American Airlines announced the plan to combine with US Airways last month, a deal that also requires regulatory approval.
Silk Air with a score of 54.1 was adjudged the best airline in this category. Air Iceland (51.3), SriLankan Airlines (47.2), and Dragon Air (45.5) were adjudged to be the third, fourth and fifth best carriers in the category.
No deal has been signed between Air Sahara and Jet Airways, but discussions are on for a strategic alliance between the two private carriers.
Jet Airways has convened a board meeting on Friday, May 23, which is expected to consider the future of executive director Saroj K Datta, who, sources said, may exit the airline after May 31. Chairman Naresh Goyal, who was in Mumbai last week, reportedly discussed the issue with Datta, a veteran of over 46 years in the airline industry.
Akbar-Al-Baker, Chief Executive Officer told the PTI on Wednesday that Qatar Airways has exhausted all the traffic routes allotted by the Government of India.
UK-based British Airways has been slapped a service tax notice by the Revenue Department asking it to pay the balance of Rs 143.5 crore (Rs 1.44 billion) liability on sale of tickets in India between May 2006 and November 2007.
The airline will utilise new Airbus A320s, scheduled for delivery this year, to accommodate much of the increased frequencies.
Anita would be additional director in a non-executive and non-independent role.
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
A Mangaluru-bound Jet Airways flight with 65 passengers and four crew members on board on Wednesday returned to the Bengaluru airport shortly after departure as smoke was detected in the cabin.
Jet Airways pilots have warned the management of agitation if the airline fails to offer a concrete plan on payment of arrears amounting to Rs 100 crore (Rs 1 billion) by August 20.
GoAir reluctant to respond to overtures.
Singapore's budget airline Tiger Airways announced on Tuesday that it had bagged approval to fly between Singapore and six Indian cities. Consequently the airlines will soon start flights to Chennai, Cochin, Goa, Trivandrum, Kolkata and Kozikhode.
South America-based Synergy Group, one of the suitors, has said slots at London's Heathrow airport are critical to the airline's operations and will decide on participating in the resolution only if it gets clarity. It also wants to form a new company with its assets, employees, and operating permit but minus all liabilities.
Will Jet Airways benefit by shutting its low-cost carrier in a highly price-conscious market?
The boards of AMR Corp and US Airways Group Inc each met on Wednesday to approve a merger that would create the world's largest airline with an expected market value of around $11 billion, people familiar with the matter said.
Jet Airways CEO-designate Sanjiv Kapoor on Monday said the new management does not want to be "in a rush" to restart operations while asserting that the airline will be unique and different. The ownership transfer of the airline under the insolvency resolution plan is facing hurdles over differences between the winning bidder and lenders. "We don't want to be in a rush," Kapoor said.
The change will affect economy and premium economy travellers.
All the airline's guests will travel on Thursday to Amsterdam in 15 buses and will be accommodated there in hotels.
The Gulf carrier could pay up to $330 million for a 24 percent stake.
India said it is in touch with its High Commission in Nairobi following the crash.
Vistara and AirAsia India have been lobbying for the relaxation of this rule.
According to industry statistics, about 1,60,000 students from India go abroad for higher education every year.
A Jet Airways flight from Mumbai to London, with more than 300 people, triggered a major scare when it lost contact with the Air Traffic Control after getting intercepted by German fighter jets. The flight then had to be escorted by German Air Force fighter planes before it landed.
Kardassis, who quit the airline in 2013, will advise Goyal and senior management on cost-saving and productivity improvement
The airline was forced to ground its fleet in December after running out of cash.
Crisis-hit Go First has sought various interim directions from the National Company Law Tribunal, including restraining lessors from taking back aircraft and regulator DGCA from taking any adverse action against the airline. The Wadia group-owned airline, which has liabilities worth Rs 11,463 crore, has sought voluntary insolvency resolution proceedings and the plea is set to be heard by the Delhi bench of the NCLT on Thursday. Go First has cancelled all its flights for three days starting from May 3.
Jet Airways Ltd said on Friday it made a profit in the June quarter compared to a loss in the year-ago period, helped by a drop in fuel expenses.
The loss making airline would be reducing the number of employees in the first half of 2010.
The top-level exodus at Naresh Goyal-promoted Jet Airways continued on Friday, with chief financial officer and acting CEO Ravishankar Gopalakrishnan quitting.
Jet Airways has placed a $300 million order with US aeroengine major GE for supplying engines to power the Mumbai-based airline's Airbus A 330-200 fleet.
Qatar Airways is keen to buy equity in IndiGo if the Indian carrier offers 49 per cent stake to it, a top official has said as he sought the opening up of the Indian aviation market for established airline companies.
Tiger operates Airbus A320s and was set up by SIA and Singapore's national investment firm, Temasek Holdings, in 2004.
As its promoters finalise a stake sale deal with Gulf carrier Etihad, labour unrest seems to be brewing in Jet Airways with its engineers wearing black bands to protest an alleged move to freeze salary hikes and the pilots deciding to meet on the same issue shortly.
"There was never a suggestion of Jet Airways having been warned of ever being barred from operating [in Canada] because of one or two illegal passengers on board our flights," said Chandrasekar Bala, general manager, Canada, Jet Airways. He was reacting to a recent front-page report in the Toronto Star.
Jet Airways made a stand-alone profit of Rs 87.5 crore (Rs 875 million).
A resurgent SpiceJet is spreading its wings and Vistara is set to challenge Jet on long-haul routes in the coming years.
Leading carrier British Airways has posted a loss of 401 million pounds for the year ended March 31, 2009, reportedly its biggest loss in more than 20 years, primarily hit by reduced passenger numbers and high fuel prices.
In a path-breaking expansion bid, Jet Airways on Tuesday signed a deal with Airbus to buy ten A 330-200 and A 330-300 aircraft, with options to acquire ten more aircraft.
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