Higher oil costs are set to lead to a 10% gain in airfares, according to the boss of one of the world’s largest airlines.
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The SpiceJet airline is soon to add 60 new domestic flights to its summer schedule, including seven UDAN flights, eight industry-first flights, new connections, and other frequencies.
The Madras High Court on Friday rejected a plea from Air Corporation Employees Union to control the Union Ministry of Civil Aviation from disinvesting its 100 percent shares in Air India Limited to Tata Group without carrying appropriate measures to protect the terms and conditions of service and the rights of the workers.
Airfares are likely to fall up to 40% on an expected increase in the number of flights, following the government’s go-ahead for resumption of regular international air travel from March 27, expressed industry executives.
Scheduled international flight services were stopped in March 2020 due to the pandemic. However, special flights have been running between India and 37 countries since July 2020 under air bubble arrangements.
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An Air India pilot has been accused of “humiliating” a crippled man by denying him boarding on a trip from Bengaluru to Kolkata.
The Singaporean super jumbo is finally returning to India. Singapore Airlines yesterday declared it will start operating A380 flights to India from March 14th. For currently, Mumbai will be the only Indian city to get the Giant of the Skies, but Delhi is anticipated to follow soon.
After being banned from flying to the United Kingdom, Russian airline Aeroflot has decided to cancel all flights to Europe from Monday (February 28).
SpiceJet recently announced that it will be sending some special flights to Hungary’s capital Budapest, to assist with the evacuation of Indians from war-hit Ukraine