SpiceJet, one of India’s largest airlines, said it has started 18 new temporary flights to help deal with the cancellations of flights to and from Kerala due to the ongoing flights. Some of these flights were operational only today, while some will be there for three days, while others will be there daily for the […]
Jet Airways, one of India’s oldest private airlines, denied reports that it is on the verge of a shutdown, but admitted it had initiated talks with employees in an effort to cut costs in the face of adverse market conditions. Reuters reported that the company had urged pilots to take a 15% pay cut to […]
SpiceJet said it has started selling tickets under its ‘Mega Monsoon Sale’ with ticket prices starting at Rs 999 for travel in India. The five-day sale launched today will be open till midnight of Monday, 8 July 2018. Bookings can be made for travel between 4th July to 8 October. Tickets under the sale can […]
A chartered plane carrying four people crashed in Ghatkopar in Mumbai. The crash took place on an under-construction building in Sarvodaya Society, near the telephone exchange in Ghatkopar West. One person who was standing near the site has died. The aircraft was on a test flight and had taken off from Juhu airport. There were […]
Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport has introduced check in facility from a number of hotels near the airport. The hotels are Sahara Star, Hyatt Regency, Taj Santacruz, ITC Maratha, Hilton Mumbai International Airport & The LaLiT. People who check in at the hotel can drop their check-in luggage using self-bag-drop facility and generate a baggage tag […]
SpiceJet has introduced ten new flights between South Indian cities of Mangalore, Kozhikode, Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad and Rajahmundry. Three new flights have been introduced from Chennai — to Kozhikode, Hyderabad and Mangalore, while Hyderabad will see two new flights — to Chennai and Rajahmundry. Kozhikode will see two new flights, to Bangalore and Chennai. It […]
Low-cost airline SpiceJet reported a resilient set of numbers for the Jan-Mar quarter despite increasing fuel prices, posting its 13th quarterly profit in a row. Despite worries over rising crude prices, the company managed a slight increase in its net profit to Rs 40.5 cr from Rs 38.6 cr a year ago. SpiceJet said the […]
Mahindra Defence, part of the Mahindra Group, has been selected as the local partner for Japanese aircraft maker ShinMaywa’s manufacturing and related operations for its US-2 seaplane in India. The amphibious aircraft can be used for both civilian and military purposes and the Indian Navy is expected to be among the customers for the same […]
Jet Airways said it will offer discounts of 10-30% on its domestic and overseas flights for four days on the occassion of Easter. The sale started today and will run till April 2. The higher discounts of up to 30% are on international routes. Domestic flights will get up to 10-20% discounts, it said. The […]
Responding to media reports that 12 of its Airbus A320 Neo aircraft have now been grounded, Interglobe Aviation, which operates the IndiGo Airlines, denied that any new development had taken place in this regard that merited public disclosure. “There is nothing material at this stage to comment beyond our earlier letter…” it said, referring to […]
SpiceJet, which had initially refused to shift its Delhi airport operations from Terminal 1 to Terminal 2, said it will shift 22 flights to T2 from 25 March. These are the flights to Cochin, Ahmedabad, Patna, Pune, Goa, Surat, and Gorakhpur. It said all the flights to and from T2 will have flight numbers starting […]
Aviation minister Jayant Sinha said India’s largest airline Indigo and competitor Go Air can use their grounded planes if they are able to secure ‘alternative engines’ to be used in place of the faulty ones. “We do not consider these engines safe,” Sinha said in the context of the aviation sector regulator’s directive to ground […]
Jet Airways said it will challenge the order of the Competition Commission of India to impose a fine of Rs 39.81 cr for allegedly colluding with its rivals to fix air fares. In a statement on Wednesday, the Competition Commission said Jet Airways, SpiceJet and IndiGo engaged in “concerted action in fixing and revising Fuel […]
SpiceJet reported a 32% increase in its net profit to Rs 239.99 crore for the three months ended December from Rs 181.14 crore in the same quarter last year. The airline’s capacity grew by 14% during the same period. SpiceJet reported an operating revenue of Rs 2,081.95 crore in the quarter, up 27% on year. […]
SpiceJet announced 20 new non-stop flights on domestic routes starting from February 11, including 18 in South India. SpiceJet will use Bombardier Q400 aircraft on the new routes, except for the Chennai – Guwahati, which will see a Boeing 737. Out of the 18 flights, ten will be catering to the popular tourist destinations in […]
Engineering services provider L&T Technology Services said it won a $50 million (Rs 320 cr) contract to provide engineering and R&D services to “leading aerospace electronic systems manufacturer” for five years. The company, a listed subsidiary of Larsen & Toubro, did not name the client. It said the project will result in transformation of the […]
Authorities at Delhi International Airport have been waiting for nearly nine years for a religious trust to lower the height of a statue to make full use of one of Asia’s longest runways. It was in 1989 that the Airport Authority had given permission to Jaya Shree Charity Trust to build a Shiva statue with a […]
Jet Airways said it will hold an 11-day sales starting tomorrow with 10-15% discounts. “With a flat 10% off on base fares in Economy and up to 15% off on Premiere fares, guests will be able to realise attractive savings on popular sectors across the airline’s domestic network of 44 destinations in the New Year, […]
Infrastructure major GMR Group said it has emerged, along with a partner, as the top bidder in a race to construct a new eight-million-passenger airport in Philippines, and expects to get the order in one week. The company, along with partner Megawide Construction Corporation, submitted the most competitive financial bid, it said. “Clark airport is […]
Jet Airtways said it has signed a new agreement with Europe-based Air France-KLM that will increase the coverage and capacity of its existing agreement with the airline. The airlines will be able to extend their coverage and capacity between Paris, Amsterdam and India because of the agreement, while also adding new destinations in the US. […]
