Arkia Airlines expands network, launches flights from Tel Aviv to Goa
October 17, 2019 14:00 ISTThe full-service carrier Arkia has deployed 220-seater Airbus A21 neo plane to service the new route, which will have one flight per week.
The full-service carrier Arkia has deployed 220-seater Airbus A21 neo plane to service the new route, which will have one flight per week.
British tour company Thomas Cook collapsed early Monday after failing to secure emergency funding, leaving tens of thousands of vacationers stranded abroad.
The budget airline has been currently operating flights from Guwahati and Imphal.
In a statement, the airline said IndiGo announces the opening of the sale for its daily non-stop flights to China with immediate effect, after receiving the necessary regulatory approvals.
IndiGo used to operate daily Delhi-Singapore flights earlier, but it decided to withdraw them during 2014-15 due to stiff competition on the route from full-service carriers such as Jet Airways and Singapore Airlines.
A day after Pakistan withdrew airspace restrictions, the US-based United Airlines said it would resume daily non-stop flight to India on September 6.
In a major relief to Air India, Pakistan has opened its airspace and has lifted the ban on Indian flights. According to sources, flights from Indian will soon be operational on the route. Pakistan had closed its airspace for Indian flights since the Indian Air Force had attacked a Jaish-e-Mohammad training camp in Balakot.
Heavy rainfall lashed out Mumbai and several parts of Maharashtra resulting in several trains being cancelled and flights delayed or cancelled. Rainfalls have put the city on halt as trains services, flight operations have been affected.
Mumbai has been receiving very heavy rains since the onset of monsoons this year. Two separate incidents of wall collapse were reported in the state due to heavy downpour, in which nearly 22 people have lost their lives. The authorities have warned locals to stay indoors as only emergency services are functional in the city.
Earlier on June 12, the airline had announced its entry into the Chinese market, starting its daily non-stop flight on the Delhi-Chengdu route from September 15 onwards.
The budget carrier SpiceJet will introduce flights on the Guwahati-Dhaka-Guwahati route on July 1, according to an airline spokesperson.
Jeh Wadia, Managing Director, GoAir, said Abu Dhabi was the airline's fourth international destination after Phuket, Male and Muscat, and 28th destination sequentially.
"One flight en route to Delhi from Toronto was turned back over the Atlantic Ocean on Tuesday night and returned to Toronto Wednesday, while a second flight from Vancouver to Delhi that was scheduled to depart Tuesday night was also been cancelled," Air Canada said.
As many as 11 Delhi-bound flights were diverted to Jaipur and Lucknow airports due to heavy rains in the national capital on Monday, airport officials said here.
"The airline has been facing problems in crew management. Therefore, these flights - which had to depart from Delhi yesterday and today were cancelled," one of the airport officials said.
The strategic Jammu-Srinagar highway remained closed for a second consecutive day due to the fresh snowfall in Bannihal sector and landslides in Ramsoo-Ramban.
Several flights to and from Delhi have been delayed due to dense fog. No flights have been cancelled or diverted.
The Palam observatory recorded visibility at 50 metres at 8.30 am while at the Safdarjung observatory, it was recorded at 350 metres.
The staff has partially been paid for September by the airline, while the full salaries of October and November remain unpaid.
Strong winds and snow created blizzard conditions across much of Nebraska and parts of Kansas, Iowa and Missouri.
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