The two airlines are likely to begin their operations later this month after the DGCA approves their schedule for flight operations.
Jet Airways on Thursday announced a new package, including a special Monsoon Super Apex fare, on some metro sectors with immediate effect whereby a passenger could fly to metros like Mumbai -- from Delhi -- for just Rs 2,500.
Jet Airways, which inducted the 42nd aircraft in its fleet, has urged the government to allow domestic private carriers to fly abroad and also carry out their own ground handling.
Indian Airlines and Jet Airways on Friday revised the advance purchase fares in most of the sectors from next month.
Based on the Skytrax ranking for 2018, IndiGo is number two among the best low-cost carriers in Asia, behind rival AirAsia.
Having identified India as one of its major markets globally, Standard Chartered Bank on Wednesday said it was open to acquisitions and plans to more than double its branch network in the country to 150 by 2006-07.
The former India all-rounder turned out for Air Sahara in the Lala Hari Ram Memorial tournament on Saturday.
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Some of its subsidiary airline JetLite's pilots have quit.
DGCA was irked by was a video on social media that showed passengers dancing on board a midair flight. The regulator has summoned the airline officials seeking an explanation.
A mix of financial and strategic mistakes combined with poor expectations of the management are the reasons for the downfall of Indian airlines. For Jet, the deathly potion was even more toxic on account of the bitter squabbles between promoter Naresh Goyal and strategic partner Etihad Airways.
IndiGo will seek board approval for Dutta's appointment soon. Till then, promoter Rahul Bhatia will continue to act as interim CEO.
The move will help Jet Airways strengthen its subsidiary JetLite's performance.
Newly launched Vistara has a passenger load factor of 55% in the busy Delhi-Mumbai sector, compared with 80-85% in other airlines.
Konnect to be phased out as airline struggles to contain losses.
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The first to take off will be Air Pegasus, promoted by Bengaluru-based ground-handling firm Deccor Aviation.
The national carrier's market share has declined from a near-monopoly to 16.6 per cent as of September 2014.
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