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India has sought four seats for its carriers against every extra seat it allows Dubai-based airlines to operate to the country, according to people with knowledge of the matter. The demand is said to be unprecedented as international aviation trade is typically a bilateral process, based on the reciprocal exchange of rights by states. Under the bilateral air service agreement inked between the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and India in January 2014, airlines of both nations are allowed to operate a total of 66,000 seats per week between Dubai and 15 Indian cities.

passengers, mainly Indian, and previously grounded in France due to suspected human trafficking, touched down in Mumbai during the early hours of Tuesday. According to officials, the aircraft completed its journey, departing from Vatry airport near Paris at approximately 2:30 pm local time and arriving in Mumbai shortly after 4 am. Based on information from French authorities, the aircraft carried 276 passengers when it departed for Mumbai. Twenty-five individuals, including two minors, had indicated their intention to seek asylum and remained on French territory. Two additional individuals were apprehended and subsequently brought before a judge.

French airport for four days. Of the original 303 people on the passenger list, 276 were on the plane that took off just before 3:00 pm (1400 GMT). Among the passengers staying behind were two people questioned by French police over suspected people trafficking, but a judicial source said they had now been released after establishing that the 303 passengers had boarded the plane of their own free will.

France for a human trafficking investigation departed on Monday for India, after an exceptional holiday ordeal that left about 300 Indians en route to Central America blocked inside a rural French airport for four days. Associated Press reporters outside the Vatry Airport in Champagne country saw the unmarked Legend Airlines A340 take off after the crew and about 200 other people boarded the plane. It wasn't immediately clear what would happen with those who didn't board the plane. The passengers grounded in France included a 21-month-old child and 11 unaccompanied minors who were put under special administrative care.

Tata group won the bid for Air India in 2021 and took control of the airline in January 2022. It will soon be two years since the control moved to the Tatas. The airline has placed a large order, made changes to its offering, launched new routes, and operationalised its grounded planes as visible signs.

Long-haul flights are generally considered to be those eight hours and longer, while any that stretch past a grueling 16 hours are nicknamed «ultra long-haul.» The longest nonstop commercial flights currently available include New York to Singapore (18 hours and 50 minutes; 9,530 miles) and Perth, Australia, to London (17 hours and 45 minutes; 9,010 miles). Qantas Airways, Australia's national airline, plans to operate two even longer direct flights in 2025: Sydney to London and Sydney to New York — routes that will take up to 20 hours. For travelers, flying at 35,000 feet for an extended period of time comes with its own set of challenges, including little space for movement, dry cabin air and time zone changes. Although extreme long-haul air travel never gets easier, there are some things you can do — before, during and after your flight — to make it slightly less terrible. Jennifer Bagnall, 40, a communications executive who often flies between her home in Los Angeles and Sydney, believes reframing the experience in your mind is an essential first step. «Instead of approaching it as a long stretch of time in a confined space without escape, I think about how it's a long stretch of uninterrupted time with no responsibilities and where I can't be contacted,» she said. «It's so rare you get that.»

Delhi fog news: Due to bad weather in Delhi, 7 flights were diverted to Jaipur and one flight was diverted to Ahmedabad between 6.am-9 am today i.e. on 25 December, airport source said as reported by news agency ANI.

Vistara flights bound for Hyderabad from Bengaluru and Mumbai had to return to their respective departure cities on Monday morning. The first one, UK837 traveling from Mumbai to Hyderabad, had to go back to Mumbai because of unfavourable weather at the Hyderabad airport. Similarly, the second flight, UK897 from Bengaluru to Hyderabad, was diverted and returned. #DiversionUpdate: Flight UK873 from Mumbai to Hyderabad (BOM-HYD) has returned to Mumbai (BOM) due to bad weather at Hyderabad airport and is expected to arrive in Mumbai at 0915 hours. Please stay tuned for further updates. — Vistara (@airvistara) December 25, 2023 «Flight UK873 from Mumbai to Hyderabad (BOM-HYD) has returned to Mumbai (BOM) due to bad weather at Hyderabad airport and is expected to arrive in Mumbai at 0915 hours,» the airline posted on X (formerly Twitter). #DiversionUpdate: Flight UK897 from Bangalore to Hyderabad (BLR-HYD) has returned to Bangalore (BLR) due to bad weather at Hyderabad airport and is expected to arrive in Bangalore at 0940 hours.

Telangana Today report, on 25 December, Hyderabad witnessed dense fog for the second day in a row. At Rajiv Gandhi International Airport, the visibility decreased to just 300 metres, which was a first for this winter season.

303 Indian passengers, suspected of human trafficking, detained near Paris, is set to leave on Monday, according to French judicial officials, AFP reported. 1. The Airbus A340, en route to Nicaragua, was held at Vatry airport after an anonymous tip-off upon its arrival from Dubai for refuelling.

France on suspicion of human trafficking, have applied for asylum. There were 11 unaccompanied minors on board Airbus A340, according to sources. Six of them have shown interest in applying for asylum.

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French judges on Sunday began questioning the 303 passengers, mostly Indians, of a Nicaragua-bound flight detained by French authorities at Vatry airport, 150 km east of Paris, since Thursday over suspected "human trafficking", according to local media reports. «The judges have the authority to extend the detention order being used by border police by eight days initially and for another eight if required. They have two days to complete speaking to the passengers.

Vatry airport in France as the authorities received a tip-off that the passengers of the plane were “likely victims of human trafficking." The France regulations allow border police to detain foreign nationals for up to four days. The timeline of detention can be extended by four days, for a period not more than 26 days and that too with an order by a judge. As per the news agency AFP, at least 11 Indian passengers stuck at the Vatry airport have requested asylum in the country.

flights from Geneva airport were delayed and some were cancelled during the holiday rush Sunday, as dozens of ground staff went on strike over a wage dispute. The workers began their strike at 4:00 am (0300 GMT) to protest conditions provided by their employer, the Dubai National Air Travel Agency (Dnata). Dnata personnel, who handle about a fifth of the traffic through Cointrin airport, were striking to demand «dignified working conditions and decent wages», the SSP public sector union said on X, formerly Twitter. Around 80 strikers gathered in front of the airport before dawn, wearing bright yellow safety vests and brandishing union flags and posters with messages like: «Dnata is killing me» and «Precarious work means grounded flights». The airport acknowledged that the work stoppage was delaying flights during the busy Christmas rush. «Some of the employees of a service provider are on strike today, causing an impact on our operations,» it said in a statement, apologising to passengers for the inconvenience. Airport spokesman Ignace Jeannerat stressed that there were no problems facing flights not assisted by Dnata personnel. «A majority of operations are going very smoothly,» he told AFP. Luggage left behind Dnata reportedly counts around 600 staff at the airport, who handle various ground operations, including ticketing services and baggage handling, for a number of international airlines such as British Airways, Air France and KLM. Jeannerat said Dnata had been tasked with assisting 85 of the 417 flights scheduled for Sunday, a day when the Geneva airport was expecting 52,000 passengers to travel through. All flights being handled by Dnata's competitor Swissport «are functioning normally… Zero problems,»

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Embassy consular staff stationed there. Thank French authorities for working on this through the long holiday weekend," the Indian Embassy in France said in a post on X. The French authorities on Friday grounded an Airbus A340-300 with 303 Indians onboard after they received a tip-off that the passengers traveling in the plan were likely to be victims of human trafficking.

detained the flight after they received an anonymous tip-off that said the plane was carrying passengers "likely to be victims of human trafficking," the Paris prosecutors office was quoted by AFP as saying. According to the report, two men, who were among the passengers, were taken into custody on Saturday. "Identity checks are being carried on the 303 passengers and on the cabin crew," said the prosecutor's office.

Air India received India's first ever Airbus A350, registered as VT-JRA as it continues its transformation, the company said in a media statement on Saturday. The aircraft will commence commercial service in January 2024 and will initially operate domestically for crew familiarisation, it said. Later on, services will be offered for longer-haul destinations. The carrier will announce the schedule for commercial operations with the A350 in the coming weeks. «This moment marks a red-letter day for all of us at Air India. The A350 is not just metal and engines; it’s the flying embodiment of the relentless efforts of all Air India employees towards our airline’s continuing transformation and of our commitment to setting new benchmarks. It is also, in many ways, a declaration of Indian aviation’s resurgence on the world stage,» said Campbell Wilson, Chief Executive Officer & Managing Director, Air India in the statement.

Legend Airlines did not officially respond to the allegations and Liliana Bakayoko, claiming to be the lawyer of the company asserted that the airline has not done anything wrong and “is at the disposal of the French authorities," a report by news agency AFP said. The lawyer added that a customer arranged for the charter of the plane and assumed the responsibility of authenticating the identity documents of every passenger. She noted that this customer shared the passenger details to the airline 48 hours before the scheduled flight.