This is also the highest ever profit recorded by the carrier, which was facing turbulent times a year ago.
Air India is planning to introduce a new seating segment 'premium economy' on its domestic all-economy flights from the middle of this month at the cost of almost the lowest business class fare on a route.
Chirac is on the second day of a four-day visit dominated by promotion of French business in China.
The first fresh-mint aircraft of the state-owned carrier, Indian, which has ordered 43 aircraft from the European manufacturer Airbus Industrie, arrived at the Indiara Gandhi International airport on Thursday morning.\n\n
GoAir on Monday said it plans expansion and has ordered 20 A320 aircraft .
On Thursday, the cockpit voice recorder for EgyptAir Flight 804 was found in a damaged condition, an Egyptian investigative committee said after the wreckage of the ill-fated plane was recovered on Wednesday.
The first A320 flight is scheduled to leave Bengaluru on June 12 afternoon, AirAsia India chief executive officer Mittu Chandilya told reporters in Chennai.
DGCA rules require pilots to service a six-month notice.
Non-metro routes get 73 per cent of its flyers -- a factor that has earned it double-digit share with only 19 planes.
Kuwait's new national airline, Jazeera Airways, will start direct flights to New Delhi and Mumbai from July 1.
Investigators said the system that helps control the movement of the aircraft's rudder had a cracked solder joint that malfunctioned four times during the flight.
Smoke alerts were triggered inside the cabin of the ill-fated EgyptAir jet minutes before it plunged into the Mediterranean Sea with 66 people on board.
The navy has also found some of the passengers' belongings and was sweeping the area in search of the plane's black box, the military said.
Our business is very targeted. It's just domestic India, low fares, be on time, hassle free, no long lines, no fuss.
National carrier Indian and Air India will also introduce their summer schedules from March 26, 2006.
Tiger operates Airbus A320s and was set up by SIA and Singapore's national investment firm, Temasek Holdings, in 2004.
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.
It seems that the Briton who took a cheeky snap with the EgyptAir hijacker was not the only one to do so with another selfie surfacing on social media showing an air stewardess posing with the phoney bomber.
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.
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.
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.
5 AI's Dreamliner pilots left the airline to join other carriers without serving the mandatory six-month notice period
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.
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.
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.
Indian Airlines has introduced 'Excursion Fare' on the Hyderabad-Tirupati-Hyderabad sector, which would be 45 per cent less than the normal fares.
The city will be the 10th destination for Vistara.
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."
