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14 Oct

Hoax bomb threat on Delhi-bound flight

Priyanka Bhowmick0 CommentsIndiabomb, Delhi, flight, international

An investigation into the bomb threat against a Delhi-bound flight that landed in the national capital on Friday morning has begun, Police stated.As per the report of PTI, The Central Industrial Security Force received a warning of a bomb on the Moscow-Delhi flight through an email.All passengers and crew members on board the flight were immediately disembarked and the flight was checked. According to a PTI report, A senior police official informed that nothing has been found so far and the plane has been dismantled, .“Last night a call came in about a bomb on a flight coming from Moscow…

06 Jan

125 passengers on a Global Flight tested Covid +ve

editor0 CommentsCovid-19, Health, India, TravelCoronavirus, COVID 19, covidpositive, flight, passengers

On Thursday a total of 125 passengers on a Milan-Amritsar global flight were found to be Covid-positive when tested on arrival in Amritsar. Officials said there were a total of 179 passengers on the charter flight YU-661 that landed at the Amritsar airport at around 1.30 PM yesterday. Out of total 179 passengers, 19 were children or infant so they were exempt from on-arrival RT-PCR testing. The charter flight between Milan in Italy and Amritsar in Punjab was operated by Portuguese company Euro Atlantic Airways. The number of active cases stands at 2, 85,401, comprising 0.81 per cent of the…

07 Oct

India to grant tourist visas to foreigners from Oct 15, foreign tourists to be allowed to visit from Nov 15

editor0 CommentsIndia, Internationalflight

India will begin granting fresh tourist visas to foreigners who enter the country via chartered flights starting from October 15, the government said on Thursday. It will also allow foreign tourists to enter the country by flights other than chartered aircraft from November 15 onwards. “MHA has decided to begin granting fresh tourist visas for foreigners coming to India through chartered flights with effect from October 15. Foreign tourists entering into India by flights other than chartered aircraft would be able to do so from November 15 on fresh tourist visas,” the government said in a statement. The government said…

29 Aug

COVID-19: India extends ban on scheduled international flights till September 30

editor0 CommentsIndia, Internationalflight

The Centre on Sunday extended the suspension on international scheduled commercial flights till September 30 owing to the coronavirus diseases (Covid-19) pandemic. The latest circular issued by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) continued to keep international cargo flights and those approved by the regulator to operate. The DGCA also said that scheduled international flights might be allowed on selected routes on a case to case basis. Scheduled international passenger services have been suspended in India since March 23, 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic. But special international flights have been operating under the Vande Bharat Mission since May…

22 Dec

IndiGo recommences operations from 8 cities

editor0 CommentsBusinessflight

IndiGo provides the best connectivity from the northeast states to the entire country with Kolkata as the gateway in absence of non-stop service. IndiGo is currently operating more than 650 weekly flights to and from 8 key North-eastern cities of the country including Agartala, Aizwal, Dibrugarh, Dimapur, Guwahati, Imphal, Jorhat and Silchar. The airline witnessed high air travel demand from Guwahati, which is connected nonstop with major cities including Bengaluru, Chennai, Delhi, Kolkata, Hyderabad, Mumbai, Jaipur and with 7 North-eastern cities including Aizawl, Agartala, Dibrugarh, Jorhat, Imphal and Silchar. IndiGo provides the best connectivity between northeast and the rest of the country. Chief Revenue and Strategy…