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......

Air Deccan may sell stake to Virgin Atlantic

Air Deccan, Deccan Aviation Private Limited's low-cost airline, is in talks with UK's Virgin Atlantic Airways, to sell its equity.G R Gopinath, managing director of Air Deccan, confirmed that......

Have a filmy name? You will get a discount on Virgin Atlantic!

Being a film star assures certain privileges like upgrades to a first class, attendants or even complimentary tickets but in an innovative scheme UK's Virgin Atlantic Airways is offering discounts......

Virgin Air has big plans for India

Richard Branson-promoted Virgin Atlantic Airways is interested in investing in the Indian civil aviation sector once the Union government relaxes regulations for foreign airlines to pick up stake......

Virgin launches daily Mumbai-London flights

Richard Branson promoted Virgin Atlantic Airways on Wednesday announced the launch of daily direct flights between Mumbai and London from December 1, taking its flights from India to the British......