The International Air Transport Association has said that the disinvestment of Air India, the national carrier which is to be put up for sale soon should be done in a fair and transparent manner. The process should be carried out such that it improves the situation of the aviation sector of the country. As per a PTI report, top officials of IATA said the following things on Wednesday about the... Read More
Aviation companies stock were trading at lower levels, noted ICRA, the ratings agency as the international passenger traffic witnessed a degrowth of 8.2% in August. Whereas, the situation was flipped for the domestic passenger traffic which witnessed a growth of 3.9% in the same month. Due to underperformance, the market share declined by 34.2% in the August month. ICRA also noted that that the traffic growth on international routes in... Read More
The budget carrier GoAir is expanding its service geography to new destinations such as Hanoi and Phnom Penh, reports claim. The airline may also deploy additional capacity to Bhutan soon. It is worth noting that the no-frills carrier owned by Wadia Group is the fastest-growing airline of India and has recently announced many international routes. Wadia group-promoted carrier has been on a slew of expansion in recent months. It launched... Read More
More carriers will begin services from Kannur International Airport (KIAL) this month, reports a Malayalam daily Mathrubhumi. According to the article, airlines such as GoAir, Air India and Jet Airways have scheduled flights from Kannur Airport to new destinations. IndiGo is all set to begin its services from January 25. GoAir will start services to Mumbai from Kannur Airport from January 10 at 11 pm, which reaches Mumbai at 1... Read More
Budget 2019 may have some panacea for the financially crippled airlines like Air India and Jet Airways. The finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said that the government intends to increase the limit of the Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) for the aviation sector from the current 49%. Besides, the government will also take the initiative to start aircraft leasing and aviation finance from the Indian shores. The government will examine suggestions of... Read More
GoAir records 86.3% of On-time Performance (OTP) in February, becoming the topper of the OTP chart, according to the report released by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA). This is the sixth consecutive month that GoAir becomes the topper in OTP. GoAir also had the 2nd highest load factor of 92.6%, indicating the number of seats filled. "We thank our customers who have made this possible. It is a... Read More
For the first time in the Indian aviation industry, the carriers took delivery of more than 100 aircraft in the year 2018. The budget carrier, IndiGo accounted for more than half of these deliveries. The carriers that reached these figures are the nine domestic carriers in India, who in total inducted over 120 planes last year. In 2017, these carriers had inducted only 88 aircraft. As per the industry experts,... Read More
Offering the first direct connection between India and Iceland, WOW Air has started direct flights between Delhi and Reykjavik. The trip further connects to North America and Europe from Reykjavik. Iceland’s budget airline will provide the service thrice a week between the destinations. The inaugural flight to Iceland was flagged off from Indira Gandhi International Airport last Friday. Lowest Air Fare Between Iceland and India According to Kiran Jain, Managing... Read More
The wide-bodied aircraft of Air India and Emirates may soon commence operations from Calicut International Airport, possibly from next month. The airlines have submitted the reports of compatibility, safety and mitigation assessments necessary for the operation to the authorities. However, the airlines are yet to receive ‘No Objection Certificate’ (NOC) from civil aviation authority, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA). Currently, Saudi Arabian Airlines is operating wide-bodied aircraft from... Read More
The Cochin International Airport, which had been shut down since August 14 due to flooding and torrential rain, became operational after a fortnight. The first flight landed in the Airport premises on Wednesday around 2 pm. IndiGo flight 667 from Ahmedabad to Kochi was the first flight that landed at the CIAL. 33 flights arrived at the airport whereas 30 flights departed including both domestic and international ones. Relief Efforts... Read More
Government is soon trying to reach the milestone of 1000 regional connectivity routes under ‘Ude Desh ka Aam Naagrik’ or UDAN scheme. In the upcoming months, Government will allot new routes under the programme, primarily to northeastern states, India’s islands or other hills. The government wants to ensure connectivity to such regions through air travel. Scaling up subsidized regional connectivity will boost the tourism of the country. Government has kept... Read More
Budget Airline, AirAsia India declared the induction of their 19th aircraft and along with that emphasised about consolidating their domestic network by adding two new routes. The new aircraft, that is, Airbus A320 is based at AirAsia’s Kolkata hub and will be operating daily flights on Hyderabad-Kolkata and Hyderabad-Indore routes from October 1, the airline stated. In addition to the two new routes, the aircraft would also be used for... Read More
Indian budget carrier Indigo, GoAir and Air Asia have launched attractive flight discount offers and schemes for their passengers as the lean season draws near. Despite being troubled by rising fuel costs, high operational expense and rupee depreciation, the airlines have still decided to launch these offers to attract more and more fliers in the upcoming months. It’s notable that a lot of airlines in the last quarter have posted... Read More
The global pandemic caused due to the quick spread of Coronavirus has caused much instability in the travel and tourism industry. Aviation sector throughout the world has taken a massive hit due to the ban of air travel by the countries to combat Covid-19. Notably, the Indian aviation industry, which is already facing issues has to stop its operations all of a sudden. On March 24, Prime Minister Narendra Modi... Read More
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