Air Deccan, India's first low-cost airline said its Rs 500 Delhi-Mumbai tickets have been sold out till Auguist 2005. Take the Rediff Business Quiz and find out how much you know about the world's low cost airlines.
Shivaz Rai, owner of a travel agency in Delhi, spent Rs 48,000 on low-cost carrier Air Deccan's Superflier scheme offering coupons for 12 flights to any destination.
Life of air passengers was different in the 1970s.
Air Deccan has launched a special offer under which the airline is offering up to two free tickets to its frequent flyers.
IndiGo will add Nagpur to its flight map from October 20 with daily flight to Mumbai and Kolkata.
Domestic fares on all sectors became costlier by Rs 200 from Friday with the hike in fuel surcharge, imposed by major airlines due to increase in jet fuel prices.
Air Deccan will introduce an additional flight between Hyderabad-Tirupati from July 7.
Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel on Thursday said he would request the finance ministry for extending tax exemption on leased aircraft, scheduled to be implemented from April 1, 2005.
The village will also help India to bid for winter Olympics in the future.
Air Deccan has announced the launch of its return flights from Lucknow to Delhi from March 7.
Ten years after Kingfisher Airlines was grounded, its former employees continue to wait for their dues. On Monday, the Supreme Court awarded a four-month sentence to the grounded airline's flamboyant owner Vijay Mallya in a contempt case. The apex court also ordered him to deposit $40 million plus interest in four weeks to avoid attachment of his properties.
Vistara has entered a country that has been sobered down to reality.
There's so much entertainment coming up in 2023!
Air Deccan has introduced direct daily flights from Delhi to Chennai and Trivandrum and between Chennai-Trivandrum and Cochin-Trivandrum.
Air Deccan has introduced direct daily flights from Mumbai to Cochin and Trivandrum.
Air Deccan will introduce a new daily service between Mumbai-Kolkata and Bangalore-Kolkata from October 5.
Unlikely to happen in less than a year,despite the advantage of the parent airline's base.
SpiceJet, IndiGo, Jet Airways, Alliance Air, and Turbo Aviation are among the operators that have bagged the routes in the third round.
Though the Mumbai and Delhi airports still rule the domestic aviation market, the share of the two in overall traffic is falling. In 2006-07, the two airports collectively handled 40.6 per cent of all domestic passengers; in 2012-13, their share fell to 37 per cent.
VRL investors have punished the stock for his move, but Sankeshwar is defiant.
GoAir is smaller in comparison to its rivals but is still surviving despite financial crisis.
Air Deccan will introduce two new daily services, Kochi-Bangalore and Kochi-Chennai, from September 27.
Domestic air travel traffic has already seen a 23.87% rise over the same period in 2017.
Given the cost structure in the country, it won't be easy for AirAsia to offer 'Nano' fares and still make money.
GoAir reluctant to respond to overtures.
It was August 2007. Tata Steel was turning 100. Jamshedpur, its hometown, had an air of celebration. The line-up for the special event included the launch of Air Deccan's commercial flight connecting Kolkata and Jamshedpur, and release of Russi Lala's new book, Romance of Tata Steel. There was also the screening of The Spirit of Steel, a 20-minute documentary directed by Zafar Hai showcasing Tata Steel's legacy, and a corporate anthem penned by Javed Akhtar and composed by Shankar, Ehsaan and Loy.
With SpiceJet and Simplifly Deccan all set to give away similar throw-away offers and GoAir looking for similar tie-ups with travel portals, air travellers can expect around 25,000 such cheap-fare tickets on offer up to April 15.
Senior party leader and member of the national executive committee Yogendra Yadav said that the party had over 1.5 million members and it was only the opinion of the party officer bearers and spokespersons that was relevant.
Readers reminisce their bitter sweet experiences of ordering meals in the Indian Railways.
Terming SpiceJet's offer of rupee one fare across its domestic network as "predatory" and a "malpractice", aviation regulator DGCA on Tuesday came down heavily on the no-frill carrier and asked it to stop such pricing immediately.
Boeing 737 MAX planes were globally grounded in March 2019, after two of these crashed within five months, raising safety concerns.
We live in hope that India and its airlines might finally grow up, notes Anuli Bhargava.
The resignation of Captain Gopinath on Saturday came as a severe blow to the Aam Aadmi Party. "The party has lost its focus and I did not feel the need to continue," said the Air Deccan founder, who had joined the party in January this year.
