India’s winter flight schedule for 2026-27 runs from Sunday 25 October 2026 to Saturday 27 March 2027, following the global IATA convention of starting on the last Sunday of October. The DGCA reviews and approves airlines’ winter timings, frequencies and airport slots for this period, so flight times and route frequencies can shift even on
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Ordinary keys are fine in your cabin bag on Indian flights. Knives, scissors and pointed tools such as screwdrivers or wrenches are not: under the security rules enforced at Indian airports, these are kept out of cabin baggage regardless of size and must travel in your checked-in bag instead. Small blunt items like nail clippers
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India’s wedding season resumes on Dev Uthani Ekadashi, Friday 20 November 2026, when the four-month Chaturmas period ends and auspicious ceremonies restart. Wedding travel does not spread evenly after that. It clusters onto a handful of muhurat dates in late November and early December, then pauses again for Kharmas from mid-December to mid-January. Updated August
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Dussehra, or Vijayadashami, falls on Tuesday 20 October 2026. Diwali is nearly three weeks later, on Sunday 8 November. That gap matters for travel: the heavy flight demand in the last week of October is Dussehra return traffic, not Diwali traffic, and people who book assuming otherwise get the timing wrong. Updated August 2026 ·
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Chhath Puja 2026 runs from Friday 13 November to Monday 16 November, with Sandhya Arghya on Sunday 15 November and Usha Arghya on Monday 16 November. It follows Diwali by a week, so many families make one long trip. The hard leg is not getting to Bihar, it is getting back between 16 and 22
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Airline meal codes are four-letter IATA special meal requests. The one most Indian vegetarians want is AVML, the Asian Vegetarian Meal: Indian-style, spiced, and it does contain dairy. VGML is the vegan meal with no dairy, egg or honey. Picking VGML when you meant AVML is the most common mistake, and it usually cannot be
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An overnight layover is a connection that keeps you at the transfer airport through the night. Whether the airline provides a hotel depends on why the stop exists. If the airline scheduled the long gap itself, many carriers offer accommodation on long-haul itineraries. If you chose the cheap overnight routing, the hotel is normally yours
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A layover is the scheduled stop between two flights on the same journey, where you leave one aircraft and board another. Airlines generally treat a stop under 24 hours on an international itinerary as a layover or connection, and a stop of 24 hours or more as a stopover. Transit means waiting airside without formally
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A cheap ticket rarely earns much on its own. Airlines price to fill the aircraft, then earn on top through add-ons like seats, bags and meals, cargo carried in the hold, and payments from loyalty and co-brand card partners. High load factors and long aircraft utilisation spread fixed costs across more passengers. Updated July 2026
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There is no aviation rule that bans row 13. Airlines choose their own seat numbering, and many skip 13 simply because enough passengers dislike it; some also avoid 17 or 4 for superstitions common in other markets. Letters I and O are usually skipped because they look like 1 and 0 on a boarding pass.
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