Budget carrier Air Deccan has signed a $1.5 billion agreement with Airbus Industrie to purchase 30 more Airbus A320 aircraft from the European airplane manufacturer.
The city will be the 10th destination for Vistara.
The Directorate General of Civil Aviation will examine issues relating to domestic airlines tying up with foreign carriers and setting up companies abroad to start international operations.
Currently, Singapore Airlines is operating one A320 flight with 130-passenger capacity through its subsidiary airlines, Silk Air.
Kingfisher Airlines, India's first full service low-cost carrier, will induct 11 new Airbus A320 aircraft to its fleet by January 2006, its chairman and managing director Vijay Mallya said on Wednesday.
The Wadia family-promoted budget carrier GoAir on Wednesday said it has placed an order worth $1.2 billion with Toulouse-based Airbus Industrie to buy 20 Airbus 320 aircraft as part of the airline's fleet expansion programme.
Kingfisher Airlines, the wholly owned subsidiary of United Breweries, on Tuesday announced the operation of daily Airbus A320 flights on two new routes - Bangalore-Chennai and Bangalore-Hyderabad from Wednesday.
India's private carrier Kingfisher Airlines, which placed orders for 30 Airbus A320 aircraft worth $1.9 billion at the ongoing Dubai Air Show, has said the carrier would go public to finance the deal.
The founders of IndiGo may have thought it's time to go for a rejig of the top leadership team which can take care of the growing demands of an airline that has grown much bigger than they could have ever imagined, says Shyamal Majumdar.
Kingfisher Airlines announced the launch of its non-stop service between Bangalore and Goa.
Kingfisher Airlines has launched its operations with twice daily service on the Mumbai-Bangalore sector. The airline will increase its service to thrice a day from May 20. Flights on the Delhi Bangalore sector are scheduled to commence from June 6.
New reports have suggested that the captain of the Germanwings plane had yelled at the co-pilot Andreas Lubitz to open the door of the cockpit as he tried to use a crowbar to force his way into the cockpit during the horrific descent.
Indian Airlines has announced special fares from Mumbai to Bangkok and Sharjah following the introduction of A320 flights.
The new low-cost carrier, IndiGo, which placed India's biggest orders for 100 Airbus aircraft at the Paris Air Show last year, will start operations in July-August with its own aeroplanes.
The precaution was made compulsory after a incident.
Indian Airlines has introduced 'Excursion Fare' on the Hyderabad-Tirupati-Hyderabad sector, which would be 45 per cent less than the normal fares.
Vistara launched first flight from Hyderabad to New Delhi on Sunday.
The Union Cabinet on Thursday cleared Indian Airlines' plans to purchase 43 aircraft from Airbus Industrie.
Needed: Cabin Crew (Technical) and Flight Safety Instructor for Air Deccan.
Low-cost carrier Air Deccan and liquor baron Vijay Mallya-promoted Kingfisher Airlines have agreed not to "poach on one another's territory and instead help each other."
The aircraft to be inducted by Indian Airlines are 19 Airbus A 319s, Four A 320s and 20 Airbus A 321s.
Vistara Chief Executive Officer Phee Teik Yeoh is expected to meet the senior management of BA over the next few days to discuss the partnership.
A large group of high-profile personalities from corporate India on Saturday left for Lahore on a chartered aircraft of the Indian Airlines to watch the third one-day international match between India and Pakistan on Sunday.
Vistara was launched on January 9.
Indian Airlines has proposed to acquire 43 aircraft comprising A319, A320 and A321 for replacement of the ageing fleet of A300 and B737-200, government informed the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday.
UB Group's Kingfisher Airlines, which is scheduled to launch domestic operations from April next, would sign a deal with European aircraft manufacturer Airbus Industries for supply of 14 aircraft in Mumbai on December 18.
The first funeral for a victim of AirAsia Flight QZ8501 was held on Thursday, as officials vowed an 'all out effort' to recover the other passengers' bodies from the sea.
Initial reports say the pilots had asked for a change in route (it was flying to Singapore) because of adverse weather.
Air India pilots and crew often play musical chairs, leading to a substantial revenue loss for the airline in an inefficiently managed set-up
The UB group's Kingfisher Airlines, which is planning to launch operations in May, announced the signing of deals to purchase three Airbus A-319 aircraft.
Despite the sops, scheduled carriers might not be interested in operating such routes.
The one-way fare on executive class would be Rs 2,640 and in the economy class it would be Rs 1,825, it said.\n\n
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