Even in ruin, Jet retained its one essential brand quality: Dignity, says brand guru Sandeep Goyal.
Jet Airways launched direct flights to the Kuwait and Bahrain, thereby meeting the rising demand for connectivity with Gulf. It is the first private airline to fly to Gulf.
International no-frills budget carriers making a beeline for India.
The Civil Aviation Ministry is looking to increase air seat entitlement to Dubai by 20%.
During the first phase of the Vande Bharat mission, Air India and its subsidiary Air India Express are scheduled to operate a total 64 flights between May 7 and May 14 to bring 14,800 Indians from 12 countries on a payment basis.
The airline plans to deploy A380 to Mumbai instead.
An Airbus A-380 of the Singapore Airlines (SIA) on Friday took off from Singapore for Delhi, marking the maiden flight of the superjumbo to India.
Times Square bombing suspect Faisal Shahzad's bid to flee the United States did not raise any red flag as the airline whose flight to Dubai he boarded had not refreshed its information on the Pakistani-American being tailed by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
The long-range planes will be delivered from early 2014.
Air Arabia said it has been granted rights to fly daily to Mumbai from the middle of next month.
Vistara has a three-class configuration with business, premium economy and economy cabins.
Noting the urgency and desire on the part of India to extradite people accused of corruption, the UK on Friday said a "legal process" is on in Vijay Mallya's matter and it has to be followed through as there cannot be any shortcut. In May last year, the fugitive businessman lost his appeals in the British Supreme Court against his extradition to India to face money laundering and fraud charges. Asked when can Mallya be extradited to India and if some kind of legal issue is still pending in the matter, new British High Commissioner to India, Alex Ellis, without pointing to any particular case, said he recognises the urgency, importance and the desire to get back people who are accused of corruption to India.
United Arab Emirates-based low cost airline Air Arabia will operate seven additional flights from Mumbai to Sharjah from September 7-15.
Some airline companies may be struggling to keep themselves afloat, but business for the aviation training industry is brisk, barring some exceptions.
Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates, has launched its daily services to Mumbai and plans to start thrice-a-week flights from Abu Dhabi to Delhi from December.
Vistara and AirAsia India have been lobbying for the relaxation of this rule.
Air India is planning to tweak its daily service to Australia, to cut losses.
The biggest challenge is not the airline's debt, but downsizing its 16,800 employees, says Surajeet Dasgupta.
Court order follows submission of govt lawyers that Serious Fraud Investigation Office was probing a case of misappropriation of fund by Jet Airways and Goyal.
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Qatar Airways might infuse $200 million in debt and equity in SpiceJet.
Following the market buzz, the stock opened the day on a bullish note and further jumped 6.13 per cent to Rs 590 on the Bombay Stock Exchange.
Shares of Jet Airways on Monday soared by over 18 per cent to touch a one-year high level amid reports of talks between the airline and United Arab Emirates' Etihad Airways for stake sale.
Naresh Goyal only gave an undertaking not to sell any of his 51% stake in return for raising working capital debt from PNB.
Ajit Singh says will seek cabinet nod to scrap 5-year, 20 aircraft rule.
Following the incident, all flights at Stansted had to be temporarily grounded, according to British media reports.
A senior Air India pilot, who was found to be allegedly drunk by Sharjah International Airport security just prior to flying, has been let off with a warning by the United Arab Emirates authorities.
The International Cricket Council (ICC) said it was preparing to fly teams participating in the Twenty20 World Cup starting next week directly from Dubai to the West Indies.
Travels to Gulf accounted for 40% of India's international air traffic in 2016.
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The US has tightened its no-fly rules for airlines. The new rules, enforced since Wednesday by the Transportation and Security Administration, came within two days of Shahzad's attempt to flee.
While most of these commanders quit the airline for better prospects, some of them also parted ways due to the work culture
Using flight search, travellers in the US, Canada, the UK, the Netherlands, Spain, France, Italy, Germany, Poland and Ireland will be able to explore and compare flights to and from any of Etihad Airways 103 destinations.
The Indian opener, who is in decent form, having scored well in the One-dayers and the T20Is against Sri Lanka last month, enjoyed some time out from training while going sight-seeing with his young family in beautiful Cape Town.
It's good news for those who fly frequently. They can avail of some interesting offers from their credit card companies, including co-branded airline cards, zero per cent interest on ticket repayments and even free tickets in a few cases.
Over 1.3 million, or 49% of passengers flew to the US via airports in the Gulf in FY16
Minority investors of SpiceJet might be feeling cold-shouldered.
A decade after the hijacking of an Indian Airlines plane, the chief Indian negotiator who engaged the hijackers blamed the then government for its 'diplomatic failure' in their inability to make the United States and the United Arab Emirates use their influence to help secure a quick release of the passengers.
In 2012, India attracted $22.78 billion of FDI, according to the data by Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion.
Amber Dubey explains why India needs to stop blocking competition if it ever wants to become the top aviation market.
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