After a better-than-expected Dussehra weekend, hospitality firms are hopeful of ending the year on a positive note by doing good business over Christmas and the New Year. Typically, year-end bookings kick in two to four weeks before the season begins. Owing to pandemic-related uncertainties, hotels are seeing a significant reduction in the booking window, with travellers waiting till the last minute to make hotel reservations.
Air India, SpiceJet, IndiGo and AirAsia India ready to fill in the gap.
The mortal remains of co-pilot Akhilesh Kumar were cremated on Sunday "with attendance from all family members as well as with the officials of Air India and Air India Express present to mark respect to the departed soul at Mathura, his hometown".
Daily flights to Bangkok and Dubai from Mumbai will start from October 2.
It was like I have gone 22 years back. Over 20 years have passed, but the images (of today) are the same," Devi Sharan, the captain of hijacked IC814 said.
He was whisked away to an undisclosed destination where he was being questioned.
The no-frills carrier was launched in 2009. It began India operations a year later.
'Some of the players have left for the Asia Cup Thursday while the others will join them later'
'We should have calmed down the child. We will do an internal analysis on that.'
The IPL starts on September 19 and, in all likelihood, all the English and Australian players will land in the UAE via a charter flight on September 17, making them available for their respective team's opening match.
Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said 83 people were under treatment at various hospitals and the condition of 22 of them was 'serious'.
The funeral of Captain Sathe, 58, who was a resident of Chandivali in Mumbai, will be held in Mumbai later in the day.
Curtailment of flights between India and China will help Air India and other airlines to boost their seat occupancy and market share.
Netherlands-based Space Expedition Corporation is in the final stages of producing a reusable spaceship that will allow four one-hour flights into space each day.
The first two special flights that will operate from Thursday to evacuate Indians stranded in the UAE due to the coronavirus pandemic
Flights from Mumbai and Kerala will also have to transit through these routes due to restrictions
The 30-member team will be headed by Malappuram Additional Superintendent of Police G Sabu, a government release said.
The funeral of Sathe, 58, who was a resident of suburban Chandivali in Mumbai, will take place on Tuesday, said a senior Air India official.
BCCI is planning aggressively to have an IPL in the United Arab Emirates provided the central government green-lights their request for a shift due to the rising cases of COVID-19.
Djokovic, who has won nine titles at Melbourne Park, including the last three, confirmed on Tuesday that had received a vaccination exemption to allow him to bid for a record 21st major title at the Australian Open, which starts on January 17.
Wide-body aircraft like B747 and A350 have a bigger fuel tank and can therefore travel longer distances in comparison to narrow-body aircraft like B737 and A320. A wide-body aircraft also needs a longer runway length to take off or land. The table top runway 10 of the Kozhikode airport is approximately 2,700 metres long. Wide-body aircraft operations were permitted at this airport from 2019.
A free and open aviation market, where the government keeps the interest of consumers higher than saving any airline.
But its sales pitch will remain muted till India opens up more seats on the route
Serving pilots question the Kozhikode plane crash report findings.
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The England players are all set to be allowed to take part in the remainder of the cash-rich Indian Premier League after the postponement of their limited overs series in Bangladesh in September.
The pilots have been "derostered" pending investigation, Air India Express later said in a statement.
The DGCA pointed to cracks on the runway, water stagnation and excessive rubber deposits among other lapses in its show-cause notice. The DGCA conducted the inspection after an Air India Express flight coming from Dammam in Saudi Arabia had a 'tail strike' while landing at the Calicut (Kozhikode) airport on July 2 last year, an official said.
Olympic-bound Indian boxer Amit Panghal described his silver-winning performance at the recently-concluded Asian Championships in Dubai as the best of his career so far.
There are also doubts over the presence of England all-rounder Chris Woakes, who plays for Delhi Capitals in the IPL.
'The 2017 final and 2019 final. In the 2019 final, I did not contribute much, but it is about how we won it as a team. For me that's more important than individual performances.'
High airfares have forced several expatriate workers, including Indians, wanting to leave the UAE under an amnesty announced by the government, to take the risky sea route by traveling in boats.
More than one lakh people had invested in the IMA Jewels which started 17 companies.
Suresh Raina is training hard after returning to India.
"Today is the birthday of Capt Sathe'smother. He had last met his parents in March and was constantly in touch with them over phone since then. They had last spoken a day before yesterday," his nephew Dr Yashodhan Sathe told PTI.
'It is indeed a fact that several issues were routinely red-flagged by DGCA, and were addressed by the (Kozhikode) airport operator. These pertain to excessive rubber deposits, water stagnation, cracks and other routine issues,' Puri tweeted a day after the plane crash in Kozhikode that claimed at least 18 lives.
High winds and low visibility caused pilots to abort a first attempt at landing.
The six Indians who are part of the 22-member crew of the MV Suez that was recently freed by Somali pirates are expected to reach Mumbai on Friday on a flight via Dubai, a representative of the vessel's owners said on Thursday.
The Indian opener, who is in decent form, having scored well in the One-dayers and the T20Is against Sri Lanka last month, enjoyed some time out from training while going sight-seeing with his young family in beautiful Cape Town.
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