IndiGo is arguably more a financial services company than airline.
The revised policy, which has come into effect since last week, means passengers who are looking to skip the long queues at airports will have to shell out a fee for it. For IndiGo, the lowest seat fees is Rs 100 while for SpiceJet it is Rs 99.
The aircraft involved in the incident were operating on Coimbatore-Hyderabad and Bengaluru-Cochin routes.
InterGlobe Aviation, the parent of the country's largest airline IndiGo, will convene a shareholders' meeting on December 30 to amend the company's Articles of Association (AoA) following a joint request from its promoters. The promoters -- Rahul Bhatia and Rakesh Gangwal -- together with their related entities and individuals own 77.4 per cent stake in InterGlobe Aviation. In a regulatory filing on Monday, the company said it will convene an Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM) on December 30 to amend the AoA to remove restrictions on transfer of shares by the promoters.
The aviation regulator slapped fines amounting to Rs 2.75 crore on Indian airlines in 2023, marking a 39 per cent rise in financial penalties from Rs 1.97 crore in 2022. The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) said it imposed fines on domestic carriers such as Air India, IndiGo, AirAsia India and SpiceJet for issues related to non-compliance in 2023. The regulator also carried out a record number of 5,745 surveillance activities in the year to ensure compliance by airlines, aerodrome operators, and aviation personnel among others.
India's biggest airline IndiGo is set to file the prospectus next week for a domestic stock market listing.
An Indigo flight from Bagdogra came close to a descending Air India plane over Bagdogra in West Bengal on Friday afternoon, raising the spectre of a collision and giving scare to about 250 passengers on board the two aircraft.
Long-haul low-cost carriers like Scoot and AirAsia X offer a similar configuration.
Tata Motors, the country's third-largest carmaker, on Thursday unveiled a new stationwagon model based on the Indigo mid-size car and a new version of its premium small car Indica.
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.
The airline is currently operating on the Delhi-Dubai, Mumbai-Dubai, Delhi-Singapore and Mumbai-Muscat routes.
Following the incident, which took place at Chennai airport last week, the Airports Authority of India raised the issue with IndiGo, asking it not to pass the blame for flight delays "falsely" to the ATC, sources said.
The airline has adopted a counterintuitive strategy of adding new aircraft and expanding capacity amid the slowdown, which seems to be paying off.
IndiGo maintained its lead in Indian aviation sector cornering over 30 per cent market share.
The international operations of Air India seem to be the main attraction for IndiGo, which has also flagged concerns about some foreign overseas airlines being allowed "disproportionate access" to the Indian market.
IndiGo heads towards $400 mln IPO as air travel booms.
Karnataka skipper Mayank Agarwal on Wednesday said he is on the mend and gearing for comeback after day-long hospitalisation caused by a suspicious liquid he drank on-board a New Delhi-bound flight in Agartala.
The woman, who was wearing a dress, missed her flight, though she was accommodated on a later flight after she reportedly changed into trousers.
The aviation ministry is not in the business of regulating tariffs, says its president Aditya Ghosh.
The carrier's total income rose over 28 per cent to Rs 8,229.4 crore in the three months ended December 2018.
At the heart of the strategy is the basic fundamental of keeping costs for long-haul flights low.
Jet Airways and IndiGo on Friday announced launching of more flights to Dubai from India.
Navi Mumbai airport's construction is facing delays, and is likely to commence commercial operations in 2025 instead of 2024, aviation consultancy firm CAPA has said in a report. When asked about this matter, the Adani Group told Business Standard that the Navi Mumbai airport project is "being executed as per scheduled implementation plan and will be operational by the original target date of December, 2024, without any delay". Navi Mumbai International Airport Limited (NMIAL), responsible for both the construction and operation of the airport, is a subsidiary of the Adani Group.
IndiGo clearly needs to refresh its HR and training manual, says Shyamal Majumdar.
The passengers were offloaded and the aircraft was moved to an isolation bay for further inspection, airport sources said.
Due to the tyre burst, the aircraft got stranded on the taxiway, prompting authorities to shut the airport's runway till 4 pm, affecting the services of passenger flights, officials said.
'Domestic will remain very much the core of what IndiGo is.' 'But the emphasis in our next growth phase is going to be on the international side.'
IndiGo will complete five years of operations in August 2011, which makes it eligible to fly overseas routes.
DGCA rules require pilots to service a six-month notice.
Whatever the final outcome of this unhappy episode, one thing is clear: a glass once cracked cannot be fixed. The trust is gone forever and the relationship between two old friends lies in tatters. For now, IndiGo, the airline, will have to learn to soar with two angry and distracted commanders, says Anjuli Bhargava.
IndiGo has about 400 planes on order.
Olympic silver medallist PV Sindhu on Saturday accused an Indigo ground staff of misbehaving with her while travelling from Hyderabad to Mumbai, even as the airline rejected the celebrated shuttler's allegations.
IndiGo revamps website, Jet ties up with Twitter
Given a choice, she will always be a sari girl.
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.
Strengthening its connectivity in the southern and western region, no-frills carrier IndiGo said it would launch new flights between Bangalore, Mumbai and Chennai from Tuesday.
West Asian carriers are up against Air India and IndiGo in the battle for seats on lucrative international routes.
The DGCA is conducting special audit of all airlines and airports which are in monsoon-affected areas in the wake of multiple landing incidents across the country.
IndiGo and other airlines have said they are improving their staff training, looking at better ways of communication and customer awareness on operational matters.
Putting the lives of passengers in danger, an IndiGo aircraft flew close to the road running parallel to the Jaipur airport runway in February.
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