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- Middle East
Saudi Arabia: Air Traffic rises by 43%; marine by 7%
Riyadh: The General Authority for Statistics (GASTAT) on Monday announced that in 2021, Saudi Arabia saw its air traffic increase by 43 percent while its marine traffic went up by seven percent.…
- Kerala
Kerala airport set to halt flights for 5 hrs for ‘God’s passage’
Thiruvananthapuram: The Thiruvananthapuram international airport here is once again ready to close its runway and halt flight operations for five hours on Tuesday afternoon to enable the smooth passage of the “God”.…
- Business
AirAsia India to commence 21 weekly direct flights
New Delhi: AirAsia India will commence 21 weekly direct flights connecting Delhi to Bhubaneswar and Bengaluru to Jaipur, from October 30 as part of its winter schedule. The launch of these routes…
- Business
Delhi-bound Akasa Air flight hit by bird
New Delhi: A Delhi-bound Akasa Air flight was hit by a bird during the climb on Thursday, due to which the aircraft suffered a radome damage. In a statement, the Directorate General…
- India
Bomb threat on flight from Moscow, search underway at Delhi airport
New Delhi: Situation at Indira Gandhi International Airport became chaotic after the Delhi Police received a PCR call about a bomb in a flight that was coming from Moscow. It was an…
- World
Russian flag carrier resumes flights to SL
Colombo: Russian flag carrier Aeroflot resumed commercial operations to Sri Lanka on Monday, the first time since June this year. The first Aeroflot flight since June 4 landed at the Bandaranaike International…
- India
IndiGo starts direct flights between Mumbai and Ras Al-Khaimah
New Delhi: IndiGo, India’s leading carrier, has started new daily direct flights between Mumbai and Ras Al-Khaimah (United Arab Emirates) from Thursday. Ras Al-Khaimah is the 100th overall destination and 11th in…
- Middle East
Syria’s Aleppo airport resumes flights days after Israeli targeting
Damascus: Aleppo International Airport, Syria’s second largest airport resumed its flights on Friday after stopping service for several days as a result of the Israeli aggression targeting the runway and the airport yard with five…
- Bangalore
Flight operations at Bengaluru airport return to normal
Bengaluru: Flight operations at Bengaluru’s Kempegowda International Airport, which were affected due to the heavy rainfall, have returned to complete normalcy since Monday, a spokesperson said on Tuesday. Torrential overnight rains on…
- India
SpiceJet Nashik-bound flight turns midway to Delhi after ‘autopilot’ snag
New Delhi : Airline SpiceJet’s Boeing-737 on Thursday returned to Delhi after taking off from Indira Gandhi International Airport. Reportedly, an aircraft VT-SLP of SpiceJet, that took off for Nashik in Maharashtra…
- India
Dubai-bound flight receives hoax bomb threat call
Chennai: A bomb threat call received to a Dubai-bound private carrier on Saturday turned out to be a hoax, authorities said. Following the anonymous call received at the police control room, a thorough…
- World
British Airways to cancel around 10,000 Heathrow flights
London: British Airways said that it will axe around 10,000 short-haul flights to and from London’s Heathrow Airport between October 2022 and March 2023. Some long-haul flights will also be affected, the…
- India
PIL against Delhi HC permitting Sikhs to carry ‘kirpan’ on flights withdrawn
New Delhi: A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) challenging the Delhi High Court’s order allowing Sikhs to carry ‘kirpans’ on domestic flights was withdrawn on Monday. During the hearing before the bench comprising…
- India
Video: Bodybuilder smokes in flight; Scindia orders probe
New Delhi: Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia on Thursday ordered an investigation after a video showing bodybuilder Bobby Kataria smoking on a SpiceJet flight surfaced on social media. The video shows Kataria —…
- India
Spicejet to operate only 50% of its flights for eight weeks
New Delhi: Aviation regulator DGCA on Wednesday ordered SpiceJet airline to operate only 50 percent of its flights for eight weeks. “In view of findings of various spot checks, inspections and the reply…
