As we all prepare to stay at home for another three weeks, give or take, don’t expect to fly anywhere anytime soon. No commercial flights will operate till May 3, 2020, for the moment.
Flights cancellation across India extended through May 3, 2020
Middle East
Category Archives for Middle East.
Behind the Scenes with Etihad, who is using their downtime to fix everything
Etihad is making some great use of their downtime, ponying up their aircraft for their next flights, promising to make them as good as new. Let’s go behind the scenes and have a look.
No more Chicken Junglee Sandwich on IndiGo for the time being: IndiGo to revise service protocols in CoVid-19 times
IndiGo is updating its service protocols to get ready to fly again. CEO Rono Dutta says no more food service on the planes in the days ahead. So be ready to say goodbye to the Chicken Junglee sandwich on board for the time being.
Marriott Bonvoy extending elite status of members by one year
Good news. Marriott has decided to extend the status benefits for all members by a year. This means if your status was valid till February 2021, it will be extended to February 2022. All this and more inside.
IndiGo/SpiceJet/GoAir/Vistara not selling international flights through April 30, 2020
Indian carriers seem to have taken a call to not operate their flights abroad at the moment. All the carriers have stopped selling international tickets till April 30, 2020, now, extending from their earlier cancellations till April 14, 2020.
IATA: 25 million job at risk due to CoVid-19
IATA predicts 25 million jobs related to aviation are at risk due to the CoVid-19 crisis. These include 11.2 million jobs in Asia Pacific region itself. It seems it will be a long winter ahead for aviation.
InterMiles suspends mileage expiry till July 2020
Good news. InterMiles has become the latest programme to decide to stall the expiry of miles through July 2020.
Air India stops selling flights through April 30, 2020
Air India has extended their flights cancellation through April 30, 2020. This should ideally mean others will follow and not expecting to fly anytime through April 2020.
Emirates flights to resume on April 6, 2020
Emirates, one of the biggest airlines around the globe, grounded since March 25, 2020, is planning to resume a limited flight schedule on April 6, 2020, working towards a gradual resumption of the schedule over the months ahead.
Qatar Airways extends Privilege Club status tiers by 12 months
Qatar Airways is extending the status of everyone who is due to have their Qatar Airways status expire by January 2021. Everyone gets 1 more year of status, on the house. No Questions Asked.
Marriott involved in second data breach involving 5.2 Million customers
In a new Marriott Data Breach just reported by Marriott, it is estimated that the data of up to 5.2 million customers may be in the wind due to potentially insecure access to the data using some authorised login credentials.
