Travel

To relief of the hundreds of thousands of travelers who are facing challenges in travelling from India to Canada, may soon hear good news to cheer about. As per the sources, Canadian government is likely to relax travel restrictions for travelers from India. Under relaxed guidelines, pre-departure RT-PCR testing of air passengers from India may be permitted at several laboratories ...

Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has issued the latest Guidelines for International Arrivals from 11th January 2022. All International Passengers arriving to India are to undergo mandatory home quarantine for 7 days. This must be followed by a RT-PCR test to be carried out on the 8th day. The report has to be uploaded on the Air Suvidha Portal. ...

As per recent post by Candian High Commission New Delhi, In-person consular appointments at Canadian missions in New Delhi, Chandigarh and Mumbai have been suspended. This suspension is looked as a preventive measure towards the health and safety of all due to increasing number of Covid cases in the country. The missions continue to provide services by mail. For urgent ...

In an action attributed to the strict restrictions implemented by Ottawa, Montreal-based airline Air Transat is suspending all flights on routes from Toronto and few flights from Montreal for the rest of the winter travel season. Air Transat commenced the suspension of flights on Thursday (Jan 28) and will remain into force until April 30, 2021, according to Ms. Debbie ...

On Wednesday (Jan 7), Canadian low cost carrier WestJet has disclosed that it intended to bring the Boeing 737 MAX aircraft back into the passenger service in next two weeks. The decision of the carrier will depend on the Transport Canada and Canadian Aviation Agency, which will approve the return to passenger service as scheduled. After 20 months of grounding, ...

The national flag carrier Air India has announced a special scheme for senior citizens offering a concession of 50% on the base fare. The special scheme applies only to domestic flights and travelers over the age of 60 years can take advantage of the scheme. According to the carrier’s official website (www.airindia.in), the national carrier has set up a criterion ...

The national flag carrier Air Canada is reducing the number of routes in Atlantic Canada and warn of station closures, moving the airports in the region which, in their opinion, will further isolate people in the region and force airports to close. On Tuesday (Dec 8), the airline confirmed that it will suspend all flights to Sydney in Nova Scotia ...

Due to a spike in the COVID-19 pandemic, Air Canada has extended its route cuts between Halifax and Sydney in Nova Scotia. Therefore, passengers will not be able to fly between these two cities this holiday season. The national carrier of Canada told JA Douglas McCurdy Sydney Airport that their regional flights between Halifax and Sydney, which was placed under ...

The European Union (EU) has officially removed Canada from the list of countries that should not be subject to inbound travel restrictions during the COVID-19 pandemic. The 27-country group released a list of 15 countries for the first time in July, which are considered to have a low risk of the coronavirus transmission in the country. Earlier, Canada was in ...

A new terminal building will soon open at the Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport (LGBIA) in Guwahati, which is the main hub for travel in Northeast India. More than 39 per cent of the project work has been completed. The new terminal building is expected to cost INR 1232 crore and is scheduled to be put into use by June ...