AirAsia India kickstarted a new sale on its website just a few days back, but now the airline has again made it to the headlines because it has announced new routes in India. According to a PTI report, AirAsia India is going to launch services to Goa and Chennai from Mumbai and these flights would start on October 27. Not only this, but the airline has also increased the frequency... Read More
The troubles for Air India fliers might increase come Friday due to more delays and cancellations. This is because the oil marketing companies which supply jet fuel to Air India have said that they will stop providing fuel to the national carrier starting Friday. As per a new ET report on the matter, these companies will stop providing fuel to Air India at six major airports in the country. The... Read More
GoAir is introducing a new night flight between Delhi and Patna from August 15, 2019. The plane G8 787/792 will connect Patna-Delhi-Hyderabad-Kolkata-Hyderabad-Delhi-Patna route till the commencement of the winter schedule in October 2019. The flight operates in the night hours and will reach Patna at 10.50 pm. The return flight will be at 6.30 am the next day. According to an unnamed GoAir executive, arrangements are made at the Patna... Read More
The total count of operational routes under the Ministry of Civil Aviation’s Regional Connectivity Scheme (RCS) Ude Desh ka Aam Naagrik (UDAN) has become 186, with another 12 becoming functional. “12 routes under the Regional Connectivity Scheme (RCS) UDAN have recently become functional. This takes the total operational routes under UDAN to 186 (including eight Tourism RCS routes) of the total 706 sanctioned Routes,” a statement from Civil Aviation Ministry... Read More
Air India has raised the check-in baggage allowance for Indore-Dubai and Dubai-Indore passengers by 10 kg, making the new allotted limit 40kg. The offer is only for the recently launched service from Dubai to Indore and is valid until another announcement from Air India. The new baggage limit is applicable for the bookings done from 16 July 2019. The announcement for the baggage allowance came up at a reception hosted... Read More
Alliance Air, a regional subsidiary of Air India has announced daily flights from Mandakalli airport in Mysuru to Hyderabad, Kochi and Goa starting from 19 July 2019. These flights are launched under the Regional Connectivity Scheme UDAN (Ude Desh Ka Aam Nagrik). The passengers will now have the choice of travelling from Hyderabad to Mysuru and returning the same day with onward options of Kochi, Bengaluru and Goa from Mysuru.... Read More
In the wake of a series of runway incidents, occurred in last five days, the aviation watchdog Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) is likely to conduct audits of the airlines involved in the incidents of runway veer off. The regulator has also issued an advisory to the airlines. We are going to audit the operations of some airlines. The advisory for all airlines is also released, a DGCA official... Read More
The restriction to fly over Iran Airspace has added another 30 minutes to the trip duration of Kerala – Saudi Arabia flights, making it difficult for the airlines. The airlines are asked to avoid flying over the water area of Tehran airspace with the Strait of Hormuz which connects the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman. The detour to avoid Iran airspace is leading to extra usage of fuel... Read More
Vistara has newly added 62 flights to and from Mumbai and Delhi. With the new addition, Vistara now operates direct flights from Mumbai to 10 cities -- Ahmedabad, Chandigarh, Chennai, Varanasi, Amritsar, Bengaluru, Delhi, Goa, Hyderabad and Kolkata. Besides, Vistara has increased the frequency of flights between Mumbai and Kolkata to three times a day. The airline also has increased the daily services on Mumbai – Goa route (twice a... Read More
GoAir has announced flash sale where it offers tickets starting from INR 1399 (all inclusive). The offers are for travel between 15 June 2019 and 31 July 2019. The cheapest flight ticket is on the Bagdogra-Guwahati route starting at INR 1,399. There are several offers below INR 2000 on Bagdogra-Kolkata, Bengaluru-Nagpur, Delhi-Lucknow, Kolkata-Hyderabad; Hyderabad-Ahmedabad; Kolkata-Guwahati; Patna-Ranchi; Jaipur-Ahmedabad; Bengaluru-Kannur; Guwahati-Bagdogra; Kolkata-Bagdogra; Pune-Ahmedabad; Nagpur-Bengaluru; Kolkata-Patna; routes. The booking is open on GoAir... Read More
SpiceJet has announced the launch of 20 new daily domestic flights, most of them connecting Mumbai with metro and non-metro cities. There are new services to destinations such as Trivandrum, Vijayawada, Tirupati, Hyderabad, Kanpur, Kolkata, Patna, etc. The new services will be launched from May 26-30. SpiceJet’s new services are said to be open for booking from its official website. SpiceJet has taken the slots vacated by the grounding of... Read More
The news about the frequently recurring glitches in the Pratt and Whitney engines in the A320neos inducted by the Indian domestic carriers in the 2016 have come into the limelight lately for all the wrong reasons. First the reports were from the low-cost carrier IndiGo, and now GoAir has also come up with updates informing about the same. The Wadia-Group owned no-frills carrier has also reportedly grounded as much as... Read More
India’s budget air carrier IndiGo has received its first Airbus A321 Neo Aircraft, making it the first domestic airline to own a longer-range plane. The new aircraft will help IndiGo to accommodate travel services to medium-haul international destinations involving flights of up to six hours duration. IndiGo purchased Airbus A321 Neo Aircraft from European aviation major Airbus. The aircraft was initially scheduled to launch on November 29 but got delayed... Read More
The flights under the government subsidised Regional Connectivity Scheme (RCS) UDAN-II to places such as Pithoragarh, Jaisalmer, Gorakhpur, Allahabad and Kannur will fly from Hindon Air Force Station in Delhi NCR from the mid-February 2019, according to a report published by Times of India. Currently, Airports Authority of India (AAI) is constructing a public terminal at Hindon Air Force Station to handle the operations. The construction will end by mid-February... Read More
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