A bird festival will be held at the Nandur-Madhyameshwar Bird Sanctuary in Nashik district of Maharashtra on March 5 and 6, a state Tourism official said on Tuesday. The bird festival is being organised by the Tourism Directorate and the State Forest Department, Nashik. Various programmes including a cyclothon, tour of the sanctuary, bird watching, seminars on various subjects, wildlife photography etc. will be held, Madhumati Sardesai-Rathod, Deputy Director, Tourism Directorate, Nashik, told reporters.
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Travellers from non-European countries can now enter Italy for travel purposes under facilitated rules as the pre-entry testing requirement, and the non-essential travel ban has been abolished. The news on the easing of the travel rules for third-country nationals was announced by the Minister of Health of Italy, Roberto Speranza, last week. Since yesterday, travellers from non-EU countries are subject to the same entry rules as travellers from EU countries when reaching Italy, SchengenVisaInfo.com reports. This means that travellers from non-EU countries can enter Italy restriction-free, provided that they present a valid vaccination or recovery certificate or a negative COVID-19…
Abu Dhabi’s Etihad Airways announced on Tuesday a whopping USD 478 million loss for 2021, a figure that underscores the continued challenge airlines around the world face as travellers slowly return to the skies amid COVID-19 vaccine rollouts and eased travel restrictions. The airline said the figure represents a much-reduced core operating loss compared to the staggering USD 1.7 billion the company lost in 2020. The figure is also significantly better than in 2019, when core losses amounted to over USD 800 million. The airline said it carried 3.5 million passengers in 2021, with passenger loads doubling in the second…
Malaysia and Thailand took the first steps towards fully reopening borders to tourism last week when they agreed to implement air, land and sea vaccination travel lanes to reboot tourism, reports TTR Weekly. Malaysia’s Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob said the related ministries and agencies of the two countries would hold discussions to reopen the border soon via Vaccinated Travel Lanes (VTL) and Thailand’s Test & Go scheme. “For a start, we can implement the Air VTL between Kuala Lumpur and Bangkok for travellers who are fully vaccinated. We will also consider adding other destinations in future.” The…
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) expects overall traveller numbers to reach 4.0 billion in 2024 (counting multi-sector connecting trips as one passenger), exceeding pre-COVID-19 levels (103% of the 2019 total). Expectations for the shape of the near-term recovery have shifted slightly, reflecting the evolution of government-imposed travel restrictions in some markets. The overall picture presented in the latest update to IATA’s long-term forecast, however, is unchanged from what was expected in November, prior to the Omicron variant. “The trajectory for the recovery in passenger numbers from COVID-19 was not changed by the Omicron variant. People want to travel. And…
The Airports Authority of India (AAI) will provide air traffic services at the upcoming Noida International Airport at Jewar in Greater Noida, reports Zee News. As per sources, the first phase is expected to be commissioned by 2024. An agreement to this effect was signed between the AAI and Yamuna International Airport Private Limited (YIAPL) on February 28, AAI said. YIAPL is a special purpose vehicle set up for the development of the greenfield Noida International Airport at Jewar. As an Air Navigation Services Provider, AAI is the only entity statutorily empowered to provide air traffic services in the country.…
The Government of Indonesia will conduct a trial on receiving international travellers without quarantine in the resort island of Bali beginning March 14 under certain conditions, a senior Minister said. If the trial in Bali is successful, the government will expand the policy across Indonesia. The trial may be launched before March 14 if the government sees positive development in the next one week for the continued downward trend in the Covid-19 cases in Bali, Coordinating Minister for Maritime and Investment Affairs Luhut Binsar Panjaitan told a virtual press conference on Sunday. Foreign visitors have to show proof of hotel…
Turkey’s Ilker Ayci has declined to be the chief executive officer (CEO) of Tata Group’s Air India, days after the announcement of his appointment led to opposition in India. Last month, Tata Sons, which recently took over debt-laden Air India, had announced the appointment of the former Chairman of Turkish Airlines Ayci as the CEO and MD of Air India. Air India was handed back to its founders, the Tata group, in January, almost seven decades after it was nationalis, capping years of struggle by the government to sell the struggling airline. It was a homecoming for Air India which…
Fly Big Airlines is all set to commence flight operations on Indore-Gondia-Hyderabad route from next month, its CMD Sanjay Mandviya has said, reports PTI. Mandviya said that all the formalities have been completed and the company is all set to commence the operations from March 13. The booking of tickets will start from March 1 and will be available both online and at window. The fare is also very affordable as the services will be run under UDAN – RCS (Ude Desh Ka Aam Naagrik – Regional Connectivity Scheme). The fare will be just INR 1,999 for Indore – Gondia…
The much awaited Deoghar Airport in Jharkhand will be operational soon, reports The Pioneer. The Airports Authority of India (AAI) has started preparation for the trial run of flights from the airport. The first flight taking off from the airport will be accorded water salute. The Airport will be inaugurated after the Union Ministry of Civil Aviation finalises the date of inauguration after completing all the formalities of technical NOC and trials are completed by DGCA of Deoghar Airport. The landing spot of the flight has also been marked in the runway for water salute. Where will the fire brigade…
