James Miller

With more than 240 weekly flights between India and Malaysia and continued visa-free entry for Indian nationals, Malaysia logged over 1.6 million visitors from India in 2025—contributing to a national total of 42.2 million international arrivals, up 14.6% year on year.

Athens International Airport experienced a high-profile communications blackout in early January 2026 when multiple radio frequencies suffered continuous interference, forcing hundreds of flights to divert and exposing weaknesses in air-traffic infrastructure as passenger volumes surged after 2025’s record season.

The Union Health Ministry under J P Nadda has intensified cross-ministerial coordination with regulatory authorities, accreditation agencies and state governments to streamline medical-value-travel logistics at major entry points such as Delhi, Mumbai and Bengaluru.

Kushinagar International Airport’s operationalization shortened door-to-door transit times from Southeast Asia and the Indian Ocean region, helping foreign arrivals at Uttar Pradesh’s Buddhist sites jump from 48,000 in 2022 to 440,000 in 2025.

From 25 February, airlines will refuse boarding to passengers who do not present a valid Electronic Travel Authorisation (ETA), eVisa, or equivalent documentation when travelling to the United Kingdom.

Navi Mumbai International Airport (NMIA) has enabled biometric e-gates under the DigiYatra framework, introducing contactless and paperless passenger processing across terminal checkpoints and accelerating identity verification for arriving and departing travelers.

Road travel bans remain in effect across New York City, Long Island, New Jersey and parts of New England, with non-emergency vehicle movement suspended in many municipalities until at least noon as blizzard warnings create whiteout conditions.

MakeMyTrip’s corporate travel division registered over USD 1 billion in gross bookings during 2025, with services spanning flights, hotels and increasingly important ground transport components such as integrated taxi fleets and third‑party cab partners.

LastClues has digitally onboarded more than 5,000 rural tourism beneficiaries across 15 states, and a single social-media push produced over 950 qualified leads in one day—creating immediate demand for reliable last-mile transport, scheduled pick-ups from regional airports and railway stations, and group transfer logistics for multi-day itineraries.

IndiGo will commence ATR 72-600 operations from Navi Mumbai International Airport (NMIA) on 29 March 2026, adding direct connections to Ahmedabad, Diu, Goa, Rajkot, Belgaum and Kolhapur.

Bangladesh will fully resume tourist visa issuance at its diplomatic missions across India from Monday, restoring on-site processing capacity in cities including the Bangladesh High Commission in Delhi, Guwahati, Agartala, Mumbai and Kolkata after a temporary suspension tied to election-period security concerns.

Accommodation searches for the Holi week in Jaipur rose by 282%, immediately pressuring airport pickup capacity and local transfer services as guests schedule early arrivals, early check-ins and late-night returns.