IndiGo's share sale will raise the company's retained earnings to Rs 2,680 crore.
IndiGo said operations of the ATR fleet would be handled by an independent team that would be responsible for in-flight services, dispatch and control, and revenue.
The first officer, not the captain, was flying AirAsia Flight 8501 when it crashed.
Engine snag forces IndiGo to ground 7 new aircraft
The two hijackers had hand grenades and had threatened to explode them.
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.
To make space for the extra row, Vistara has opted for the smartLav concept offered by Airbus
The airline will launch an additional daily flight on the Mumbai-Ahmedabad and Delhi-Ahmedabad routes during the period.
Airline may cut its fleet from the existing 64 planes over the next few months.
Two of the cabin crew in the aircraft were also found to be without any proper training, they said.
The new owner may be allowed to dispose of assets accruing from the 10-26 per cent of the net assets of the company.
'The need for added safety has bolstered demand for charter flights in the last year and is expected to continue.'
Vistara has six Airbus A320s in a three class configuration.
An Air India spokesperson said the plane landed at an "uncommissioned runway" and that all passengers are safe.
AirAsia's India plans may not be hit with the current crisis that the airline is going through
With this order for 72 A-320 NEO (New Engine Option) planes worth $7.2 billion, GoAir has a total order book of 92 aircraft worth Rs 43,200 crore ($9.6 billion).
The pilot-turned-airline owner and his partner Biraja Jena plan to launch FlyBig, which has secured 16 routes under the fourth phase of UDAN, the government's regional connectivity programme.
This new mom is totally in love with her work and her new role, motherhood.
Wide-body aircraft like B747 and A350 have a bigger fuel tank and can therefore travel longer distances in comparison to narrow-body aircraft like B737 and A320. A wide-body aircraft also needs a longer runway length to take off or land. The table top runway 10 of the Kozhikode airport is approximately 2,700 metres long. Wide-body aircraft operations were permitted at this airport from 2019.
A major mishap was averted on Wednesday when the wingtips of two aircraft -- one of them taxiing and the other on the verge of takeoff -- touched each other at the Mumbai's Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport in Mumbai.
In one of the biggest orders in recent times, European consortium Airbus Industrie has signed a contract to supply 40 A-320 aircraft to leading Asian low-cost carrier AirAsia, which has also taken the option for another 30 of these planes.
The first set of routes that it will launch internationally will be the routes that can be flown by its existing aircraft, the A320s, which will be routes within three, three-and-a-half hours of India
The airline is strengthening its flight operations department to make this happen.
The IAF pilots, who are middle-aged, are willing to fly any number of hours, as they are keen to make quick money before they retire
The inaugural flight took off in the presence of Minister of State for Civil Aviation, Mahesh Sharma, along with a number of other people.
There is enough room for growth in smaller Indian towns as per US and European aircraft manufacturers
Paving the way for launch of its flights, Tata-Singapore Airlines joint venture airline Vistara was on Monday granted flying permit by aviation regulator DGCA, almost nine months after it applied for the licence.
7,000 unemployed pilots in India but airlines continue to bet on expats
To attract bidders, the government had decided to hive of around Rs 35,000 crore of the company's debt into a separate subsidiary, leaving around Rs 23,286 crore to be absorbed by the new bidder.
'The pilots and the ATC both did not follow the protocol'
Two civilian planes with 200 passengers on board landed safely in emergency conditions at the airports in Mumbai and Delhi on Tuesday evening after the pilots reported some technical problems in the aircraft.
'A growing segment wants to fly Vistara but may not be really ready to pay for certain products that come with a full-service carrier. That is a large segment and we can't ignore it,' says CEO Leslie Thng.
To become a type-rated pilot, a person has to take additional training.
Based on the wreckage locations; The search team and investigators onboard of the vessel will draw a map for the wreckage distribution spots, it added.
The airline, which is slated to get its first Airbus A-320 soon, had earlier announced plans to start operations in October.
The DGCA probe detected serious issues related to safety oversight.
The airline is trying to save on wage costs by cutting the normal notice period of six months by about half for pilots who have already resigned.
According to latest data, new airlines have a combined market share of 5.4 per cent.
Empty middle seat, no duty-free shopping to be new normal till WHO all-clear.
The airline with a 66-aircraft fleet said on Monday that it would be inducting 16 planes this year and the remaining 12 by 2014.
