Tag: Flights
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Hop, step and jump
First, checks at Kolkata airport for incoming passengers are so cursory that they beggar belief.
July 20, 2020 -
Decision on international flights only after other nations ease restrictions on entry: Aviation minister
Aviation minister Hardeep Singh Puri had in May said that if the virus gets under control, the international flights could resume as early as mid June.
June 8, 2020 -
Beijing to allow limited US flights after Washington suspends operations by Chinese airlines
The US action, which takes effect June 16 but could be implemented sooner if President Donald Trump orders it, applied to seven Chinese civilian carriers.
June 4, 2020 -
Airlines must allot seats, try to keep middle space vacant: DGCA after SC’s ‘common sense’ rap
However, if passenger load does not permit this kind of an arrangement, then the middle seat passenger has to be provided with protective equipment like a wrap around gown in addition to the three-layer mask and face shield.
June 1, 2020 -
529 domestic flights carried 45,646 passengers on Saturday: Aviation Minister
Domestic services were suspended in India due to the coronavirus-induced lockdown and resumed after a gap of two months on Monday.
May 31, 2020 -
Two passengers on Ahmedabad-Guwahati SpiceJet flight test positive for COVID-19
On Tuesday, IndiGo had said that a passenger who travelled on 6E 381 from Chennai to Coimbatore on May 25 evening tested positive for COVID-19.
May 28, 2020 -
US suspends travel from Brazil after it emerges as new pandemic hotspot
With nearly 360,211 confirmed cases, Brazil now has the second-highest number of patients in the world, after the United States which has 1,643,499, according to Johns Hopkins data.
May 25, 2020 -
‘Common sense’: SC raps Centre over middle seat in international flights, says must be kept empty from June 6
Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, appearing for the national carrier and the Centre, argued that the 'best practice is testing and quarantine and not seat difference'.
May 25, 2020 -
Goa wants COVID-19 testing of air passengers, virus-free certificates
Goa Health Minister Vishwajit Rane said on Saturday that he had requested the Civil Aviation Ministry and Indian Council of Medical Research to allow the state government to conduct antibody testing of passengers after they land.
May 24, 2020 -
All flights to operate from Terminal 3, announces Delhi airport as services resume on Monday
Delhi International Airport Limited, CEO, Videh Jaipuriar said that it is 'very important to resume flight operations because we have to actually learn to live with corona.'
May 23, 2020 -
Air India to operate special domestic flights only for ‘Vande Bharat’ evacuees
The airline will run these special ferry flights during the second phase of the repatriation mission as part of the total sector from international cities to domestic cities through major hubs like Delhi or Mumbai.
May 14, 2020 -
Vande Bharat Mission: 149 flights to evacuate Indians from 31 nations from May 16-22 in second phase, say reports
In the first leg of evacuation, the national carrier Air India along with its subsidiary Air India Express is operating a total of 64 flights — 42 by Air India and 24 by Air India Express — to 12 countries to repatriate 14,800 Indians back.
May 12, 2020 -
6,037 Indians flown back home aboard 31 flights in 5 days under Vande Bharat Mission: Govt
The ministry said that the national carrier India along with its subsidiary Air India Express is operating a total of 64 flights -- 42 by Air India and 24 by Air India Express -- to 12 countries to repatriate 14,800 Indians back in the first phase.
May 12, 2020 -
Govt gears up for mammoth repatriation exercise, to bring back 14,800 citizens on 64 flights from 12 nations
The Government had on Monday said it will facilitate the return of Indian nationals stranded abroad on compelling grounds in a phased manner from May 7.
May 5, 2020 -
Air India opens bookings for select domestic flights from May 4, international travel from June 1
The announcement comes days after the Ministry of Civil Aviation informed on April 14 that all domestic and international scheduled airline operations have been suspended till 11.59 pm of May 3, the day the lockdown ends.
April 18, 2020 -
Lockdown 2.0: Domestic, international flights suspended till May 3, says aviation ministry
Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri, however, stated that the Government could consider ending the restrictions on domestic and international flights after May 3.
April 14, 2020 -
‘Gap in monitoring’ international passengers: Centre cautions states on Coronavirus pandemic
Cabinet Secretary Rajiv Gauba has asked state governments to step up the surveillance of international passengers who reached India before the government banned commercial flights from abroad from landing in the country.
March 27, 2020