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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.
Colombo’s Bandaranaike International Airport will be closed to arriving traffic tomorrow onwards. Departing flights can still operate to exit the country.
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.
In a new travel advisory issued, India has stopped accepting incoming passengers from Malaysia, Afganistan and the Philippines for the time being.
GoAir, the airline which started international operations only 2018, has grounded their international operations for a month and has decided to put their staff on unpaid leave for the time being.
To make sure as many Indians can get back, Air India will retime their flights to make sure they get out before 1200 GMT. Here are all the flight changes happening to the Air India European network as the new rules take shape.
India has taken another step to protect the country from the further spread of the CoronaVirus. Effective March 18, 2020, India will not allow anyone who touches European soil to enter India (essentially Indians returning home). If you use the Middle East to fly to India, be prepared to be quarantined.
The new Air India route network cancels many flights to the Middle East and some flights inside the country through April 2020. These are deep cuts to the network without having the capacity redeployed for now.
Delta, one of the largest carriers across the globe, and one of the most well-run ones as well have taken the decision to ground up to 300 planes and cut 40% of their capacity in the coming days to weather the crises caused by the CoronaVirus crisis.
IndiGo has cancelled all their flights to Doha as the State of Qatar has stopped the entry of Indians into the country and is only allowing passengers passing through Doha to use their airport.
CoronaVirus is causing airlines to upgrade their standards to ensure they don’t become the cause of the spread of the virus while maintaining essential services. Unfortunately, Indian carriers’ response to the situation has been found lacking.
