Today marked the launch of commercial services to the country’s newest airport – Shirdi International Airport. The airport at temple town of Shirdi saw its first commercial departure being flagged off by President Ramnath Kovind earlier today. The services are being operated by Alliance Air – subsidiary of National carrier Air India, which will operate … Continue reading Shirdi International Airport starts commercial services
Maharashtra – home to the financial capital of the country, Mumbai – has put in place stringent guidelines to tackle the new variant of COVID-19 named Omicron. Mumbai, is also the second busiest airport in the country and these rules will affect passengers travelling to Pune, Nagpur, Aurangabad, Nanded, Nashik, Shirdi, Kolhapur and Jalgaon in … Continue reading Maharashtra could see reduced air traffic as new last minute rules come in effect
Go FIRST (erstwhile Go Air) will launch three new stations on November 11, 2021. The airline will launch Amritsar, Dehradun and Surat. The airline will also return to Aizawl starting the same day. This takes the domestic stations launched by the airline since the pandemic to five, having launched Coimbatore and Mangalore in Summer Schedule. … Continue reading Go First trying to fill the void which SpiceJet left, to launch three new stations
India was fast pacing towards being the top three market in aviation, until COVID-19 hit and put spanner in the plans. What happens on the other side of the pandemic is anybody’s guess but the pandemic period could well be utilised to get our house in order. Indian airports are unique! Private greenfield ones (Kochi, … Continue reading Indian government owned airports need better social media strategy
The unlikely fallout of COVID19 and the regulated capacity at 60% in the domestic air traffic market has meant that the count of active airports in India has dropped below 100 as the Winter schedule started the previous Sunday. The IATA Northern Winter schedule came into effect on October 25, 2020. Globally, there are two … Continue reading These airports have lost connectivity in Winter schedule
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