The air traffic in India improved by 33.67% month-over-month (MoM) basis in October 2020 as compared to the previous month. During September 2020, air traffic in India stood at 39.43 lakh fliers. But this stat improved quite drastically in October. During the month, the air traffic grew to 52.7 lakh fliers which is 13.27 lakh more fliers taking to the skies. This is certainly good news for the Indian aviation... Read More
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) released September data for global air freight and passenger markets pointing that air cargo demand though encouraging, remains depressed compared to 2019 levels and passenger demand remained highly depressed. Passenger: Total demand (measured in revenue passenger kilometres or RPKs) was 72.8% below September 2019 levels (only slightly improved over the 75.2% year-to-year decline recorded in August). Capacity was down 63% compared to a year... Read More
Vistara, India’s finest full-service carrier, recently announced the results of the second wave of its customer survey to gauge passenger sentiment about flying in the current times. Conducted between 17 August and 02 September 2020, about 4,550 customers responded to the survey. Overall, the responses indicate increased passenger confidence since the first customer survey rolled out by Vistara in June 2020. First Survey: Vistara Survey Reveals 65% of Customers Willing to... Read More
Guwahati Airport is going to get a new terminal very soon. The construction for the new terminal has been undertaken by the Airports Authority of India (AAI). Cost for the new terminal of the Guwahati International Airport is Rs 1,232 crores. The construction is expected to finish in the next two years, meaning by June 2022. The Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport’s which is the Guwahati International Airport is expected... Read More
All the international and domestic flight operations are at hold in India at the moment. This is because of the lockdown imposed on the country by the government. This has resulted in the loss of international passengers for India. During April, the count for international travellers plunged by 89% for India against the usual projections of the International Civil Aviation Organisation. These are strange numbers to witness and something which... Read More
In a bid to assist the passengers carrying large and heavy bags, Delhi Indira Gandhi International (IGI) airport has started porter and indoor buggy services from the Terminal 3 of Delhi Airport Express Line, says a report published by Financial Express. A Hong Kong-based company Allways has deployed around 100 porters at Terminal 3 for the purpose. It is said that the company has also arranged assistance for elderly or... Read More
GoAir happens to be one of the most popular low cost carrier in India, after IndiGo. The airline has been credited with being the fastest growing airline in India and is owned by the Wadia group. The carrier also has connectivity in Oman as well. However, looking at the events of the past few days, with the demise of the honorable leader Sultan Qaboos bin Said Al, GoAir has remarked... Read More
According to the data unveiled by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), India has reported 13.34% of domestic air traffic growth in October 2018. During October, around 1.18 crore passengers flew on domestic flights. The percentage is the lowest in the last 14 months. The Passenger Load Factor (PLF) that determines the airline’s occupancy too has reported a slowdown. The decrease is evident for most carriers, including IndiGo, AirAsia... Read More
The traffic at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport, Mumbai witnesses a 15% reduction in its traffic, reports Hindustan Times. The airport that generally manages around 1000 aircraft movements daily, now sees a net reduction of 150 arrivals and departures. The primary reason for the reduction of traffic is the grounding of the aircraft by various airline service providers. There are also frequent cancellations of services, affecting passenger traffic. According to... Read More
India and China will together account for nearly 45% of all additional passenger trips in the next two decades, according to IATA Director General and CEO Alexandre de Juniac. India was one of the fastest growing aviation industries in the world for nearly five years. The grounding of Jet Airways has reduced the growth. However, IATA finds it as a temporary scenario, and the market will soon expand. India is... Read More
COVID-19 has hurt the Indian economy. An already struggling aviation sector is going to lose a lot more business. It is expected that the domestic air traffic is going to fall to 80 to 90 million passengers only this fiscal year. With this, the delivery of more than 200 planes is also going to be put on hold at the moment. This is because the airlines have a severe cash... Read More
The regulatory body for civil aviation, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), has proposed that the duty period of an Air Traffic Services (ATS) staff has to stay within the limits of 12 hours a day. The proposal came as a part of the draft Civil Aviation Requirement (CAR) on ‘Watch Duty Time Limitations and Rest Requirements of Air Traffic Services Personnel in Air Traffic Services’. According to the... Read More
Delhi’s IGI and Mumbai Airport are two of the busiest airports in the country. The number of passengers at these airports is so much that the government has to construct two new airports at these cities, one in Jewar near Delhi and the other one in Navi Mumbai to ease the traffic of these two airports. However, the year 2019 was different for both of these airports as they saw... Read More
In response to a question raised in the Parliament, the Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said that SpiceJet has the highest number of passengers affected by flight cancellations between January to May 2019. An estimation of 70,060 passengers was affected due to cancellation of SpiceJet flights. The airline is said to have paid INR 1.27 crores as compensation to passengers in this regard. Following SpiceJet was IndiGo in the... Read More
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