Qatar Airways might infuse $200 million in debt and equity in SpiceJet.
Hyderabad-based Turbo Megha Airways became the fourth company to receive flying licence from aviation regulator DGCA in the past two years to launch a regional airline.
Of 1,400 pilots the airline has, 200 have quit in the past few months because of salary delays.
New Transport Secretary Philip Hammond, who held separate talks with both sides, said the judgement was good news for passengers.
While Jet Airways continues to fly high with a dominating presence among airlines in India, it also leads in the number of passenger complaints.
Jet Air boss Naresh Goyal wants everyone to try his airline's superior service -- and he wants his breakfast on time.
There was no word from IndiGo's CEO Aditya Ghosh.
In a late surge on Thursday, Jet Airways shares soared 9.7 per cent to close at Rs 408.5 on the Bombay Stock Exchange on speculation the airline's promoters had initiated talks to sell stake in the company.
It will continue to operate to Newark International Airport.
17,266,801 equity shares of Rs 10 each offer to be made through book-build process.
Expanding its wings in the international skies, leading carrier Jet Airways on Wednesday entered into a codeshare agreement with Australia's Qantas and said it would start flights to the US by next year.
Indian classical musician Ustad Amjad Ali Khan's sarod, which he has been playing for the last 45 years, has gone missing while he was returning to Delhi from London by a British Airways flight.
British Airways is facing a fresh wave of strikes after its cabin crew union won a dramatic court victory, clearing the way for 15 days of industrial action, commencing on Monday.
Inter-ministerial consultations are continuing on "some queries" sought by US authorities from India regarding allegations made against Jet Airways by an American firm of the same name, Lok Sabha was informed on Thursday.
Jet Airways is looking to lease around 20 Airbus A320 aircraft from lessors by 2024 as it aims to restart operations and fly international routes in the next one-and-a-half years. Jet's A320 aircraft fleet, according to sources, will be a mix of the Ceo and the more fuel-efficient Neo variants. These planes were originally intended for Russian airlines but could not be delivered following western sanctions on Russia over its Ukraine invasion.
To provide seamless travel between India and the UK, Air Sahara and British Airways on Thursday entered into a pact to synchronise flight schedules, launch joint fare products and decided to explore ways to have a codeshare agreement in the future.
The agitation, which saw almost 400 pilots affiliated to NAG going on sick leave protesting dismissal of their colleagues and saw cancellation of 280 flights on Saturday, is expected to end soon with the pilots poised to resuming duty almost immediately.
Jet Airways has announced the induction of the state-of-the-art Airbus A330-200 aircraft into its fleet. \n
British Airways resumed flights to and from Heathrow Airport when a walkout by its ground crew ended
Jet is losing money fast, beset by high costs, low fares and cut-throat competition in its domestic market.
The budget airline is waiting for approval from India.
Jet Airways, the largest domestic airline, will merge its no-frills brands JetLite and Jet Konnect and operate under the brand name of the latter.
Jet Airways, India's largest private airline, reported net losses of Rs 406.69 crore for the second quarter ended September 20, down nearly 6 percent from the same quarter last year.
Along with persistent cough that may last for several weeks, tuberculosis patients also complain of frequent bouts of fever, chills and sweating at night, says Dr Rahul Kendre.
Jet Airways, one of India's two main domestic airlines, is likely to report its second loss ever in the fiscal year to March 2003 because of flat demand in the aviation industry, a company official said.\n\n
US Airways faces a possible second bankruptcy filing next month and even liquidation if it fails to reach a new agreement with its unions, according to a consultancy firm.
Jet Airways chairman Naresh Goyal said his airlines, if given permission, would start off by flying to Southeast Asian countries.
The Indian government had given permission for the airlines to operate flights from these destinations, its CEO James Hogan told a press conference in Chennai on Thursday. Once connected to Kolkata and Jaipur, Etihad would have doubled its Indian destinations to eight, ever since it commenced services to Thiruvananthapuram and Kochi last year, before adding New Delhi and the commercial capital of Mumbai.
The National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) on Friday approved the transfer of ownership of bankrupt-Jet Airways to the Jalan Kalrock consortium and gave the winning bidder more time to pay the dues to the creditors. The latest rulings have come on two petitions filed by the consortium. One plea pertained to approval of transfer of ownership and the second one related to extension of time for the payment of dues to the creditors. Earlier, the tribunal had given time till November 16, 2022 for the consortium to make the payments to the creditors of the airline.
Ninety years later, BA counts the country as its second-biggest overseas market after the US.
The sudden massive cancellations of Jet have put travel agents and customers in jeopardy
Jet Airways' management may not able to implement the pay cut it wanted in lieu of retaining 800 retrenched employees. That's because the Shiv Sena has now got into the act after the breakaway Maharashtra Navnirman Sena's prominent supporting role to retrenched employees.
Former Director General and CEO of IATA, Giovanni Bisignani, says Jet Airways chief Naresh Goyal developed his airline's business class mock-ups in utter secrecy inside the garage of his London home.
Shares of Jet Airways on Friday tanked nearly 6 per cent, eroding Rs 282 crore from its market capitalisation amid investor concerns whether its stake-sale deal with the Abu-Dhabi based carrier Etihad would materialise.
Kuwait Airways said on Thursday that it would suspend nine flights from India and reschedule existing flights to cope with a drastic fall in passenger traffic following the war in Iraq.
With its current cover set to expire on April 16, Jet Airways is seeking a cover of around $5.5 billion from the government-owned Oriental Insurance.
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