When the pandemic started spreading across the country, all scheduled international flights and domestic passenger flights were suspended from March 23 and March 25, respectively. Scheduled domestic flights were restarted in a limited manner from May 25

Most airlines, including domestic players, have refused to refund customers whose flights either got cancelled due to the suspension of all commercial passenger flights in the wake of 21-day lockdown, or travel restrictions overseas

From shuttering of a 27-year-old airline to repeated grounding of planes to ailing Air India, headwinds blew across the once-fastest growing domestic civil aviation space in 2019 while a spike in regional air connectivity served as a silver lining in relatively cloudy skies

GoAir already flies to Abu Dhabi and Muscat from Kannur, and it flies to Phuket and Maldives from Bengaluru, Delhi and Mumbai.

 SpiceJet said passengers who book through its website will get perks such as a 25 per cent rebate on meals, seats

A joint venture between Tatas and Singapore Airlines, Vistara might also look at starting medium and long-haul flights, depending on approvals, amid the grounding of Jet Airways

Jet Airways, which also had a significant number of flights to Gulf region, including Dubai, has temporarily suspended operations due to cash crunch in mid-April.

The tussle between the two has escalated with Bhatia unsure about Gangwal's aggressive approach to expanding overseas and his greater control over the airline after changes on key posts

Several airlines have placed requests for awarding of Jet's flying rights to destinations such as Singapore, Thailand and the Middle East

Some of the Jet Airways employees had savings of up to $2,000 in the forex cards, the staffer claimed to illustrate the extent of the problem at hand.

Fares from India to cities such as Dubai, London, New York, Singapore and Bali in the first quarter of 2019 rose between 4 per cent and 32 per cent from a year ago, according to Indian travel portal MakeMyTrip Ltd

The bankers are well aware that if they don't give out the money, the Jet board has recommended stopping operations

Can India's premier airline be rescued?

The airline now operates just 14 planes -- way down from 123 planes in operations at the peak; government awaiting a report from the DGCA to decide whether Jet can continue to fly on international routes.

The secretary said that airlines have to comply with the \"0/20 rule for international operations\". He also said that since Jet Airways has 26 aircraft in its fleet currently, question of \"examining Jet Airways\" on \"0/20 rule does not arise\".