Indians in Bahrain, who are awaiting the low-cost Air India Express flights in April, are unhappy, as the services would not benefit a majority of low-paid workers.
The directive came at a meeting DGCA chief E K Bharat Bhushan held with senior officials of private airlines, following complaints that exorbitant spot-fares being charged by the carriers in the wake of cancellation of Air India flights because of the ongoing pilots' strike.
SpiceJet had rolled out a scheme offering a discount of Rs 200 to every passenger who books a flight with only one handbag and no check-in baggage.
Air Deccan will introduce a daily flight between Delhi and Kullu from October 17.
Air Deccan will introduce a daily flight between Srinagar and Jammu from August 1.
Air Deccan will introduce a daily flight between Pune and Bangalore from August 1.
Sourav Ganguly confirmed that Amitabh Bachchan charged no fee to sing the Indian national anthem at Eden Gardens.
It records 4,000 transfer passengers daily at Delhi hub.
Vistara starts flying in India.
No-frills carrier SpiceJet has put ten lakh seats on the block with base fares starting as low as Rs 999, which are lower than a 3-AC train ticket, for a one-way journey under a limited period offer.
The airline has also decided that no penalties will be levied on tickets refunded/re-validated/re-issued/re-booked on a subsequent flight, due to flight disruptions, cancellation or combination or over-flying/delay of over an hour.
Much of what Gili offers are experiences not strongly defined by geographical coordinates. It's found in the warmth of the locals who love their land, who welcome strangers and find ways to make them feel at home, reveals Nikita Puri.
Cashing in on Kingfisher's flight cancellations, major airlines have jacked up their fares on many busy air routes by 10-25 per cent over the past few days.
Do India's laws governing the Internet need revolutionary change, asks Ajit Balakrishnan.
Passengers planning to fly Air India may face some problems tomorrow as the airline's website will remain shut for about 16 hours to changeover from the double code booking system to a single code one.
The Centre said that there was no legal provision to declare a disaster as a national calamity, amid demands for declaring the floods as a national disaster.
Migrants are no longer sure if they would be able to live by Modi's mantra of "Jaan Bhi Jahaan Bhi".
United, American snap code share deals, in compliance with US regulator's ruling
Along with the order, the ministry had sent a list of 24 names of former secretaries, who would be entitled to these facilities.
$47.6 bn capital invested across 921 deals in India in 2020, despite pandemic.
Taking competition on airfares a step further, Jet Airways on Tuesday extended its 'check fares' scheme, which provides low fares on select flights even at the last moment, to nine more sectors taking the total to 19.
Ensure the employer has all relevant documents. Else, your pay will take a serious hit in the next two months.
None of the passengers on board the ill-fated Air India Express flight, which crashed at Mangalore Airport on May 22, were travelling on forged passports, a senior Dubai official has said.
While Google has market capitalisation of almost $753 billion and Facebook commands one of $515 billion, it is the wealth of user data they have that one fears
Images from football matches played across Europe.
The Congress has accused the BJP of hatching a conspiracy to topple the party's coalition government with the Janata Dal-Secular in Karnataka.
Battling choppy weather, power crisis, inundated streets and the odds, the students, with a few girls among them, survived through the tough times, keeping each other strong.
IITC offers international airlines and travel management course designed for students wishing to pursue a career in the travel and tourism industry.
The bookings for this three-day offer commences from Monday with a travel validity period between January 16 and October 24 next year, SpiceJet said.
In a bid to fill unutilised capacity, Air Sahara has announced a short-term scheme 'stand-by sixer' for six flight coupons to be purchased till November 15 for travel on any six sectors of the airline's route network.
Sharad Kumar has been training in Ukraine since 2017 in his bid to win a medal at the Tokyo Paralympics, postponed to next year due to the pandemic.
The compensation could be between Rs 2000-4000 or the value of the ticket, whichever is lesser, and should be paid within a stipulated time frame.
Budget carrier SpiceJet on Wednesday launched another discounted ticket scheme, offering fares as low as Rs 1,599 across its domestic network for travel between February 15 and April 15 to celebrate Valentine's Day.
Kasthuri Munirathinam, the maid from Tamil Nadu, whose hand was chopped off in Saudi Arabia, speaks from her hospital bed.
India cricket captain Virat Kohli's wife and Bollywood actor Anuskha Sharma reacted strongly to former wicketkeeper Farokh Engineer's claims that the national selectors were getting her 'cups of tea' during the World Cup in UK earlier this year.
Jet Airways is imposing $50 surcharge on economy class fare on its Gulf flights.
Airport sources in Chennai said Rangasamy was scheduled to take the 0640 Indian Airlines flight, but his ticket was cancelled.
An amount of Rs 100 will be paid in case the delay is for over an hour and Rs 250 for delay of over two hours, the IRCTC said ahead of the launch of its first train. The train is scheduled to make its first commercial run on October 5.
A severe squeeze on margins has prompted leading international airlines such as Virgin Atlantic, Sri Lankan Airlines, Austrian Airlines, Delta, KLM, Syrian Airlines, Aeroflot, All Nippon Airways, Singapore Airlines, Lufthansa and Finnair to withdraw over 100 flights in the last six months.
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