About Ajay

Ajay Awtaney is the Founder and Editor of Live From A Lounge (LFAL), a pioneering digital platform renowned for publishing news and views about aviation, hotels, passenger experience, loyalty programs, travel trends and frequent travel tips for the Global Indian. He is considered the Indian authority on business travel, luxury travel, frequent flyer miles, loyalty credit cards and travel for Indians around the globe. Ajay is a frequent contributor and commentator on the media as well, including ET Now, BBC, CNBC TV18, NDTV, Conde Nast Traveller and many other outlets.

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Airbus and Qatar Airways dispute escalates as Airbus cancels 50 A321neo order for airline

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Airbus and Qatar Airways have been in a dispute for about six months now, where Qatar Airways has grounded over 20 A350 jets on the back of paint issues, and as the legal tussle around it escalates, Airbus has now exercised its rights to cancel an order for 50 A321neo aircraft from the airline.

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Effective Jan 22, 2022, India removes isolation requirement on International Arrivals into India; 7-days home quarantine still required

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India will require travellers arriving into the country from all countries to quarantine for 7 days and upload a negative RT-PCR on Day-8. Here are the new requirements, effective, January 22, 2022, where even positive cases won’t need to isolate in an isolation facility.

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Air India restores flights to the USA after receiving clearance on their 777 operations; Emirates to resume operations on January 21

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Air India has finally resumed flight operations to the USA after getting clearance from Boeing about their ability to safely deploy the 777s on flights to the USA. Emirates will resume operations on January 21, 2022.

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