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Bahrain has stopped accepting travellers from India with effect from May 24, 2021, closing out one more way for Indians to travel out of the country for the time being, in the wake of the pandemic.
A couple got married with 161 people on board a SpiceJet chartered Boeing 737 aircraft, with complete disregard of all existing aviation and CoVid-19 pandemic rules.
Air India has announced that its customer data was compromised as a part of a global attack on SITA systems which ended up affecting other major airlines across the globe as well.
IndiGo and CFM International have signed an agreement to supply engines for 310 new A320neo family aircraft with their LEAP-1A engines.
India might not have reason to rejoice in the reopening of the European Union anytime soon. The EC has proposed travel from India be kept to the bare minimum, for the time being, exercising their ‘Emergency Brake Mechanism’
A new mandate from the Ministry of Civil Aviation will require all international travel outbound from India which requires an RT-PCR report to have a QR code embedded on the report. This requirement goes live on May 22, 2021.
Hilton Honors and Hilton Effect Foundation are asking members to donate their Hilton Honors points and they will match the contributions with equitable cash from their end on a one-to-one basis.
Europe is on track at the moment for reopening for travel in the Summer of 2021. Fully vaccinated travellers and those from countries deemed safe will be allowed to come in for non-essential travel soon. Details inside.
Lufthansa India has established a crew-swap operation in Bahrain to ensure their crew does not get stuck in India on a layover while India battles the second wave of the pandemic.
To keep the skies safe, it is essential that passengers and crew get vaccinated. So, as soon as the opportunity presented itself, airlines of India have started to vaccinate their staff, and will also try to vaccinate their families in some cases later. Here is the latest update on who has started on the efforts so far.
Air India might be in for some fresh hell as the airline has been made a scapegoat in the ongoing tug of war between Cairn Energy plc of the UK and the Government of India. The airline has been sued by the energy major and they want to take “joint control” of the airline.
