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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.
The UAE government has committed to bailing out Emirates via equity infusion in the coming days. This announcement was made in a series of announcements made by the crown prince of Dubai.
If you were thinking of flying into India or heading outside the country over the next few weeks, let’s forget it. India has formally announced that all flights outside the country will not be operative until at least April 14, 2020.
Boeing has decided to halt aircraft production activities at their aircraft manufacturing and delivery centres in the Seattle Area, including in Renton and Everett for a period of 14 days starting March 25, 2020.
Emirates has taken the decision to cancel flights across its network and ground all its aircraft from March 25, 2020 onwards. The grounding will last till the business environment for travel does not look up.
Are Air India Flights Getting Cancelled? Yes, they are. Even before the Government of India decided to close out our borders to aircraft arrivals, 67% of Air India’s international flights were already cancelled.
All Indian airports will close to International arrivals with effect from March 22, 2020, onwards for one week. That would mean no arrivals and departures from India will happen from Sunday onwards.
Vistara International Flights will be discontinued between March 20 and March 31 owing to the global CoVid Pandemic and border closures/reduced demand for these flights at the moment.
GoAir has announced that you no longer need to cancel your tickets going forward for the next few weeks of travel. Instead, the airline will automatically offer you a credit note which you can use in the coming year.
GoAir, the airline which started international operations only 2018, has grounded their international operations for a month and has decided to put their staff on unpaid leave for the time being.
India has taken another step to protect the country from the further spread of the CoronaVirus. Effective March 18, 2020, India will not allow anyone who touches European soil to enter India (essentially Indians returning home). If you use the Middle East to fly to India, be prepared to be quarantined.
