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Singapore Airlines to re-launch nonstop flights to Vancouver S ingapore Airlines plans to reintroduce flights to Vancouver, after a 12-year absence, only this time the flights will be non-stop to the airline's home base. The airline had flown thrice weekly between Singapore and Vancouver, using Seoul, Korea, as a stop-over. In 2007, it asked the Canadian government for permission to fly that route daily, but because of the two countries' air agreement, domestic airlines had to agree to give Singapore Airlines that
permission. Air Canada rejected the request because Singapore Airlines' extra flights on the Vancouver-Seoul leg of the journey would have cut into Air Canada's business, Air Canada confirmed to BIV in 2013. Singapore Airlines was permitted to fly daily flights non-stop between Singapore and Vancouver, but the airline did not deem that a viable route in 2009, when the world was also recovering from the global economic crisis.
SpiceJet cuts weekly domestic flights by 31%
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piceJet has decreased its domestic services by 31% to 2,995 weekly flights in the upcoming winter schedule as compared to 4,316 weekly flights that it got approved for the winter schedule of 2019, the aviation regulator DGCA said. Meanwhile, Vistara, another private carrier, has increased its domestic services by 22 per cent to 1,675 weekly flights as compared to 1,376 weekly flights for 2019 winter schedule, the regulator added. The winter schedule begins on October 31 of a year and ends on March 26 next year. Overall, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has approved 22,287 weekly domestic flights of Indian carriers for the winter schedule of 2021.
IndiGo expands regional presence, commences six new flights from Indore I n-line with its vision to strengthen regional connectivity, IndiGo, India’s leading carrier, commenced its new direct flights from Indore to Prayagraj, Jodhpur, and Surat, effective October 31, 2021. The new route was inaugurated with lamp lighting at the Indore airport as well as Ministry of Civil Aviation in New Delhi. The ceremony was graced by Honourable Union Minister for Civil Aviation – ShriJyotiradityaScindia
(virtually), Honourable Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh - ShriShivraj Singh Chouhan (virtually-TBC), and other eminent dignitaries from Indore at the airport. The addition of routes from Indore is a part of IndiGo’s strategy to enhance connectivity to central India. IndiGo operates a total of 604 weekly flights from Madhya Pradesh, including connections from destinations like Bhopal, Indore, Jabalpur, and Gwalior.
Flybig announces new sector between Lilabari and Guwahati
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ewly scheduled regional commuter Airline flybig, North East India’s biggest Airline, has announced that it will provide direct connectivity between Lilabari and Guwahati from 4 th November 2021, every Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday at an attractive all- inclusive low fare of Rs 999/-. The airline also announced that from 1stNovember, 2021 onwards, it will now operate its Guwahati and Agartala flights, twice a day every Monday, Wednesday & Friday.While speaking about the tie up Captain Sanjay Mandavia, CEO, flybig said, “We are the only Airline that has its base in Guwahati. We are commencing operations from 4thNovember 2021 for Lilabari and Guwahati and will be soon connecting the entire North East at super affordable rates helping boost Tourism in the region”.
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