Airlines
Aviation body gets cracking on safety rules
Saturday, July 31st, 2010Two months after 158 people were killed in the Air India Express crash at Mangalore, India’s aviation regulator now wants airlines to enhance their safety standards.
‘There’s urge to return to low-cost aviation’
Saturday, July 31st, 2010There’s very little that’s official about Captain G R Gopinath, the former chairman of the erstwhile Air Deccan and also the pioneer of low-cost airline business in India. We hesitated to spell out his full name because it sounded so official. So it’s either Gopi or Captain as everybody calls him.
Emirates brings the super jumbo to India
Friday, July 16th, 2010Emirates Airline flew in the first Airbus A-380 super jumbo with 517 passengers on a scheduled commercial operation into India Thursday, and was welcomed at the spanking new Terminal 3 of the Indira Gandhi International Airport through arching jets of water in an aviation industry salute.
Air traffic surges 21% in June
Friday, July 16th, 2010The Indian aviation story is flying high. Last month saw 45.7 lakh domestic flyers, which was 21.4% higher than the 37.6 lakh people who took to the skies in June 2009.
Jet Airways in code share pact with Kenya Airways
Friday, July 16th, 2010Jet Airways Ltd, India’s top private carrier, said it entered into a code sharing agreement with Kenya Airways, in a move aimed at increasing air traffic between India and Africa.
3 Indian airlines to need Rs 50,000 crore in 3 years to buy planes
Friday, July 16th, 2010Three major domestic carriers — Air India, Kingfisher Airlines and Jet Airways — will together require around $10-12 billion (Rs 47,000-Rs 560,000 crore) over the next two-three years to fund their aircraft acquisition plans, an aviation think tank has said.
India far from having hub for airlines
Monday, July 5th, 2010Despite having privately managed world-class airports in Hyderabad, Bangalore and Mumbai, and the world’s eighth largest terminal building at New Delhi’s international airport set to go online on 14 July, India is still far from getting an international airport hub for carriers, says industry experts.
The World Airline Report
Monday, July 5th, 2010The world airline industry has been to hell and backin a remarkably short period of time. From record losses of $16 billion in 2008 followed by $9.9 billion in red ink in 2009, carriers are projected to earn $2.5 billion in 2010, according to IATA’s most recent financial forecast presented at last month’s AGM in [...]
Sun TV founder to buy into SpiceJet; make open offer
Monday, June 21st, 2010The founder of Sun TV Kalanithi Maran and his unlisted aviation firm Kal Airways have agreed to buy 37.7 per cent in budget airline SpiceJet Ltd andwill make an open offer for a further 20 per cent, SpiceJet said.
Domestic airlines carry 47.85 lakh passengers in May
Monday, June 21st, 2010India’s domestic airlines carried a total of 47.85 lakh passengers in May this year as against 41.88 lakh passengers in April, an official statement said here today.