Thailand and India Visa Requirements and Kuwait Suspends ALL commercial flights

Written by From the Newsroom @ Mighty Travels

On January 30, the World Health Organization declared the coronavirus a public health emergency of international concern. With the Wuhan coronavirus outbreak countries all over the world are taking precautions in order to minimize the risk. Today the World Health Organization declared a pandemic. Following the news India has suspended all tourist visas and e-visas. […]

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Air India Yanks Credit Agreement With Government Of India After Several Departments Don’t Pay Their Bills

Written by Sebastian Powell @ LoyaltyLobby

It appears that several departments of the Government of India are delinquent in their obligations to national carrier Air India and the airline has announced that they’ll turn off the faucet on past due accounts. Ministries who owe the airlines substantial amount of money will no longer be available to buy tickets on credit and […]

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Too Fat To Fly? Air India Sets Flight Attendants On Diet With Low Fat Inflight Meals

Written by Sebastian Powell @ LoyaltyLobby

Air India seems to have an obsession with the weight of their flight attendants and once again made headlines for setting their crew on diet by catering them low fat meals for the journey. The company has previously grounded members of their staff for being overweight which caused a lot of controversy over employment policies. […]

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Air India Pilot Suspended For Allegedly Shoplifting A Wallet At Sydney Airport Duty Free Shop

Written by Sebastian Powell @ LoyaltyLobby

According to media reports and a circulating document Air India has suspended one of their pilots as he was caught shoplifting a wallet at one of Sydney Airport’s Duty Free outlets. Allegedly the pilot let one of the wallets on display “fall into his pockets” and police confronted him on board the aircraft where he […]

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Delta brings back Mumbai, launching from JFK in December

Written by Seth Miller @ Wandering Aramean

Delta Air Lines is bringing back its Mumbai service. The new service, launching in December, was announced with significant political overtones and brings the carrier into a busy market.
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Air India Management Instructs Crew To End Every Announcement With “Jai Hind” (“Long live India”)

Written by Sebastian Powell @ LoyaltyLobby

In a show of patriotism Air India‘s senior management has instructed it’s crew to use relevant Hindi phrases after each announcement to “keeping with the mood of the nation”. The crew was instructed to now end every announcement with “Jai Hind” which can be translated with “Long live India” or “Victory to India” according to […]

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Air India Aircraft Collides With Three Story Building At Stockholm Airport: Wing Severely Damaged & Pilots Suspended

Written by Sebastian Powell @ LoyaltyLobby

An Air India Boeing 787 Dreamliner with 179 passengers plus crew on board struck a 3-story building with its wing on the way to the parking position after landing in Stockholm-Arlanda. The aircraft incurred substantial damage on the wing and passengers had to leave the plane over mobile stairs that were brought to the tarmac. […]

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Reader Question: Air India FCO-DEL 5.5 Hours Delay & EC 261/2004 Compensation?

Written by John Ollila @ LoyaltyLobby

A LoyaltyLobby reader sent us an email about long flight delay on Air India flight ex-Europe and EC 261/2004 compensation. Remember that you can always email us, send a message via Facebook or use Twitter and include photos too. We’ll try to cover Reader Questions & Comments here several times a week. Here’s the email […]

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DLD 187: In it for the (Ultra) Long Haul

Written by Seth Miller @ Wandering Aramean

Don’t worry: This episode isn’t nearly as long as the flights we’re talking about. But with Perth-London service launched recently we’re all about the very, very long flights. Plus, special guest Cynthia Drescher is back to join in the conversation.
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DLD 187: In it for the (Ultra) Long Haul

Written by Seth Miller @ Dots, Lines & Destinations

Don’t worry: This episode isn’t nearly as long as the flights we’re talking about. But with Perth-London service launched recently we’re all about the very, very long flights. Plus, special guest Cynthia Drescher is back to join in the conversation.

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