Air Sahara is offering special economy class return tickets between Delhi-Singapore at Rs 8,500, plus taxes.
After allowing private Indian carriers to operate to the UK and Southeast Asia, government on Friday permitted Jet Airways to launch operations to New York from the ensuing summer season starting April.
The aircraft had caused disruptions in Mumbai airport the past three days.
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Jet Airways has reported plans to purchase 30 aircraft over the next few years and continue with its sale and lease back policy to strike a balance between owned and leased planes in its 53-strong fleet.
A decision to merge Air India and Indian is likely to be taken in the current fiscal to turn the combined entity into a mega carrier with about 130 aircraft to take on the major global carriers like Singapore Airlines, Emirates and British Airways.
Sahara group on Wednesday said the sale of its airline to Jet Airways for $500 million was not a "distress deal but a profitable exit" from the business that did not hold promise and future in the short to medium term.
Indian Airlines on Friday announced a new APEX fare slab for purchase of tickets in eight sectors to match the heightened competition among domestic carriers to attract second AC train passengers.
Not a single flight was able to take off or land at the Indira Gandhi International Airport between 0200 IST and 0900 IST
Low cost carrier Air Deccan will add Pune and Srinagar to its network on December 6, taking the total number of its destinations to 46 and making it the largest network provider in the country.
UB Group chairman and Rajya Sabha member Vijay Mallya and Air Sahara chief executive officer U K Bose were on Monday honoured with the Distinguished Fellow Award, 2003.
Major domestic airlines on Wednesday said they were considering imposing a fuel surcharge and hiking air fares following the announcement of a Rs 1,600/kl rise in jet fuel prices from midnight on Wednesday.
Ending the monopoly of government-owned airlines to fly abroad, the DGCA has initiated the process of allowing private carriers to launch overseas services by asking them to file their schedules and fares for operating to Colombo.
Air Sahara has introduced a daily service from Delhi to Trivandrum via Cochin and a direct flight from Trivandrum to Delhi.
The airfare hike will come into effect from October 14.
Air travel is likely to become costlier from October 14 with all major domestic airlines planning a hike of 10 per cent in line with the spurt in oil prices.
Kingfisher Airlines has reduced its fares on the Mumbai-Bangalore route to Rs 2,999.
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