It's too big to digest as one whole airline.'
Vistara has poor load factors currently, it needs to bring down fares a bit to improve flight occupancy.
Old-timers say Jet boss Naresh Goyal, although still razor sharp, doesn't have the same energy he once did and this reflects in his 'baby'.
Aviation regulators says airlines are free to fix fares.
It offers fares as low as Rs 1,499 for a one-way journey.
The government is keeping its options open.
GST impact: Higher lease payouts may hit airlines, cab aggregators.
Mittu Chandilya has criticised the proposed credit-based policy for international flight.
Some airline sources, however, fear it will reduce overall yields
Experts said the risks associated with the Indian Experts say that aviation sector would keep investors away from airline stocks.
Following the entry of Tata-SIA and AirAsia into the Indian aviation market, the domestic aviation industry is seeing increased interest from private entities.
Anjuli Bhargava's musings on why the national carrier is well beyond a turnaround.
Govt's decision to allow in-flight Wi-Fi doesn't take off with budget airlines, full-service carriers enthused
Foreign carriers to pick up staff from cash-strapped SpiceJet.
The airline would be accepting the bids till November 19.
This was good enough for Fernandes to hire Chandilya to lead his India business.
The first set of routes that it will launch internationally will be the routes that can be flown by its existing aircraft, the A320s, which will be routes within three, three-and-a-half hours of India
Eyeing potential business opportunity, Boeing Corporation is planning to approach the proposed Tata-Singapore Airlines.
Airline says can't discuss dues publicly, denies grounding of planes
The government has made clear that the Airports Authority of India will closely monitor the cost of airports built through the PPP route.
The carriers are scoffing at making the life of their competitors 'easier.
Civil Aviation Secretary R N Choubey said on Friday there would be no compulsion on airlines.
The future certainly looks good for Bangalore.
Two months after launch, low-cost warrior AirAsia is expanding to uncharted routes in India.
The $100 billion Tata group conglomerate is a major beneficiary of the decision to open up aviation in India.
Vistara reported a passenger load factor of 45.4 per cent.
The inaugural flight took off in the presence of Minister of State for Civil Aviation, Mahesh Sharma, along with a number of other people.
The superstar refuses to endorse any label except for one regional cola brand at the start of his career almost four decades ago.
An airline's birth is a result of passion and enterprise, often not without its challenges and ordeals. And, Tata-run airlines are no exception
GoAir hopes to fly 15 million passengers by 2016-17, serve 30 destinations, up from 21 now, and will largely remain a domestic airline.
Air Carnival can make quick progress by stepping into the space that SpiceJet has left empty.
Though the Mumbai and Delhi airports still rule the domestic aviation market, the share of the two in overall traffic is falling. In 2006-07, the two airports collectively handled 40.6 per cent of all domestic passengers; in 2012-13, their share fell to 37 per cent.
Key events that rocked India Inc in 2014 and one of them is Vishal Sikka taking over reins at Infosys.
The only two truly successful private airlines in India - Jet Airways and IndiGo - have been set up and run by people who knew the ins and outs of the trade well before they took to the skies.
The sooner the airlines get their act together, the better.
IndiGo's ascent is not without its risks, however.
Life of air passengers was different in the 1970s.
Vistara has fine-tuned strategies to tap the elite class and Jet Airways may lose out on market share in times to come.
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