POOR COVID TESTING: THE REASON BEHIND HONG KONG BANNING AIR INDIA FLIGHTS TILL AUG-END

Highlights

• As per a senior government official, few passengers on one of Air India flight tested positive for COVID-19 after arriving in Hong Kong

• According to the rules issued by Hong Kong, a COVID-19 certificate is mandatory before arriving in the country ...

OVER 10,98,000 STRANDED INDIANS HAVE REPATRIATED UNDER VANDE BHARAT MISSION: CIVIL AVIATION MINISTRY

Highlights

• The Civil Aviation Ministry thanked all the stakeholders for their support and making this mission successful

• According to Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri, the Indian Government at present is negotiating with 13 countries to establish air bu...

INDIA’S COVID-19 TALLY SURPASSES 25 LAKH-MARK, DEATH TOLL AT 49,036

• Current Total Cases: 2,526,192

• Total Deaths : 48,036

• Cumulative recoveries : 1,808,936

• Active cases: 668,220

• Top five states that has the maximum number of cases : 

Maharashtra: Cases 572,734, number of deat...

KOZHIKODE: AIR INDIA EXPRESS FLIGHT SKIDS OFF RUNWAY, FEW CASUALTIES LIKELY

According to the reports, a flight has skidded off the runway at the Karipur airport, popularly known as the Kozhikode International airport in Kerala. This plane belonged to Air India Express.
The reports claim that the aircraft overshot the runway at Karipur airport that resulted in fuse...

UAE–INDIA SPECIAL FLIGHT ARRANGEMENT SEES MINIMUM PASSENGERS

HIGHLIGHTS

• Indian Civil Aviation Minister, Hardeep Singh Puri said India will take a review on the passengers before continuing the India UAE special flight program.

Puri on Youtube in a live interview said “Air Bubble agreements” w...

AIR INDIA EXPRESS START TICKET BOOKINGS FROM INDIA TO DUBAI, SHARJAH AND OMAN

Highlights

• Only those UAE residents with permits to return from India can book flight tickets

• Air India Express will be operating flights from July 12 to July 26

• Air India and Air India Express will also operate more flights to repatriate strande...

INDIAN NATIONALS IN UAE CAN RETURN THROUGH 9 MORE FLIGHTS UNDER VANDE BHARAT MISSION

HIGHLIGHTS

• People in Sharjah can come to the homeland, as the Indian government announced 9 more flights for repatriation
• The booking is open today from 4 p.m, the flights will be from 8th July to 14th July

More Indians to be evacuat...

MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS ISSUES GUIDELINES FOR UNLOCK 2.0

The Ministry of Home Affairs on Monday issued guidelines for Unlock Phase II, that is scheduled to start from July 1. According to the new guidelines, there are certain relaxations given by the government in night curfew, provision for more domestic flights and trains along with permission for mo...

UAE DENIES ENTRY TO VANDE BHARAT MISSION PASSENGERS

HIGHLIGHTS

• UAE told Air India to not bring citizens to the homeland due to safety concerns
• Only people with authoritative permissions will be allowed

The United Arab Emirates (UAE), denied entry of many Indian passengers to Gulf and ...

INDIAN NAVY STARTS OPERATION SAMUDRA SETU TO EVACUATE INDIANS FROM IRAN

Highlights

• ‘Operation Samudra Setu' is part of the Central Government’s initiative to evacuate stranded Indians from foreign countries

• INS Shardul, an Indian warship has left the country and will bring back stranded Indians from Iran

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AIR INDIA STARTS VANDE BHARAT PHASE 3, OPENS BOOKINGS FOR NORTH AMERICA AND EUROPE

Highlights

• Air India website got more than 6 crore hits in just two hours

• Under the phase 3 of Vande Bharat Mission, Air India will operate around 300 flights to Australia, the U.S., the UK, Canada, Europe and certain countries in Africa

• Within o...

AIR INDIA PILOT FOUND COVID-19 POSITIVE, DELHI-MOSCOW FLIGHT CALLED BACK IMMEDIATELY

On Saturday, Delhi to Moscow flight operated by Air India was called back immediately after ground team of the airlines found that one of the pilots had tested positive of COVID-19. 
According to an Air India official, an empty flight A320, which was going in the direction of Moscow t...

115 INDIANS STRANDED IN ISRAEL EVACUATED BY AIR INDIA

Some 115 Indians stranded in Israel that included students, unemployed caregivers and pregnant women were evacuated by Air India in a repatriation flight under the Government of India’s Vande Bharat Mission. 
This flight took off at 1 a.m. IST and also had five Israeli diplomats...

BENGALURU: 20 DUBAI RETURNEES TEST CORONA-POSITIVE

Highlights

• All the international passengers were brought back in a repatriation flight to Mangaluru that is part of the Government of India’s Vande Bharat Mission

• At present, the state of Karnataka has 1,032 cases of coronavirus

On Friday, the cit...

INDIA BRINGS BACK 225 INDIANS FROM US, AMID COVID CHAOS

Highlights:

• Government of India is carrying out Vande Bharat Mission, to bring back stranded Indians abroad.
• The Indian Government brought back 225 people from San Francisco.
• On Monday, an Air India flight carrying 225 Indians, rea...