IndiGo (6E), India’s largest airline by market share, has built a stronghold in metro-to-metro connectivity but is now pushing aggressively into non-metro markets.
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Direct flights between India and China are set to resume after a gap of more than five years.
A passenger flying with Jet2 (LS) from Menorca Airport (MAH) to London Stansted Airport (STN) was left amused and slightly baffled after discovering what he described as “the world’s smallest armrest” during his £200 journey.
A British Airways (BA) flight from Mumbai (BOM) to London Heathrow (LHR) was forced to divert to Doha (DOH) on August 11, 2025, following a medical emergency involving a passenger onboard.
Cathay Pacific Airways (CX) is offering Hong Kong-based cabin crew at Hong Kong International Airport (HKG) a second round of voluntary three-month unpaid leave for 2025.
Akasa Air (QP) will expand its international network with daily non-stop flights between Mumbai (BOM) and Phuket (HKT) starting September 20, 2025.
Families of victims from the Japan Airlines Flight 123 disaster gathered to mark 40 years since the world’s deadliest single-aircraft accident.
From 26 October 2025, Lufthansa (LH) will resume nonstop flights from Munich Airport (MUC) to Riyadh (RUH), the capital of Saudi Arabia.
Qantas (QF) has resumed its Airbus A380 flights from Sydney (SYD) to Dallas/Fort Worth (DFW) after a gap of more than 5 years.
Air France (AF) diverted flight AF81 from San Francisco (SFO) to Paris Charles de Gaulle (CDG) due to a passenger’s medical emergency, landing in St. John’s (YYT), Canada.