SriLankan Airlines resumes flights to the Russian capital, Moscow. The airline’s new service will operate a weekly scheduled flight between Colombo’s Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) and Moscow’s Domodedovo Airport (DME) from 30th July 2021. Accordingly, SriLankan would commence its flights to Russia every Friday using an Airbus A330 configured for 269 economy and 28 business class seats. The frequency of operation will be once a week, having a flight time of around 08 hours and 25 minutes. Flight UL533 will depart Colombo at 22:20 hrs., landing at Moscow Domodedovo Airport at 04:30 hrs., with the return leg UL534 leaving Moscow…
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The Ministry of Civil Aviation has put out quarantine guidelines for those travelling to Andaman and Nicobar Islands. According to the guidelines, all passengers need to carry RT-PCR test report issued from an ICMR-approved labs. In addition to this, Rapid Antigen test will be conducted on all incoming passengers. Domestic Institutional quarantine Passengers need to carry RT-PCR negative report with a sample taken 48 hours prior to departure. In addition to this, rapid antigen test would be conducted at testing centers. And those found positive in rapid testing will be institutionally quarantines free of cost or will have the option…
Jyotiraditya Scindia, the newly-sworn-in Union Civil Aviation Minister, today shared a “good news” for the people of his home state, Madhya Pradesh. The state, he said, will have eight new flights from July 16 under the UDAN scheme, which is focused on connecting smaller airports with the rest of the country. The new flights will be operated by SpiceJet, he said, tagging the airline in his Twitter post as he made the announcement. The Civil Aviation Ministry and the aviation industry are committed to taking the UDAN scheme to greater heights, the minister said. The government has set a target…
The Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) will resume the services of the Ahmedabad-Mumbai Tejas Express from August 7. “It is informed that services of train no. 82901182902, ADI-MMCT-ADI Ahmadabad Mumbai Tejas Express will be restored w.e.f. August 07, 2021,” IRCTC said. The train will run four days a week viz, Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday, it said. The operations of the Ahmedabad-Mumbai Tejas Express were suspended from April 2, 2021, amid the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic. The Tejas Express promises to deliver great amenities. The train comes equipped with all modern onboard facilities for the passengers. The…
Qatar is to resume issuing family and tourist entry visas starting on July 12, in line with new travel and return policies and based on health ministry COVID-19 recommendations, the interior ministry said. The health ministry said in a statement that the new entry policies include providing a COVID-19 PCR test and classifying countries into three categories that would determine the quarantine policies. Entry for family visits, businessmen and tourists including GCC citizens who do not have Qatari ID numbers will be limited to vaccinated and recovered cases. All those who want to travel abroad will also need to be…
These are challenging times. The world, including tourism, has almost come to a standstill hurting tourism jobs and people dependent on the sector indirectly. An overwhelming majority of service providers and servers have been idle and waiting for tourism to resume; their misery increased with every passing day. While some decided to continue at a very minimal scale of operations, others contemplated getting into other business. Most people only contemplated but did not muster the courage to chase it. Conventionally, managers are trained to figure out the best means to achieve a set goal. This approach is called causation. They…
Hardeep Singh Puri, former Minister of Civil Aviation and incumbent Minister of Housing & Urban Affairs and Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas, handed over the charge of office of Minister of Civil Aviation to Jyotiraditya Madhavrao Scindia in Delhi today. General V.K. Singh, Minister of State for Civil Aviation was also present on the occasion. In a tweet, Scindia said, “Delighted to take the baton of the Ministry of Civil Aviation from Shri Hardeep S Puri. I resolve to discharge my duties with earnestness and continue the good work undertaken by him.” Scindia has held responsibility of the Communications…
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami has asked officials to quickly prepare a DPR for the beautification of Badrinath temple premises on the lines of Kedarnath including development of a riverfront, a lakefront and an arrival plaza there. Dhami, who reviewed the progress of the reconstruction projects underway at Kedarnath and the progress of the development masterplan on Badrinath, said a dedicated division should be created in the state PWD to impart momentum to the construction works going on at Kedarnath and preparation of a DPR for the works to be taken up at Badrinath. He asked officials to ensure…
Canada has started easing pandemic travel restrictions for its citizens, but Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said it will be “quite a while” before unvaccinated foreign tourists are allowed into the country. “I can tell you right now, that’s not going to happen for quite a while,” Trudeau said. “We need to continue to ensure that the safety of Canadians of all the sacrifices that so many people have made over the past many, many months, are not for nothing,” he said. The prime minister, however, signaled changes to the rules “in the coming weeks” that could allow fully vaccinated tourists…
Travelport has appointed Tom Kershaw as its new Chief Product and Technology Officer. Kershaw is a seasoned product and technology executive, with more than two decades of experience leading innovation, technical strategy and execution within both emerging and mature organisations undergoing transformation. He most recently held the title of Chief Technology Officer at one of the largest independent advertising platforms in the world, Magnite, Inc. While he was at Rubicon Project, in 2017, Kershaw also co-founded Prebid.org, an open-source software organisation dedicated to cultivating a new standard for cooperation in independent advertising exchanges to address industry challenges by facilitating collaboration…
