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Recovery tracker: More people travelling by air, workplace visits up 9.7%

Indian Railways registers higher growth in quantity of goods carried

Cleartrip 2.0: The second coming of the 16-year-old travel company

Cleatrip, which was acquired by Flipkart in a distress sale last year now becoming one of the fastest-growing online travel platforms

Air India processes refunds worth over Rs 150 crore after privatisation

Handles 250,000 refund cases in just the first few months since Tatas took over, says eligible request lodged on website will typically be processed within 2-3 days

Passengers start avoiding SpiceJet after mid-air safety failures: Survey

Passengers are starting to avoid SpiceJet Ltd. after a series of mid-air safety failures, according to a survey, dealing a blow to the cash-strapped airline

DGCA urges doctor's advice before denying boarding to special-needs flyers

The regulator's move comes shortly after an incident at Ranchi Airport where India's largest airline IndiGo refused to let a disabled teenager board its aircraft

Delhi HC calls for strict action against air passengers over Covid rules

The Delhi High Court called for strict action against those found violating masking and hand hygiene norms at airports and in aircraft

DGCA fines Vistara Rs 10 lakh for letting untrained pilot land flight

The Vistara pilot, who was the first officer on the flight, landed the aircraft at the Indore airport without first getting the requisite training in a simulator

SpiceJet, IndiGo faulted for poor service and behavior by air passengers

Some 79% of the 15,000 airline passengers surveyed by LocalCircles said they believe carriers in India are compromising on passenger comfort and cutting corners as a result of the pandemic

Existing fare caps act as protector for passengers, airlines: Scindia

Aviation Minister on Wednesday said fare caps act as a protector for travellers as well as airlines and indicated that doing away with the curbs could be looked at once the environment stabilises

Recovery tracker: Eid celebrations boosts retail and recreation visits

Traffic has increased in Mumbai and New Delhi

DGCA orders airlines to compensate if passengers are denied boarding

The regulator will impose financial penalties for non-compliance

Air traffic likely to soar as regular foreign flights take wing after 2 yrs

Development marks end of air bubbles which came into being in mid-2020. Over 115,000 passengers flew in and out of India on 667 flights under this mechanism on Saturday

Jan domestic air traffic drops 42.7% on flight cancellations, curbs

Traffic had started slowing down in end December, as airlines pruned capacity due to fall in demand. Market leader IndiGo cut flights by 20% in January, daily passenger figure fell below 200,000

Delta to Omicron: Looking back at Covid-19 pandemic's journey in 2021

With omicron presenting another challenge, the country is working to be better prepared this time around.

Seven-day home quarantine in Mumbai for passengers arriving from Dubai

As many as 88 people had tested positive for Omicron in Maharashtra until Thursday, including 35 in Mumbai

Institutional quarantine likely in Mumbai for passengers from high-risk nations

The issue was discussed at a review meeting called by BMC commissioner on Saturday and it was decided that passengers arriving from countries at risk shall be subject to a compulsory quarantine

Flights and passengers on Sunday highest since air travel resumed last May

The first seven days of November have also seen the highest traffic on a comparative basis this year

Go First completes 16 years of service, starts 16% discount scheme

Airline major Go First has started a 16 per cent discount offer on airfare for passengers of both domestic and international flights to mark the completion of its 16 years of operations.

India's July YoY domestic air passenger traffic rises, says IATA

Accelerated vaccination drive as well as higher rate of economic activity rose India's domestic air passenger traffic in July 2021 on a year-on-year basis.

Work on Noida airport to begin in few weeks as per plan despite Covid: CEO

Airport will handle 12 mn passengers a year in phase-1, no pandemic-induced change in design, says Christoph Schnellmann