The agreement would allow the travellers to fly United Airlines' trans-Atlantic flights from London to Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Denver and Washington and trans-Pacific flights from Hong Kong to Chicago and San Francisco.
Amid talks with Air Sahara for a possible takeover or strategic alliance, private carrier Jet Airways
The agreement between the two airlines came on the second day of the four-day state visit of Mukherjee to the country.
IndiGo had the best on-time performance (OTP) of 95.4 per cent at four metro airports in February, while Go First secured the number two position with 94.1 per cent in the same month, according to data released by aviation regulator DGCA. Bengaluru, Delhi, Hyderabad, and Mumbai were the four airports where Indigo had the best OTP, the data released on Monday said. In January, the situation was inverse as Go First had logged the best OTP of 94.5 per cent at the four airports while IndiGo was at number two with 93.9 per cent OTP.
The airline has two operating permits and offers both full service and no-frills service in the domestic market.
India's international carrier Air India has come to the relief of Jet Airways passengers, after Jet had to cancel over 130 flights when 400 pilots failed to show up for work.
The top management of the Jet Airways team has taken a voluntary pay cut of 25 per cent, effective December 8. Employees earning a gross salary of over Rs 75,000 a month will take a graduated wage cut over the next 12 months.
Private domestic airline, Jet Airways said on Wednesday that it has tied up with travel industry service provider, Amadeus India to provide automated ticketing solutions to travel agents.\n\n\n\n
"With the regulatory approval process now finalised for the new route, we are very pleased to enter this new stage of Jet Airways' North American expansion," Jet Airways founder and chairman Naresh Goyal said.
GR Gopinath, chairman of Air Deccan (in which Vijay Mallya has picked up 26 per cent), says the policy is blatantly tilted towards protecting just two carriers - Jet Airways and Air-India - to maintain their monopoly in the international skies.
The Bombay high court has asked Mumbai Police Commissioner to file a report on the alleged underworld links of Jet Airways chairman Naresh Goyal.
With a new look and a new overseas focus the airline could be soaring once again.
Some airline sources, however, fear it will reduce overall yields
Jet Airways' loss widened for FY15 on higher cost.
Leading private airline Jet Airways tops the list of defaulters among private carriers and owes Rs 2,437.90 lakh (Rs 24.38 million) to the government, the Lok Sabha was informed on Thursday.
Sale of wide-body aircraft will not affect internatinal flights, says Jet
For India to emerge as a global power it needs to unleash its potential in the services sector. Accounting sector is one where it could have succeeded easily with, but failed.
The launch saw plane seats displayed on a huge stage. Those seats 'are considered the world's most revolutionary and most luxurious airline seats -- designed exclusively for Jet Airways,' it was claimed.
Protecting India's sovereignty and integrity will be ensured at any cost, Air Chief Marshal Vivek Ram Chaudhari said on Thursday after taking charge as the chief of the Indian Air Force.
Asian Games gold-winning boxer Dingko Singh was on Saturday airlifted from Imphal to New Delhi for his cancer treatment. Dingko's transfer to Delhi by a SpiceJet air ambulance was facilitated by the Boxing Federation of India (BFI) after he missed a scheduled radiation therapy session due to the ongoing coronavirus-forced national lockdown.
SpiceJet, Air India Express and GoAir have been involved in three, two and one such incidents, respectively, in the past few days, prompting the DGCA to take action against the 12 pilots.
Asian Games gold-winning former boxer Dingko Singh has recovered from COVID-19, testing negative for the deadly virus on Friday over a month after the cancer-stricken legend was hospitalised in Imphal. Back at his home, but in isolation for the next fortnight, Singh spoke about the ordeal he endured, including five positive tests since his hospitalisation in the last week of May.
The aircraft was called back to the parking bay at the time of taxiing.
Or else customers will face capacity shortages and high fares.
Aviation companies plan to join hands for importing aviation turbine fuel (ATF) in a bid to bring down their fuel bills.
Sources said Unsworth had submitted a one-page letter indicating his interest in Jet but without any accompanying documents.
Jet is the largest player in the Mumbai airport, with over 110 domestic slots and 30 international slots from the city.
Indian bankers are fearful that going out of their way to save Jet could lead to subsequent harassment from investigative agencies.
Six Rafale trainer aircraft will carry RB series tail numbers which stand for Air Chief Marshal R K S Bhadauria, the current Chief of Air Staff who played a key role as lead negotiator for the mega deal.
India's top private carrier Jet Airways has reportedly been warned by the Canadian authorities that dozens of their passengers from India are arriving at Toronto's Pearson Airport with fake travel documents.
After the August 10 deadline, South American conglomerate Synergy Group Corp reportedly evinced interest in the airline, forcing the RP to seek lenders' nod to extend the deadline to August 31. The Synergy Group owns a majority in Colombian carrier Avianca Holdings, which has a codeshare partnership with the state-run Air India.
Ticket refunds remain a challenge, though Jet claims the amount would be credited in 7 to 10 working days after the request is processed.
The strike is to protest against the airline companies' decision to stop paying commission to agencies in return for travel bookings from November 1.
US-based UPS on Thursday opened its first store in Mumbai. This is the first store outside North America.
Green light likely for services on underserved routes between regular airports
Major's remarks assume significance as they came in the wake of growing demands for allowing women to fly fighters as is being done in the US Air Force.
Jet also recently announced plans to launch direct flights to Brussels this summer, launching itself as a direct rival to Air India on flights between India and Europe.
'Now we will have real employees as the owner of the airline.'
The catch is you will have to book your flight by August 27 and travel between September 25 and January 15, an airline spokesperson said, adding the offer is applicable on all direct, via and onward flights on SpiceJet's domestic network.
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