No-frills carrier IndiGo's market share stood at 36.8 per cent in February while that of Jet Airways was 18.4 per cent.
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.
The Foreign Investment Promotion Board on Friday gave conditional approval to the proposal of InterGlobe Aviation which would pave the way for fresh foreign direct investment in private air carrier IndiGo.
IndiGo operates 125 flights across 17 destinations with a fleet of 19 brand new Airbus A-320 aircraft. For the full service carrier, Kingfisher, the drop on flights up to 750 km will be Rs 400 to Rs 1,950 from Rs 2,350 earlier. Fares for travelling above 750 km will be down to Rs 2,700 from Rs 3,100.
Investment bankers handling the IPO had said marquee global investors made big-ticket applications.
Talks gain ground of strategic stake sale to foreign investor.
Analysts have questioned the Aditya Ghosh-led company's negative net worth due to a huge dividend payout ahead of an IPO.
IndiGo CEO Ronojoy Dutta announced on Thursday that the airline was instituting pay cuts for senior employees and he would himself take the highest cut of 25 per cent amid the novel coronavirus pandemic that has hit the aviation industry hard.
Another nine Indigo flights came under the scanner after warnings that they have bombs on board.
Indian carriers transported 12.8 million domestic passengers in March 2023, a year-on-year growth of 21.41 per cent. India's largest carrier IndiGo shored up its domestic market share from 53.8 per cent in Q4 of FY22 to 55.7 per cent in Q4 of FY23, according to the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) data released on Monday.
Thousands of people - pilot says five flights are stuck at least - stuck minutes from an airport but they can't get off to drink a glass of water.
Rahul Bhatia set up IndiGo and the Ibis hotels in India.
Low-cost carrier IndiGo on Wednesday said it plans to hire up to 1,500 people this year to support its major expansion drive.
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.
IndiGo and Jet Airways took the second and third rank, alternatively, during this period.
Just after the boarding completed, a passenger suddenly opened the emergency exit door and inflated the slide, the airline said.
The civil aviation ministry is to issue new route dispersal guidelines this month.
Bharti Airtel, the country's largest mobile operator, has already joined the global Seamless Alliance to provide in-flight connectivity.
The information was forwarded to the Intelligence Bureau, Anti-Terrorism Squad, Special Branch of police and Crime Branch, a police officer said.
Tata Motors on Thursday launched a new model in its Indigo XL range, which comes with a longer wheel base.
An unruly passenger onboard an IndiGo flight from Mumbai allegedly got violent and created rukcus in the aircraft, forcing authorities to hand him over to security officials when the plane landed at the IGI airport in New Delhi.
There was no word from IndiGo's CEO Aditya Ghosh.
Airbus claims the new aircraft is 15 per cent more fuel efficient than the exiting versions of A320
The police has registered an FIR and would look at who was at fault.
Airfares on major domestic routes from Chennai surged as flight operations at the airport were disrupted due to strong winds and torrential rain that lashed the city in the wake of Cyclone Michaung on Monday. According to ixigo data, on December 5, one-way spot airfares from Chennai to cities like Mumbai, New Delhi, Hyderabad, Bengaluru, and Kolkata rose between 52 per cent and 171 per cent compared to prices three to seven days prior. The Chennai-Mumbai route, the busiest flight route from Chennai airport, saw airfares surge 68.6 per cent from Rs 3,728 to Rs 6,286 in the aforementioned period.
India's largest airline has also told its crew members -- who are working on flights connecting India with East Asian countries like Thailand and Singapore -- to wear N95 masks at all times when they are on ground.
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.
Users jocularly wondered if the name of institutions such as the Indian Space Research Organisation, the Reserve Bank of India and the Board of Control for Cricket in India will be changed.
Civil Aviation Minister Ashok Gajapathi Raju has sought an independent probe by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation after a video surfaced on Tuesday showing an IndiGo ground staff brawling with passenger Rajeev Katiyal at the Delhi airport last month.
'I hope they all survive, but it is a tough world.' 'The carriers who are already established are already struggling.'
IndiGo declined to comment on the matter
The 30-day visa-free entry is also currently enjoyed by eight ASEAN countries for the purpose of social visits, tourism and business.
The Congress on Thursday claimed its leader Pawan Khera was deplaned from a flight to Raipur, where he was going to attend the party's plenary session.
Latter's market share rises to 36.1% in Dec; best on-time performance across metro airports
Domestic carriers flew 28 per cent more people last month compared to a year ago, as no-frill carrier IndiGo remained the market leader by cornering 28 per cent share.
The budget carrier would now be operating 399 flights per day.
The new variants are petrol GLX model and two diesel LX models -- in turbo-charged diesel with intercooler and direct injection common rail engine options, the company said. The Tata Indigo CS, launched at the Auto Expo at New Delhi in January 2008, has boosted sales of the company's Indigo range of sedan.
"A passenger named Sanjay Mallik on Indigo flight 6E181 from Delhi arrested by CISF on landing at 1145 hours," a spokesperson for the Mumbai International Airport Limited told PTI.
An Indigo aircraft flight E-664 mmade and emergency landing at New Delhi airport. The National Security Guard and Delhi police's quick response team have been called in.
Top no-frills carrier IndiGo on Tuesday approached capital markets regulator Sebi with Initial Public Offer.
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