Category: Aviation

If you are travelling to UAE this summer, you don’t need to pay visa fees for dependents aged 18 years or below. The fee exemption will be applicable between July 15 and September 15 every year , the UAE Cabinet announced recently. The new decision is expected to boost tourist footfall during the off peak season. UAE has earlier exempted transit tourists from visa fees for the first 48 hours. A 14-day express tourist visa costs Dh497 per head and a 30-day multi-entry tourist visa costs Dh917 if the traveller purchases it online. However, according to tour operators, the most popular tourist ... Read more

Emirates and Jetstar Pacific have announced a new codeshare agreement, expanding the existing partnership between the Dubai-based carrier and Jetstar Group. The new partnership with the Ho Chi Minh City-based carrier allows Emirates’ passengers to enjoy connectivity on domestic flights within Vietnam, in addition to flights connecting Vietnam to Singapore, Thailand as well as Australia. The new codeshare services from Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi connect Emirates passengers to 14 Vietnamese cities beyond Ho Chi Minh City and six cities beyond Hanoi. Emirates will also operate codeshare flights with Jetstar Pacific between the latter’s hub in Ho Chi Minh ... Read more

Kochi airport, the seventh busiest in the country, had been non-functional from August 14 to 28 owing to the devastating flood that shook the entire state between August 8 and 22. The airport authorities had first announced the shuttering of the facility till August 18, which was then extended to August 26 and further to August 29 as water levels continued to rise inundating the runway, the terminals as well as the large solar farm surrounding the airport. The engineers from government-owned consultancy Kitco have begun a survey in Nedumbassery and Kanjoor panchayat areas as a preliminary step to help ... Read more

Indigo is giving away 10 lakhs tickets for its passengers in their latest offer announced on 3rd September 2018 Domestic flights fares stars at Rs 999 and International flights starts at Rs 3199. The offer can be availed by making the booking between 3rd and 6th September 2018 and they may travel between 18th September and 30th March, 2019. Booking should be made at least 15 days prior to travel. Kochi to Thiruvananthapuram– Rs 999, Kochi to Chennai – Rs 1,999; Kochi to Bengaluru – Rs 1,299, Kochi to Abu Dhabi – Rs 5,999; Kochi to Dubai – Rs 4,699; ... Read more

The longest flight I have ever had is my flight to Taiwan, back in 2014, which made travel almost 4400 kilometres in a flight. And, in those long hours spent in the flight,  I finished two movies, had a couple of snacks and slept for some time, and still, there was more time left made me stare at the ceiling. The thought of a non-stop 20 hour flight, which is going to be the longest flight, was literally a blow for me. But, the Qantas Airways flight between London and Sydney, is not going to be the mundane, boring travel it seems. ... Read more

Air India is all set to start flight services to New York from Mumbai. The national carrier also has plans to resume services to Frankfurt, which it discontinued in 2010, from winters this year. At present, Air India flies to New York, Washington and San Francisco from New Delhi; Chicago from Hyderabad through New Delhi and to Newark from Mumbai. It also flies directly to destinations such as Stockholm, Madrid, Vienna, Paris, London, Rome, Birmingham and Milan. Air India is planning to spread its wings further in the US and Europe from the coming winters. As part of this, the airline ... Read more

Singapore Airlines and Air New Zealand has decided to boost the Singapore-Auckland services by flying three daily flights. “Together we bring you more of New Zealand” stated Singapore Airlaine in an announcement in their official website. From 28 October 2018, Singapore Airlines and Air New Zealand will jointly launch a third daily flight between Singapore and Auckland. The additional service will shorten connection times and improve connectivity through the Singapore hub. The new service will operate daily during the peak Northern Winter season (28 October 2018 – 30 March 2019), and five times per week during the Northern Summer season ... Read more

Emirates will boost its services to Riyadh with the addition of a fourth daily flight to the Saudi capital from 1 September 2018. The addition of the fourth daily service will take the total number of weekly Emirates flights serving Riyadh to 28. “Emirates’ expanded schedule to Riyadh will offer more travel options and choice for business travellers and families alike who are looking to visit Dubai. There are strong passenger flows between Riyadh and Dubai so enhancing our services makes business sense, and further underscores Riyadh’s importance within our global network,” said Adil Al Ghaith, Senior Vice President Commercial Operations, Gulf, ... Read more

Air Arabia is all set to open new route to Prague, the capital of Czech Republic, from December 11, through its hub Sharjah. The new route will offer good connectivity from 13 stations in India to Prague. The carrier will operate four frequencies a week. “The inaugural return ticket is starting from Rs 37,000,” said Sachin Nene, Country Head, Air Arabia. “To promote the new route, we will launch massive outdoor and radio campaign pan-India commencing September 1. While many full-service carriers operate to Prague, Air Arabia will offer good value to the travellers. Out of the four operations to ... Read more

Kochi Airport, which has been closed since August 15 following incessant rain and flood that caused massive destruction to the state of Kerala, has resumed  operations at 2 pm today. Indigo flight 667 from Ahmadabad to Kochi was the first flight landed at the airport. As per the official circular issued by the Cochin International Airport Limited (CIAL) on Monday, all airlines, both domestic and international, will commence with the current schedule of operations. An intimation regarding the readiness of the airport had already been given to all airlines to make sure the smooth functioning of the services. Services from ... Read more

Good news for those wish to travel between US and India. In this winter Wow air is launching an affordable new service, which transit through Iceland. As per their circular, the ultra-low cost carrier will make its maiden flight to India on 5th December 2018. Us residents can fly from Boston, Washington DC/Baltimore, New York, Chicago, Detroit, Los Angeles, St. Louis and San Francisco to the Indira Gandhi International Airport, New Delhi under this offer. To promote the new route, Wow has launched introductory one-way airfares for USD 199, but the offer is available for few seats only. WOW air ... Read more

GoAir is likely to fly international from October, with the first flight to operate on the Mumbai-Phuket route. The bookings for the international flight will commence soon. The airline is expected to officially announce this development tomorrow. “We will be launching our international operations with a flight to Phuket (Thailand) from Mumbai in October. We have all regulatory approvals in place and the flight is expected to go into the system (bookings) in a week’s time,” said an official to PTI. GoAir is planning to launch three to four international destinations by March next year. The proposed Mumbai-Phuket service will ... Read more

Heavy rain hit several parts of Delhi and adjoining areas today, 28th August 2018. Water clogging caused traffic jams in different parts of capital city. The Meteorological department has predicted rain in Delhi till Thursday. Delhi and Gurgaon have been experiencing rain since morning. Social media pictures showed cars and bikes driving through flooded roads. Some of the schools in Gurgaon remain closed due to the bad weather. Delhi Traffic Police has issued alerts on Twitter with the hash tag #DelhiRains, which is one of the top trends on Twitter this morning. The traffic towards the busy Delhi-Jaipur-Mumbai highway was ... Read more

AirAsia has started its ‘Trust your Wanderlust’ promotional sale under which it will be selling flight tickets starting from Rs 1, 199. The promotional sale includes domestic destinations such as Kolkata, Hyderabad, Chennai, New Delhi, Kochi, Goa, Guwahati, Jaipur, Chandigarh, Pune, Ranchi, Bagdogra, Bhubaneshwar, Indore and other places. The offer could be availed on tickets booked till 2 September 2018, and discounts applicable on travel period up to 17 February 2019. The sale offers the cheapest ticket of Rs 1, 199 for travel between 27 August 2018 and 17 February 2019, from Bengaluru to Hyderabad; and Rs 3,499 for travel from ... Read more

SpiceJet today successfully operated “India’s first ever biojet fuel flight” which took off from Dehradun and landed at the airport in Delhi.   the national capital. The SpiceJet flight, a Bombardier Q400 aircraft, partially using biojet fuel, was powered with a blend of 75 per cent air turbine fuel (ATF) and 25 per cent biojet fuel, it said. “The advantage of using biojet fuel as compared to ATF is that it reduces carbon emissions and enhances fuel efficiency. Made from Jatropha crop, the fuel has been developed by the CSIR-Indian Institute of Petroleum (IIP), Dehradun,” SpiceJet said in a statement. Around 20 people, ... Read more