Tata Sons are buying out most of AirAsia’s stake in AirAsia India. This will mean the low-cost airline will be completely operated by Tata going into 2021.
Tata Sons buy out most of AirAsia stake in AirAsia India
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Updated: Institutional Quarantine in Mumbai/Pune for passengers arriving from Middle East and Europe
In a new move, Maharashtra Government has announced that passengers landing in Maharashtra from the Middle East and Europe will have to compulsorily undergo an institutional quarantine of 14 days. For those from other countries, a home quarantine has been made applicable.
Heightened scrutiny for those who travelled/transited from UK to India from November 25, 2020 onwards
The Indian Government has issued new Standard Operating Procedures, specifically targetted to those who have flown in via the UK, or arrived in India from the UK since November 25, 2020, onwards. Here are the details.
Saudi Arabia, Oman & Kuwait halt all international flights; Indian airlines cancels flights
The Middle East has gone into closure due to the new strain of CoVid-19 discovered in the UK. KSA, Kuwait and Oman have restricted all sorts of commercial flights to enter their nations from around the world.
Jewar airport site to be called Noida International Airport
Delhi’s second airport has been officially named now, as the Noida International Airport. Here are some pictures of the airport to come up by 2024.
You can now book your Vistara flights directly on Google Flights
You will now be able to search and complete your bookings for Vistara flights on the Google Travel Website itself, rather than being passed on to a separate website.
GoAir flight to Port Blair diverts as GoAir filed Cargo flights and carried passengers
On December 15, GoAir operated a flight between Chennai and Port Blair which returned back, because GoAir’s authorisation was for that flight to carry cargo and not passengers.
Bidders emerging for Air India: Tatas, Interups Inc, Employees, who else?
There seems to be at least a couple of bids in the ring for Air India’s purchase. Who will win this bidding match is anyone’s guess, but the time to put your hat in the ring closes down in a couple of hours from now.
Oneworld News: Alaska Airlines announces benefits; American Airlines upgrades Platinum Pro to Emerald; Qatar Airways and Alaska Airlines strike partnership
Oneworld member-elect Alaska Airlines has announced the perks their members will be able to access once the airline will be a part one the alliance, apart from their recent partnership with Qatar Airways before the alliance even gets started. Not just that, American Airlines is upgrading some members too from Oneworld Sapphire to Emerald.
Jet Airways’ bidder hopes to resurrect the airline as a full-service carrier by April 2021 (I am not convinced though)
Jet Airways successful bidders today released (hardly any) details about the plans for the resurrection of the airline. They hope to take off by the Summer of 2021 and have a long wishlist of things they want to achieve, including a pan-India network and a return of the slots taken away from 9W back in the day
Boeing is back in business with the 737 MAX: RyanAir places 75 firm orders
Ryanair has become the first customer to return for more of the MAX, placing a firm order of 75 to up their order book to 210 737 MAX aircraft. This should be sounding sweet to Boeing who would like more customers to step up.
