Category: Aviation

IndiGo has announced six new routes, out of which four will be serving Ude Desh ka Aam Nagrik (UDAN) RCS scheme, starting June 22, 2019. The UDAN routes include Kolkata-Allahabad, Allahabad-Kolkata, Raipur-Allahabad, Allahabad-Raipur. On the other hand, the airline launched new flights between Kolkata, Allahabad, Raipur and Jabalpur, while developing regional hubs at Allahabad and Kolkata. The new routes will be serviced by an ATR aircraft. The new flights will boost IndiGo’s connectivity in the Tier II cities with fares starting from Rs 1,999. “We are pleased to have the opportunity to be able to fly on these RCS routes ... Read more

Looking at the spike in demand for air travel in the upcoming peak summer season, Vistara has announced an addition of 14 flights, for the period April 16 – July 15, 2019. Three new routes have been added for the specified duration— Mumbai – Bengaluru, Mumbai – Hyderabad, and Mumbai – Kolkata. In addition, the airline will be flying the Pune – Hyderabad route for the period April 7 – April 30, 2019. Vistara also recently added Raipur (with double daily flights to/from Delhi) and Dibrugarh (with daily flights to/from Delhi via Bagdogra) to its steadily expanding network. Effective from April ... Read more

American Airlines has announced the launch of its nonstop flight between Phoenix and London. The year-round flight will use the Boeing 777-200ER, which fits 273 people and offers three classes of service: business class, premium economy and main cabin service. The daily flight leaves London at 9:30 am and arrives in Phoenix at 12:30 pm, then leaves Phoenix at 3:10 pm and arrives in London at 9:25 am. Partners American Airlines and British Airways now offer a total of 14 flights to London per week out of the Phoenix airport.

Mizoram has only one direct air link with Kolkata, operated by Air India, after Jet Airways withdrew its service from the state citing non-viability of route. Air India (AI) has deferred the additional flight service to Mizoram on the Kolkata-Aizawl-Kolkata sector from April 2-9, said the principal consultant for state civil aviation, Wing Commander Joe Lalhmingliana on Monday. The schedule was postponed owing to operational compulsion, a statement said. The airline also fixed fares, as per which, Kolkata-Imphal route was fixed at Rs 5,716, Imphal to Aizawl at Rs 2,995 and Aizawl- Kolkata (via Imphal) was fixed at Rs 3,495. The additional flights ... Read more

Mumbai International Airport Limited (MIAL) has completed its runway re-carpeting and maintenance work at the intersection and will resume regular work after a twenty-one-day runway shutdown. The key to success of this project was handing precision on-time re-carpeting work of the runway within its stipulated six hours, maintaining Mumbai’s challenging flight schedule. The re-carpeting of the 50,000 sq. mt. intersection was carried out using state-of-the-art technology which allows ease application, quick-setting features and enables airports to take a load of normal air traffic immediately after application. The resurfacing work was carried by a team of 600 workers in-line with a ... Read more

Air India is all set to fly from Delhi to Kannur, starting April 2, 2019. The newly launched flight will be operating five times a week. The flight will commence from Delhi at 09.05 hours on Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday and will reach Kannur at 1215 hours. After this it will continue to operate from Kannur at 1300 hours to Kozhikode at 1330. The flight will return to Delhi by 1845 hours on the same day via Kannur. “Air India has declared to connect Delhi with a direct flight to Kannur and back with effect from April 2, ... Read more

Emirates anticipates high passenger traffic this spring break weekend with visitors travelling to and from Dubai. The busiest time for departures in Terminal 3 was on Friday 29th March with more than 42,000 passengers travelling abroad. Peak travel is expected to continue until Tuesday 2nd April 2019 with more than 205,000 Emirates passengers travelling from Dubai to destinations beyond. During this time, Emirates will also be welcoming more than 160,000 passengers to and through Dubai. Customers are reminded to arrive at the airport at least three hours before their flight departure to avoid any delays. With road works continuing to cause ... Read more

Vistara has announced the addition of Raipur as its 23rd destination. Effective 31st March 2019, Vistara will operate two daily flights between Delhi and Raipur, providing convenient same-day return option to travellers from both cities, along with convenient one-stop connections between Raipur and Amritsar, Chandigarh, Srinagar, Jammu, Lucknow and Varanasi. Bookings are now open on all direct and indirect channels at an introductory all-inclusive one way fare in Economy Class starting Rs 2698. Flight No.UK 793 from Delhi will take off at 6.40 am and will reach Raipur at 8.20 am. The return flight will take off from Raipur at ... Read more

The Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGI), New Delhi, is planning to roll out express check-in counter service for air passengers taking domestic flights from the airport. The service can only be availed by travellers with handbags as luggage. The airport will introduce this facility by April 2019 at Terminal 2, where low-cost airlines such as Indigo, SpiceJet and GoAir operate. The facility is expected to be extended to Terminals 1 and 3 in future. The setting up of express check-in counters at the IGI airport will reduce crowding at the check-in zones of the congested terminals. About 40 per cent ... Read more

Emirates has announced a seasonal increase to its existing daily service to Durban, with four additional flights a week, effective from 14 June to 04 August 2019. This is in response to growing demand for travel during this period. The airline will also be introducing its award-winning First Class experience on the additional flights. “Emirates’ decision to increase capacity is a clear indication of customer demand for our award-winning travel experience. We are committed to servicing Durban and offering our customers greater flexibility and travel choices during this busy season. The introduction of the First Class cabins will allow customers ... Read more

Ethiopian Airlines strongly refutes all the baseless and factually incorrect allegations written in the Washington Post dated March 21, 2019, the airlines said in a statement. All the allegations in the article are false defamations without any evidence, collected from unknown and unreliable sources and meant to divert attention from the global grounding of the B-737 MAX airplanes, it said. Ethiopian airlines operates with one of the highest global standards of quality and safety performances certified by all National, Regional and International regulators like the Ethiopian Civil Aviation Authority, the FAA, EASA, IOSA and ICAO and other National regulatory authorities. ... Read more

Emirates has announced that it will increase the frequency of flights between Dubai and Cairo, adding four additional flights a week to its existing thrice-daily service, starting 28 October, 2019. The four new flights operating on Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday, will take the total number of weekly Emirates flights serving Cairo to 25. “Cairo is a very popular destination for both business and leisure travellers, and the additional flights will provide our customers with greater flexibility in their travel choices, and allow seamless connectivity to Emirates’ vast global network. There is a clear demand for our award-winning products and ... Read more

The new civil terminal at Hindon Airbase in Ghaziabad is likely to start operations by April-end. The airport was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently, Hindon Airbase is located at a distance of 40 kms from Indira Gandhi International Airport and the airport has been developed for the operation of RCS flights at the cost of Rs 40 crore. This Civil Enclave will be connected to Jamnagar, Shimla, Kalaburgi, Kannur, Faizabad, Nasik, Hubli and Pithoragarh under RCS – UDAN. The development of new civil enclave at Hindon Airport will take the load off from Delhi`s IGI Airport and will also serve ... Read more

Buddha Air, Nepal’s leading private air service provider, will operate flights to Kolkata from May-end this year. Buddha Air will operate its flights to Kolkata with the ATR 72-500 aircraft on Monday, Wednesday and Friday every week. The airlines had earlier planned to start flights to the eastern Indian city from mid-April. However, it changed its flight dates considering upcoming Indian parliamentary elections. “Although the date of the flights has been changed due to the elections, the flight schedule remains unchanged,” said a media statement issued by the Buddha Air. Source: Himalayan Times  

Flight No. SG-578 from Kanpur to Kolkata will remain cancelled from March 17 to March 30 due to regulatory requirements. Similarly, another flight SG-726 from Kanpur to Bengaluru, will also remain cancelled from March 18 to March 20. “The flights have been cancelled as per the orders of director general, civil aviation. Some flights are affected as some planes have been grounded due to security reasons,” said said Jameel Khaliq, airport director, Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi memorial airport Chakeri, Kanpur. Passengers need to contact SpiceJet for necessary arrangements. At present, Kanpur is connected with New Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Bengaluru.