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China allows international flights after 2 years; silent on services to India

By TBM Staff - Mumbai Thursday, 7 July 2022, 3:10 PM 952

China has started permitting international flights after a two-year ban due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but there is no word yet on the resumption of air services to India, even after Beijing lifted a visa ban for Indian professionals and their families last month. China is further streamlining procedures for those arriving into the country […]Continue Reading

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Domestic air travel witnesses 17% growth in November: DGCA

By TBM Staff - Mumbai Sunday, 19 December 2021, 4:28 PM 2254

Around 1.05 crore domestic passengers travelled by air in November, 17.03 per cent higher than the 89.85 lakh who travelled the month before, the country’s aviation regulator said. While IndiGo carried 57.06 lakh passengers in November, a 54.3 per cent share of the domestic market, SpiceJet flew 10.78 lakh passengers, accounting for a 10.3 per […]Continue Reading

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Maharashtra govt amends air travel guidelines for passengers

By TBM Staff - Mumbai Friday, 3 December 2021, 11:24 AM 1704

With the Maharashtra government on December 2 amending its air travel rules in view of global concerns over the Omicron variant of coronavirus, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) cancelled its previous guidelines issued to the city airport authorities and asked them to follow the revised ones as issued by the state.The state government’s amended air […]Continue Reading

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Domestic air passenger traffic up 31% at 66 lakh in August on higher capacity deployment: ICRA

By TBM Staff - Mumbai Tuesday, 7 September 2021, 9:34 AM 1524

Domestic air passenger traffic continued on the growth trajectory in August with volumes growing up to 31 per cent to 66 lakh over the previous month, helped by higher capacity deployment and a downward trend in the pandemic, credit ratings agency ICRA said on September 6. The domestic passenger traffic in July 2021 was 51 […]Continue Reading

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Domestic air travel bookings gather pace amid festive season

By TBM Staff - Mumbai Wednesday, 25 August 2021, 10:50 AM 1793

Air travel bookings in India have gathered pace ahead of the festive season, offering hopes of a full revival for the sector battered by the pandemic. Airlines, however, remain cautious of a potential third wave of Covid-19, mindful of the severe dent to business during May and June this year when the second wave erased […]Continue Reading

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Centre aims to make air travel affordable for common man: Jyotiraditya Scindia

By TBM Staff - Mumbai Thursday, 19 August 2021, 10:52 AM 1334

Union Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia on August 18 said the central government aimed to provide an affordable air travel facility, which even a person “wearing slippers” could avail. As part of the domestic civil aviation sector’s expansion in the past four years, new airports have been opened in many smaller cities and air services […]Continue Reading