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Aviation

Packing for the UAE? Avoid These 10 Prohibited Items

If you're flying to the UAE from India, it's important to be aware of the prohibited items that you can't pack in your check-in baggage. Some of these items may seem surprising, such as dry coconuts and pickles, but they are considered to be dangerous goods and can pose a risk to the safety of the aircraft.

Manish Khandelwal
30/10/2023

International

Etihad Airways Include RT-PCR Test In All Tickets From Abu Dhabi

From October 1 until December 31, 2020, the national airline of the UAE, Etihad Airways has include RT-PCR test in all air tickets booked by customers in the UAE for flights departing from Abu Dhabi International Airport, with the exception…

Manish Khandelwal
02/10/2020

Aviation

GoAir Operates Over 200 Charter Flights From Saudi Arabia

No-frills airline GoAir on Tuesday said that it’s operated over 200 charter flights from Saudi Arabia to India as a part of repatriation efforts and has flown over 37,000 passengers between June 10 and September 4. The Wadia Group-promoted private…

Manish Khandelwal
08/09/2020

International

Virgin Atlantic To Restart Passenger Flights From July

Virgin Atlantic has announced its plan to restart passenger flying, with flight services from London Heathrow to Orlando, Hong Kong, Shanghai, New York JFK and Los Angeles set to resume from 20th and 21st July 2020. As countries around the world start…

Manish Khandelwal
05/06/2020

Domestic

Actor Sonu Sood Arrange Chartered Flight for Migrant Workers

Actor Sonu Sood has arranged a special chartered flight to send 147 female and 20 male migrant workers from Kochi to Bhubaneshwar. All migrants were working at a textile factory and a plywood factory in the district left for their…

Manish Khandelwal
29/05/2020

Aviation

Not up to Centre alone, states should be ready to resume passenger flights: Hardeep Singh Puri

Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Tuesday said the Centre alone cannot take a decision on resuming passenger flights and state governments should be ready to allow these services in the spirit of cooperative federalism. All scheduled commercial passenger…

Manish Khandelwal
19/05/2020

Aviation

Etihad To Start Melbourne-London Flight From May 15

Etihad Airways is going to start operating a regular scheduled flight service from Melbourne to London via Abu Dhabi from May 15. The airlines will resume the return journey, London to Melbourne via Abu Dhabi from May 21. Etihad plans…

Manish Khandelwal
13/05/2020

Aviation

Flydubai, Air Arabia starts selling flight tickets to India

UAE based low-cost airlines FlyDubai and Air Arabia as started selling tickets for regular commercial schedule flights to India and along with other international destinations. FlyDubai According to the official website of FlyDubai, the sale of tickets for regular passenger flights…

Manish Khandelwal
11/05/2020

Aviation

Domestic flights to resume only for cities in Green zone: Aviation Minister

Aviation Minister, Hardeep Singh Puri in a recent interview given to CNN-News18 has confirmed domestic flight service will only start when both arrival and departure cities are in Green Zone. Puri also said that resuming flight service will be a…

Aviation

Airlines refuse refunds despite Government’s advisory

Airlines seem to have ignored an advisory issued by the ministry of civil aviation urging them to issue refunds for tickets on flights cancelled during the shutdown. Its been three days since the advisory was issued following several complaints from…