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India-UK air travel to resume from 8 January; 30 flights to operate per week, says govt
•Carriers from India and the UK will each be operating 15 flights per week till 23 January to and from Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru and Hyderabad only
India mulling 'bilateral bubbles' with US, UK, Germany and France for air travel, says aviation ministry
•Scheduled international passenger flights have been suspended in India since 25 March due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Coronavirus outbreak: India plans to airlift components from China to help local tech industry; other sectors explore airfreight option too
•India’s technology ministry has asked electronics and smartphone industry lobby groups to draw up a list of components made in China which then can be airlifted, two of the officials said.
Jet Airways insolvency: Will positively consider concrete business plan for troubled-airline, DGCA tells NCLT
•The Aviation Ministry and Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) on Tuesday informed the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) that they will positively consider any concrete business plan for the grounded Jet Airways
Jet Airways slips into memory as a loved brand after an inept SBI-led consortium forces carrier to crash-land onto bankruptcy court
Ajay Awtaney •The banks have been as clueless about their approach towards Jet Airways as the cash-strapped airline has been since it defaulted on its loans
Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan flags concerns over high airfares; aviation ministry to look into issue
•Civil aviation ministry will look into steep rise in airfares for domestic and international flights to and from Kerala during festival seasons
Jet Airways requests aviation ministry not to give away its international flying rights to other Indian carriers
Fp Staff •Jet Airways officials told the ministry that giving away international flying rights could impair the airline’s chance of successfully finding a buyer
Jet pilots accuse SpiceJet official of humiliating them at job interview; airline denies charges
•Over 1,300 pilots are on the street after Jet Airways announced halting of operations on 17 April, endangering the jobs of over 20,000 employees.
Jet Airways slot allocation to other airlines on temporary basis, move to reduce flyers' inconvenience: Govt
•The SBI-led consortium of lenders and Jet Airways employees unions had on Monday urged the government to secure its international landing slots to protect its valuation.
Jet Airways shares rise 6% to near 10-week high after government official rules out grounding more planes
•Jet is in talks with leasing companies to restart operating several of its grounded aircraft, Pradeep Singh Kharola, secretary at the civil aviation ministry said