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05 Sep 2023

Airlines Charging For Seat Allocation Impacting Travellers' Pockets: Survey

A fresh survey conducted by LocalCurcles has revealed that in the past 12 months, 51% of airline passengers who booked flights experienced seat allocation fees, marking a notable increase from the previous year.

08 Jun 2022

Face mask mandatory for air passengers at airports, inside flights: DGCA

DGCA has issued new guidelines for air passengers It has made face masks mandatory at airports and inside flights Delhi HC recently ordered DGCA to take a tough line against passengers who refuse to comply with Covid safety norms

03 Jun 2022

Covid-19: 'Physically remove fliers not wearing masks, fine them'

Delhi HC has told DGCA to take action against those who violate Covid-19 norms at airports The HC asked the DGCA to physically remove fliers and book them for violations The HC said that those passengers should be placed on the no-fly list

03 Mar 2022

Global air passenger traffic to reach pre-Covid levels by 2024: IATA

IATA represents some 290 airlines The airlines cover 83 per cent of global air traffic In 2021, overall traveller numbers were 47 per cent of the pre-COVID level

Health Ministry

01 Dec 2020

State-wise quarantine norms for travellers: Here's what you should know

The Centre has issued revised state-wise quarantine norms for travellers Under the new guidelines, travellers seeking exemption from institutional quarantine can submit a negative RT-PCR report 72 hours before undertaking the journey. These revised guidelines will supersede the earlier guidelines issued on the subject on August 2.

25 Aug 2020

Vistara upgrade programme to benefit passengers; check features

Under Vistara’s upgrade programme, passengers can select whether to upgrade from economy to premium economy or business class through an online portal Travelers will be able to take advantage of Plusgrade’s full suite of offer submission options They can also bid for upgrades, instant upgrades, and eligible passengers will be alerted of the opportunity to upgrade via targeted emails

19 Nov 2018

Govt launches upgraded version of AirSewa 2.0 web portal, mobile app

The web portal and application will help to capture air travellers’ feedback for policy interventions.

04 Oct 2018

Soon, travellers can use facial recognition biometric to enter airports

The Digi Yatra platform would be operational by February 2019.

09 Dec 2016

Good news for air travellers! No more hand baggage tags at these Indian airports

The pilot project will be started at airports in Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, Hyderabad and Bengaluru.

17 Nov 2016

Good news! AAI alows opening of currency exchange counters at its airports

Coming up with a welcome move to help the air travellers, the Airports Authority of India (AAI) on Thursday allowed opening of allowed opening of currency exchange counters by scheduled commercial banks at its airports across the country.

21 Oct 2016

Gift of cheaper air fare to common people

21 Oct 2016

New UDAN scheme unveiled, air fares capped at Rs 2,500 for 1-hour flights

For 50 percent of the seats of flights under UDAN, the fare cap will be Rs 2,500, and the rest will be market-based pricing.

19 Jul 2016

DGCA issues revised compensation norms

01 Jul 2016

Air travel set to get costlier- Know why

In the five increases, ATF rates have gone up by 25 percent, or Rs 9,985.87, per kilolitre since March.

civil aviation policy

15 Jun 2016

PM Modi hails new civil aviation policy, says it will benefit passengers

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Wednesday that the new civil aviation policy approved today by the Cabinet will transform the sector and greatly benefit passengers.

civil aviation policy

16 Jun 2016

New civil aviation policy 2016: Key features you must know

Here are the key features of new civil aviation policy.

01 Jun 2016

Bad news for air travellers! Airfare set to get costlier as ATF price hiked by a steep 9.2%

In what could make airfare costlier, the price of Air Turbine Fuel (ATF) has been hiked by a steep 9 percent.

27 May 2016

Humiliation bothers obese air travellers the most!

Feelings of shame and humiliation bother obese air passengers more than tight seat belts and tiny seats, says a study.

28 Apr 2016

Air travellers to get refund on development fee for tickets booked beyond April 30

DGCA has asked airlines to refund development fee charged from passengers flying out of the IGIA on the tickets booked for journey beyond April 30.

31 Mar 2016

Nothing to declare! Flyers not to fill customs form from tomorrow

The move is part of a new and simplified measure announced by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley while presenting the Budget for 2016-17.

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