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European Airlines get another extension of their slots for the Northern Winter 2020 Schedule, says IATA

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IATA and the various airline organisations representing the interests of European airlines may have found a potential way to stop the upheaval of their schedules in Winter 2020 and arrived at an agreement to keep their slots till early 2021.

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Indian Airports to offer RT-PCR testing for international arrivals (transferring passengers only)

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New provisions being put in place in India will allow you to skip institutional quarantine as long as you have a CoVid-19 negative test conducted within 96 hours of departure, or will test negative on arrival.

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Indian airlines hold over 1000 flights a day for a week; get a higher cap of flights they can operate

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100 days after opening up domestic flights, Indian airlines have finally managed to operate 1,000 flights for a week in a row. Is this the start of a good trend or just a coincidence? What does the data for domestic flights show us? Let us find out.

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Vistara & Japan Airlines flyers can now earn and burn on each other’s loyalty programmes

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Vistara and Japan Airlines are now fully cooperating on earning and burning sides of their loyalty programmes. This means you can put your Mileage Bank number and earn miles for your vistara flights on JAL going forward as well.

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Watch: Vistara’s first in-flight safety video which takes you around India and talks Yoga

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Vistara’s inflight safety video made its debut today, on the eve of the launch of the airline’s long-haul flying on the 787-9 to London Heathrow. It combines the Indian outdoors with Yoga and takes you on a wonderfully done work for a safety video.

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