The Civil Aviation Ministry is looking to increase air seat entitlement to Dubai by 20%.
The domestic airlines industry is estimated to have posted losses to the tune of over Rs 10,000 crore (Rs 100 billion) in the previous fiscal, nearly 18 per cent down from a year ago.
Sources in the know confirmed Vistara, the joint venture between Tata Sons and Singapore Airlines, had booked six slots at the airport in New Delhi, adding it was ready to fly once it secured the government's nod.
India's second largest budget carrier SpiceJet, which reported a record Rs 1,003 crore (Rs 10.03 billion) net loss last fiscal, may soon receive the much-needed capital infusion as talks with an overseas investor have reached "very advanced stages".
The 2013 Boeing Pilot & Technician Outlook, a bellwether industry forecast of aviation personnel demand, calls for 192,300 new commercial airline pilots and 215,300 new technicians in the Asia Pacific region through 2032.
AirAsia's rival airlines in India have kept themselves super-busy in the past few months -- by moving court against the former's launch, adding flights on the routes where AirAsia is operating, and engaging in a price war.
Air passengers in the Asia Pacific region continue to reap the benefits of the fare war unleashed by the world's leading airlines despite mounting cost of the aviation turbine fuel.
Overall, with an above world average traffic growth rate of 5.5 per cent, Asia-Pacific will account for 36 per cent of all new passenger aircraft demand
A look at the Kalanithi Maran-controlled airline's place in the domestic aviation sector
Jet already has $300 mn of ECB.
Following the entry of Tata-SIA and AirAsia into the Indian aviation market, the domestic aviation industry is seeing increased interest from private entities.
Giving a push to aviation infrastructure development, government is planning to build 10-15 greenfield airports and modernising 50 others in the non-metro cities over the next few years.
However, Federation of Indian Airlines will continue to function and its other members are not pulling the plug yet, industry sources said.
Airline now financially more stable but still in the doldrums as the operating environment remains tough.
AirAsia's India plans may not be hit with the current crisis that the airline is going through
The collapse of Jet Airways has everything to do with the falling number of wide-bodied aircraft.
Capa lauded govt's efforts in rescuing SpiceJet.
Air India Express along with SpiceJet and Jet Airways is one of the three main targets for Boeing in the country as it promotes its new 737 MAX aircraft, which is scheduled to enter commercial operations in 2017.
Frequent flight cancellations and the Airports Authority of India's decision to put SpiceJet on a cash-and-carry mode have made online travel agencies nervous.
The civil aviation ministry received 20 applications and it granted NOCs to sixteen companies between 2009 till now
Airlines in Asia-Pacific expected to post losses worth $1.1 billion out of a total industry loss of $8.3 billion next year.
Top no-frills carrier IndiGo on Tuesday approached capital markets regulator Sebi with Initial Public Offer.
The Trump regime has informed the Congress that it 'strongly supports' transfers of F-18 and F-16 fighter proposals put forth by Boeing and Lockheed Martin respectively.
For the first time, the country's largest airline IndiGo will soon lease up to four wide-body Boeing 777 planes to cover the shortfall in its international operations, according to officials. The airline said the wet-leasing of "certain aircraft" will be done as an interim measure. IndiGo, which has so far only been operating narrow-body Airbus planes, ATRs and freighters, will now be having wide-body aircraft in its fleet.
Officials hint the visit could finally see a formal defence industrial road map being adopted by both nations.
US admiral's suggestion for a revival of a strategic maritime quadrilateral with Japan, Australia and India leaves China livid, says Rajeev Sharma.
LSG Sky Chefs is the sole independent international airline caterer in India and has a presence at the old airports of Hyderabad and Bangalore. It is building facilities at Hyderabad and Bangalore to replace the existing ones.
In India, many players are in the throes of chaos and pain but at least one partnership -- Air Asia India -- that was fraying even before the pandemic now finds itself at breaking point, says Anjuli Bhargava.
In a circular, the DGCA said, "Crew should be well aware of the aircraft limitations and of takeoff/landing performance calculations during the adverse weather operations." The regulator also said that the airlines must "make available sufficiently experienced crew in the cockpit".
Vistara'a launch, the steel plant at Kalinganagar and e-commerce venture are the ones most awaited for
Aviation Turbine Fuel or jet fuel in Delhi, the city that houses the nation's second busiest airport, costs $1,291 per kilolitre while the same in Singapore is sold at $1,067 per kl. It costs $1,100 per kl in Hong Kong and $1,113 in Colombo.
Cyber espionage operations dated back to at least 2005
But the Abu Dhabi-based airline would first bolster its own network with traffic from India before Jet's turnaround.
Airlines have to deal with high operating costs - fuel, taxation, airport charges - in a very competitive environment.
This is three and a half times the loss in the same quarter a year ago.
The airline has already decided to lease out an A330 to Etihad and plans to lease out two more this year.
Airbus is now confident of crossing 1,000 net orders (excluding cancellations or conversions from previous orders) in 2014.
After a long spell of losses, national carrier Air India recorded a net profit of Rs 14.6 crore (Rs 146 million) in last December, driven by a healthy growth in both passenger and cargo revenue.
BSE Metal and Capital Goods indices plunged over 2% followed by counters like Consumer Durables, Auto, Banks and Realty, all falling down between 1-2%.
Falling jet fuel prices, stable rupee signal lower losses
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