First Uk Flight

The UK government has told the High Court in London that it expects the first deportation flights to Rwanda to take off between July 1 and July 15, a judge said on Friday.

British authorities have started to detain migrants in preparation for them to be sent to Rwanda in the next nine to 11 weeks, the government said on Wednesday, laying the groundwork for Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's flagship immigration policy.

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said on Monday the first flight carrying asylum seekers to Rwanda would leave in 10-12 weeks, as he set out plans for for his flagship policy to tackle illegal migration.

The identity of the passenger and the reason behind the attempt remain unknown. Crew members and a doctor onboard provided first aid to the passenger.

A first flight carrying asylum seekers to Rwanda as part of a controversial UK policy was cancelled on Tuesday, in an embarrassing blow to Prime Minister Boris Johnson's government.

A Virgin Atlantic aircraft was forced to return to Londons Heathrow airport less than an hour into a flight to New York after one of its pilots was found to not have completed their training.

A pop-up urban port for delivery drones -- and one day, potentially flying taxis -- launched Monday in Britain, lifting a box of prosecco for a brief celebratory test flight hailed as groundbreaking. Developed by UK firm Urban-Air Port, the port is named Air-One.

Moscow on Sunday confirmed its first case of the new UK coronavirus strain, despite an earlier decision by officials to suspend flights from Britain to stop the mutation reaching Russia.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today urged the centre to extend the suspension of flights to and from the United Kingdom as the country now battles the variant strain of coronavirus first detected there.

Union Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said today that he foresees "a short extension" of the suspension of flights from the UK to contain the spread of the new strain of coronavirus that was first detected in that country. The forecast comes on a day when India reported the first six cases the mutant strain among people who have returned...

At least 22 people who came to India from the UK in the past few days have tested positive for COVID-19 amid alarm over a mutant strain of the coronavirus that is believed to be more contagious and was first identified in Britain.

SpiceJet was last week designated as "Indian scheduled carrier" to operate flight services to the UK and US from India

Air India on Friday opened bookings for around 300 flights to various countries including the USA and UK under phase-3 of the Vande Bharat Mission that resulted in "overwhelming" demand from travellers as the national carrier got six crore hits on its website during the first two hours of opening the bookings.

The second phase of Vande Bharat Mission - bringing back Indian citizens from across the world stranded due to the coronavirus-induced lockdown -- will be launched from May 16 to May 22.

The first Air India flight from the UK, scheduled as part of the Vande Bharat Mission to repatriate Indians stranded overseas due to the coronavirus lockdown, took off from London's Heathrow Airport today and will land in Mumbai in the early hours of Sunday.

The UK government has told the High Court in London that it expects the first deportation flights to Rwanda to take off between July 1 and July 15, a judge said on Friday.

British authorities have started to detain migrants in preparation for them to be sent to Rwanda in the next nine to 11 weeks, the government said on Wednesday, laying the groundwork for Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's flagship immigration policy.

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said on Monday the first flight carrying asylum seekers to Rwanda would leave in 10-12 weeks, as he set out plans for for his flagship policy to tackle illegal migration.

The identity of the passenger and the reason behind the attempt remain unknown. Crew members and a doctor onboard provided first aid to the passenger.

A first flight carrying asylum seekers to Rwanda as part of a controversial UK policy was cancelled on Tuesday, in an embarrassing blow to Prime Minister Boris Johnson's government.

A Virgin Atlantic aircraft was forced to return to Londons Heathrow airport less than an hour into a flight to New York after one of its pilots was found to not have completed their training.

A pop-up urban port for delivery drones -- and one day, potentially flying taxis -- launched Monday in Britain, lifting a box of prosecco for a brief celebratory test flight hailed as groundbreaking. Developed by UK firm Urban-Air Port, the port is named Air-One.

Moscow on Sunday confirmed its first case of the new UK coronavirus strain, despite an earlier decision by officials to suspend flights from Britain to stop the mutation reaching Russia.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today urged the centre to extend the suspension of flights to and from the United Kingdom as the country now battles the variant strain of coronavirus first detected there.

Union Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said today that he foresees "a short extension" of the suspension of flights from the UK to contain the spread of the new strain of coronavirus that was first detected in that country. The forecast comes on a day when India reported the first six cases the mutant strain among people who have returned...

At least 22 people who came to India from the UK in the past few days have tested positive for COVID-19 amid alarm over a mutant strain of the coronavirus that is believed to be more contagious and was first identified in Britain.

SpiceJet was last week designated as "Indian scheduled carrier" to operate flight services to the UK and US from India

Air India on Friday opened bookings for around 300 flights to various countries including the USA and UK under phase-3 of the Vande Bharat Mission that resulted in "overwhelming" demand from travellers as the national carrier got six crore hits on its website during the first two hours of opening the bookings.

The second phase of Vande Bharat Mission - bringing back Indian citizens from across the world stranded due to the coronavirus-induced lockdown -- will be launched from May 16 to May 22.

The first Air India flight from the UK, scheduled as part of the Vande Bharat Mission to repatriate Indians stranded overseas due to the coronavirus lockdown, took off from London's Heathrow Airport today and will land in Mumbai in the early hours of Sunday.