American air carrier United Airlines has suspended all flights between New Jersey’s Newark Airport and Mumbai, which fly through Iranian airspace. The move comes following a safety review after Iran shot down a high-altitude US surveillance drone.
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Grab users to be charged SGD4 for cancelling rides more than 5 mins after booking
Grab will be charging users a cancellation fee of SGD4 if they were to cancel a ride more than five minutes after securing a booking in Singapore.
Singapore Airlines investigating as Melbourne man finds tooth in plane meal
Close on the heels of the detection of cameras on inflight entertainment systems on Singapore Airlines flights, another news has come out in which a passenger has complained that he found a human tooth in his in-flight meal while travelling from Wellington to Melbourne.
Singapore Airlines to increase capacity to Bengaluru, New Delhi and Mumbai
Seeing significant growth among Indian passengers coming to Singapore, premier air service Singapore Airlines has planned to significantly increase its carrying capacity to various cities of India.
Singapore Airlines disables cameras on inflight entertainment systems
Singapore Airlines has reassured that cameras embedded in some of its inflight entertainment systems have been permanently disabled since they were installed.
Singapore NRI’s PBD yatra: great hospitality steeped in Indian tradition
My plan to attend the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD) Convention came by due to my love for travel and seeing new places. The programme of PBD, which included the city of temples Varanasi along with a visit to Kumbh followed by watching the Republic Day parade live sealed my decision to attend.
Exploring the Land of Gods – Uttarakhand
India’s obsession with religion finds perfect expression in the hill state of Uttarakhand, which is aptly called ‘Devbhumi’ (Land of Gods).
Singapore Airlines launches world’s first airline meal pre-order service
Singapore Airlines (SIA) has become the first airline in the world to enable their premium customers to choose their in-flight meals in advance through a new service from the national carrier.
New mall library with view of Sentosa to open in VivoCity in Jan 2019
Singapore library at harbour front will be situated at level three of the VivoCity shopping mall, and conveniently linked to the HarbourFront MRT station.
Wrap: Singtel launches new mobile plans, Sikh football fan gets racist letter
Here are some of the brief stories from Singapore and beyond that were posted during the week for NRIs.
