Month: May 2023

How Hamburg Airport Is Putting Faith In Both SAF & Hydrogen For The Future Of Travel

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Germany’s Hamburg Airport is continuing to invest in sustainable aviation with its support of projects involving aircraft flying with hydrogen fuel. The airport is partnering with Lufthansa Technik, an aircraft maintenance, repair, and overhaul service provider for commercial aircraft converting to VIP and special mission aircraft. The company said the collaboration would make the German … Read more

These 3 countries rejected nearly 50% of Schengen Visa requests from India

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The Schengen visa statistics for 2022 are out. Indian travellers filed over 6 lakh visa applications in 2022–the third highest in the world, but also faced a steep rejection rate of 18%. Estonia, Malta and Slovenia rejected the highest percentage of Schengen visa applications from India last year, while Germany, Italy and Hungary were most … Read more

Mumbai & Delhi Airports To Get Faster Immigration Clearance; Others May Soon Follow Suit

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Airports in India are notorious for their slow immigration clearance services which sometimes take hours. Many frustrated travellers in the past tweeted that the immigration process at the Mumbai airport takes longer than the flight itself. Keeping all this in view, the government is launching a quick immigration clearance program called the Trusted Traveller Programme. … Read more

IRCC considering new method of processing work permits for TWFP participants

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A recent Access to Information Request (ATIP) to Immigration Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) obtained by CIC News shows that the department is considering new method of processing work permits for some foreign workers. The measure, which was proposed in December 2022, would apply to foreign workers who already have a Canadian work permit and … Read more

US Consulates in India to Issue One Million Visas, Gears Up for Student Visa Season

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MUMBAI: The offices of the US Consulate General in India are set to issue one million visas this year. They are quickly approaching the half-million mark of visas already processed this year. Speaking to the media on Wednesday, Hugo Rodriguez, principal deputy assistant secretary of the Bureau of Consular affairs, Washington, who was in Mumbai, … Read more

Finally: Qatar Airways Takes Delivery Of First Airbus A350 In Years

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It’s finally happened: Qatar Airways has taken delivery of its first new Airbus aircraft in approximately two and a half years. This notable delivery flight took place on May 12th with an A350-1000 flying from Toulouse to Doha. The aircraft is Qatar Airways’ 20th A350-1000 and 54th A350 overall. Aircraft and delivery flight details As … Read more