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Travel industry under siege as coronavirus contagion grows; IATA urges govts to consider extending credit lines, tax cuts
•US travel curbs on much of continental Europe announced by President Donald Trump on Wednesday deepened the sector’s misery that began after the virus emerged in China late last year and reduced traffic.
Ticket prices: Antitrust investigators find no evidence of collusion by IndiGo, SpiceJet, other rival carriers; CCI yet to make final ruling
•Budget airline IndiGo, the country’s biggest carrier, said in a statement “the case is without merit” and added that it has been cooperating with the investigation.
Domestic air passenger traffic dips in 2019, rises just 5.1% after four years of double-digit growth: IATA
•IATA measures passenger growth in revenue passenger kilometres (RPKs), which is calculated by multiplying the number of passengers to the distance travelled by them.
IndiGo's order for 300 A320neo family aircraft will secure future supply of aircraft for carrier into next decade, assure sustainable cash flow
Ajay Awtaney •The new order will also bulk up IndiGo’s ability to create a sustainable network in the region and expand further
Mumbai airport's main runway unlikely to resume full operations today as SpiceJet aircraft remains stranded
•Operations from the main runway of Mumbai airport, which has been shut since Monday night due to the skidding of a SpiceJet aircraft and the subsequent blocking of a part of the runway, is unlikely to resume Thursday, a source said
Mumbai rains play havoc with flight operations: City's airport must urgently focus on disaster recovery plan
Ameya Joshi •Until a new airport is constructed and operational, Mumbai airport will not only be the busiest in the world, but also one of the most congested and challenging
Twitter users share military aircraft details online putting at risk national security, pilots' safety, says report
Fp Staff •With open source flight tracking websites, bloggers and aviation enthusiasts putting out live movement of IAF aircraft in social media, national security stands threatened
Departures at Delhi airport resume after two-hour delay due to dense fog, congestion on Christmas Day
Fp Staff •All departures at Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport resumed on Tuesday morning after a two-hour delay due to the fog conditions and congestion. They resumed at 9.16 am after they were stopped at 7.15 am.
India to construct 100 airports worth Rs 4.2 lakh cr in next 10-15 years, says civil aviation minister Suresh Prabhu
•The country's aviation sector is one of the fastest-growing in the world and has recorded 50 months of double-digit traffic growth.
US government shutdown: No cancellations of flights between United States and India
Ians •Despite the ripple effect of the United States shutdown across the world, no flights from India to America have been cancelled, according to sources.