Kolkata Delhi Flight

Air India is under scrutiny once again, as it left some passengers stranded at the Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport. The Kolkata-bound Air India flight from Delhi was delayed due to a technical snag with the aircraft.

A Vistara aircraft en route to Kolkata suffered a technical snag and returned to the national capital on Friday evening, according to the airline.

Uber has introduced airport-friendly features for users, and drivers in India. The new features include a walking guide that directs users from their gates to the designated Uber pick-up points at thirteen major airports in the country. Uber app for drivers will now display information on the number of cabs that are in the queue at the airport, and...

Pilots of an IndiGo flight from Delhi to Kolkata asked Kolkata ATC for priority landing after smoke was detected in the cargo hold area.

Cricket Australia's interim chief executive Nick Hockley on Wednesday said that the BCCI is working to arrange a charter flight for IPL's Australian recruits, who are likely to stay in Maldives or Sri Lanka before heading back home because of a travel ban on the COVID-19 ravaged India.

IPL 2021: With the tournament suspended due to rising COVID-19 cases in India, Cricket Australia and the Australian Cricketers' Association released a joint statement, saying that they are currently not seeking any travel exemptions from their government for the players.

Direct flights between Delhi and Kolkata will now be taking off daily instead of three days a week, the West Bengal government announced today easing restrictions. Earlier, flights between the two metros were functional only three days a week as a precautionary measure against coronavirus and to restrict movement from cities where cases were high.

With lockdown in West Bengal extended till September 20, the Kolkata Airport has allowed incoming flights from six cities in a limited manner.

A 34-year-old man flew from New Delhi to Guwahati and landed in Kolkata to declare at the airport that he was coronavirus positive and needed to be kept in quarantine.

A passenger who had arrived in Kolkata from Delhi via Guwahati on a flight was found to be carrying his test report showing him to be COVID-19 positive, however, during the thermal screening his temperature came out normal, said Kolkata Airport Director.

With coronavirus cases showing no signs of abating in the state, West Bengal has persuaded Indian Railways to reduce the frequency of trains arriving from Delhi, Mumbai and Ahmedabad. This move comes days after flights from six cities with "high prevalence" of the deadly virus were stopped from landing in Kolkata.

Flights from six cities - Delhi, Mumbai, Pune, Nagpur, Chennai and Ahmedabad - will not land in Kolkata for two weeks starting Monday, airport authorities said on Saturday as the West Bengal government stepped up measures to contain the coronavirus.

Manipur has reported its first case of coronavirus with a 23-year-old woman who returned from the United Kingdom testing positive, making it the first case in the northeast. She is a student in the UK and had flown to Delhi on March 19 and then to Kolkata and Agartala before reaching Manipur. Nearly all of India - with 32 states and union territori...

Countries across the globe are scrambling to contain the spread of the deadly new flu-like virus that originated in China that has killed 17 people and infected at least 570, most of them in the central Chinese city of Wuhan. Airlines and airports are on guard against the virus that, according to primary studies, is believed to have originated in b...

A total 9,156 passengers from 43 flights were screened for novel coronavirus infection till Tuesday at the seven identified airports including Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai and Kolkata, the Union Health Ministry said on Wednesday.

Air India is under scrutiny once again, as it left some passengers stranded at the Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport. The Kolkata-bound Air India flight from Delhi was delayed due to a technical snag with the aircraft.

A Vistara aircraft en route to Kolkata suffered a technical snag and returned to the national capital on Friday evening, according to the airline.

Uber has introduced airport-friendly features for users, and drivers in India. The new features include a walking guide that directs users from their gates to the designated Uber pick-up points at thirteen major airports in the country. Uber app for drivers will now display information on the number of cabs that are in the queue at the airport, and...

Pilots of an IndiGo flight from Delhi to Kolkata asked Kolkata ATC for priority landing after smoke was detected in the cargo hold area.

Cricket Australia's interim chief executive Nick Hockley on Wednesday said that the BCCI is working to arrange a charter flight for IPL's Australian recruits, who are likely to stay in Maldives or Sri Lanka before heading back home because of a travel ban on the COVID-19 ravaged India.

IPL 2021: With the tournament suspended due to rising COVID-19 cases in India, Cricket Australia and the Australian Cricketers' Association released a joint statement, saying that they are currently not seeking any travel exemptions from their government for the players.

Direct flights between Delhi and Kolkata will now be taking off daily instead of three days a week, the West Bengal government announced today easing restrictions. Earlier, flights between the two metros were functional only three days a week as a precautionary measure against coronavirus and to restrict movement from cities where cases were high.

With lockdown in West Bengal extended till September 20, the Kolkata Airport has allowed incoming flights from six cities in a limited manner.

A 34-year-old man flew from New Delhi to Guwahati and landed in Kolkata to declare at the airport that he was coronavirus positive and needed to be kept in quarantine.

A passenger who had arrived in Kolkata from Delhi via Guwahati on a flight was found to be carrying his test report showing him to be COVID-19 positive, however, during the thermal screening his temperature came out normal, said Kolkata Airport Director.

With coronavirus cases showing no signs of abating in the state, West Bengal has persuaded Indian Railways to reduce the frequency of trains arriving from Delhi, Mumbai and Ahmedabad. This move comes days after flights from six cities with "high prevalence" of the deadly virus were stopped from landing in Kolkata.

Flights from six cities - Delhi, Mumbai, Pune, Nagpur, Chennai and Ahmedabad - will not land in Kolkata for two weeks starting Monday, airport authorities said on Saturday as the West Bengal government stepped up measures to contain the coronavirus.

Manipur has reported its first case of coronavirus with a 23-year-old woman who returned from the United Kingdom testing positive, making it the first case in the northeast. She is a student in the UK and had flown to Delhi on March 19 and then to Kolkata and Agartala before reaching Manipur. Nearly all of India - with 32 states and union territori...

Countries across the globe are scrambling to contain the spread of the deadly new flu-like virus that originated in China that has killed 17 people and infected at least 570, most of them in the central Chinese city of Wuhan. Airlines and airports are on guard against the virus that, according to primary studies, is believed to have originated in b...

A total 9,156 passengers from 43 flights were screened for novel coronavirus infection till Tuesday at the seven identified airports including Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai and Kolkata, the Union Health Ministry said on Wednesday.