Govt allows airlines to decide baggage limitations for domestic flights
India | September 24, 2020 14:34 ISTThe Civil Aviation Ministry has permitted airlines to decide baggage limitations for domestic passenger flights, stated an official order.
The Civil Aviation Ministry has permitted airlines to decide baggage limitations for domestic passenger flights, stated an official order.
An Ethiopian Airlines' Boeing 777 cargo plane caught fire while loading cargo at Shanghai Pudong International Airport on Wednesday. The fire was later contained.
Passenger flights to Kolkata have been banned from six coronavirus hotspot cities in wake of rising coronavirus cases. The ban which was already existing has now been extended till July 31, airport sources informed on Friday.
The Centre on Friday increased the limited domestic passenger flight operations capacity to 45 per cent from the earlier 33 per cent.
Turkey on Monday partially resumes domestic flight operations after a two-month closure due to the COVID-19 pandemic. National flag carrier Turkish Airlines and the Pegasus Airlines currently only resumed flights from Istanbul to a few major cities, reports Xinhua news agency.
Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said on Saturday that the government had no problem in allowing Indians to travel overseas, given that the destination countries were accepting foreign incoming passengers
Andhra Pradesh has resumed domestic flight operations at Visakhpatnam airport from today, amid the fourth phase of the lockdown. People at the airport were seen maintaining social distancing. Thermal screening of passengers was also being done by authorities.
Domestic air travel resumed on Monday after two months even as a number of states were unenthusiastic about opening up their airports in view of rising COVID-19 cases causing around 630 flights to be cancelled.
Indian skies opened up for domestic passenger services on Monday after a gap of two months, with Delhi-Pune and Mumbai-Patna flights being among the first to take off.
Domestic flight operations resumed across the country from today (May 25) except in Andhra Pradesh and West Bengal after two months of suspension due to coronavirus-induced lockdown.
Air India shall be allowed to operate non-scheduled foreign flights with middle seats booking for next 10 days, Supreme Court has ordered after hearing an urgent plea filed by Centre and Air India against Bombay High Court order to keep middle seats vacant in international flights.
Domestic flight services in India have resumed after a break of over 2 months. The operations remained suspended since March 24 when Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the first spell of lockdown in the country in wake of the COVID-19 outbreak. Several disruptions have been reported in the flight schedule from across the country.
Domestic flight service in India resumed today after an unprecedented suspension of 62 days due to the nationwide lockdown put in place by the government in light of the rising number of coronavirus cases. The flights have officially resumed across the country with the exception of two states -- Andhra Pradesh and West Bengal. Follow Live Updates
As many as 32 flights flying out of Bengaluru have been cancelled due to restrictions imposed by the Karnataka government. As per reports, flights from Chennai, Mangalore, Vishakapatnam, Kolkata, Goa, Indore, Hyderabad, Mumbai, Vijayawada, Jaipur amongst other cities got cancelled on Monday morning.
Official sources said that there is no quarantine for domestic passengers arriving in Hyderabad If they have no Covid-19 symptoms. They will have to self-monitor their health for 14 days as per the guidelines of the central ministry of health and family welfare.
Ending uncertainty over resumption of domestic flight services in the state from Monday, the Tamil Nadu government allowed passenger operations at the airports here and three other cities and notified guidelines, which included 14 days home quarantine and an e-pass for entry.
The domestic flight services in the country have resumed in the country after 62 days go suspension due to the nationwide lockdown put in place by the government in light of the coronavirus outbreak. The first flight from Delhi's Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport took wings at 4:45 pm.
The domestic flight operations across the country, with notable exceptions of Andhra Pradesh and West Bengal, are all set to begin from Monday, Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said
West Bengal has reasoned that the local machinery was involved in relief and restoration work caused by Amphan, due to which re-starting flights from the Kolkata Airport looked like a difficult proposition for the time being
Barely hours after CM Uddhav Thackeray said that there would be no resumption in domestic flight operations from Monday, state's minority affairs minister and NCP leader Nawab Malik said that the state authorities had agreed to allow 25 flights daily to Mumbai from Monday
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