India has approved four new embarkation points for pilgrims for Hajj 2023 – two of them in Kerala state. Kerala’s residents can choose from Cannur and Calicut in the Malabar area of the state to embark. The Gulf region is home to millions of expatriates from Kerala, and the new embarkation points are likely to Read More…
Air India will reduce the frequency of flights on certain US routes due to crew shortage issues for a temporary period, its chief Campbell Wilson said on Monday. He also said the airline will have 100 pilots for Boeing 777 planes in three months as they are being “activated” and around 1,400 cabin crew are Read More…
The UK government will take the security of the Indian High Commission here “seriously”, top British officials have said as they condemned as “disgraceful” and “completely unacceptable” the vandalism at the mission by a group of protesters waving separatist Khalistani flags. The tricolour flying atop the Indian High Commission was grabbed at by the protesters Read More…
The National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) recommendations on allowing vehicles to pass through toll plazas when the line is longer than 100 metres in any of the lanes have been ordered by the High Court to be taken into consideration by the Centre. A traffic bottleneck during peak hours and a delay in clearing Read More…
Russia is working on easing visa procedures for six countries, including India, Syria and Indonesia, the state TASS news agency cited Deputy Foreign Minister Evgeny Ivanov as saying on Sunday. “In addition to India (procedures simplification) … is being worked out with Angola, Vietnam, Indonesia, Syria and Philippines,” Ivanov said. Earlier, Ivanov said that Russia Read More…
Early on Friday morning, a flydubai flight with a destination of Dubai was forced to land back at Karachi’s Jinnah International Airport. Around 9.55 am, the flight (FZ 334) departed the terminal. The budget airline’s spokeswoman claimed that a technical problem was to blame for the flight’s cancellation. According to a statement from the airline, Read More…
This year, Emirates will install a robotic check-in system in airports. According to an Emirates representative, the technology, called Sara, will speak at least six languages and assist with everything from check-in to hotel reservations. Ade Redha noted that travellers’ needs were continually expanding. The airport is the same, though. With technology, we hope to Read More…
An Air India cabin crew has been arrested at the Kochi Airport on Wednesday for smuggling gold, the Customs Preventive Commissionerate said. Shafi, a native of Wayanad, was arrested by Customs Preventive Commissionerate at Kochi with 1487 grams of gold. The Customs Preventive Commissionerate had received confidential information that Shafi, a cabin crew member of Read More…
A Massachusetts man tried to open an airliner’s emergency door on a cross-country flight from Los Angeles to Boston and then tried to stab a flight attendant in the neck with a broken metal spoon, federal prosecutors alleged Monday. Francisco Severo Torres, 33, of Leominster, was tackled and restrained with the aid of passengers and Read More…
The nation’s airlines have a significant pilot shortage. There is a three-year high in demand for pilots in order to make up for the pandemic’s reduced labour force. The country’s airlines require a considerable number of pilots. Pilot demand is at a three-year high. This is because airlines are attempting to compensate for the diminished Read More…