IndiGo retained its No. 1 position amongst domestic airlines growing its market share.
IndiGo and other airlines have said they are improving their staff training, looking at better ways of communication and customer awareness on operational matters.
Tony Fernandes had blamed Indian domestic carriers for preventing AirAsia's India launch earlier, too, but this was the first time he named an airline.
Vistara started allowing passengers to book an extra seat from Tuesday. IndiGo and SpiceJet, too, are in the final stages of designing such a product to be sold as an add-on.
United Airlines, following its merger with Continental has emerged as the world's biggest airline measured by available seat kilometers (capacity).
Because of strong headwinds on Delhi-Istanbul route for the last two days, the low-cost carrier has been unable to take most of the check-in luggage in the same aircraft along with passengers, said an airline spokesperson.
Some airlines, says Anjuli Bhargava, are convinced there's a conspiracy to malign them.
Going 'long' is becoming an overcrowded trade on Dalal Street, and any negative trigger could lead to a sharp correction, warn experts. However, given the strong momentum, particularly in IT stocks, the downside could be protected in the immediate term. "With the Nifty50 surging to new life-time highs, the bulls remain in control. Further upsides are likely once the immediate resistance of 21,492 is taken out.
Air India, IndiGo, and SpiceJet have suspended flights to China and Hong Kong.
French aviation watchdog BEA said vertical separation between the two aircraft 'was zero feet' while the least horizontal separation between the two planes was reduced to just 0.6 NM.
In the past, Qatar Airways has repeatedly expressed a desire to invest in IndiGo, the country's largest domestic airline.
IndiGo, Jet, SpiceJet and GoAir demand level playing field in aviation policy, say government can't favour only two new airlines.
Mayank Agarwal is believed to be out of danger after drinking liquid from a pouch, which he thought was water and was kept on his seat as he was on board with IndiGo airlines
India remained the world's fastest growing domestic aviation market with 51 straight months of doubled-digit traffic growth but the woes of passengers as well as carriers manifested in myriad forms.
Among the impacted flights, Air India's flight AI 185 from the national capital to Vancouver that was to depart early in the morning was rescheduled.
An Indigo plane from Delhi with 182 people on board caught fire on Saturday while landing at Kathmandu airport but all passengers and crew escaped unhurt after they were safely evacuated.
Its revenue during the period grew by 65 per cent to touch Rs 9,458 crore (Rs 94.58 billion), as against Rs 5,718 crore (Rs 57.18 billion) during FY12.
IndiGo clearly needs to refresh its HR and training manual, says Shyamal Majumdar.
IndiGo's ascent is not without its risks, however.
The civil aviation ministry has increased the seat capacity between India and Abu Dhabi from 13,000 seats/week to over 50,000 seats/week
The DGCA cracked the whip after an IndiGo flight bound for Lucknow returned to Ahmedabad within 40 minutes of its getting airborne due to a mid-air engine failure.
IndiGo confirmed the incident but said the aircraft did not face any technical issue in the past.
The civil aviation ministry is to issue new route dispersal guidelines this month.
The genesis of the arbitration lies in a bitter public battle that began in July when Rakesh Gangwal wrote to capital market regulator Sebi alleging lack of corporate governance in the company. He alleged that Rahul Bhatia, who holds controlling power of the company, had used it to execute questionable related-party transactions.
IndiGo declined to comment on the matter
While most of these commanders quit the airline for better prospects, some of them also parted ways due to the work culture
'aris can be boiling hot in July. The choice of viscose over cotton was deliberate. Cotton would have crushed badly. We used viscose because it is a wood pulp fibre and lets you breathe. It is cooler than silk. We had to consider breathability because the athletes would be on a barge, in the heat, for up to five hours.'
IndiGo, the country's latest low-fare domestic airline, is planning to fly to 30 cities across the country with a fleet of 40 A-320s by 2010.
For any airline to be eligible for restructuring, the current ratio has to be equal to or higher than 0.4, while 'debt to Ebitda' has to be equal to or less than 5.5.
The airline has also inked a deal to take 12 A320s from Singapore's Tiger Airways on lease.
Just after the boarding completed, a passenger suddenly opened the emergency exit door and inflated the slide, the airline said.
IndiGo is arguably more a financial services company than airline.
The bookings of tickets under the four-day "festive sale" offer have begun from Monday for the travel period from September 18, 2018 to March 30, 2019, IndiGo said.
IndiGo, Vistara, Air India, SpiceJet have cancelled their flights, while GoAir and AirAsia India announced waiving date change/ cancellation fee.
The budget carrier would now be operating 399 flights per day.
The other three airlines that have been probed in this matter are SpiceJet, GoAir and Air India
West Asian carriers are up against Air India and IndiGo in the battle for seats on lucrative international routes.
According to the latest figures released by the DGCA, IndiGo, with 27 per cent market share in July this year, has edged past Jet, which managed 26.6 per cent share.
The airline is currently operating on the Delhi-Dubai, Mumbai-Dubai, Delhi-Singapore and Mumbai-Muscat routes.
The sessions court in Mumbai on Wednesday granted bail to Indigo Airlines co-pilot Arjun Menon, accused of abetting the suicide of airhostess Sucheta Anand
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