The ministry of civil aviation has recommended three levels of unruly behaviour by passengers, each with a different duration of ban on flying.
The number of local youth joining militancy has shown a declining trend during the current year. Check out information revealed by ministers in the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha.
Non-metro routes get 73 per cent of its flyers -- a factor that has earned it double-digit share with only 19 planes.
Shares of SpiceJet on Wednesday rose by over 19 per cent even as aviation regulator asked the no-frills carrier to immediately stop its offer of one-rupee fares across its domestic network.
The airline expects seat occupancy of 77.7 per cent on domestic routes.
Riding on high yields and an increased passenger load factor, state-owned Air India posted a healthy 46 per cent revenue growth last month over the same period last year, airline sources said on Wednesday.
"I want to clarify one thing that the BJP is not going to take the support of Kanda," he told reporters in Chandigarh.
The HC also offered a ray of hope to the hundreds of employees of UB-Group owned now-grounded Kingfisher Airlines, who have not been paid monthly salaries for over a year now.
This year the Pitru Paksha fortnight runs from September 9-24 and will end with the start of Navratri.
Jet Airways' Acting CEO and Chief Financial Officer Ravishankar Gopalakrishnan has resigned, sources said on Tuesday, the latest in the high-profile exit from the private carrier.
'Afghanistan is a beautiful country but has no luck as far as lasting peace is concerned'
Airlines likely to be allowed to operate with smaller aircraft.
The airline has said it isn't worried about competition in the domestic market, thanks to its spread across three passenger segments
Vistara will have to face stiff competition from Jet Airways, AirAsia
The lower quarterly profit was mainly due to rise in fuel costs, foreign exchange loss and lower yield
According to experts, the new entrant with its aggressive plans could give tough competition to Malaysia Airlines and AirAsia, two strong players in this sector.
Private carrier Jet Airways on Monday launched daily flights between Mumbai and Raipur.
IndiGo maintained its lead position with 49 per cent share of the domestic passenger market in May. SpiceJet's market share increased to 14.8 per cent in May, giving it the number two spot. The market share of Air India, GoAir, AirAsia and Vistara were 13.5 per cent, 11.1 per cent, 6.3 per cent and 4.7 per cent, respectively, in May this year.
Domestic air traffic grew by over 14 per cent in September, with 11 Indian carriers together flying a total of 66.66 lakh passengers during the month.
While the plane was in the air, the woman fell asleep. She woke up to find Kunam sexually touching her.
'There were moments when you didn't know if you will get out of there alive.'
Cochin International Airport may team up with some domestic airlines to launch a budget carrier for the Gulf destinations.
On the occasion of 58th Republic Day, Budget airline SpiceJet is offering 99,999 seats at an unbelievable price of 99 paise.
The airline, which is slated to get its first Airbus A-320 soon, had earlier announced plans to start operations in October.
No-frills carrier AirAsia India on Monday offered rock-bottom fares, starting at as low as Rs 1,299 for domestic flights, as part of the parent AirAsia's global sale offer for a limited period.
The move to increase sales comes ahead of Tata- Singapore Airlines' entry in the domestic market.
The no-frills carrier was launched in 2009. It began India operations a year later.
It offers fares as low as Rs 1,499 for a one-way journey.
For 50 per cent of the seats of flights under UDAN, the fare cap will be Rs 2,500, and the rest will be market-based pricing.
SpiceJet announced discounted fares on domestic sector.
GoAir announced discounts on fares, starting from December 21.
'There are smaller cities, which are very attractive to fly'.
The reason for the directive, the first of its kind by the airline, is that Air India does not want its own staff to occupy seats that can be sold to fare-paying passengers.
Budget carrier IndiGo continued to be the largest player with a market share of 46.9 per cent ferrying 54 lakh passengers in March.
Brazilian aircraft maker Embraer is betting big on the growing aviation markets in the smaller cities of India.
Some lessors have even taken the airline to court.
Sector seeks declared goods status for ATF and withdrawal of service tax on first class and business class air tickets.
Air India is planning to tweak its daily service to Australia, to cut losses.
Jet's advertising and that of most other airlines has been limited to new routes or promotional fares.
'It goes without saying that Air India has now no imaginable reason to exist.'
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