India’s travel advisory and visa restriction that came into effect on March 13, 2020 has left lakhs of Indian nationals and foreign citizens of Indian origin at a loss, with concerns and queries regarding their travel this month or in April. Many foreign citizens of Indian origin, with or without OCI cards, who are currently […]
As the novel coronavirus continues to plague and panic the world, major sports events, international film festivals, technology conferences and concerts are being either cancelled or called off. Facebook cancelled its tech conference, F8 Developers, a very popular event in the developer and entrepreneurial community. In the US state of Massachusetts, Boston cancelled St Patrick’s […]
Since February 2022, Karnataka’s guidelines for international arrivals to Bangalore International Airport and Mangalore Airport have been relaxed. The removal of the Air Suvidha form, effective from November 21, has made it a lot easier to travel to India from the United States and other countries. Besides, full-vaccination or pre-departure RT-PCR testing is no longer […]
The growing preference for direct flights to India over connecting flights is one of the developments in the US-India air travel in the post-COVID19 world. Two of the premier US carriers – United Airlines and American Airlines – are catching on to the trend by launching nonstop flights to India from some of their US hubs. While […]
Updated on March 8, 2022: The government of India was all set to resume regular/scheduled international flights on December 15, 2021 after two months of toddling towards normalization of international passenger flight operations, but the Omicron variant of COVID19 disrupted the plans and caused further extension of air bubble flights. The daily number of COVID […]
In 2020, Indian American billionaire Romesh Wadhwani was named for the Padma Shri, one of the highest civilian awards presented by the government of India, in recognition of his philanthropic deeds. Owing to various travel restrictions in the aftermath of the pandemic, he could not travel to India to receive the award. Finally, the Consul […]
The airspace is blue again for international passenger flights. Both India and the United States have further relaxed their respective guidelines for fully-vaccinated international arrivals. Though unlike before, travel between USA and India is still subject to certain regulations. There is a new update every other day in the constantly volatile scenario of international air […]
The second wave of the pandemic is an opportunity to see the power of India’s unity in diversity. With everyone doing their bit, from the lower economic reaches to the upper, and global support pouring in, India has started waging a war against the pandemic. To be precise, India raised a clarion call for another […]
International travel continues to remain the most complicated phenomenon even though we are heading into 2021. In India alone, the entry requirements and quarantine regulations vary from state to state making it difficult for international arrivals during the pandemic. For instance, Chennai and Kolkata require international travellers to arrive with a negative RT-PCR certificate, whereas […]
With a steady increase in the volume of passenger traffic on air bubble flights to India, Kerala has eased restrictions and quarantine rules for international arrivals in the unlock 7.0. Kerala is one of the few states to have scrapped mandatory institutional quarantine for asymptomatic international flyers from abroad. All of Kerala’s four international airports […]