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Akasa Air has added a direct Kochi-Kuwait City service, its fifth international destination, giving Kerala's large Gulf-travelling community another non-stop option alongside the airline's existing Doha route.
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Air India Express has added Aurangabad, Coimbatore, Jamnagar, Jodhpur, Madurai and Tirupati to its network from 1 September 2026, alongside more frequent flights on the Delhi-Bhubaneswar, Delhi-Patna, Delhi-Kochi and Delhi-Varanasi routes.
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Air India has restarted its non-stop Delhi-Shanghai service from 1 September 2026, reportedly five times a week, after suspending the route in May 2026 over airspace restrictions and high fuel costs; it is the airline's second resumption of the route this year.
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Kempegowda International Airport has opened a Special Assistance Zone at Terminal 1, announced 16 September 2026, consolidating check-in, baggage help and seating for passengers with disabilities, seniors, pregnant travellers and unaccompanied minors into one space ahead of security.
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Thailand has replaced its 60-day visa-exemption scheme with a revised 30-day version, effective 15 September 2026, halving the maximum visa-free stay available to Indian passport holders and 59 other nationalities.
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Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport has brought self-service biometric kiosks into operation for foreign e-Visa arrivals, part of a wider rollout already running at Delhi and Mumbai.
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South Korea's consular fee schedule for Indian citizens went up from 1 August 2026, adding a modest amount to the cost of a tourist visa for a country that does not offer Indians visa-free or on-arrival entry.
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Pakistan's civil aviation authority has again extended its closure of national airspace to Indian-registered and Indian-operated aircraft, this time until 24 October 2026, continuing to add flight time on some Indian routes to Europe and North America.
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Indira Gandhi International Airport's runway 11R/29L returned to service on 20 September 2026 after a seven-month rehabilitation, restoring the Delhi hub to its full runway capacity ahead of the winter travel season.
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India's DigiYatra biometric boarding system, so far limited to domestic flights, is preparing trials on international departures between October and December 2026 at five major airports, using e-passport chips rather than Aadhaar.
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Malaysia's National Integrated Immigration System, MyNIISe, is targeted for full nationwide rollout in September 2026, using facial recognition e-gates to cut airport immigration clearance to a matter of seconds, a change that will affect Indian travellers among Malaysia's fastest-growing visitor markets.
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The Alluri Sitarama Raju International Airport at Bhogapuram, near Visakhapatnam, opened for commercial flights on 17 August 2026, replacing the old Vizag airport with a much larger terminal and Andhra Pradesh's first serious push into direct international connections.
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