All the remaining lounges of the Plaza Premium Group in India are now shut till further notice. Here are the details.
Plaza Premium Lounges in Nagpur, Chandigarh and Amritsar are now closed (as well)
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Reports: Air India and Vistara to merge; Singapore Airlines to stay on board
The announcement of the merger of Air India and Vistara seems imminent, and Singapore Airlines might stay on for its payday, later.
India makes masks optional at airports or on flights
India’s Ministry of Civil Aviation has notified that wearing masks for air travel will now be optional rather than compulsory. Here are the details of the move.
Air India asked to pay $121 Million to passengers and $1.4 Million in fines by US DoT
Air India has been asked to process over USD 100 million in refunds due to customers who were supposed to fly to/from the US using the carrier. They also received a fine for not doing their job processing refunds in time.
What is going on between GMR Airports and Plaza Premium Lounges? DEL/HYD Airport Lounges shut
Delhi Airport and Hyderabad Airport, both operated by GMR and having a swath of lounges from Plaza Premium seem to have cut off lounges as of mid-November. Here is what we know so far.
India and Canada sign Open Skies agreement
India and Canada have signed an expanded Air Services agreement which will allow the airlines on both sides to fly an uncapped number of flights to the other side effective immediately.
Wider Seating coming to Akasa Air (unintentionally)
Akasa Air might soon be sporting some really wide seats on a huge bunch of their aircraft. Here are some details of what is expected to come up and why?
Plaza Premium Lounge at Delhi Terminal 3 Domestic temporarily shut
Are you planning to fly out of Delhi Terminal 3? As an FYI, the only lounge available for access with most modes, such as credit cards, is now shut down.
Vistara inducts third Boeing 787-9 (With A Different Product)
Vistara has inducted another Boeing 787-9 aircraft in their fleet, which will start getting into operations on November 6, 2022. Here is how it will be different compared to the earlier aircraft of the airline.
Air India Group concludes buyback of AirAsia India, to be merged with Air India Express
AirAsia India has seen the exit of Malaysia’s Capital A Bhd (erstwhile AirAsia), and the Tata group will make a move to fully consolidate the airline into Air India Express and make one carrier in the next 12 months. Here are the details.
IndiGo to wet lease Boeing 777 aircraft from Turkish Airlines
In a change of tack, IndiGo, India’s biggest narrow-body, single-class operator, is now going to have some wide bodies in its fleet for the first time. 3 Boeing 777 aircraft are slated to join them shortly on a wet lease.
