Five airlines win bids to fly 128 routes; link 70 airports

Agra, Shimla, Nanded, Kanpur and Jamshedpur are among the many airports that would see connectivity under Udan. The government on Thursday said it was close to resolving a dispute with major Indian......

How to make an airline pay when flyers won't

When G R Gopinath launched his maiden low-cost carrier flight from Bengaluru to Hubli in August 2003, he couldn’t know this would change India’s aviation history. Gopinath’s Air......

After Mallya, Capt Gopinath sells residential property

Capt Gopinath, in a desperate bid to fend off a possible auction of his prime residential property in Bangalore by State Bank of India, which had earlier issued notices to sell his pledged......

Gopinath in talks with real estate developers to stave off debt

Captain Gopinath, the low-cost aviation pioneer in India who has been facing intense heat from State Bank of India (SBI) to repay loans, is in the process of forming a joint development pact with......