It has been 90 days since India closed its airspace for normal international passenger flights, inbound and outbound, with effect on March 13. ‘When will flights resume to India’, has been one of the most searched query in Google since then. On June 16, in a follow-up to his earlier indications at the possible resumption […]
In a bizarre turn of the events over the origin of the Novel Coronavirus, the US-China conflict is catapulted to the skies. After trade and commerce, aviation is the new target of the rising tensions between Beijing and Washington DC. The US government announced to bar Chinese airlines from entering its airspace for scheduled service, […]
Emirates Airlines is gearing up for resumption of flights to India and other countries mostly in the Middle East, including Saudi Arabia, Oman, Jordan, Kuwait, Bahrain, Sudan and Egypt. Emirates flights booking, India apart, is also open for Manila and Colombo with effect from July 2020. Travelers wonder whether the opening up of Emirates flights […]
After two months and a half of the closure amid the Coronavirus pandemic, the US Citizenship and Immigration Services is all set to open on or after June 4, with COVID19 safety measures and revised guidelines in place. With life limping back to normalcy and businesses opening up in a calibrated manner, USCIS is gearing […]
In one of our most recent Travel News articles, we disseminated the information about possible lifting of India’s travel restrictions for OCI card holders. Last week, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) had written to the Home Ministry seeking to allow certain categories of OCI card holders on repatriation flights to India in the Vande […]
While the pendulum of the COVID19 impact on US economy is oscillating over the future of H1B visa holders, their spouses on H4 visa got relief despite the unprecedented situation. The Trump administration has provided a fillip to the morale of H4 visa holders by making a U-turn in its rhetoric against their legal work […]
The second phase of the Vande Bharat Mission has begun for the repatriation of some 30,000 Indians from 31 countries including USA, Australia, Canada and UAE. With international flight operations continuing to remain suspended because of the lockdown extended till May 31, Indian government’s evacuation flights operated by Air India are the only way for […]
I am an OCI card holder. Can I travel to India during the Coronavirus pandemic? Is India allowing OCI card holders to travel on inbound repatriation flights? Thousands of weary faces on OCI have been looking forward to the government of India with such queries since the restriction on their travel to India came into […]
Celebrating the International Nurses Day 2020, Qatar Airways came up with a unique idea to thank hundreds of thousands of the frontline healthcare professionals who have relentlessly been treating COVID19 patients all over the world, risking their own lives. With effect on May 12, the airline started offering 100,000 complimentary tickets to healthcare professionals in […]
Home is where the heart is. Saying ‘Home is where the sustenance is’ is more appropriate in unprecedented times when fears of losing jobs and the visa status are looming large for a sizeable number of H1B visa holders who are currently stuck amid the lockdown in India. They have been interminably waiting, with their […]