Amid continuing uncertainty over the fate of the national carrier, an official said there is also need for funds to restart operations of 12 grounded narrow-body planes.
A Mumbai-bound GoAir flight with nearly 100 passengers, including former army chief General V K Singh on board, was forced to return to Delhi airport following a fire alarm on Saturday morning.
AirAsia runs a joint venture portal with Expedia and it is an exclusive online distribution channel for the airline.
The ATR 72-600 aircraft was accorded water salute as it landed at the Jaffna airport, about 400-km from capital Colombo.
The total seats on a two-class single-aisle Airbus A-320 or a similar Boeing-737 aircraft number around 130-140, of which the airlines would be able to charge more for a maximum of about 30-odd seats, official sources said.
Flight PK8303 crashed among houses in the Model Colony residential area on Friday as it approached Karachi airport, killing 97 people, including nine children.
The airline would be operating these flights with the newly acquired Airbus A320 aircraft.
The company is looking at putting in one plane every month.
The pilot of a Bangalore-bound Air India aircraft, with around 125 passengers on board, landed under emergency conditions at Bhopal airport when he found the cockpit door jammed as he tried to open it to visit the washroom, airline sources said on Tuesday.
Jet has already confirmed an order for 50 737-MAX planes together with up to 10 777-300ERS from Boeing.
A new Indian airline, proposed to be launched by the Tata Group, AirAsia and another Indian investor, is likely to start operations by the fourth quarter of this year with about $50 million initial investment by the Malaysian budget carrier.
The plan is to charge 30 per cent less. Travel sector executives say if IndiGo is able to do so, it could create a new class of flyers.
Air India, SpiceJet, IndiGo and AirAsia India ready to fill in the gap.
India is not an easy environment to operate in and grow because of the high cost of operations, says Neil Mills.
An Air India Boeing aircraft was involved in a "minor" mishap at the John F Kennedy Airport in New York on Saturday when its wing touched another aircraft which was being pulled back for take off but no one was injured.
The sectors, like the rest of the GoAir network would have GoBusiness, comprising the first two rows of the aircraft with the middle seat empty and more legroom.
The carrier planned to bring in a plane a month from March to build a fleet of at least 10 jets by the end of the year.
Liquor baron Vijay Mallya's Kingfisher Airlines will commence operations during the first quarter of 2005.
r Deccan, India's first low-cost airline, created history on Wednesday by flying passengers to Delhi from Bangalore for a fare of only Rs 500, plus taxes (Rs 200).
In a major expansion bid, Air Deccan, which now operates primarily on regional routes, has decided to acquire two Airbus A-320s.
Approval was held up due to CBI investigation into international flying permit of Tata group-owned AirAsia India.
At least 15 variations were being evaluated regarding the '5/20 rule'.
'Indian aviation is having a lesser number of aircraft.' 'Besides the Boeing 737 MAX, you have the A320Neos which Indigo is currently grappling with because of a lack of pilots.' 'This has led to cancellation (of flights) and therefore the prices of air tickets are on the higher side this season although generally in March ticket prices are on the lower side.'
North Zone advanced to the semi-finals of the Duleep Trophy cricket tournament by virtue of their 320-run first innings lead as the inconsequential fourth and final day's play ended with West Zone losing two wickets in their second essay in Chennai.
The plane was suffering a technical glitch
It has aircraft utilisation target of 16 hours as against the current 13 hours.
Wadia group's no-frills carrier Go Airlines on Tuesday said it will acquire eight more aircrafts to increase its fleet to 21 by July 2014 from the existing 13.
The battle for the skies is moving to a new orbit - fuel-efficient narrow body planes. While Airbus has cashed in on the first mover advantage in this space with its A320 Neo, Boeing, which launched its plane in August last year, is catching up fast.
$3.6 billion worth of aircraft - by today's prices - are lying idle or are in hangers due to poor maintenance and management
Falling jet fuel prices and a revival in domestic traffic growth offer the new CMD a once in a lifetime opportunity.
The travel period for tickets availed under this offer stands between January 15 and April 12
Nine months after Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 disappeared shortly after takeoff from Kuala Lumpur, Indonesia AirAsia Flight 8501, an Airbus A320 airliner carrying 162 people, disappeared from radar screens early Sunday, about 40 minutes after leaving the Indonesian city of Surabaya en route to Singapore. Till Monday, there were no signs of the missing plane. The story of AirAsia flight QZ8501 sounds remarkably similar to that of Malaysia Airlines MH370, which remains missing nearly 10 months after it disappeared from radar screens on a flight between Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, and Beijing.
Flight PK-303 from Lahore was about to land in Karachi when it crashed at the Jinnah Garden area near Model Colony in Malir, just a minute before its landing, officials said.
GoAir Managing Director Jeh Wadia is ecstatic. Eight months after ordering 72 Airbus A320 Neos worth over $7 billion (Rs 32,400 crore), he has signed an all-important engine deal for these planes.
The government-owned airline has 63 narrow body planes from Airbus, including the A319 and A321.
Kingfisher Airlines, struggling to stay afloat, may spin off its ATR fleet and loyalty programme (frequent flier programme) into separate units.
Currently airline flies thrice daily flight between Delhi-Mumbai
Goa Airport spokesman said the A320 landed at 8.10 am after the pilot noticed the crack.
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