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  60 percent of Beijing flights canceled to stem virus spread

  World | June 17, 2020 12:00 IST

  The Chinese capital on Wednesday canceled more than 60% of commercial flights and raised the alert level amid a new coronavirus outbreak, state-run media reported. The website of the Communist Party’s Global Times said that as of 9 a.m. Wednesday, a total of 1,255 flights to and from the capital’s two major airports have been scrapped.

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  More than 1.65 lakh people travelled in 2,198 flights since resumption of services

  Business | May 29, 2020 20:08 IST

  ​More than 1.65 lakh people have travelled in 2,198 flights till Friday afternoon after the government allowed partial resumption of domestic services from Monday amid the coronavirus-induced lockdown. 

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  First flight since domestic ops resumed from Delhi lands at Pune

  News | May 25, 2020 10:53 IST

  The first flight from Delhi's IGI airport since resumption of domestic flight operations, lands at Pune. A passenger who has arrived in the city by the flight says,"I was nervous before the flight but all passengers were taking precautions.

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  Hardeep Puri says don't understand need to quarantine those with green status on Aarogya Setu app

  India | May 23, 2020 14:32 IST

  Union Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri has said he don't understand the need for quarantine of passengers who have been given green status on Aarogya Setu app. His statement comes after a couple of states have issued advisory for passengers who are willing to travel once domestic flight operations are resumed from May 25 onwards.

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  Delhi-Mumbai flight ticket will cost you upto ₹10,000. Check details

  Business | May 21, 2020 16:50 IST

  Now that the government has decided to resume domestic flight operations in the country after two months of grounding, it is also making sure that the fares don't jump out of control. A Delhi-Mumbai flight ticket will cost you upto ₹10,000. Here is how flight tickets will be priced.

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  Flight fares to have minimum, maximum limit: Aviation Minister on new guidelines | Key takeaways

  India | May 21, 2020 17:45 IST

  Union Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Thursday addressed a presser on new air travel guidelines ahead of the resumption of domestic flight services from May 25 onwards.

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  Aarogya Setu app not mandatory for children below 14: SOP for domestic flights ahead of resumption

  Fyi | May 21, 2020 13:46 IST

  The Airports Authority of India (AAI) issued new guidelines ahead of resumption of domestic flight services from May 25 onwards for airport operators, passengers on Thursday. As per the new Standard Operating Procedures (SoPs), AAI has said that the Aarogya Setu app will not mandatory for children below 14 years of age.

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  Lockdown 4.0: Most states against resuming international flights, inter-state movement

  India | May 15, 2020 19:57 IST

  The Centre will come out with its guidelines on Lockdown 4.0 in the next 24 hours, sources in the Union Home Ministry said.

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  Would rather call it 'Terror Revival Front': Army Chief on Pak calling LeT, JeM 'The Resistance Front'

  News | May 13, 2020 23:35 IST

  Chief of Indian Army, General MM Naravane, on May 13 reacted on Pakistan calling terrorist organisations Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) 'The Resistance Front'.

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  India likely to operate 64 flights to repatriate 14,800 of its nationals from 12 countries

  India | May 05, 2020 12:44 IST

  The Central government is likely to operate 64 flights from May 7 to 13 to bring home around 14,800 Indian nationals stranded abroad because of the coronavirus lockdown, said senior government officials on Tuesday.

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  COVID-19: Special evacuation flights for Indians stuck in US to operate this week

  World | May 05, 2020 9:42 IST

  Special evacuation flights for Indians stranded in the US due to the global travel restrictions put in place to contain the coronavirus pandemic are most likely to begin from San Francisco this week, according to officials.

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  After railways, flights, metro rail services also to remain suspended till May 3

  India | April 14, 2020 15:29 IST

  A while after the Prime Minister Narendra Modi's announcement of nationwide lockdown extension, Indian Railways and Civil Aviation ministry announced to suspend their services till May 3.

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  WiFi on flights: Government clears road for in-flight internet services

  India | March 02, 2020 13:42 IST

  Explaining the new rule, an official said the Wifi services onboard flights can be accessed from the time when the flight doors are closed, till the same opened for disembarkation.

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  IAF flight leaves for China carrying 15 tonnes of medical supplies

  India | February 26, 2020 18:36 IST

  An Indian Air Force aircraft carrying around 15 tonnes of medical supplies left for the coronavirus-hit Chinese city of Wuhan on Wednesday.

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  Air India cancels 4 Dubai-bound flights after water-logging at Al-Maktoum airport

  India | January 11, 2020 23:32 IST

  Besides, the airline's Calicut-Dubai flight was diverted to Al-Maktoum airport as it could not land in Dubai, an Air India spokesperson said.

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  Commercial airlines reroute flights amid US-Iran tensions

  World | January 08, 2020 17:12 IST

  The flight restrictions reflected fears that the conflict between the longtime foes could ratchet up following Iranian ballistic missile strikes Tuesday on two Iraqi bases that house U.S. troops.

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  IndiGo to start daily flights on six UDAN routes in next two months

  India | January 03, 2020 16:43 IST

  ​Budget airline IndiGo on Friday announced that over the next two months it will start daily flights on six new routes which come under the Centre's regional connectivity scheme UDAN.  

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  Delhi wakes up to moderate fog, flight operations normal, delay in train services

  India | January 01, 2020 11:54 IST

  Flight operations on January 1, 2020 remained normal. The minimum temperature remained around 5-degree Celsius on Wednesday morning.

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  Dense fog envelopes Delhi-NCR, Dec 29 coldest night as mercury drops to 2.5 degree celsius

  India | December 30, 2019 8:06 IST

  Delhiites woke up to dense fog on Monday morning as cold wave continues to batter Delhi-NCR and entire north India. The minimum temperature on Sunday night was recorded at 2.5-degree Celcius.

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  Cold wave intensifies in north India, mercury dips in Punjab, Haryana, Bathinda coldest at 5.6

  India | December 21, 2019 12:24 IST

  After fresh snowfall in Jammu and Kashmir and Himachal region, cold waves have gripped the entire northern states with the temperature dropping to below 6 degrees Celsius in Punjab and Haryana.