Since the skies are far from clear, the new owner will also be able to lay off employees, as his requirement will drop with the reduction in fleet size, officials familiar with the matter said. Topics Air India | Sale of Air India | Privatization of Air India The central …
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Tata Group is often singled out by local media as the most likely suitor. (Archive) Ratan Tata is no stranger to flying. When he was 17, the patriarch of India’s largest conglomerate once landed a plane that had lost its only engine in mid-flight. He has also flown the F-16 …
Read More »Airlines face ‘mission of the century’ in shipping Covid-19 vaccines
Lufthansa, one of the world’s largest freight carriers, began planning in April in anticipation of the opportunities that Pfizer Inc. to Moderna Inc. and AstraZeneca Plc are developing in record time. A 20-member task force is working to devise how to fit more crucial payload on the airline’s 15 Boeing …
Read More »Airline Mission of the Century: Transport Vaccines to Billions
Airlines will transport billions of vials of the COVID-19 vaccine to all corners of the world. Highlight It will take 2 years to deliver 14 billion doses, 2 per person on Earth. Airlines face a difficult task with a third of the world’s passenger fleet in storage 2,500 airliners recruited …
Read More »In the new rules of the flight, the flight set by the government, only a check on bag allowed – india news
[ad_1] About a third of the operations will be allowed when domestic flights will resume next week, and the upper and lower limit of rates will be established by the government, according to the civil aviation ministry’s standard operating procedures for the airlines. “The airlines must adhere to the upper …
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[ad_1] The Aarogya Setu app could become the key enabler for traveling in India, now on the blockade due to the COVID pandemic, but also potentially in the post-COVID world. It is believed that once the lock has ended in individual states, there may be a centralized electronic pass that …
Read More »Aarogya Setu App Gets Just 2 Out of 5 stars in MIT Technology Review for COVID Contact Tracing Apps
[ad_1] As India attempts to emerge from the various stages of lockdown in an attempt to flatten the COVID curve, there is a renewed push to get the citizens to download and install the Aarogya Setu app on their smartphones. Official numbers suggest that the Aarogya Setu app has been …
Read More »Airlines prepare to take off again, reopen flight reservations
[ad_1] NEW DELHI : Indian airlines with liquidity problems have reopened reservations for domestic flights since May 16, despite the fact that the government has not decided when to lift a flight suspension of more than a month. No-frills airlines GoAir and SpiceJet Ltd have begun accepting reservations for travel …
Read More »How coronavirus will forever change airlines and the way we fly
[ad_1] By Angus Whitley Higher fares, fewer routes, pre-flight health checks, and less free food: The coronavirus pandemic is ushering in a new era of air travel. A seismic shift is taking place as the world’s airlines reassess their operations and how they will emerge from the crisis. In eerily …
Read More »Private airlines restart reservations, Spicejet departures May 16, Indigo June 1
[ad_1] India’s private airlines have restarted taking reservations for domestic and international travel, their websites showed. A source told Mint that the airlines again began taking reservations on Saturday. Spicejet and GoAir are taking reservations with departures from May 16, while Indigo and Vistara do it to travel from June …
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