Surat: Indigo airlines will resume flights connecting Surat with five metro-cities namely Calcutta, Hyderabad, Chennai, Goa and Bangalore. After SpiceJet, Indigo airlines have also decided to restart flights from Surat Airport halted during the second wave of Covid-19 pandemic. Indigo's Surat- Calcutta flight will be resumed from 19th July. Surat- Hyderabad and Surat Chennai flights will be resumed from 20th July; and Surat- Goa and Surat- Bangalore flights will be resumed from 23rd July....Read More

Gurugram: SpiceJet today announced the launch of 42 new flights on its domestic and international network, scheduled to commence operations from 10th July, 2021. The airline will be launching industry first flights on Surat-Jabalpur and Surat-Pune routes. The airline will also be connecting the city of Surat with the key metros of Jaipur, Hyderabad and Bengaluru and Gwalior with Ahmedabad, Mumbai and Pune. The airline will launch non-stop return flights on Gwalior-Ahmedabad, Gwalior-Mumba...Read More

New Delhi: Today marked another significant day in the history of Indian aviation industry with the signing of first aircraft purchase order by a GIFT city (Gujarat International Finance Tec) based leasing company under the Atmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyan of the Government of India. Under the Atman NirbharAbhiyan, GIFT IFSC, with various incentives from the government of India and low set up costs, has become very attractive for lessors. They can leverage the fast growing civil and military aviat...Read More

Ahmedabad: A runway of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport of Ahmedabad will remain closed in weekdays for six months starting from November this year during 9.30 am to 5.30 pm for re-carpeting work which may result into cancellation and changes in timing in case of several daily domestic flights in this period. Since 2016, re-carpeting works have been taken up on six different occasion.Runway repair work was recently undertaken from 20th-30th April without major flight disruptions. ...Read More

Ahmedabad: The passengers going to Dubai from Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport (SVPI airport) will need to pass through three phases of checks for Covid-19 infection. Dubai will allow fully vaccinated residents to travel from India to the emirate from June 23. Passengers must hold a valid residency visa and have received two doses of a UAE-approved vaccine. The Covishield vaccine, widely used in India, is accepted for travel to Dubai. Travelers will need to present a nega...Read More

Rajkot: A new greenfield airport of Rajkot is under construction near Hirasar on national highway to Ahmedabad over 1025 hectares of land by the Airport Authority of India (AAI). According to General Manager who is looking after the project, the first phase works involve estimated cost of Rs. 670 crore which shall complete by August 2022. The second phase works will include terminal building and final touches. At present, 46 per cent works for 3040 meter single runway are over. The works for apr...Read More

Ahmedabad: Three IndiGo aircraft and two Go Air aircraft sustained minor/non-structural damages after Ahmedabad airport was hit by a thunderstorm last evening. This impacted all airlines’ aircraft were parked there. The planes according to sources were parked side by side at some distance, but due to 40 km/hour strong wind they slid. An aircraft ladder also suffered heavy damage due to strong wide and thunderstorm. The city had received average 1.5 to 2 inch rains last evening (June 16). Mean...Read More

New Delhi: Government of India has been supporting the efforts of States and UTs for an effective Vaccination drive under the ‘Whole of Government” approach since 16th January this year. With the aim to universalize the Vaccination drive, the Government has opened vaccination for all adults above 18 years of age with the onset of Liberalized Phase III of India’s vaccination strategy from 1st May 2021. It has been a constant endeavour of the Union Government to streamline the vaccinatio...Read More

New Delhi: The Union ministry of civil aviation has in a release said, "the airline operators are advised to accept only those passengers who are carrying a negative RT-PCR test report with QR code for boarding international flights departing from India after 0001 hours on 22nd May 2021.... This rule applies to the passengers who are required to carry a negative RT-PCR test report as per the guidelines issued by their destination countries" It means the passengers travelling abroad will requi...Read More

Gandhinagar: All major airports in Gujarat have been shut as cyclone Tauktae is expected to make a landfall along the Gujarat coast today evening. SVPI airport in Ahmedabad has been shut for 7.30 pm to 5.00 am period. Surat airport has been shut for 11 am today to 1 pm tomorrow. Rajkot airport has been closed for 4 pm today to 11.15 am tomorrow on May 19. Kandla airport has been shut for noon today to noon tomorrow. Vadodara airport has been closed till 1 pm tomorrow. DeshGujarat Read More