Tag: Flights

Typhoon Jebi makes landfall in Japan, over 600 flights cancelled

The typhoon has heavily disrupted transportation services, causing cancellation of flights and rail services, as well as some commercial facilities' operations.

September 4, 2018

Air India flights delayed at Delhi’s IGI airport due to technical glitch

Passengers were left stranded and confusion prevailed at the Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport on Saturday as several Air India flights got delayed due to a technical problem.

June 23, 2018

Polish writer Olga Tokarczuk bags Man Booker International Prize

A novel about travel in the 21st century and human anatomy titled “Flights” by Polish writer Olga Tokarczuk has been awarded the Man Booker International Prize for 2018. A counterpart to the prestigious Man Booker Prize, the 50,000 British Pounds award goes to the best work of translated fiction from anywhere in the world and …

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May 23, 2018

Mumbai airport to remain close for 6 hours on Monday, Tuesday

An official said the planned closure was necessitated "on account of pre-monsoon maintenance activities" and requested all passengers to contact their respective airlines for revised travel schedules.

April 9, 2018

‘Zero tolerance’ on air safety issues: Prabhu

Asserting that there will be “zero tolerance” on air safety issues, civil aviation minister Suresh Prabhu has said aircraft with engine problems will remain grounded till they are addressed. His remarks came against the backdrop of aviation watchdog Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) grounding 14 A320 neo planes, operated by IndiGo and GoAir, due …

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April 2, 2018

AI to operate flights with all-women crew

Air India will be operating flights with an all-women cockpit and cabin crew as part of its celebrations to commemorate International Women’s Day on March 8, 2018. The national carrier has planned several flights on its domestic and international sectors operated only by its women employees to salute woman power. The spirited women of Air …

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March 7, 2018

Fly AirAsia at Rs 99 to 7 cities in India

Low-cost airline AirAsia India on Sunday said it would fly passengers from Monday to seven cities across the country at a promotional base fare from Rs 99 upwards. “The promotional fares start from Rs 99 under the dynamic pricing to cities like Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Kochi, Kolkata, New Delhi, Pune and Ranchi,” it said in a …

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January 15, 2018

Bhogi celebrations smoke hits flight, rail services in Chennai

Early morning smog in the city and its neighbourhoods impacted rail and air traffic, as burning on the occasion of Bhogi affected visibility, officials said. Southern Railway officials said “most” inter-city and inter-state trains arriving here suffered delays of “an average of 30-40 minutes,” while outbound trains ran slow. Suburban rail services were also delayed …

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January 13, 2018

Dense fog disrupts train, flight operations in Delhi

It was a cold morning with a shroud of dense fog covering the city on Thursday. Visibility stood at 50 metres disrupting train and flight operations. At least 34 domestic and international flights were delayed, while three were cancelled. Around 14 trains were cancelled, 60 delayed and 18 rescheduled due to the thick fog in …

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January 4, 2018

300 flights delayed, 8 cancelled due to low visibility at IGI

Over 300 flights were delayed and eight cancelled as dense fog severely hampered visibility at the Indira Gandhi International airport at New Delhi on Monday. Nearly all flights arriving into and departing from Delhi were affected. About 265 domestic flights and 67 international flights were delayed. There have been eight cancellations so far, all of …

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January 1, 2018

Flights from Odisha’s Jharsuguda to start in February

Flight operations, under a regional connectivity scheme, will start from Odisha’s Jharsuguda airport by the first week of February next year, said an official on Wednesday. The air service will connect Jharsuguda, Raipur and Jagdalpur under the Central government’s subsidised Ude Desh Ka Aam Nagrik (UDAN) scheme. It was discussed at the state-level Coordination and …

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December 27, 2017

Dense fog disrupts UAE flights ahead of Christmas

Thick fog on Sunday disrupted flights at major airports in the United Arab Emirates as thousands of foreign residents rushed to travel home for Christmas and the New Year. Dozens of flights were cancelled, diverted or delayed at the three main airports in the emirates of Abu Dhabi, Dubai and Sharjah. At the Dubai airport, …

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December 24, 2017

IndiGo becomes first Indian airline to operate 1,000 flights a day

Budget passenger carrier IndiGo on Saturday said that it has become the first Indian airline to operate “1,000 plus flights in a day” According to the airline, its flight 6E 185 from Mumbai to Kochi operated on December 22, 2017 became the 1,000th flight. “IndiGo also took the delivery of its 31st Airbus A-320 Neo …

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December 24, 2017

IndiGo to operate flights to Sharjah from Hyderabad, Lucknow

Budget passenger carrier IndiGo on Friday said that it will launch new flight services on the Lucknow-Sharjah-Lucknow and Hyderabad-Sharjah-Hyderabad sectors from December 29, 2017. According to the airline, it will also connect Sharjah to Kolkata, Kochi, Goa, Tirupati, Rajahmundry, Patna, Mangalore, Visakhapatnam, Chennai, Raipur and Bhubaneswar through connecting flights. “We are the first Indian carrier …

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December 15, 2017

GoAir adds 30 flights, launches fares at Rs 1,212

Budget carrier GoAir on Friday said it will operate 22 additional flights on new routes, along with increasing the frequencies by eight flights on existing routes, during the winter schedule effective from November 23. The airline said with the new services, it would operate an average of 240 flights a day. “GoAir will strengthen its market presence at …

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November 18, 2017

Denmark, Sweden, Norway bullish on India, woo Indian tourists

Denmark, Sweden and Norway are expecting Indian tourists to consume more than 3.5 lakh hotel room nights in a year as the three Scandinavian nations are going all out to attract travellers from the country by promoting their tourism destinations. The Scandinavian Tourist Board (STB) has been actively holding promotional events in India in its …

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November 17, 2017

Smog disrupts 600 flights in Pakistan

Smog-induced bad weather conditions have disrupted some 600 flights of the Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) in the first two weeks of November, an airline official said. The smoggy weather conditions, which were prevailing in Punjab province were beyond the PIA’s control, so they had to either delay or cancel the flights, the airline spokesperson was …

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November 16, 2017