The collapse of Jet Airways has everything to do with the falling number of wide-bodied aircraft.
Jet already has $300 mn of ECB.
Capa lauded govt's efforts in rescuing SpiceJet.
Airline now financially more stable but still in the doldrums as the operating environment remains tough.
However, Federation of Indian Airlines will continue to function and its other members are not pulling the plug yet, industry sources said.
Following the entry of Tata-SIA and AirAsia into the Indian aviation market, the domestic aviation industry is seeing increased interest from private entities.
Top no-frills carrier IndiGo on Tuesday approached capital markets regulator Sebi with Initial Public Offer.
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.
But the Abu Dhabi-based airline would first bolster its own network with traffic from India before Jet's turnaround.
This is three and a half times the loss in the same quarter a year ago.
The civil aviation ministry received 20 applications and it granted NOCs to sixteen companies between 2009 till now
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.
The airline has already decided to lease out an A330 to Etihad and plans to lease out two more this year.
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.
It has aircraft utilisation target of 16 hours as against the current 13 hours.
In 2017 only the Jeju-Seoul Gimpo route (with over 64,991 flights) and Melbourne-Sydney (54,519 departures and arrivals) were busier than Mumbai-Delhi.
Officials hint the visit could finally see a formal defence industrial road map being adopted by both nations.
Vistara'a launch, the steel plant at Kalinganagar and e-commerce venture are the ones most awaited for
The full-service airline has faced multiple challenges in its run.
The apex court asked the government to get back by March 9 about the policy.
The aviation authority is concerned about financial health of Air India, Spicejet and Jet Airways.
Experts say the margin was impacted primarily because of currency depreciation, rise in the price of aviation turbine fuel and pressure on account of fare wars in the home market.
Falling jet fuel prices, stable rupee signal lower losses
The initial speculation over who is likely to down shutters seems to have given way to a resigned acceptance that all the players are determined to stay in the game.
Airline says can't discuss dues publicly, denies grounding of planes
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%.
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.
'A formula can be reached so that everyone gets a fair share.'
It and Vistara both book slots here; former also likely to launch Mumbai flights from early 2015.
Unlike Air India and Jet Airways, which have revised downwards free check-in baggage allowance on domestic flights, GoAir has made provisions for pre-purchasing excess baggage limits.
If the Murari Lal Jalan-Kalrock Capital combine can script a turnaround, it will have pulled off a bigger coup than Ajay Singh did with SpiceJet in 2014.
Airlines say that they are keeping their fingers crossed for December - another peak period - when, based on current bookings, the air fares for those who buy early are more or less in line with last year.
ATF for domestic carriers has become 11.22 per cent cheaper since October and is expected to see more price cuts in the next three months.
Jet Airways (India) Ltd hopes to minimise the impact of a sharp rupee depreciation by growing its international network over the next few months.
Airbus is now confident of crossing 1,000 net orders (excluding cancellations or conversions from previous orders) in 2014.
The civil aviation ministry appears supportive of SpiceJet because it does not want another airline to fail. The real test now will be the capacity of the airline's chairman, Kalanithi Maran, to raise funds. And he needs to do this quickly.
Qatar Airways might infuse $200 million in debt and equity in SpiceJet.
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.
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.
Some airlines, says Anjuli Bhargava, are convinced there's a conspiracy to malign them.
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