But the Abu Dhabi-based airline would first bolster its own network with traffic from India before Jet's turnaround.
Delhi has a sizeable Afghan community, both long-time residents and visitors who come seeking medical help. Shivam Saini gives a snapshot of the small but thriving economy that has grown to service them.
The Confederation of Indian Industry has sought more flights to Sri Lanka for boosting bilateral trade between New Delhi and Colombo.
SpiceJet had rolled out a scheme offering a discount of Rs 200 to every passenger who books a flight with only one handbag and no check-in baggage.
Ajay Singh is trying hard to turnaround SpiceJet.
The carrier is loaded by debt of as much as Rs 7,000 crore.
The C919 - a twin-engine, narrow-body aircraft seating up to 174 people - is similar in size to the Airbus 320.
After a long spell of losses, national carrier Air India recorded a net profit of Rs 14.6 crore (Rs 146 million) in last December, driven by a healthy growth in both passenger and cargo revenue.
The earlier aircraft did not have a first class
Bhutto plans to travel by Emirates Airlines with a two-hour stop-over in Dubai before landing in Karachi on October 18
This fully double-decker aircraft, which landed at 10.50 am, has a passenger capacity of 850 seats in all economy configurations, but in three classes it has the capacity to carry about 550 passengers.
'India is a high-cost market but that is man-made. The government can change that with a stroke of the pen.'
Regional connectivity will bring development to tier-2 and tier-3 cities which are becoming "growth engines", Prime Minister Narendra Modi said while inaugurating the first flight under UDAN.
Besides non-payment of salaries, Vijay Mallya-owned private carrier, is saddled with huge debt and losses
In March this year, domestic air traffic had spiked by 1.6 per cent to 5.18 million passengers, compared to 5.1 million in March 2012.
The Indian Railways must opt for a dynamic fare-fixing system and improve its management and marketing techniques.
The SOEC clause says only airlines owned by a country or its citizens can fly from the nation concerned to India and use the quota of seats allotted under a bilateral pact between the countries.
Apart from India, only two other countries - Russia (15.5 per cent) and China (14.9 per cent) clocked double digit growth in November
Kuwait's new budget carrier Jazeera Airways on Monday launched flights to Mumbai and Delhi, planning to increase the number of destinations in the country in the near future.
The agreement received post-facto approval of the Union Cabinet at a meeting chaired by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in New Delhi on Tuesday evening. The accord would allow the designated carriers of India and Abu Dhabi to have 50,000 seat-capacity each week.
Owing to a demand-supply mismatch, all the airlines are seeing an increase in revenues.
Jet Airways on Monday became the country's first airline to introduce Internet check-in facility for its passengers.
Initiating a fare war on global routes, Qatar Airways and Singaporean budget carrier Tigerair have announced massive limited-period discounts hoping to corner a chunk of the Indian travel market share.
Jet and Etihad stand to benefit from cost savings and synergies in areas such as fleet acquisition, maintenance and training.
Budget carrier Spice Jet on Saturday announced flight operations to Chennai and Hyderabad starting from November 14, extending the six-month old airline's connectivity to 11 Indian cities.
Unlikely to happen in less than a year,despite the advantage of the parent airline's base.
Inching closer to launch its operations, new no-frill carrier AirAsia India on Saturday took delivery of its first Airbus A-320 as it landed in Chennai after flying in from Toulouse headquarters of the European aircraft manufacturer.
The move will help Jet Airways strengthen its subsidiary JetLite's performance.
Singapore Airlines on Monday offered air tickets to Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Penang and Bangkok from Kolkata at a promotional fare between July 22 and August 19.
Cheers broke out in the cabin of JetBlue flight 387 as the plane touched down.
The no-frills brand is poised for a big leap by debuting in some international routes as well.
Revamping Indian Railways will need bold thinking, and lots of money and time. And all three may be scarce, points out T N Ninan.
AirAsia is facing a legal challenge from Bharatiya Janata Party MP Subramanian Swamy, whose petition comes up for hearing at the Delhi HIgh Court on Wednesday.
Kuwait-based Jazeera Airways on Tuesday announced the establishment of a second hub in Dubai, making it the only low fare airline operating out of Dubai International Airport.
Oil and Natural Gas Corp on Friday said it has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding with Indian Airlines to take two aircraft on lease to meet its operational requirements.
Union Minister MK Alagiri and his sister and Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam Member of Parliament Kanimozhi, children of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi both were travelling from Chennai to New Delhi by the same Indian Airlines flight on Tuesday.
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