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Airlines in the UK and Europe are facing unprecedented challenges due to the ongoing conflict in Ukraine, with flight paths altered to avoid dangerous airspace and a surge in costs that threatens to hamper any recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. Vladimir Putin's military operations have sparked widespread concerns,
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An Air India Express Boeing 737-800 overshot the tabletop runway at Calicut International Airport on Friday, resulting in the loss of 18 lives, including both pilots. The aircraft had already traversed the first 1,000 meters of the runway when it touched down, significantly shortening the available stretch of runway.
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With the global economy stalled due to the pandemic, countries are turning to "travel bubbles" to reconnect with other nations that have managed to contain the spread of the novel coronavirus. In Southeast Asia, where tourism was hit hard due to the virus's origin in China,
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The United States Department of Transportation has restricted Air India's repatriation flights, citing unfair and discriminatory practices by the Indian government. The move comes after the Indian government was accused of impairing the operating rights of US carriers and denying them permission to conduct India-US passenger charter operations.
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As India resumed domestic flight services for air travel across the country, concerns over safety norms at airports have been raised after four travelers in three different flights tested positive for Covid-19. The cases, which include a 24-year-old passenger, a 50-year-old security staff member, and two crew members, have sparked
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India's Ministry of Civil Aviation has introduced a Standard Operating Protocol (SOP) for private aircraft and charter flights to repatriate stranded Indians and certain categories of Overseas Citizens of India (OCI) in view of the COVID-19 pandemic. The SOP outlines specific requirements for operators and passengers, including obtaining
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A total of 572 Indian citizens were repatriated through two specially chartered flights that landed at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (CSMIA) on Sunday morning. The repatriation efforts are set to continue over the next week, with as many as 2,350 Indian citizens from the UK, the US,
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The Indian government is working to repatriate nearly 15,000 citizens stranded abroad, with 64 flights scheduled to operate from 12 countries. The aviation ministry's website has crashed due to high traffic, causing inconvenience for those seeking information on evacuation flights. Air India is awaiting clearance for some
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Air India has announced that from January 1, 2016, it will discontinue serving non-vegetarian food, tea, and coffee on its economy class flights up to 90 minutes duration. The airline has decided to replace these items with "all vegetarian" hot meals. This decision affects flights to most non-metro
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With air passenger traffic in India growing at more than 20%, low-fare airlines IndiGo and GoAir were expecting the timely induction of fuel-efficient Airbus A320neo planes. However, the European plane maker has informed them about potential delays in delivery due to "industrial reasons." This comes as a blow
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A Jet Airways shuttle bus crashed into a parked Air India ATR 42 aircraft at the Kolkata airport on Tuesday morning, causing a momentary scare, but fortunately, there were no casualties. The incident occurred around 5:40 am when the driver of the bus allegedly fell asleep at the wheel,
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An Indian engineer working at the Mumbai airport lost his life after being sucked into the engine of an Air India plane late Wednesday evening. Ravi Subramanian, the engineer, was standing near the landing gear of the Airbus A319 aircraft when he was pulled into the engine as it was
