The Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation (CAPA) had in late April said that Indian airlines, excluding IndiGo, will need to raise a minimum of USD 2.5 billion to survive the temporary grounding of the operations due to the lockdown imposed to contain COVID-19 spread

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

\"The nurses and doctors will be required to provide valid hospital IDs at the time of check-in as a proof of their identity,\" the airline said in a press release

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IndiGo wrote a mail to its pilots informing them of 5.5 days of leave without pay. With this, IndiGo extended the leave without pay (LWP) policy to 10 days, effective from July 1

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Airlines have taken to the skies after two months. But their pain is far from over

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

Of all the airlines, around 186 IndiGo passengers tested positive during this period, of which 6 lakh passengers flew with the airline. Considering the phased opening of the airspace, IndiGo now aims to run 50% of its total daily capacity

IndiGo hopes that wide-bodies would become uncompetitive; and Indian domestic carriers would emerge stronger in the post-COVID world

IndiGo is targeting to achieve 70% capacity by March 2021 and 85% by April 2021. It is currently operating around 350 flights daily

Airlines have been given flexibility to book middle seats - they have to be kept empty as much as possible, but not on flights with high demand; and these recommendations don't matter if family members are sitting next to each other

Even though IndiGo has been flying planes since May 25, a large part of its fleet is still not utilised. These are primarily due to the MoCA restricting the commercial flying capacity to 33 per cent for three month

MIAL had scheduled a total of 19 flights for Wednesday, which include 11 departures and eight arrivals to be operated by five airlines -- Air India, IndiGo, SpiceJet, GoAir and AirAsia India

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Currently, only 50 flights - 25 arrivals and 25 departures - are allowed from the Mumbai airport under a curtailed scheduled after flight operations were restarted from May 25

Virgin owed nearly A$7 billion ($4.76 billion) to creditors when it entered voluntary administration in April with its long-running financial struggles exacerbated by the coronavirus pandemic

The stock price of InterGlobe Aviation opened at Rs 950 and later touched an intraday high of Rs 963.70 on BSE, gaining 1.06% against last closing value of Rs 953.50.

IndiGo and GoAir's P&W engine-powered A320 neo planes have been facing glitches over the past few months causing large-scale flight disruptions affecting thousands of passengers and raising safety concerns