After an IndiGo flight faced Pratt and Whitney engine issues and had to return to its source mid-way, there has been another news of a mid-air engine issue this time on a SpiceJet Boeing 737 MAX aircraft. This SpiceJet flight had taken off from Hong Kong and was headed towards Delhi, while mid-air it faced an engine snag and had to be diverted to Varanasi. The flight made an emergency... Read More
Jet Airways launched its In-flight Entertainment Services – JetScreen - for the first time for its end users. This new on-air content streaming service enables the fliers on board to access over 220 hours of content on their personal electronic devices. As opposed to traditional in-flight entertainment services, JetScreen does not depend on displays in front of the passengers to stream content. Instead the content being provided on the aircraft... Read More
The Civil Aviation ministry has passed a new order which is not being well received by the private airport operating companies. As per this new order, private airline SpiceJet is being allowed to handle its cargo on its own from “off-airport facilities”. As per the ET report on the matter, this order has been issued in accordance with the regulations that control handling of cargo on an airport, named Ground... Read More
The budget airline SpiceJet is adding 100th aircraft to its fleet, making it the fourth airline to do so after Air India, IndiGo, and the now-defunct Jet Airways. According to a media release from the airline, SpiceJet has added 23 airlines in the last month. Who could have thought that from the brink of closure in December 2014, SpiceJet would have a 100-aircraft fleet in 2019, SpiceJet Chairman and Managing... Read More
The stocks of SpiceJet rose higher for the seventh consecutive session, increasing 9% intra-day, at Rs. 144 for a unit on BSE. Last week, the budget airline’s share rallied 23% as against a percent increase in the benchmark index. SpiceJet benefitted the most from the slots vacated by the grounded Jet Airways. The airline managed to capitalize on the same parallel to its operations on some of the highly competitive... Read More
Etihad Airways and Air Arabia's new airline is said to be an alternative to Jet Airways which recently closed down the operations internationally. The upcoming discount airline from Etihad Airways and Air Arabia will provide flight options between India and Abu Dhabi and it's expected to take over the 100 slots leftover by Jet Airways. The information comes from Deepa Rajesh, who is the current sales director at Air Arabia's... Read More
Turbo Megha Airways that operates Trujet plans to increase its fleet size and expand service areas by the end of 2019. The airline has decided to add ten ATR 72 aircraft and ten more destinations by the end of this year. Currently, TruJet operates five ATR-72 planes to 20 destinations across India. The airline holds the largest share of its capacity deployed on UDAN routes. Over the past four years,... Read More
SpiceJet has announced a new service connecting Mumbai and Hong Kong. The flight, commencing service from 31 July 2019, will be available on all days. The airline will deploy Boeing 737-800 aircraft, consisting of 168 seats, on the route. SpiceJet is the only Indian carrier to connect Mumbai with Hong Kong with a daily non-stop flight effective 31 July 2019, the company said in a statement. Mumbai-Hong Kong flight will leave... Read More
Budget airline SpiceJet has reported INR 56.3 crores as profit, a 22% year-on-year growth, for the quarter ended in March 2019. Revenue from operations was registered at INR 2531.2 crores in Q4, marking an increase of 25.3%. The capacity of the airline, in terms of seat per kilometre, increased 21%, and the average airfare increased by 11%. Commenting on the company’s financial performance, Ajay Singh, Chairman and Managing Director said,... Read More
India is in a 21-day lockdown since March 25, and it has harmed the economy. One of the sectors which are bound to suffer the most is aviation. Post the exit of Jet Airways in April 2019, Indian aviation was still finding its feet when the WHO declared the outbreak of Corona as a global pandemic. The lockdown means that there are no commercial air operations for 21 days, and... Read More
Ajay Singh, SpiceJet Chairman and Managing Director put forward a strong request in front of the government asking the centre to provide a ‘level playing field’ for Indian airlines. He highlighted that international carriers enjoy tax benefits and are therefore rendered in a better position to deal with the rising fuel prices as opposed to the domestic carriers. The SpiceJet CMD further pushed his argument by saying that domestics airlines... Read More
The Australian flag carrier Qantas Airways has suspended all the international operations from its schedule in the wake of Covid-19 pandemic. Since the deadly virus started to break, global aviation was affected drastically. Australia reacted to the situation quickly and closed its border. Currently, the airline will operate in its domestic schedule. However, it is expected that Qantas Airways might fly to some parts of New Zealand in late 2021.... Read More
Etihad Airways might restart flying to International destinations from August. Some of the European countries have cleared a few of the nations to fly internationally. For airlines such as Etihad Airways, Emirates, and many more, their biggest source of revenue is from international flights. Etihad Airways has made plans for operating international flights from August. In its list of many countries, India also features. The Abu Dhabi based air carrier... Read More
Air India is to be put on the block with the 100% stake in the airline up for sale. Although on a first look, the deal might look attractive for the buyers, on looking around that is certainly not the case given the financial health of the airline. The government of India is also putting in the effort to make the stake sale attractive for the buyers. The first step... Read More
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