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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.
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.
Watch this beautiful video created by a member of the aviation community, a captain at IndiGo. Gives us all hope, that we will fly again, and soon.
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.
Flying will not be the same again, at least in the coming months. If the new rules of engagement are to be believed, a lot of changes will be made to how we are used to flying. Find out inside.
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.
The CoronaVirus crisis is causing cuts at one of the biggest airlines around the globe. Lufthansa has decided to ground a large chunk of their A380, 747-400 and A340 fleet, apart from cuts across group airlines, closing down one brand and grounding many single aisle aircraft as well.
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.
London Heathrow, one of the busiest airports in the world, has consolidated operations in two terminals, temporarily shutting down another two. Further, one runway will also be closed till further notice.
Airlines v/s the OTAs. Customers want full refunds. Airlines don’t want to give them. In a case of shoot the messenger, the OTAs, who are swamped with calls and messages from the customers to facilitate these refunds, are at the frontline of bearing the brunt fro the customers. Who will win?
Changi Airport’s Terminal 2 will be shut down for 18 months from May 1, 2020, given the huge drop in the number of passengers using the Changi Airport in the past few months.
