NEW DELHI, July 31: Seven of the 20 busiest international air travel routes from India in May were to Dubai, according to data provided by aviation analytics company Cirium. In May 2019 — before the COVID-19 pandemic dramatically impacted the global aviation sector — only two of the top 20 international air travel routes from India were to Dubai, according to the data, which has been accessed by PTI. “International air travel is guided by bilateral rights. In case of […]
Price-sensitive Indian passengers are now hard-pressed to find low-cost flights they had become used to in the past decade, as fares have surged by 30 to 50 per cent to their highest since the pandemic.
There was chaos at Terminal 2 of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (CSMIA) on Friday morning, with a large number of passengers stuck in long, endless queues for check-ins, security checks, leading to many of them missing their flights.