Singapore Airlines (SIA) has confirmed that it is waiving all rebooking fees for tickets issued on or before March 15, 2020, for travel up to May 31, 2020, with immediate effect. The airline's customers can cancel their existing flight itineraries, retain the value of their…

The civil aviation industry has ushered in a new era of expansion, driven by factors such as Low Cost Carriers (LCC’s), modern airports, FDI in domestic airlines, advanced IT, and our growing emphasis on regional connectivity, Hardeep Singh Puri, Minister of Civil Aviation (I/C), Govt…

The Airports Council International (ACI) Asia-Pacific has urged the Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA) to explore the possibility of granting alternative relief measures to support both the airlines and the airport industries as primary generator of economic and social value for the country. In a…

Following EU Commission President Ursula van der Leyen’s statement that the EC is looking to introduce temporary measures to curb the use of ghost planes; Nick Wyatt, Head of R&A and Travel & Tourism at GlobalData, said: “Given ambitious carbon emissions targets, it is absurd…

IndiGo today announced 26 new flights on its network. Starting March 29, IndiGo will operate its first flights between Patna-Guwahati, Chandigarh-Indore, Lucknow-Bhopal, Lucknow-Raipur and Chennai-Vadodara routes. The airline will also be adding frequencies for Chandigarh-Delhi, Delhi-Varanasi, Chandigarh-Mumbai, Guwahati-Chennai, Nagpur-Pune routes along with a frequency on…

In continuation of its expansion in South Asia, GoAir has announced its new direct flights from Delhi to Colombo and Bengaluru to Colombo. GoAir’s maiden flights to the capital city of Sri Lanka will commence from March 20, 2020. Jeh Wadia, Managing Director, GoAir, said,…

Vistara has signed a deal with Sabre that will allow the airline to optimise its partnerships with other carriers while enhancing its scheduling capabilities using components of the Sabre Commercial Platform. The full-service carrier, which operates on domestic India routes as well as international flights…

Japan Airlines (JAL) and Vistara today announced the expansion of their codeshare partnership, providing customers additional options when traveling between Japan and India. Effective March 15, 2020, the two carriers will provide codeshare service on JAL`s international routes to India, namely Tokyo=Delhi1 and Tokyo=Bengaluru2, as…

Vistara yesterday took delivery of its first wide-body aircraft, the Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner, marking a significant milestone. With this, Vistara also becomes India’s first airline to fly Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner. The aircraft comes with 299 seats in three-class cabin configuration, giving customers a choice of…

IndiGo yesterday launched a co-branded credit card Ka-Ching in collaboration with HDFC Bank and MasterCard. The card, launched in two variants, 6E Rewards and 6E Rewards XL, will provide a richer travel experience with varied benefits and unmatched rewards to the card-holders for domestic and…