Travel Post 
New Delhi: Market regulator SEBI told the Supreme Court today that allegations that it has been investigating the Adani Group since 2016 are “factually baseless”. It also cautioned against “premature and wrong conclusions” in the case. SEBI or Securities and Exchange Board of India, in an affidavit, said that it had investigated the issuing of … Read more
Singapore Changi Airport broke through the 80% recovery barrier in March when it handled 4.63 million passenger movements. This was 82.2% of the 5.63 million that passed through the airport in March 2019, the first time since the pandemic arrived it had exceeded 80% recovery. With airline capacity rapidly bouncing back to pre-COVID levels in … Read more
While the bulk of the population of the UK lives on the country’s mainland, its smaller islands are also home to a wide variety of people and places. Due to their geographical separation from the mainland, and the slow speed at which boats travel, regional air transport plays an important role in keeping these islands … Read more
Manila-based Philippine Airlines (PR) is discussing with multiple buyers to offload four of its non-operational Bombardier DHC 8-300’s, with the expected sale proceeds to be invested into new-generation aircraft. As reported by Business World last week, the PAL President and Chief Operating Officer, Stanley K. Ng, noted that the airline currently sees these inactive aircraft … Read more
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
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
KLM has officially become the latest airline to offer a premium economy cabin. The Dutch flag carrier formally welcomed its new premium economy cabin Wednesday, a big milestone in a multi-year project that’ll see a fleet-wide rollout by the end of next year. The first jet outfitted with Premium Comfort, as the airline calls it, … Read more
Getting one’s boarding pass at the airport is one of the most tedious tasks. And while most of us now prefer to get one on our smartphones, there are still some who prefer paper boarding passes. As it happens, if you are travelling with Emirates after May 15, you will probably need a mobile boarding … Read more
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
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
