The DGCA has notified airlines that they should keep one seat empty between two passengers on an aeroplane going forward.
Social Distancing on aircraft guidelines notified by DGCA
Monthly Archives
Monthly Archives for March 2020.
Emirates cancels flights across network by March 25, 2020
Emirates has taken the decision to cancel flights across its network and ground all its aircraft from March 25, 2020 onwards. The grounding will last till the business environment for travel does not look up.
GoAir/TruJet to shut flights & Vistara/IndiGo will operate reduced schedules on March 22, 2020
IndiGo, GoAir and Vistara are amending their networks or choosing to not operate flights on March 22, 2020, in view of the fact that people will self isolate on this day.
Exclusive: Air India was set to cut 67% of their international route network (before they had to cut it all)
Are Air India Flights Getting Cancelled? Yes, they are. Even before the Government of India decided to close out our borders to aircraft arrivals, 67% of Air India’s international flights were already cancelled.
India closing airports for ALL International Flights w.e.f. March 22, 2020
All Indian airports will close to International arrivals with effect from March 22, 2020, onwards for one week. That would mean no arrivals and departures from India will happen from Sunday onwards.
Vistara will ground all international operations through March 31, 2020
Vistara International Flights will be discontinued between March 20 and March 31 owing to the global CoVid Pandemic and border closures/reduced demand for these flights at the moment.
New GoAir Cancellation Policy: Just don’t turn up for the flight and reschedule later
GoAir has announced that you no longer need to cancel your tickets going forward for the next few weeks of travel. Instead, the airline will automatically offer you a credit note which you can use in the coming year.
Club Vistara pauses status assessment through April 2020
Club Vistara, the frequent flyer programme of Vistara, has announced the pause of status through April 2020. This means Vistara is assessing how would members re-earn status in the times ahead.
BIA Airport closed to commercial flights from March 19, 2020. Can’t enter Sri Lanka.
Colombo’s Bandaranaike International Airport will be closed to arriving traffic tomorrow onwards. Departing flights can still operate to exit the country.
DGCA notifies measures for Indian airlines to clean their aircraft
The Indian DGCA has finally notified airlines about all the protocols they need to follow to ensure aircraft are clean and safe to fly in the age of CoVid19.
India has stopped flights from Malaysia, Philippines and Afghanistan
In a new travel advisory issued, India has stopped accepting incoming passengers from Malaysia, Afganistan and the Philippines for the time being.
