Vistara Inaugurates Non-stop Service Between Mumbai And Jeddah
Delhi: Vistara successfully inaugurated non-stop flights between Jeddah (Saudi Arabia) and Mumbai (India). The inaugural flight departed from Mumbai on August 2, 2022, at 1805 Hours (IST) and landed in Jeddah at 2050 Hours (AST). The airline now flies thrice a week between the two cities on its Airbus A320neo aircraft. Commenting on the launch of […]
Jammu and Kashmir welcomed more than 1 crore tourists in the first five months of 2022
New Delhi, India: In a reply to a written question in Rajya Sabha today (Aug 3), Union Minister of State for Home Nityanand Rai informed that Jammu and Kashmir have welcomed almost 1.06 crore tourists between January to July 3 of this year. Minister said, “During the current calendar year i.e. from January 2022 till […]
No charge for web check-in in scheduled domestic airlines, Indian Govt. says
New Delhi, India: Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has issued Air Transport Circular (ATC)-01 of 2021 titled, “Unbundle of Services and fees by scheduled airlines” as per which, some services like preferential seating have been allowed to be unbundled and charged separately from the travellers. Such unbundled services are provided on “opt-in” basis by […]
India has signed Bilateral Air Service Agreement with 116 countries
New Delhi, India: In a written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha the Minister of State for Civil Aviation Gen. (Dr) V. K. Singh (Retd) informed today (Aug 1). “Any designated foreign airline can operate to/from a point in India if it is designated as a point of call in the bilateral Air Services […]
Direct flight between Delhi and Deoghar flagged-off
New Delhi, India: The Minister of Civil Aviation Shri Jyotiraditya M. Scindia and Minister of State for Civil Aviation (Gen)Dr V.K Singh (Retd) today (July 30) virtually inaugurated the direct flight between Delhi and Deoghar by Indigo. The event was graced by Shri Hafizul Hasan, Minister for Tourism, Government of Jharkhand, and many other dignitaries from […]
South African Tourism exclusive deals in partnership with Air Seychelles for Indian travellers
Mumbai to Johannesburg return flights on Air Seychelles at just INR 38,148 The campaign is expected to support and encourage rapidly growing Indian tourist footfalls to South Africa Mumbai, India: South African Tourism announced the launch of an exclusive India airfare campaign in partnership with Air Seychelles. The campaign will run for a month between 25th July […]
Indians have visa-free access to 60 nations
Recently Henley & Partners unveiled the world’s most powerful passports Index, Japan holds the number one spot on the index with visa-on-arrival access to 193 nations, while Singapore and South Korea come in joint-2nd place with access to 192 nations. India’s passport ranked 87th with visa-free access to 60 nations. Below is the list of countries where India […]
Sikkim Tourism made a strong comeback post Covid-19
Sikkim Tourism made a strong comeback after the lifting of the Covid 19 travel restrictions, the tourism data revealed. As per tourism department records, as many as 3.08 lakh domestic travellers visited Sikkim between October last year and March 2022, also as foreigners’ footfall is concerned, 6,055 people visited Sikkim during the period. January was […]
Akasa Air to begin commercial operation on Aug 7
New Delhi: Akasa Air is all set to gear up in the skies with the launch of its first commercial flight operation between the Mumbai-Ahmedabad route on August 7 with the brand-new Boeing 737 Max aircraft. The Airline backed by Rakesh Jhunjhunwala, Indian billionaire business magnate, on Friday (July 22) issued a statement informing, “it has […]
India’s domestic air traffic in June show a positive trend
New Delhi, India: In the recent data shared by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) on Friday (July 22) for the month of June 2022 shows a strong comeback in domestic air traffic and much near to pre-pandemic levels, the volume of passengers travelling on domestic airlines in June only 12.6% lower compared to […]
