Currently, the airline has about 13,000 employees.
J R D Tata's flight carrying mail between the two cities was the first by an Indian company and it opened the air link to peninsular India.
Air India's home market share has fallen from 19.8% in January to 18% in July.
Taxes on ATF in India are among world's highest, and are seen as key reason for mounting losses of airlines.
Vistara is likely to offer 148 seats in a three-class configuration in its Airbus A320s, industry sources said.
Inter-ministerial group to meet on Thursday to finalise model concession pact.
The future certainly looks good for Bangalore.
If the drop in sales over the past two years is anything to go by, India's dream of putting seven million electric vehicles on road by the end of this decade has come a cropper.
The company has dismissed 194 cabin crew and 11 pilots over past year for unauthorised absence and such reasons.
The move will help Jet Airways strengthen its subsidiary JetLite's performance.
Get ready to walk into an airport minutes before a flight, check in your own luggage, walk on to the tarmac to board a plane.
Phee Teik Yeoh, the recently anointed chief executive officer of the airline, speaks to Business Standard on his aim of changing the rule of the game in the aviation sector by redefining service and operational experience for travellers accustomed to mere functionality.
Non-metro routes get 73 per cent of its flyers -- a factor that has earned it double-digit share with only 19 planes.
Singapore Airlines has given new brand names to two carriers it controls - SilkAir (short-haul) and Scoot (low-cost, long-haul.
Air India is planning to tweak its daily service to Australia, to cut losses.
GoAir hopes to fly 15 million passengers by 2016-17, serve 30 destinations, up from 21 now, and will largely remain a domestic airline.
Rakesh Gangwal's holding is considered FDI even though the majority stake in Caelum is held by NRIs
The airline has launched a series of discount offers since January this year.
Indian airlines currently are required to have a minimum fleet of five aircraft and five years of operational experience for starting international services.
Unlikely to happen in less than a year,despite the advantage of the parent airline's base.
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