According to a report by The Hindustan Times, two months after Tata Sons took control of Air India from the government, India’s former national carrier will no longer enjoy a priority in the allocation of international traffic rights, according to a revised set of guidelines issued by aviation watchdog, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA). DGCA dropped the clause which gave the former state-owned airline an advantage over other private airlines in its revised guideline issues on April 19. The deleted clause said, “Due consideration shall be given to operational plans submitted by Air India before allocation of the…
Author: Prasenjit Chakraborty
Cebu Pacific will resume flights to Bali, Hanoi, and Sydney to bring the number of its international destinations to 16 by end-June as the Philippines’ leading airline continues to ramp up its frequencies in overseas routes with the easing of travel restrictions. In May, CEB intends to operate twice weekly flights on the Manila-Hanoi-Manila and Manila-Bali-Manila routes. Thrice weekly flights to and from Sydney, Australia will restart in June. CEB has resumed flying to six international routes – Bangkok, Fukuoka, Jakarta, Dubai, Hong Kong, and Ho Chi Minh — from January to April. The airline also currently flies to Kuala…
Tourism Australia has launched a Virtual Travel Fair, Discover a Great Deal More, that provides Indian travellers with the opportunity to explore attractive deals on holidays to Australia, for a limited period. In addition to airfares, travellers can also view competitive prices on holiday packages and other tourism products and experiences. The campaign aims to facilitate aviation recovery and help Australian tourism return to pre-COVID levels. As part of the campaign, Tourism Australia has partnered with six major airlines including Singapore Airlines, Malaysia Airlines, Qantas, Sri Lankan Airlines, Scoot and Thai Airways to offer all-inclusive, return economy-class airfares to Australia…
Cambodia reduced the required quarantine period from two weeks to one for arriving travellers who are not fully vaccinated against the coronavirus, acting after recording consistently low numbers of new infections in recent days. The Health Ministry also said that travellers arriving by air who have not been fully vaccinated must take a rapid antigen test on the last day of their quarantine. Arrivals by land — mostly Cambodian workers in neighbouring countries — are required to take rapid antigen tests on arrival as well as on the last day of quarantine. Cambodia had already opened its borders to fully…
Malaysia has finally lifted sanctions on its border on 1st April 2022, marking the end of travelling restrictions into the country. Leveraging this new development, Tourism Malaysia has decided to embark on its first roadshow to six major cities in India from 18th until 30th April 2022, after more than two years of hiatus. The roadshow kicks off in the city of Delhi, followed by Ahmedabad, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Bangalore, and Chennai. The mission is headed by Manoharan Periasamy, Senior Director of the International Promotion Division (Asia & Africa) together with Malaysia’s tourism fraternity which consists of three (3) Malaysia-based airlines,…
flydubai, the Dubai-based airline, has announced that it will resume operations to Hail and Tabuk in Saudi Arabia, which will bring the number of destinations served by the carrier in the Kingdom to ten. Flights to Hail and Tabuk will commence on 09 May with five weekly flights. flydubai has built a network of more than 95 unique destinations in 50 countries served by a young fleet of 63 Boeing 737 aircraft. With the resumption of flights to Hail and Tabuk, flydubai’s network in Saudi Arabia has now grown to ten destinations including AlUla, Dammam, Gassim, Jeddah, Madinah, Riyadh, Taif…
“The pandemic has taught us to work in cohesion. And the moment for our industry is now,” said Ragini Chopra, Executive Vice-President-Corporate Affairs, Interglobe Enterprises, while speaking at a HICSA session Trial By Fire: Travel & Tourism in Mumbai recently. Talking about the importance of the travel & tourism industry, Chopra asked where would be the hospitality industry if travel & tourism doesn’t happen? She also said the aviation sector also plays an important role for the hospitality industry. She strongly believes that such conferences should be more cross representational. “We should not work in isolation and it is high…
Vietjet has announced four new services linking India and Vietnam, including Mumbai – Hanoi, Mumbai – Ho Chi Minh City, New Delhi – Phu Quoc and Mumbai – Phu Quoc, marking the airline’s post-pandemic return and continued expansion in the country with a population of 1.4 billion people. Attending the announcement ceremony were Chairman of the National Assembly of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam Vuong Dinh Hue, Speaker of the Lower House of the Parliament of India Om Birla, and Deputy Prime Minister of Vietnam Le Minh Khai. The event was held during the official visit of the Indian Parliament…
Cathay Pacific has appointed Rakesh Raicar as the airline’s new regional general manager for south Asia, middle-east and Africa. “Based in Mumbai, India, Raicar would be responsible for the growth of the airline’s business and operations in the said regions,” Cathay Pacific’s statement said. Raicar has over 30 years of experience working with Cathay Pacific, it mentioned. Cathay Pacific is the flag carrier of Hong Kong and it had 193 aircraft in its fleet by the end of 2021. (Source moneycontrol.com)
Giving wings to travel plans, AirAsia India announced its Break from Home Sale with fares starting at INR 2,499 for routes like Delhi-Jaipur in addition to similar discounted sale fares across its network. The offer is applicable on bookings made from 19th April till 21st April 2022 for travel between 20th June and 25th September 2022. The airline has extended this offer for bookings made on its website www.airasia.co.in, mobile app and other major booking channels. In wake of the resurgence in travel, the ‘Break from Home’ sale is built on the proposition of embracing travel and taking vacations to…
