THIRUVANANTHAPURAM:The Kerala government is all set to promote the state’s monsoon tourism across West Asia to tap the highly promising market ahead of the summer vacation starting next month in the Gulf region. The aggressive marketing campaign is aimed at wooing travellers to ‘God’s Own Country’ during July and August when the rainy season makes […]
JAMNAGAR:Commercial flight operations at Gujarat’s Jamnagar airport will remain suspended till Friday as part of precautionary measures ahead of cyclone Biparjoy’s landfall. According to the Jamnagar airport director, the airport has issued a NOTAM for three days — Wednesday-Friday. Diesel and petrol required to operate the airport in an emergency have also been stored. According […]
PHNOM PENH:Cambodia received some 1.72 million international visitors in the first four months of 2023, a significant rise of 613 per cent from merely 241,485 over the same period last year, said a Ministry of Tourism’s report on Wednesday. Thailand topped the chart among international arrivals to the kingdom during the January-April period this year, […]
NEW DELHI:An IndiGo aircraft suffered a tail strike on its arrival at Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport on June 11, prompting aviation safety regulator DGCA to order a probe into the incident, a senior DGCA official said on Tuesday. The airline has also grounded the operating crew on the orders of the Directorate General of […]
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM:Kerala Tourism will soon come out with a mobile app to further strengthen the country’s first ‘Women-Friendly Tourism’ initiative launched by the state government to turn the state’s tourism sector gender inclusive. State Responsible Tourism Mission (RT Mission), the nodal agency for implementing the ‘Women-Friendly Tourism’ project, has been asked to prepare the content of […]
KOCHI:Air India Express (AIXL), India’s first international budget airline, achieved a significant milestone on Thursday by operating India’s first all-women Haj flight. This special flight, carrying 145 women pilgrims, was entirely managed by an all-women crew in all critical flight operations roles, supporting the Haj Committee of India’s groundbreaking initiative to have only women passengers […]
NEW DELHI:Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation Ltd (IRCTC), which provides railway ticketing services, denied Congress’ claims that thousands of Indians cancelled their tickets following the unfortunate accident in Odisha and termed it as factually incorrect. “This is factually incorrect. Cancellations have not increased. On the contrary, cancellations have reduced from 7.7 Lakh on 01.06.23 […]
KOCHI:Air India Express (AIXL), India’s first international budget airline, is all set to commence Government Haj Charter services from Kannur and Kozhikode on June 4, 2023. This is the first time the airline is operating Haj services. The first Haj flight from Kannur, IX 3027, is scheduled to depart at 1:45AM IST and will arrive […]
MUMBAI:Garuda Indonesia (GA) and Singapore Airlines (SIA) today announced plans to enter into a joint venture arrangement that would deepen the cooperation between the two carriers, increase passenger capacity between Singapore and Indonesia, and offer customers more travel options between the two countries. Subject to regulatory approvals, the proposed joint venture will cover routes between […]
KOCHI:AIX Connect, operating as AirAsia India, announced the launch of its Summer Sale with fares starting at ₹1,648, for routes such as Delhi-Jaipur, in addition to similar discounted sale fares across its network including ₹1,817 for Mumbai-Goa. The offer is applicable on bookings made till 31st May 2023 for travel after 1st July. AirAsia India […]