Paramount Airways and Club One Air make different promises. Will they fly the long distance?
Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel on Thursday said he would request the finance ministry for extending tax exemption on leased aircraft, scheduled to be implemented from April 1, 2005.
A minor fire broke out in Air Deccan's inaugural flight from Hyderabad to Vijayawada prompting the crew to arrange a safe passage.
Air Deccan has announced the launch of its return flights from Lucknow to Delhi from March 7.
The Bad Boy Billionaires series has a lot in common: The three billionaires' hefty ambition, dangerous arrogance and untrammeled power, observes Dhruv Munjal.
Air Deccan's Super Flier, Value Flier, Super Flier Plus and Value Flier Plus schemes make your air tickets cheaper.
Air Deccan has introduced direct daily flights from Delhi to Chennai and Trivandrum and between Chennai-Trivandrum and Cochin-Trivandrum.
Air Deccan has introduced direct daily flights from Mumbai to Cochin and Trivandrum.
Air Deccan will introduce a new daily service between Mumbai-Kolkata and Bangalore-Kolkata from October 5.
Low-cost air travel offers better options for the rural and middle classes, but cutting expenses on regular routes isn't easy.
Air Deccan will introduce two new daily services, Kochi-Bangalore and Kochi-Chennai, from September 27.
Senior party leader and member of the national executive committee Yogendra Yadav said that the party had over 1.5 million members and it was only the opinion of the party officer bearers and spokespersons that was relevant.
The decision was taken after Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced that the lockdown across the country will be extended till May 3 to fight the coronavirus pandemic.
The resignation of Captain Gopinath on Saturday came as a severe blow to the Aam Aadmi Party. "The party has lost its focus and I did not feel the need to continue," said the Air Deccan founder, who had joined the party in January this year.
A senior official in the central labour commissioner's office said the efforts of the government were to resolve the cases amicably and not to press for legal action against employers. "Everyone is going through tough times. We could initiate legal action if we want but that's not the idea. We want to address the issues amicably," the official said.
The low fares will come with a discernible sea-change in service quality and minus the luxury which comes as an essential part of any long-haul travel
Modi's 'UDAN' project faces fund crunch as too many airlines have come on board
An overriding ambition to rule the domestic skies prevented Jet Airways from becoming a strong and formidable player in the international market. The Sahara buy added to the complexity of its operations and a dilution of what the airline stood for, says Anjuli Bhargava.
The national carrier's market share has declined from a near-monopoly to 16.6 per cent as of September 2014.
Terming SpiceJet's offer of rupee one fare across its domestic network as "predatory" and a "malpractice", aviation regulator DGCA on Tuesday came down heavily on the no-frill carrier and asked it to stop such pricing immediately.
Many corporate figures, who are not full-fledged businessmen, have felt the need to make a change in the system. That's why they are joining the AAP, Captain Gopinath tells Rediff.com's Vicky Nanjappa
Because of lack of pilots, airlines have been forced to cancel their flights and rework their schedules, constraining cash flows and delaying vendor payments.
The biggest let down for India's aviation sector has been the failure of the government to privatise Air India, says Anjuli Bhargava.
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.
Aditya Ghosh, with no prior aviation background or MBA degree, managed not only to become the CEO of an airline but even piloted it to the top with almost half of the market.
For his 60th birthday in December, which he called his third 20th birthday, Mallya flew in Enrique Iglesias to perform at his villa overlooking the beach in Goa.
Unless Naresh Goyal pulls the proverbial rabbit out of his hat or reveals an unexpected ace of spades, the airline he built from scratch - many refer to it as "his baby" - may slip out of his grasp, says Anjuli Bhargava.
Majority of India's international routes have been captured by foreign airlines.
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