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Avianca files for bankruptcy protection; LifeMiles are safe as of now

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Avianca, the Latin American Star Alliance member airline filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. This means the airline will operate but will restructure its balance sheet. However, this does not seem to have any impact on the airline’s loyalty programme, LifeMiles, at the moment.

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Why repatriation flights are not being organised from every city in India which has an airport

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People are annoyed that they are not able to make it to the charter flights being organised to repatriate Indian citizens. Here, I try and explain why repatriation flights are being operated only from a few airports as of now.

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Government of India sets ball rolling on Evacuation Flights to India for over 100K people in the days ahead

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The Government of India has initiated a plan to bring back home thousands of Indians back home on special evacuation flights. In the first phase, these flights will be operated by Air India using their fleets of 787s, 777s and A320/A321 aircraft. Here are all the details!

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Good News: India to organise repatriation flights to bring back Indians from May 7 onwards!

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The Government of India has finally figured they will operate flights from May 7, 2020, onwards to repatriate Indian citizens who might be stuck in various other countries. The size of this repatriation could be anywhere between 200K to 700K citizens by varied estimates.

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Here is how Delhi Airport plans to resume flights after Lockdown 3

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What will the Delhi Airport look like once flights resume? Elaborate measures are being put in place to try and make sure that the airport will be safe for aviation personnel and passengers in the days ahead. Here are some details of how the airport procedure will look like post CoVid19 lockdown ending and resumption of operations.

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