IndiGo – has been ranked 4 amongst top global airlines in OAG Punctuality League Report 2021. An air travel intelligence company – OAG – recognises airlines that have consistently clocked highest on-time performance (OTP) by including on-time performance for the world’s top 20 busiest domestic and international routes, and other categories for the year January 2021 to December 2021. IndiGo is the only Indian airline to feature in the list of top 20 mega airlines. Punctuality League Report is a comprehensive annual report presented by OAG that reveals rankings of all airlines – mainline, low-cost and by region. The punctuality…
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Dubai Silicon Oasis (DSO) and India Innovation Hub have announced a partnership with EaseMyTrip and HSBC to facilitate 200 Indian startups to showcase their business ideas and innovations to global investors at Expo 2020 Dubai. In line with the Expo 2020 Dubai theme, ‘Connecting Minds, Creating the Future’, the India Innovation Hub, as part of the India Pavilion, will act as a facilitator for these start-ups, providing them with a global stage to interact with investors and global counterparts for networking and partnerships. Focus areas to select startups will be Fintech, AI, Cybersecurity, Health and Tech-enabled platforms in key priority…
Our trade has been ignored once again, stated Jyoti Mayal, President – Travel Agents Association of India (TAAI). In the statement released post Budget by TAAI, India’s premier and largest travel and tourism Association, it is stated that “our trade has suffered tremendously due to the pandemic and it was expected that the Government would at least work towards positive upliftment of the travel and tourism in India, which they always portray as a priority? In our representations to the Finiance Minister over last two months, we had requested for GST input credits be made available across states for hotels…
The 11th edition of Kerala Travel Mart (KTM) will now be held from May 5-8, 2022 in Kochi. Earlier it was scheduled from March 24-27. The new date was announced at a virtual press meet today. Announcing the date Dr. V Venu, IAS, Additional Chief Secretary, Kerala Tourism said that KTM has emerged as the biggest travel mart in the country. “KTM is the finest example of a public-private partnership model,” he said. Giving reasons for postponement of KTM, he said that Covid has not subsided yet, but there are signs of optimism across the world including, India. “Even most…
Reacting to the just announced Union Budget 2022, FAITH has said that more direct & immediate support could have been extended. The extension of ECLGS expansion till 2023 with additional corpus of INR 50,000 crores dedicated to hospitality & allied industries will help provide relief. Hopefully, the fine print will enable moratorium extension of all previous schemes and debt restructuring, the umbrella association said. The announcements around PM Gati Shakti for multi modal transport, plan for seamless travel, plan for 400 new Vande Bharat, 5 planned DPR of river systems, 8 new ropeways under Parvart Mala, integrated connectivity between railways…
The West Bengal government has eased restrictions imposed due to Covid-19. Addressing the press, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said flights from Delhi and Mumbai will be allowed to operate daily, instead of thrice a week. The ban on flights from the UK to Kolkata was also lifted, but passThe West Bengal government has eased restrictions imposed due to Covid-19. Addressing the press, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said flights from Delhi and Mumbai will be allowed to operate daily, instead of thrice a week. The ban on flights from the UK to Kolkata was also lifted, but passengers need to undergo…
Cochin International Airport Limited (CIAL) has retained its position as the third busiest airport in India throughout 2021. According to the latest numbers released by the Airports Authority of India (AAI), CIAL stands third in the country in terms of international traffic. The figures showed that the airport stood third in terms of international passenger traffic in December too, which cemented its third position for the entire 2021, reports The Hindu. A communication from CIAL on Sunday said according to AAI data on international traffic for the month of December 2021, the Delhi Airport topped the list with 8,42,582 passengers…
The Philippines will lift a ban on the entry of foreign tourists and business people next month after nearly two years, in a move to revive the battered tourism industry as the latest coronavirus outbreak started to ease, officials said. Tourism Secretary Berna Romulo-Puyat said the country will reopen its doors to travellers from more than 150 countries with visa-free privileges starting Feb 10. Foreign travellers will no longer be required to quarantine in government-designated centres upon arrival if they have been fully vaccinated and tested negative prior to arrival, officials said. The government had initially planned to lift the…
France has released its mandatory requirement for travel within the country and for international travellers. India, one of its key tourism source markets, remains in the orange list of countries. ACCESS TO ACTIVITIES AND TOURIST SITES 1) The vaccination pass *The vaccines accepted by France are those recognised by the European Medicines Agency (EMA): Pfizer, Moderna, AstraZeneca/Vaxzevria/Covishield and Johnson & Johnson. Proof of vaccination is only valid if it can be used to prove that a complete vaccination schedule has been completed, i.e: – 7 days after the 2nd injection for double injection vaccines (Pfizer, Moderna, AstraZeneca); – 4…
At a meeting on Sunday on the Sille river bank for Oyan village of Arunachal Pradesh, gaon burahs, government officials and public leaders discussed ways to develop Sille-Oyan area in East Siang district as a tourist spot. Local leader Nalong Mize urged the residents of the boundary area to conserve nature’s bounties for development of tourism, reports The Arunachal Times. Stating that the Siang valley and the interstate boundary area with Assam’s Dhemaji district are richly endowed with natural resources, Mize said that “tourism, if developed, will boost the economy of the local people.” He appealed to the people of…