To boost passenger confidence, airline major SpiceJet on Wednesday announced a unique initiative to provide passengers with a facility to opt for Covid-related insurance cover.
SpiceJet said it has operated six flights under the mission from Ras Al-Khaimah, Jeddah, Riyadh and Dammam so far bringing back over a thousand Indian nationals to Ahmedabad, Goa and Jaipur.
A 30-year-old pilot with SpiceJet airlines was allegedly stopped by around 10 bike-borne men and robbed him at gunpoint at the IIT-Delhi flyover in Southwest Delhi around 1 am Wednesday.
Domestic flight services will resume from Mangaluru International Airport (MIA) from May 25 as per the instructions of Union Civil Aviation Ministry.
Shares of two listed aviation companies - InterGlobe Aviation and SpiceJet - rallied up to 10 per cent on the BSE on May 21 in early morning trade after the government on May 20 announced that domestic airline operations would resume on May 25.
Some airlines have started bookings for flights from June onwards, sources said on Monday amid commercial flight services remaining suspended till May 31 due to the nationwide lockdown. Commercial flights have been suspended since March 25 when the lockdown began to curb spreading of coronavirus infections.
An employee of budget-carrier SpiceJet working at New Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport tested positive for coronavirus infection.
SpiceJet on Wednesday told its pilots that they will not be paid salaries for April and May, and said those who have been operating cargo flights will get paid for "block hours flown".
An engeneer of Budget carrier SpiceJet's has tested positive for coronavirus on Tuesday. The airline said that it is taking all measures to provide appropriate medical care to the person.
SpiceJet freighter flight carrying 14 tons of COVID-19 related medical and emergency supplies from Shanghai arrived in Hyderabad on the night of April 26.
SpiceJet freighter carrying around 10 tons of COVID-19 related medical supplies arrived in Kolkata from Shanghai on April 25.
A SpiceJet freighter carrying COVID-19 medical supplies from China's Shanghai landed in Delhi on the night of April 24.
Air carrier SpiceJet on Sunday decided to send staff earning more than Rs 50,000 monthly salary on leave without pay on a rotational basis.
SpiceJet on Wednesday said it has sent its freighter flight to China to bring medical supplies from Shanghai to Hyderabad amid the nationwide lockdown to combat the coronavirus threat.
Budget carrier SpiceJet operated its first freighter service on Friday to Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam from Hyderabad, carrying around 16 tonnes of medical supplies as part of the transportation of medical essentials, including medicines and other medical supplies, amid the coronavirus pandemic, the airline said.
Domestic carrier Spice Jet will operate two cargo freighters from Singapore, with crucial medical supplies on board, on Thursday and Friday
Budget airline SpiceJet on Tuesday operated the country's first cargo-on-seat flight carrying vital supplies in the passenger cabin and belly space from Delhi to Chennai.
Budget carrier SpiceJet has said it will be operating five in-cabin cargo flights on Tuesday, using a passenger aircraft, to transport vital supplies to various parts of the country amid the lockdown.
Budget carrier SpiceJet has decided to cut up to 30 per cent salary of its employees in March with Chairman Ajay Singh opting for highest 30 per cent trimming in compensation, the airline said in an e-mail communication to the staff on Tuesday.
SpiceJet said on Sunday that one of its pilots who did not fly any international flight in March has tested positive for the coronavirus. "One of our colleagues, a first officer with SpiceJet, has tested positive for COVID-19. The test report came on March 28. He did not operate any international flight in March 2020," a spokesperson of the airline told PTI.
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