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Just Rs 3,984 to fly from UAE-India? Wizz Air Abu Dhabi plans to launch new routes

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Abu Dhabi: UAE low-cost carrier Wizz Air Abu Dhabi is currently going through the regulatory normal process to launch flights to the Indian subcontinent, local media reported.
Wizz Air Abu Dhabi could soon join the list of airlines serving the very busy and lucrative India-UAE sector.
Wizz Air Abu Dhabi’s managing director, Johan Eidhagen, said there are ongoing discussions about expanding its service to the Indian subcontinent.

“We are super excited if we get into that market as we are currently going through the regulatory normal process and as soon as that is closed we will be able to announce routes,” Johan Eidhagen told Khaleej Times.
Wizz Air Abu Dhabi is known for its discount ticket sales of 179 Dirhams (Rs 3,984). This airline will offer super cheap air fares and other massive discounts similar to India routes once it gets the green light to start operations.
In 2022, 1.2 million passengers travelled on Wizz Air Abu Dhabi.
The aim is to increase this to over two million passengers by 2023. Currently, Wizz Air operates Abu Dhabi service every three to four days. The company aims to bring this to every day of the week.

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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

May 5, 2023
‘It’s something I have to do’: pilots who fly abortion patients across state lines – video

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Ben is one of hundreds of volunteer pilots in the US flying people across state lines in their small private planes so they can obtain abortion healthcare. He’s part of an Illinois-based group called Elevated Access that connects pilots with patients. Since the overturning of Roe v Wade in 2022 dismantled 50 years of legal protection around abortion access in the US, thousands of patients are now forced to travel to obtain the healthcare they need – which can be expensive, time consuming and risky
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( With inputs from : www.theguardian.com )

April 25, 2023
Want to fly over Hyderabad in helicopter? Here’s how to do it

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Hyderabad: City residents can now enjoy helicopter rides over some of the city’s most popular landmarks, thanks to the March 8 launch of Fly Hyderabad, a helicopter ride event.
The 10-minute ride provides an incredible birds-eye view of the city from a height of 1,000 feet and includes stops at the Buddha Statue, Necklace Road, Charminar, Salar Jung Museum, and Falaknuma Palace.
The shared joyride event will take place on Necklace Road, next to Jalavihar Water Park, every day from March 8 to March 13 (11 a.m. to 4 p.m.). The ticket costs Rs 6,500 per person and can be purchased through the BookMyShow portal.
For additional information, call 9797798999/8328572041.
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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

March 9, 2023
Culture | The flags fly in honor of the Kalevala and Finnish culture on Tuesday

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The Kalevala Day was officially flagged in 1978.
Tuesday let’s celebrate Kalevala and Finnish culture day. It’s the official flag day, and the flags fly in secret from eight in the morning until sunset.
The author of Kalevala, or Finland’s national epic, was Elias lönnrot, who in the 19th century collected folk poems from Eastern Finland and Viena Karelia, among others. The Kalevala was completed in 1835, and Lönnrot wrote the preface to it just on February 28.
As the material accumulated, Lönnrot began working on a new, more extensive Kalevala, which appeared in 1849.
The Kalevala day has been marked on the Finnish calendar since 1950, and two years later, in the University of Helsinki’s almanac, the day was among the general flag days. The Kalevala Day was officially flagged in 1978.
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( With inputs from : pledgetimes.com )

February 28, 2023
Israeli carriers can fly directly to India with Oman opening its airspace: Netanyahu

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Jerusalem: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday welcomed the authorisation for Israeli carriers to fly over Oman as a “great day” for the aviation industry as it will connect the country directly with India and also help establish Israel as the main transit point between Asia and Europe.
“The Far East is not so far away and the skies are no longer the limit”, Netanyahu said in a statement after receiving the Omani authorisation.
“This is a day of great news for Israeli aviation. Israel has, in effect, become the main transit point between Asia and Europe”, the Israeli prime minister added.
Israel received authorisation from Saudi Arabia and the Israeli leader said that he worked since his 2018 visit to Oman on getting permission for Israeli carriers to fly over its airspace so that they could go directly to India and onwards to Australia.
Oman and Israel do not have diplomatic ties.
“This was achieved today, after considerable effort, including in recent months. Here is good news Israel is opening up to the east on an unprecedented scale”, Netanyahu stressed.
Until now, Israeli airlines’ flights to East Asia, India and Thailand were forced to fly south to avoid the Arabian Peninsula a route that added two and a half hours and wasted expensive fuel, local media reported.
With the Omani announcement, Israeli flights can shave off two to four hours to popular destinations like India and Thailand.

The development could potentially reduce ticket prices as well, given that airlines would save money on fuel.
Air India has been flying from Tel Aviv to Delhi directly using Saudi and Omani airspace, which saves time and makes the flights much more cost-efficient.
Last year Saudi Arabia allowed Israeli airlines to use its airspace but because Omani airspace was closed, Israeli carriers could not use the route to fly to Asia. The Saudi Arabian decision came after United States President Joe Biden visited the region last year.
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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

February 23, 2023
NATO flags fly at half-staff to honour Turkey-Syria quake victims

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Brussels: Flags of the 30 NATO member states at the military alliance’s headquarters in Brussels flew at half-staff to honour the nearly 8,000 people who lost their lives in the devastating 7.8-magnitude earthquake that struck Turkey and Syria earlier this week.
In a Twitter post on Tuesday, the 30-member alliance, of which Turkey is a member, said: “All flags at NATO Headquarters are at half-mast today in solidarity with our ally Turkey.”
NATO also outlined its contributions to relief efforts.
“Over 1,400 emergency response personnel from more than twenty NATO allies and partners, including invitees Finland and Sweden, are deploying to Turkey, helping to respond to the devastating earthquakes which struck the country,” the post read.
Over 1,400 emergency response personnel from more than twenty #NATO Allies and partners – including invitees Finland and Sweden – are deploying to Türkiye 🇹🇷, helping to respond to the devastating earthquakes which struck the country
— NATO (@NATO) February 7, 2023
On Monday, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg had said that he was in contact with Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu, adding that “NATO allies are mobilising support now”.
NATO and its partners are providing assistance to Turkey through seismic experts, search and rescue teams with dogs, freighters, structural engineers, and medical personnel and supplies, according to an official statement.
As of Wednesday morning, Turkey has reported a total of 5,894 deaths with 34,810 injured, while Syria’s toll has increased to 2,032, with nearly 3,000 injured persons.
The devastating 7.8 tremor struck Turkey’s southern province of Kahramanmaras at 4.17 a.m. on Monday morning, which was followed by a 6.4-magnitude temblor a few minutes later in Gaziantep province.

At around 1.30 p.m, a third 7.5-magnitude tremor hit Kahramanmaras.

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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

February 8, 2023
Unruly behaviour on flights: 63 passengers placed in ‘No Fly List’ since 2022

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New Delhi: In the last one year, a total of 63 passengers have been placed in the “No Fly List” for unruly behaviour. These include two incidents of urinating that have come to the notice of the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA).
Minister of State for Civil Aviation, V.K. Singh in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha on Monday said: “In last one year, a total of 63 passengers have been placed in the “No Fly List” for such period, as recommended by the airline’s Internal Committee, constituted in accordance with Civil Aviation Requirements (CAR), Section 3 — Air Transport, Series M, and Part VI titled “Handling of unruly/disruptive passengers.”
Government data disclosed that the number of incidents related to unruly behaviour of passengers in the flights has risen in the last one year.
In reply to another query, the Ministry informed that there are 143 passengers who have been placed in the ‘No Fly List’ since 2017 for a period as per the recommendations of the respective Internal Committee constituted by the airline.
As per the provision mentioned in CAR, a ‘No Fly List’ is maintained by DGCA containing specific information related to the passenger involved, contact details of identification documents, date of occurrence, sector, flight number, period of imposition of ban etc.
The majority of passengers placed in the “No Fly List” were for violation related to not wearing a mask or not obeying the instructions of crew members, said the reply by the Ministry.
The reply informed that as regarding specific incidents related to urination, action was taken by DGCA for non-compliance to applicable regulations.
For an incident in AI-102 flight, New York to New Delhi, dated November 26, 2022, a financial penalty of Rs 30,00,000 has been imposed on Air India. A financial penalty of Rs 3,00,000 has been imposed on Director Flight services of Air India and license of pilot in command suspended for three months.

For the incident in flight AI-142, Paris to New Delhi dated December 6, 2022, a financial penalty of Rs 10,00,000 has been imposed by the DGCA on Air India, said the reply.
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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

February 7, 2023