Singapore is now lifting almost all the Covid restrictions from Tuesday, which also includes ease in travel restrictions for the passengers. The ease in travel restrictions will make travel easier for fully vaccinated passengers. With no testing required, Singapore Airlines is once again all set to target the Indian markets with the help of the Singapore Airlines Airbus A380. Let us know more about it in this article.

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About Singapore Airlines Airbus A380s

Singapore Airlines started flying again to Indian destinations from mid-March. The airline is flying to Mumbai and Delhi with the help of Singapore Airlines Airbus A380. Singapore Airlines flew mumbai for the first time after two years and almost after a gap of one year to New Delhi. It was a great sight for the aviation spotters on both the airports to see the massive superjumbo Airbus A380 back.

Singapore Government has been working on reducing the Covid restrictions from last three months, following which the government has also decided to remove multiple covid tests which were needed on arrival for the passengers from 26th April. Fully vaccinated passengers will not have to undergo any covid tests on arrival in Singapore. SIA sees this as a great opportunity to focus on the Indian markets and is hence planning to use the superjumbo Airbus A380 on multiple Indian destinations.

SIA will be majorly focusing on New Delhi and Mumbai and is also collaborating with the low-cost carrier Scoot to increase its presence in the Indian aviation market after the pandemic.

 

SIA will be flying to 13 cities across India

SIA and scoot will be flying to 13 cities across India just like Qatar Airways. Singapore Airline will be flying to major Indian cities like New Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata, Ahemdabad, Hyderabad and Kochi focusing on premium customers. On the other side, Scoot will be flying to destinations like Amritsar, Coimbatore, Tiruchirappalli, Trivandrum, and Visakhapatnam where demand for a low cost carrier is more.

Singapore also works as a transit destination for passengers. Since the Indian covid restriction for connecting travel has been lifted, SIA just like before the pandemic is aiming to connect the Indian passengers to Australia and West Coast.

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Singapore Airlines is trying hard to recover in the Indian market and is keeping the fares low. Tourism travel is expected to increase with the covid restrictions being lifted in Singapore. Dubai and Maldives have been the most travelled destinations by the Indian passengers as they were open to travel through the pandemic.

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It is not a very good news for any passenger to know that their flight is cancelled. However, there is nothing to worry about for any passenger if their flight is cancelled because airlines across the world offer passengers with refunds and options like flight transfer. Different countries have different laws and provide the passengers rights in case of a flight cancel. In this article, we will give you a detailed explanation about your rights as a passenger on a cancelled flight.

 

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Flight Cancelation Rights In Europe and US

Flight cancellation rights around the world differ from each other in some way or another. In this article, we will consider the Flight Cancellation Rights of the European Union and US as it will explain most of the rights of a passenger on a cancelled flight.

If we look at the rights provided in the US, there are no such law that requires airlines to provide the passenger with any compensation other than a refund. Even though there is no such law, Airlines in United States have been providing passengers with compensations like food vouchers, hotel bookings, new flight ticket, etc. Passengers in US can only claim these compensations if they are not able to fly due to an oversold flight.

In case of the European Union and UK, the compensation policies are a lot better for the passengers on a cancelled flight. The benefits vary on different airline routes and are according to the airline’s cancellation notifications. The passenger’s  rights are codified in the EU Directive 261/2004 (EU261). The airlines must follow these rules in case any flight is cancelled due to any of the mentioned reasons.

EU261 Conditions

EU261 have different conditions that need to be fulfilled, let us have a look at what benefits and compensations a passenger can claim if their flight is cancelled.

• ALL flights departing from an EU airport;
• Any flights arriving at an EU airport that are operated by EU airlines only.

Compensation also depends upon when the notification for cancellation was rolled out by the airline.

• 14 days or more: no compensation (only refund or rebooking)
• 7 to 14 days: Compensation granted if the airline cannot offer an alternate flight that leaves two hours before the original flight and lands less than four hours later.
• Under 7 days: Compensation granted if the airline cannot offer a new route that leaves less than an hour before the original flight and lands less than two hours later.

Compensation depending upon the distance of the flight

If your flight is cancelled less than before 14 days of departure or if there is no rerouting available, the airline company will either provide you a monetary refund of the flight ticket amount or else provide you with any other benefits like the once mentioned above. Here’s how much you may get refunded depending on the distance of the flight.

• Flights under 1,500 kilometers: €250
• Over 1,501 kilometers (within the EU) and between 1,501 and 3,500 kilometers (outside the EU): €400
• Over 3,500 kilometers (outside the EU): €600

As per the EU261 policies, these monetary compensations are quite a good deal for any passenger travelling on a cheap EU airline ticket. If the passenger is not provided with a monetary refund, he/she will be provided with other benefits which are called as “Duty of Care” as per EU261. Here are some of the Duty of care which airline will have to adhere:

• Provide vouchers for meals with the value depending on the length of delays
• Hotel rooms for overnight connections
• Reimbursement for communication-related expenses such as a SIM card or phone calls.

In case of ‘Extraordinary Events’ like lightning strikes or bad weather, the airline is not bound to provide a monetary refund but will have to offer a duty if care for the passengers travelling on a cancelled flight.

We hope this will be very informative for you, have you ever got any compensations? let us know in the comment section below.

Emirates president Sir Tim Clark has once more said that the airline has no such plans of not flying to Russia. Sir Tim says that such steps will not be taken by the airline until it is instructed to do so. The Emirates president says that the airline plays an important role in keeping Russia well connected to the world and thinks that the passengers flying on the Dubai – Moscow route have nothing to do with the current situation in Ukraine and they should not be penalised for it.

In a recent interview with BBC’s Middle East business correspondent Sameer Hashmi, The Emirates president said that the airline will not stop operations on the Russian routes until the owner of the airline which is the Government of Dubai directs him to do so.

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Emirates president Sir Tim Clark said,

If we are told to stop we will stop, unless we are told otherwise, we will continue,” Sir Tim said. This message from Emirates isn’t new. Rather, it is a line Sir Tim has repeated since other airlines began pausing their Moscow flights and banning Russia-based airlines from their airspace two months ago.

Emirates continues operating daily flights to Moscow

Emirates continues to fly on the Dubai-Moscow route daily through its flagship aircraft Airbus A380-800. The airline operates one or two flights everyday between Dubai and Moscow. FlyDubai which is another low-cost airline owned by the Government of Dubai also flies on the Dubai-Moscow route twice a day.

The Emirates president says that it is not his decision if the airline will operate on the Russian route or not. The airline carries humanitarian supplies on the flight for Russia into Moscow’s Sheremetyevo Airport. “We are catering to people who are on the periphery of the main issue here, and that is probably the way the government looks at it,” he told the BBC.

Previously, the Emirates boss has highlighted the importance of facilitating NGO and diplomatic passenger traffic in and out of Moscow. He added as far as cargo goes, Sir Tim says Emirates doesn’t carry goods subject to sanctions. “All we’re doing is being an enabler, facilitator, without taking a political position on this for the time being,” the Emirates President said in March.

The west may not approve the airline’s decision pf still flying on the Russian route but the airline has no such plans. The Emirates president says that the airline is making good profits, most of the Emirates Airbus A380s are in service and only a few Emirates Boeing 777 are parked. The President says that we are short of crew members which is the reason the airline is not able to operate fully. He also said that Emirates is not facing any kind of demand shortage.

“If we can have all our aircraft flying today, 270 of them then we would. I can’t because I am just short of crew,” Sir Tim told the BBC. The pandemic saw Emirates lay off thousands of workers, but now Sir Tim wants to hire 3,000 to 4,000 cabin crew and pilots to cater to that roaring demand and get those parked planes back in the air.

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