Air India Express will begin flying between Indore and Sharjah from March 27, 2022, according to Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia. The Centre announced on October 8 that Tata Sons’ Talace Private Limited, a subsidiary of Tata Sons, won the bid to buy Air India and its subsidiary Air India Express. In the early half of 2022, Air India is expected to be handed over to Talace. Scindia views the new... Read More
The Central Government has made it mandatory for passengers coming from ‘at-risk’ countries to book for RT-PCR tests prior to boarding the flight. It is the responsibility of the airline to ensure that the passenger has done the pre-booking for the test. The mandatory norm will be implemented from December 20 for those arriving at Mumbai, Delhi, Chennai, Hyderabad, Kolkata and Bengaluru. This is phase one of the implementation and... Read More
The government authorities have issued show-cause notices to two prominent airlines Air India and Vistara, for not complying with international passenger boarding guidelines issued by the Central Government for international passengers. In the wake of the emerging Omicron threat, flouting of norms in this regard is a serious concern. According to the authorities, four international passengers – one Air India passenger and three Vistara passengers – were allowed to board... Read More
In an attempt to expand its global network even further American Airlines has announced the initiation of new flights to New Delhi which started on November 12th, 2021. American Airlines is the biggest airline in terms of fleet and seemingly the air-giant is ready to take advantage of the recent ease in travel restrictions. American Airlines will be using its largest widebody carrier in the fleet Boeing 777-300ER for the... Read More
India’s ultra-low-cost airline Go First (founded as GoAir) has partnered with car rental company Eco Europcar to provide chauffeur-driven cars to backpackers. The service is part of the carrier’s bouquet of value-added services and includes airport transfers, local and inter-city transfers across cities. The initiative – launched across 100 cities in India including 25 airports - allows Go First’s passengers to pre-book rides from airports, to their destinations from its... Read More
In the recent development of events, the winter schedule was released for the aviation industry, which came into effect from October 31st, 2021. The approval of 108 airports was cleared by the regulators. The winter schedule sees a dip of 4.38% as compared to the previous schedule of 2019, with SpiceJet contributing with the maximum reduction of 30%. The country currently has over 100 operational airports, 27 of which have... Read More
The protests by SpiceJet engineering staff which started in the national capital of India have now spread like a wildfire across 9 other cities in the country. The protests are being held by the employees in demand of restoring their salaries and leaves. The operations of the airline are bound to be affected by the step. Ahmedabad, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Kolkata, Cochin, Patna, Pune, and Hyderabad are the cities where employees... Read More
As per reports, Vistara has recently secured the regulatory slots at Gatwick Airport, London, the speculations of the airline starting a new flight to connect Delhi to Newark have been rising. However, the securing of slots at Gatwick indicates a one-stop flight route i.e., connecting Delhi to Newark via London. If plans go concrete in the foreseeable future, it will be Vistara’s entry to the United States. The Problem with... Read More
Vistara might be able to begin its first flight to the US with a one-stop flight. The possibility has been created after Vistara secured slots to connect New Delhi to Newark via London Gatwick as per the recent reports. The airline has Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner under its wings capable of non-stop flights between the US and India and might be deployed on the route if the plan goes into execution.... Read More
Air India’s sale to the Indian conglomerate, Tata Sons has been completed. The government has signed the share purchase agreement with Tata Sons for divesting the national carrier. This is the first time a privatisation event has occurred in nearly two decades. According to a PTI report, on Monday, the government completed the sale of Air India to Tata Sons after signing the share purchase agreement. “Share purchase agreement signed... Read More
AirAsia India is soon expected to receive a permit for operating international flights. With this development, Tata Sons will end up with multiple airlines with the power to fly internationally. This will include Vistara, Air India, Air India Express, and now AirAsia India. According to an IANS report, AirAsia India has already received security clearance for operating international flights. However, there are a lot more procedures that will have to... Read More
After two decades of running on losses, finally, Air India will not continue on Rs 20 Crore per day of the taxpayer’s money. It went through two aborted missions, more than a few changes in the ministers, and multiple rule changes to finally get privatized. In response to the opposition Congress continuously criticising the decision and even describing it as selling the family silver, DIPAM secretary Tuhin Kanta Pandey, in... Read More
India’s budget airline, SpiceJet has now introduced an easier way of booking cabs for its passengers. This service will now allow passengers to book cabs while on the flight through SpiceScreen, an in-flight entertainment platform launched by SpiceJet. The airline announced the launch of this service through a tweet. They tweeted, “Tired of cab bookings always cancelling on you? We have a solution for that. Have your cab ready upon arrival... Read More
If the headline sounds a little confusing to you, I don’t blame you. American Airlines (AA) recently announced that it has signed a codeshare agreement with IndiGo, the largest airline company in India. The will allow AA to sell tickets of IndiGo to its customers if they want to travel within the country. As per a PTI report, the codeshare agreement will cover 29 routes of IndiGo. Note that this... Read More
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