between India and at least 53 countries during this phase, airline sou...
People must not pay more fares when booking tickets via travel agents on Vande Bharat flights: GovtThe aviation sector has been significantly impacted due to the travel restrictions imposed in India and other countries in view of the coro...
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...
Flights from countries like US have already come, organising more: Jaishankar to Aaditya ThackerayJaishankar said he appreciated the cooperation of the Maharashtra government in making necessary arrangements to bring back residents of th...