Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said on Twitter on Thursday that 71,471 passengers travelled on 785 flights on July 1. This means, on an average, there were 91 passengers in a plane on Wednesday

Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said that during phase 3 and phase 4 of the mission, private domestic airlines have been approved to operate 750 international flights to repatriate people stranded amid the coronavirus pandemic

Uncertainities about sustained demand, high costs of operation, competition in a turbulent sector weigh heavy on airlines' minds as they devise a reboot plan in a post-lockdown world

The Airport Authority of India issued new standard operating procedures (SOPs) as flights get ready to resume operations from May 25. How will the airport be sanitised? How will authorities ensure that no infected person boards a flight? How will luggage be sanitised? All airports and air carriers are getting ready for operations but questions remain. Watch the video for more on the guidelines.Also Read: Mumbai-Delhi flights min price capped at Rs 3,000, max Rs 10,000

Union Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri says all stakeholders such as airlines, airports had cooperated, so the Centre decided to resume flights from May 25

Mass-scale cancellations of travel bookings, including air travel and hotel accommodations, were seen after WHO declared coronavirus a pandemic and India cancelled all exisiting visas till April 15

Coronavirus update: IndiGo said that due to the dip in bookings, it expects quarterly earnings to be materially impacted

Indian Domestic airlines might soon start suspending flights on domestic routes as air travel demand suffers due to coronavirus outbreak

Almost every airline including Air India, IndiGo, Spicejet, Vistara, Air Asia and Go Air are offering lucrative discounts on flight tickets

Union Budget 2019: The average budget allocation under UPA-II was around Rs 3,457 crore while actual expenditure stood nearly 19 per cent higher at over Rs 4,112 crore. On the other hand, under Modi, average expenditure totalled Rs 5,312 crore, exceeding the average allocation of around Rs 4,523 crore by 17.4 per cent.

The airfares have risen dramatically on many international routes since Jet Airways suspended its operations on April 17. Therefore, the govt is planning to allocate Jet Airways' international flying rights to other airlines

SBI Chairman Rajnish Kumar has expressed hope that Jet Airways will not have to face insolvency. \"NCLT is the last option. It is the option when no option is left,\" he said.

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

Jet Airways crisis: The crumbling airline is down to just five operating planes but its lenders are yet to agree to release interim funding.

With the maintenance work on at the two runways of the airport, airlines have been quick in increasing airfares on key routes.

Rupee hits new all-time low against US dollarThe Indian rupee slumped 16 paise against the US dollar to trade at a life-time low of 71.37 in early trade on Tuesday. The fall in Indian currency is due to the strong demand for the US currency. At the Interbank Foreign Exchange, the local currency opened at a record low of 71.24 against a dollar, down from its previous close of 71.21, and weakened further to trade at a fresh low of 71.37, down 16 paise.  Airlines' losses could r...

Air India Group's Alliance Air yesterday started operations from the naval base. The base is being used for commercial flights as Cochin International Airport is shut till August 26 due to flooding of the runway.

The buzz earlier was that having posted a loss of Rs 1,040 crore for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2018, the airline was in serious damage control mode and had informed its employees that a 5-25 per cent salary cut was on the cards.

Jet Airways refuted the claim in a regulatory filing. \"The statement 'Can't fly beyond 60 days, Jet tells staff', as appeared in the media, is incorrect and malicious,\" the airline informed the stock exchange.

Any IndiGo ticket you book now will carry a fuel surcharge of Rs 200 on short flights covering a distance of under 1,000 km, while flights on longer routes above this threshold will incur an extra charge of Rs 400 per passenger.