After 2 years, India to resume regular international flights from Sunday

After a coronavirus pandemic-induced hiatus of over two years, regular international flights are set to resume from Sunday with airports and airlines getting ready for normal overseas operations.......

India bans all UK flights till Dec 31 fearing new Covid strain

India has suspended all passenger flights connecting to the United Kingdom from Wednesday till December 31 in the wake of the emergence of a mutated variant of the coronavirus there, joining......

Amid rains, a 24-hr struggle to clear main runway of Mumbai airport

Air India engineers braved incessant rains to pull out the 41-tonne aircraft which caused one of the biggest disruptions on the main runway since August 2011. Arindam Majumder reports.......

Ex-IAF officer creates plane to conquer fear of flying

'It's like your private Boeing 747 which you can fly yourself.''This concept brings the aeroplane closer to passengers and opens the cockpit to everyone.'Former IAF officer Dinesh Nair has built an......

Airlines cancel, reschedule London flights as Heathrow restrictions kick in

Heathrow Airport’s decision to cap the number of departing passengers at 100,000 a day in order to limit queues, baggage delays and cancellations has impacted flight schedules between India......

Minimum one-way Delhi-London airfare zooms over Rs 1 lakh

UK has included India in amber list from Sunday; passengers from India needn't undergo institutional quarantine, can self-isolate at home for ten days. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com......

Indian airlines brave Covid turbulence

Though India's airlines are certainly bleeding, they haven't yet faced the ignominy of shutting down.Sai Manish reports. Photograph: L Anantha Krishnan/ANI Photo India's biggest domestic airline,......

COVID-19: You may need a 'vaccine passport' to fly around the world

Several companies and technology heavyweights including Microsoft, Oracle and Salesforce are working to create a digital vaccination passport or health passport app in the hope that governments and......