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Not being able to find luggage can be a nightmare 1 in 4 passengers either lost their luggage or found in damaged manner 35% passengers found their checked-in baggage damaged

Indian government has activated bilateral air service agreements with 116 countries Any designated foreign airline can operate to/from a point in India The government's move will benefit passengers and may bring down airfares

SpiceJet Dubai-Pune flight leaves behind luggage of over 50 passengers Passengers took to twitter to seek for a response SpiceJet asks to stay patient as they are looking into the matter

On May 7, staff of Indigo airlines had barred a specially-abled child from boarding a flight DGCA ordered probe into the incident The findings of the committee indicate inappropriate handling of passengers by the Indigo staff

New integrated passenger terminal building at Trichy airport will be ready by April 2023 75 percent of the construction work is completed The new passenger terminal building has been designed to process 2,900 passengers during peak hours

Besides this, the government also announced that airlines will have to limit their capacity of 80% of pre-Covid times till April. Currently, the airlines are permitted to operate not more than 80% of their per-COVID domestic flights. The aviation sector has been significantly impacted due to the travel restrictions imposed in India and other countries in view of the coronavirus pandemic.

The insurance partners of the Indian Railways Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) will be Bharti AXA General Insurance.

In terms of on-time performance, IndiGo is at the top with 83.9 percent of its flights arriving and departing as per schedule.

Women flying solo in a Vistara plane are allotted only window or aisle seats and not the middle ones and the airline is also providing them assistance with baggage as well as transport on her arrival at the destination.

The practice of tagging and stamping hand baggage of domestic passengers has been done away with in six more airports of the country from June 1.

As per an official data released on Wednesday, the month of September saw a 23.5 percent rise in the number of air passengers to 82.3 lakh as compared to the year-ago period.

Airline passengers should not turn on or charge their Samsung Electronics Co Ltd Galaxy Note 7 smartphones during flights or stow them in checked baggage due to concerns over the phone`s fire-prone batteries, the US Federal Aviation Administration said.

Filing a complaint against an airline or airport operator for deficiency in services is going to be just a click away for fliers, with the Civil Aviation Ministry planning to set up a dedicated portal for the purpose.

Aviation ministry is mulling over a plan to launch a website where air passengers can register their complaints, which will be forwarded to the airlines

You will be amazed to find that those who book this flight has no inhibition of removing their clothes in front of strangers.  

Here are the key things that air travellers must know about the new civil aviation policy.

The Union Cabinet on Wednesday cleared the much-awaited Civil Aviation Policy thereby unveiling a slew of passenger-friendly measures including capping of airfares at Rs 2,500 for an hour-long flight.

Civil aviation minister Ashok Gajapathi Raju said restricting the air fares will not make good business sense as it could also jeopardise the government's regional connectivity plan as such a move may discourage airlines to fly on non-profitable routes.  

Under the new discount scheme, single one-way fare between Delhi and Mumbai or Mumbai and Chennai will work out at Rs 1,899 (excluding taxes).

Code-sharing allows an airline to book passengers on its partner carriers and provide seamless transport to multiple destinations where it has no presence.