Bangalore airport has issued a notification about their plans to close the runway in 2017 early for about 2.5 months for the construction of new rapid exit taxiways. This is going to affect everyone’s schedules I presume. More details inside.
Etihad’s loyalty program company has signed up a deal with Visa to focus on issuing co-branded cards across the world with Etihad Airways Partners and Visa as the network. Maybe this means I can get an Etihad Guest co-branded card in my home market?
Bangalore Airport is considering the use of Biometrics to allow access to the airport terminal. This is a new use case for the Aadhar system, so let’s see how they move forward from paper first to thumbprint first without going through the mobile first processes.
Qatar has introduced a new 96-hour free transit visa if you are using Doha airport to transit the country, which is available to all nationalities under certain conditions. Certainly may be worthwhile to check out Qatar while you are there!
Singapore Airlines & SilkAir are offering a new 30% discount on KrisFlyer redemptions across the globe if you redeem by November 16 and are ready to travel in the first half of 2017. Here are the important details!
Club Vistara, which was relaunched a few weeks ago, is now offering a challenge to obtain Club Vistara Platinum status as well. Platinum is the highest status for Club Vistara members, and this could be interesting for you if you travel to Delhi a lot! All the details inside.
Singapore has now announced a new visa-free transit facility for Indians, where you can visit Singapore for upto 96 hours during a transit from Singapore. This is a great development for everyone who wanted to transit via Singapore and stay to see the wonders. Check out the details!
Jet Airways and Delta are now making a new partnership at London Heathrow, along with Virgin Atlantic. This expands the Jet Airways partnership for the Americas across Delta / KLM / Air France / Virgin Atlantic. Great news for the flyers who shuttle half way across the globe then.
Lufthansa has upgraded their Mumbai – Frankfurt service adding a 747-8i to the route now replacing the older 744 on this route. This also means Mumbai will now be served with a First Class again. This should be good news for travelers!
Diwali is here upon us, and all the planes are filling up. If you still haven’t made up your mind or are caught stumped by the last minute high pricing, do not worry. We got you covered! Read this post on how to still make it work.
Two of the big OTAs, MakeMyTrip and GoIbibo are now working on a merger deal, which will combine the entities into one by the end of the year. Here is how this will impact you in your travel purchases.
