Top golfer Gaganjeet Bhullar lodged a complaint against Emirates Airlines for delaying his bags, which he said affected his game. Jehangir Gai tells us what happened next.
The airline, which currently has about 900 employees working for it in India, is also looking to hire more.
Dubai Summer Surprises is a 10-week family fun-filled shopping-cum-educational festival. During this time, malls take on a carnival-like atmosphere with some of them adopting special themes. Valid from June 19 to August 22, the packages must be booked for a minimum of three nights and offer customers a choice of 24 city and beach hotels in various price-brackets.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a meeting with National Security Advisor Ajit Doval and External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar upon his arrival from Saudi Arabia to take stock of the situation following the terror attack in Pahalgam, Kashmir. The meeting also included Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri. The attack, which killed at least 26 people, including tourists from the UAE and Nepal, has sparked nationwide shock and outrage.
National carrier Indian has been voted the most preferred airline of Indian expatriates living in the UAE, according to an opinion poll.
Airlines like IndiGo and Jet Airways have been quick to take the cue to keep their fuel costs under check.
The United Arab Emirates' General Civil Aviation Authority, which is probing the incident, said the work was underway to recover the flight data and cockpit voice recorders, also known as "black boxes", that will be analysed at its facility in Abu Dhabi.
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Dubai, a day after it experienced the most torrential rain in 75 years, April 17, 2024.
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The decision cuts the order book for the European company's newest jet, which is due to enter service in around six months' time, by around 10 per cent.
India has recorded the second-highest increase in domestic airfares in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) and West Asian regions, climbing by 43 per cent in the first half of 2024 compared to pre-pandemic levels in 2019, second only to Vietnam (63 per cent). India ranks third in fare increases during the same period in international skies, behind the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Malaysia. The airfare study conducted by Airports Council International (ACI), which represents 617 airports in this region, was done in partnership with Flare Aviation Consulting.
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Five decades ago, 87 plane crashes took away the lives of 1,597 people.
On Thursday, Virgin Atlantic, for instance, cancelled its morning flight between London and Delhi. And Air India rescheduled its London-Ahmedabad flight by several hours. With the Heathrow restrictions to remain in place till September 11, air traffic between India and London is likely to see slower growth over the next two months.
Jet Airways remains the number one airline serving foreign routes.
Emirates has been voted as the world's best airline in 2016 by travellers around the world.
Demand from premium traffic in Europe, US remained subdued as the global slowdown continues, pushing the airline to slash prices.
Air India (AI)'s rise could be at the expense of three "super-connector" hubs - Doha in Qatar, and Dubai and Abu Dhabi in the UAE - as the Indian passenger would any day prefer direct flights of their national airline that is providing excellent on-time service, Arved von zur Muehlen, chief commercial officer of Saudia Airlines, said on Thursday.
A 42-year-old flight attendant and a 47-year-old cabin services supervisor -- both unidentified -- of Emirates Airline were convicted of "coercion to commit sin" after sending each other sexually-themed SMS messages, the National newspaper reported court documents as saying.
UAE's international airline, Emirates on Monday announced an increase in its services to Kerala from February next with daily flights to Cochin and eight flights a week to Thiruvananthapuram.
Ignored by all ten IPL franchises at the players' auction a few months ago, former India skipper Sourav Ganguly will play in next month's Emirates Airline Twenty20 tournament in Dubai. Ganguly was included in a star-studded MCC (Marylebone Cricket Club) side that will take part in the event, starting on April 1.
Taking advantage of India's 'open sky' policy, United Arab Emirates' premier carrier Emirates has launched additional flights between Delhi and Dubai to meet the increased levels of outbound traffic.
Emirates is now making this feature available to customers of all classes instead of only those travelling first and business class, a press release said in Dubai.
A tweet in Malayalam by Sheikh Mohamed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, vice president and prime minister of the United Arab Emirates and ruler of Dubai, soon after his meeting with Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan in the Emirates, has gone viral on social media as several expatriate Malayalis shared it on their virtual platforms.
We live in hope that India and its airlines might finally grow up, notes Anuli Bhargava.
These special fares are a small gesture of appreciation from Emirates for its customers in India.
Pakistan's national flag carrier on Thursday suspended flight operations to Afghanistan due to what it called "security concerns", hours after the Taliban government threatened to ban the airline unless it reduced the fare on the Kabul-Islamabad route to previous levels.
In a post on the microblogging platform 'X' on Saturday, passenger Vineeth K said that even though he was getting cheaper fares with Gulf carrier Etihad, he had opted for Air India as it operates a non-stop service to the US.
Despite partial restoration of salaries, pilots across airlines remain dissatisfied, throwing challenges for managers.
Indian customers will have wider travel options as airlines introduce new flights from the end of March. While Malaysian Airlines and Turkish Airlines are resuming passenger flights to India after a gap of two years, Air France-KLM and Lufthansa Group will scale up their existing service in a graded manner in the summer schedule. Emirates, the largest foreign airline operating in India, too, is looking to restore its pre-Covid-19 schedule of 172 flights per week.
The special fares are valid for economy class and business class return tickets to all of the airline's destinations within India, the airline said.
The pilots of India's budget carrier SpiceJet would now be trained by flight training establishment of the Dubai carrier, Emirates.
Rajasthan will become the first IPL franchise to start an academy in the United Arab Emirates.
The MoCA said on Twitter on Wednesday that it 'has designated all the airlines operating under Vande Bharat Mission & air transport bubble arrangements as designated agencies for this purpose'. 'Passengers may book tickets directly with the airlines concerned. They need not apply/register with the Ministry of Civil Aviation,' it added.
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