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Air India Introduces New Menu, In Domestic Flights

Tatas-owned Air India has introduced a new in-flight menu on domestic routes amid the onset of the festive season. Since taken over by the Tatas in January this year, the loss-making airline has been making efforts to revamp services, expand its ...

Akasa Air, To Start Flights On Chennai-Mumbai Route From Sept 15

Rakesh Jhunjhunwala-backed Akasa Air on Tuesday said it will start operating flights on the Chennai-Mumbai route from September 15. The new carrier will launch commercial flight operations on August 7 by running its first service on the Mumbai-Ahmedabad route. The airline ...

SpiceJet Clears, All Outstanding Principal Dues Of AAI

New Delhi, Aug 2 (PTI) SpiceJet on Tuesday said it has entered into an agreement with the Airports Authority of India (AAI) and cleared all outstanding principal dues of the airport operator. "With this, SpiceJet will no longer remain on 'cash ...

Govt Exempts Excise Duty, On ATF Purchases By Indian Carriers For Overseas Flights

The government has exempted domestic airlines flying overseas from paying excise duty on Aviation Turbine Fuel (ATF), bringing them at parity with international carriers. Airlines will, however, continue to pay an 11 per cent excise duty on ATF used for flying ...

FinMin Exempts Excise Duty, On ATF Purchases By Indian Carriers For Overseas Flights

The Finance Ministry has exempted domestic airlines running international flights from 11 per cent basic excise duty on ATF or jet fuel bought from oil marketing companies. In a notification, the ministry said that ATF supplied as fuel to domestic carriers ...

Flights To India Will Operate At Pre-Pandemic Levels, By October 30, Says Singapore Airlines

Singapore Airlines (SIA) has announced that it will return to its pre-pandemic level of operations to India by October 30, buoyed by a robust surge in the demand for air travel. Singapore's flag carrier will progressively operate 17 weekly flights to ...

Ethiopian Airlines, To Operate Flights Thrice A Week Between Chennai-Addis Ababa

Africa's largest air carrier Ethiopian Airlines under its move to serve travellers planning to visit southern parts of the country has launched direct flight connectivity between Chennai and Addis Ababa. To be operated three times a week, the metro would be ...

United Airlines To Start Daily Flights From Bengaluru, To San Francisco By End Of FY 23

United Airlines is scheduled to begin daily flights from here to San Francisco in the last quarter of financial year 2022-23, according to Kempegowda International Airport, Bengaluru. Australian national carrier Qantas will begin four weekly flights to Sydney from September 14, ...

Domestic Air Traffic To Cross 'Pre-COVID' Levels in Next 2 Months: Scindia

The number of daily air passengers is expected to cross pre-COVID levels in the next two months, Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia said on Monday and also urged states to reduce tax on jet fuel to boost the country's aviation sector.{image-airindia-1564809052.jpg ...

Civil Aviation Ministry Removes Curbs on Number of Flights Between India-Ukraine

The Ministry of Civil Aviation has removed the curbs on the number of flights that can be operated between India and Ukraine under the bilateral air bubble arrangement to facilitate travel of Indians from the eastern European nation, according to a ...

Scheduled International Flights To Operate To And From India From Dec 15

On Friday, the ministry of Civil aviation said the international flights to and from India shall resume from December 15. Nevertheless, in view of the new coronavirus strain and increasing infection rate in some of the nations, the centre has excluded ...

Second Covid 19 Wave: These Countries Have Banned Flights From India

As India is continuously registering over 3 lakh cases per day many of the nations including the US, UK, Kuwait, France and Canada have banned flights from India, citing COVID-19 cases and the "double mutant" virus being found in the country. ...

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