The private carrier won the rights for sponsorship of the Indian cricket team for the next four years.
Air Sahara on Wednesday filed a caveat in the Supreme Court to prevent Jet Airways from getting an ex-parte order on its transfer petition, which is likely to be filed on the same day.
Initiating a major fare war on the international sector, private carrier Air Sahara on Thursday announced the launch of its flights to Kuala Lumpur and Singapore from May with an introductory round-trip fare of only Rs 10,000, which is even lower tha
The airline is offering a limited number of tickets, with the cheapest one coming at a 91 per cent discount provided passengers plan their travel 30 days or more in advance.
Jet Airways is planning to float a new entity - Transjet - to house all Air Sahara flights, operations and staff.
In a bid to fill unutilised capacity, Air Sahara has announced a short-term scheme 'stand-by sixer' for six flight coupons to be purchased till November 15 for travel on any six sectors of the airline's route network.
As part of marketing initiatives in domestic aviation, Air Sahara has announced four more schemes to attract passengers, offering them four economy class tickets at Rs 24,000 and six tickets at Rs 33,000.
The owner of VSR Ventures, whose aircraft carrying Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar crashed, suggests the pilot initiated a 'missed approach' due to poor visibility. The owner vouches for the pilot's experience and the aircraft's maintenance.
Air Sahara on Monday announced the sale of 2006 Delhi-London return tickets at a very low Rs 10,000 on first-come, first-served basis
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Private domestic airline Air Sahara said on Monday it would induct 12 aircraft this year, including seven Bombardier and five Boeing aircraft, at about $45 million to start new flights and add new destinations in the country.
Jet has paid Rs 400 crore, which it was required to pay by April 20 to the promoters of Air Sahara. This marks the closure of the deal, company sources said.
In a new twist to their battle, Air Sahara on Wednesday informed a Lucknow court that Jet Airways has terminated the takeover agreement.
Jet Airways Chairman Naresh Goyal said this price represents a 40 per cent discount to the originally agreed price.
The long-standing dispute over Jet Airways buying out Air Sahara appears to be heading for a solution with the arbitration panel set to give its final order on Wednesday.
Private carrier Air Sahara on Wednesday announced the launch of its Delhi-London flight from January 6 with a lucrative promotional package of a free return ticket on its domestic network or a to and fro trip to Singapore.
Taking forward the competition in airfares by targeting the AC two-tier train passengers, Air Sahara on Monday launched its 'Surprice' scheme introducing the first advance purchase (Apex) return scheme and reducing the fares by almost 30%.
Air Sahara, whose ranking took a hit after a failed takeover deal, on Thursday announced operations to 14 new destinations including two international routes.
Air Sahara on Thursday announced that it would launch its international operations between April and July and change its colour to orange, white, green and blue from Friday.
Contrary to speculation that it was seeking to revise downward the value of Air Sahara, Jet Airways' move to make part payment till the pendency of other issues demonstrated its strong desire to acquire the rival airline.
Air Sahara on Monday said it would launch a non-stop service between Delhi and Chicago in agreement with a global carrier and another to London by September-October this year.
'When our soldiers trained side by side, we demonstrated to the world that our partnership is strong, enduring and prepared to meet any challenge.'
From November 12, Vistara aircraft will be operated under Air India's banner, identifiable by a special four-digit flight code beginning with '2'. For example, flight UK 955 will become AI 2955, making it easier for customers to recognise when booking on airindia.com after this date.
Moving from one employer to another is easier said than done for Air Sahara's crew, who are all dressed up in Jet Airways' colours but do not know where to go.
Air Sahara offers Singapore Discovery packages. It will soon launch a Chennai-Kuala Lumpur and Delhi-Chicago service and two weekly flights to London.
Jet Airways' $500-million deal to takeover Air Sahara got a boost on Monday with the home ministry giving security clearance to four Jet officials to be on the board of Air Sahara.
Rival airlines expect Jet Airways to restore some "sanity" in the pricing of tickets after the acquisition of Air Sahara.
Air Sahara on Thursday started its Colombo-Bangalore flight, its second flight from India to Sri Lanka.
Private carrier Air Sahara will commence operations to Kuala Lumpur from March 19 and hopes to get government clearance to start services to the Middle East by January 2008, a top airline official said.
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