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Passengers injured as Mumbai-Kolkata flight hit severe turbulence: Vistara

A few passengers of Vistara's Mumbai-Kolkata flight were injured on Monday as the aircraft encountered severe turbulence just 15 minutes before landing, the airline said.

UK regulator probes Air India's data leak impacting 4.5 mn passengers

EU and UK laws require airlines to incorporate data protection measures and report data breach to regulators within 72 hours. Non-compliance can invite steep fines

DGCA allows airlines to offer fare discount to customers with no baggage

Aviation regulator DGCA on Friday allowed airlines to provide concessions in air fares to customers travelling with no check-in baggage. The move comes days after the Directorate General Civil Aviation (DGCA) provided greater flexibility to domestic carriers on fixing ticket prices by increasing the minimum fare band on domestic flights tickets. "As part of airline baggage policy, scheduled airlines will be allowed to offer free baggage allowance as well as zero baggage/ no check-in baggage fares," DGCA said in a circular on unbundling of services issued on Friday. This will be subject to the condition that the passenger booking ticket under such fare scheme is made aware of the charges that shall be applicable if the passenger turns up with the baggage for check-in at airline counter, it stated. The circular further said on the basis of various feedback received, it is felt that many times these services provided by the airline may not be required by the passenger while ...

US to require negative Covid-19 tests for international air passengers

The new rules are to take effect two weeks from the day they are signed by CDC Director Mark Redfield, which would be Jan 26

Goa makes screening of air, rail passengers mandatory amid Covid-19

The government issued Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) to this effect on Wednesday

Number of passengers flying in single day increases to over 178,000

The total number of passengers flying in a single day increased to 1,78,431 on October 11, Union Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said on Monday

Caught in Covid air pocket, SpiceJet posts Rs 593-crore pre-tax loss in Q1

Market leader IndiGo had registered a pre-tax loss of Rs 2,849 crore during the same period

Exemption from quarantine popular among global flyers, shows airport data

Almost one-third global travelers flying into Delhi' IGI airport have sought and been given exemption from institutional quarantine

Government allows airlines to increase capacity upto 60% of total capacity

Indian airlines resumed their domestic operations from 25 May after being grounded for two months due to the lockdown to contain Covid-19 pandemic

Air passengers awaiting return to normalcy, leisure travel: Survey

Air passengers are "eagerly" awaiting the return to normalcy of flight operations and are looking forward to international leisure travel, a survey by Mumbai airport operator MIAL has claimed.

'Air Bubble' and international flights from today: All you need to know

After nearly 4-months, India-US international flights to resume today via 'air bubbles'

India to resume flights to US tomorrow, other countries soon: Hardeep Puri

Air France will be operating 28 flights between Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru and Paris from July 18 to August 1, the minister said

IndiGo has carried 75,428 fliers through charter ops, Vande Bharat Mission

IndiGo has operated 436 international passenger charter flights and 51 international repatriation flights under the Vande Bharat Mission from 3 till July 14

Day 2 of flight resumption: Over 42,000 ferried; 2 test Covid-19 positive

The air carriers also resorted to cancellation of several flights on the second day of resumption of services due to truncated schedules following requests from several states owing to the coronavirus

Covid-19: Govt proposes to make Aarogya Setu app mandatory for air travel

Passengers who have a green code in the app will be allowed to enter airport terminal

From web check-in to Aarogya Setu app, AAI outlines steps for passengers

The Ministry of Civil Aviation had earlier issued a draft of the standard operating procedure to all aviation stakeholders

Incidents of airline staff misbehaving with passengers decreasing: Puri

The minister said that in 2015, 2016 and 2017, the number of complaints regarding staff misbehaviour were 903, 834 and 617, respectively

Flyers to be under watch at airports for signs of nervousness, anxiety

A team of 50 officials being trained by the US to spot clues for malicious intent

Why India's air passengers are suffering more and complaining less

Instances of denied boarding, cancellations and delays have increased massively but complaints against airlines have dipped

Air passengers give a thumbs up to biometrics: Study

However, a third of respondents have expressed concerns over privacy of their personal information