Recently, the Ministry of Civil Aviation has released the new Expression of Interest (EoI) to all the potential buyers to buy a 100% stake in Air India. The original document issued has uplifted a lot of terms as compared to the previous EoI document of 2018. The significant change that has been done in the new document is that the government doesn’t want any stake in the carrier after the... Read More
Once the lockdown lifts, Delhi Airport will make the Terminal 3 of the airport active for passengers. Initially, it will be the only terminal which will be operating flights through it. One of the airport officials said that the airport is keeping all of its food and beverage outlets open so that people don’t crowd into one. This is a smart move by the Delhi Airport. Every passenger will be... Read More
After a drop of 4.4% in April, Air passenger traffic in India has reported a growth of 3.3% in May 2019, according to ICRA report. The growth is attributed to the capacity increase of the airlines and the resulted moderation of airfare. IndiGo and SpiceJet have added around 15 and 25 aircraft in April and May 2019, registering a fleet growth of 7% and 33% respectively from March 2019. The... Read More
Tata Son’s airline Vistara, in association with Singapore Airlines, has launched a new campaign ‘Fly Higher with Vistara’ reinstating its market position as a premium flyer. The new campaign aligns with the previous ‘Fly the new Feeling’ launched earlier. Defining the target of the new campaign, Mr. Sanjeev Kapoor, Chief Strategy and Commercial Officer, said, “We want to bring this message to a larger audience through this new campaign --... Read More
Kannur International Airport, located in Kerala, started its operations just a year ago in December 2018. Being an international airport, it requires duty-free shops to be deployed and the contract is bagged by none other than GMR Airports Limited. Duty-Free shops help the travellers avoid custom charges and they can purchase the products right at the airport itself without any worry. A duty-free tag will be added to the products... Read More
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
The exit of Jet Airways from the aviation industry has left a void in the sector. The airline has abandoned its bilateral rights for various domestic destinations which has left the opportunity for other carriers to claim these bilateral rights. However, the operating airlines have been divided on this issue and there has been clash going on between the older carriers and the newer carriers regarding these rights. According to... Read More
The Civil Aviation authority the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has issued show cause notice to four senior officials of SpiceJet. DGCA recently investigated multiple incidents of aircraft veering off the runway and found some lapses on the officials’ part. The show-cause notices are issued to four main heads -- GP Gupta, Accountable Executive; Capt. GPS Grewal, Chief of Flight Safety; Capt. SPS Suri, Senior Vice President - Operations;... 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
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
SpiceJet, one of the leading airlines in India and ranking second after IndiGo in low-cost carriers, has suffered a data breach from the “ethical hackers”. It is important to note that the hackers who have gained access to the information have informed the authorities about the loophole in SpiceJet’s security systems but have not come out in the open because they likely broke the law in the process. The “ethical... Read More
The low cost carrier, GoAir might have to cancel some of its flights in the coming days because of the Pratt & Whitney engine issues. The carrier is facing some technical glitches with its Airbus A320neos’ engines which are provided by Pratt & Whitney. However, P&W has said that it would be unable to provide expected products before March 9. It is worth noting that in the past month, GoAir... Read More
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