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India Ranked 9th Worst Country For Solo Female Travellers Solo traveling is a trend that is popular amongst men and women equally. More and more women are now choosing to travel alone, instead of traveling in groups. There are definite…

Women passengers should be able to choose their co-passengers. In women-only pool rides, they can check out the ratings of their would-be co-passengers.

Phase 1 of the Delhi-Meerut Expressway, which is India’s 1st 14-lane highway, has been inaugurated by PM Modi. This new highway promises to bring down travel time between Delhi and Meerut to 45 minutes which currently takes 3-4 hours for…

VTOL Aviation India Pvt Ltd has commissioned IIT-Kanpur to develop India’s first flying cars, which is technically called as vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) craft. Both have signed a MoU worth Rs 15 crore for this task. If developed,…

Ministry of Civil Aviation has introduced a slew of measures, and reforms for domestic air passengers. After a month-long consultation process, these new changes would be effective since August 2018. All new regulations have been placed…

AAI along with the four metro airports have collaborated to create a unique DigiYatra for passengers. A single biometric ‘pass’ would be created, which can be used to unlock eGates at various airports, and regular tasks such as check-ins,…

Under Govt.of India’s ‘Ude Desh ka Aam Naagrik’ (UDAN) scheme, several Tier 2 and 3 cities are being connected with the national air route, and tickets are being offered at a cheap rate. Under this UDAN scheme, Jet Airways has announced…

Flipkart has decided to jump into the lucrative, high-margin niche of online travel, and more specifically, air tickets. In their first salvo, they have announced a major partnership with MakeMyTrip, wherein their backend would be used to…

4 days back, we had reported Uber & Ola's massive strike, which is India's biggest so far and whose epicentre was Mumbai. In the last 4 days, we witnessed minimal impact in cities outside Mumbai, as Uber and Ola management tried hard to…

Commuters can directly book an OLA cab on Rail Connect the IRCTC app and through IRCTC website. The OLA-IRCTC feature will offer all the OLA services on the IRCTC platform like options for Ola Micro, Ola Mini, Ola Auto and Ola Share.…

Starting today, Ola and Uber's drivers have announced an indefinite strike against their respective app-based cab companies. The drivers who own their own vehicles are alleging that Uber and Ola are partial towards the drivers who have…

Now, in one of the biggest push for electric vehicles, Govt has ordered that all Govt. officials in New Delhi will have to use only electric vehicles from now on. This is certainly one major reform, which can trigger the adoption of…

India’s first heli-taxi service has been successfully launched in Bengaluru, which drastically reduces travel time for commuters. Meanwhile, Delhi Govt. is embracing eCars in a massive way; as they aim to replace all Govt. vehicles with…

The Hyperloop system which will connect India's financial capital to Maharashtra's leading manufacturing and IT hub will also provide connectivity to the new Navi Mumbai International Airport. And all this will be accomplished by the year…

Google's new update brings detailed search results for hotels that include the tariff and room photos. These results can be filtered based on dates and prices right there on the search pages.

UDAN or Ude Desh ka Aam Nagrik was an innovative aviation scheme announced in 2016, and officially launched last year. The main purpose of Udan was to connect rural hinterland with main cities using air-travel as a means and to utilise…

Airlines have considered the option to introduce in-flight connectivity following a TRAI order to permit in-flight voice and data connectivity. The move would help airlines to add value to their services for travellers on domestic and…

After Civil Aviation Minister expressed his disappointment on the flat Rs 3000 air tickets cancellation charges, they have been reduced & will be variable.

Since there are no clear guidelines on GST on toll & parking fees, cab aggregators are apparently taking advantage of it by charging GST on toll & parking.

Uber ride pass offers 2 options with different fares. These offers are meant to encourage people to ride more in Uber & may not be available for heavy users