19 Oct 2026 – 25 Oct 2026. 13 stories from the Travel News Desk.
IndiGo, Air India, Air India Express and Akasa Air have extended their Saudi Arabia suspensions. Riyadh is off until 31 Oct (IndiGo), 7 Nov (Air India group) or 30 Nov (Akasa). Jeddah dates vary by airline.
Singapore Tourism Board and HYBE will run BTS THE CITY ARIRANG across Singapore from 1 to 31 December 2026, building up to BTS's four sold-out National Stadium concerts on 17, 19, 20 and 22 December.
SWISS says its new Bengaluru route, which starts on 27 October, will continue through summer 2027 at five flights a week. That keeps the nonstop running across both winter and summer seasons.
Sri Lanka received 119,805 tourists from 1 to 22 October 2026, and 45,530 of them came from India. India is still Sri Lanka's largest source market for 2026, with 482,944 arrivals so far this year.
Skywards members living outside the UAE can earn one bonus Mile per minute in Dubai, up to 7,200 Miles, on Emirates or flydubai return trips booked 21 Oct to 5 Nov 2026 for travel until 13 Dec.
The northern winter schedule starts on 25 October. IndiGo opens Mumbai–Hanoi, Gaya–Bangkok and Guwahati–Bangkok, AirAsia returns to Ahmedabad, Air India starts Mumbai–Toronto and SWISS's first Zurich–Bengaluru flight leaves on 27 October.
TAT has added an illuminated boat, 800-drone displays and riverside workshops to the 2026 Nakhon Phanom Illuminated Boat Procession, running 22 to 27 October, with the finale on 26 October.
From 25 October, Emirates flies its A380 on one daily Delhi–Dubai service and moves Kolkata's daily EK570/571 to the A350. By the end of October, Premium Economy will be sold from Delhi, Mumbai, Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Kolkata and Kochi.
SWISS's new Zurich–Bengaluru service, its first to South India, begins with the winter schedule. The first flight from Zurich lands in Bengaluru on 28 October. Flights LX140/141 run five times a week.
At a 21 October seminar in New Delhi, Vietnam's ambassador said the two governments recently agreed to double direct flights. Vietravel announced new India product lines, and MakeMyTrip said Indian arrivals in Vietnam could pass 1 million in 2026.
Air India and Standard Chartered announced a partnership on 21 October. Eligible affluent Indian clients of the bank in Singapore and the UAE will get Maharaja Club Gold or Silver status, with Gold carrying Star Alliance Gold. The offer is due in the coming weeks.
TAT says the Similan Islands reopened on 15 October after the monsoon closure, and Maya Bay on Ko Phi Phi Le reopened on 1 October. Six marine national parks use electronic tickets, so buy them in advance and carry your passport.
Three new IndiGo international routes begin with the winter schedule: daily Mumbai–Hanoi from 25 Oct, twice-weekly Gaya–Bangkok from 26 Oct and Guwahati–Bangkok from 27 Oct. IndiGo says the schedules are subject to regulatory approvals.