Jet Airways, SpiceJet and Vistara also operated all women crew flights, though on their domestic network.
Taking a step forward in its $500 million deal to snap up Air Sahara, Jet Airways on Thursday announced it had reached an understanding with the other airline to provide consultancy support to improve its performance in various fields.
Air-India (A-I) chairman and managing director Vasudevan Thulasidas and Jet Airways chairman Naresh Goyal have a common agenda: to get their airlines among Asia's top five by 2010 in terms of size and service.
After snapping up Air Sahara in a $500-million deal, Jet Airways is likely to operate it as a wholly-owned subsidiary till regulatory and other clearances are granted to the acquisition process.
Over 1.3 million, or 49% of passengers flew to the US via airports in the Gulf in FY16
Jet Airways Chairman Naresh Goyal said this price represents a 40 per cent discount to the originally agreed price.
The long-standing dispute over Jet Airways buying out Air Sahara appears to be heading for a solution with the arbitration panel set to give its final order on Wednesday.
The government on Tuesday told the Rajya Sabha that it has not received any formal proposal for merger of Sahara Airlines with Jet Airways, leading to protests by Left members who asked the minister to clarify on the matter.
A senior DGCA official said 23,403 departures per week have been finalised, covering 103 airports, which is 1.2 per cent higher than the 23,117 operated during the previous winter schedule.
The Director General (investigations and registrations) will issue a notice to Jet Airways shortly
The Bombay High Court on Monday adjourned for next Thursday, hearing on an arbitration petition filed by private carrier Jet Airways in connection with the collapsed deal to takeover rival Air Sahara.
Travels to Gulf accounted for 40% of India's international air traffic in 2016.
56-year-old Goyal was presented the award for his outstanding performance in making Jet Airways one of the world's best and fastest growing airlines.
Jet Airways launched direct flights from Delhi and Kolkata to Bangkok.
Jet Airways on Tuesday said it would file a petition before the Supreme Court seeking transfer of all cases, relating to its failed takeover deal of Air Sahara, pending before the Bombay High Court and the Lucknow district court.
Airline stocks were seen soaring high on Wednesday fuelled by reports that merger plan of Jet Airways and Air Sahara was about to fall apart, even as market analysts said failure of the deal would benefit Jet.
Amidst speculation that liquor baron Vijay Mallya will take 100 per cent stake in Air Sahara, Kingfisher Airlines has kick started an advertising campaign to catch privileged passengers of its rival airline.
This year the Pitru Paksha fortnight runs from September 9-24 and will end with the start of Navratri.
This versatile lentil salad can be a whole meal by itself or an accompaniment to a light evening repast.
Amid speculation that there was a price re-negotiation for Jet Airways taking over Air Sahara, officials of the two airlines on Thurs
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Supreme Court on Friday stayed proceedings on petitions filed by Jet Airways and Air Sahara against each other at Mumbai and Lucknow courts.
Air Sahara on Wednesday filed a caveat in the Supreme Court to prevent Jet Airways from getting an ex-parte order on its transfer petition, which is likely to be filed on the same day.
The Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) on Friday deferred a decision on Rs 2,000-crore (Rs 20 billion) Jet-Etihad deal, the largest foreign investment in the Indian aviation sector, and sought clarity on control and ownership.
The public sector carrier announced a new scheme -- 'Fly Select Fares' -- offering two levels of rates which were below the normal ones on select flights.
The change in ownership is necessary to conform to the government's foreign direct investment norms in aviation.
The travel agents have demanded refunds for customers
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.
Domestic equity markets are likely to see volatility in a range-bound trade this week amid geopolitical worries and growing expectations of a sharp hike in interest rates, analysts said. Global trends, inflation data and the last batch of quarterly earnings will drive the markets this week, they said. Besides, the rupee movement, FII investment pattern and Brent crude trends would also be watched by investors.
Contrary to speculation that it was seeking to revise downward the value of Air Sahara, Jet Airways' move to make part payment till the pendency of other issues demonstrated its strong desire to acquire the rival airline.
There is fear amongst various lobbies with Jet Airways having taken over Air Sahara.
