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.
According to an Air India official, around 200 domestic flight departures and arrivals are likely to be affected by the runway closure.
Power lines on the southern islands of Okinawa were destroyed on Saturday, while many flights at major airports throughout Japan.
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According to the Japan Meteorological Agency, typhoon Jebi is expected to cross the Sea of Japan on Tuesday night and gradually weaken to an extratropical cyclone on Wednesday.
The departure timings of all the 23 flights were affected and the delays owing to the software malfunction stretched from 15-30 minutes, the spokesperson said.
After claiming 48 lives and leaving hundreds injured in six states, another bout of thunderstorm and dust storm are likely to hit parts of north-west india over the next 48 to 72 hours, the IMD has warned.
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