According to sector estimates, it takes at least six months to develop a route.
The United States and the United Kingdom, citing terrorism concerns, on Tuesday barred passengers on some international flights from mostly Muslim-majority countries, from carrying large electronic devices like cameras and laptops as cabin baggage.
Hogan questioned the claims of the airlines campaigning against Etihad.
The Indian government allowed foreign airlines to buy up to 49 per cent stakes in Indian carriers in September 2012.
Both Vistara and AirAsia India, along with their partners, are quietly putting together an aggressive plan to become a formidable force in the skies. At the core of this new push is their plan to go international this financial year.
Jet Airways remains the number one airline serving foreign routes.
Over 1.3 million, or 49% of passengers flew to the US via airports in the Gulf in FY16
The decision cuts the order book for the European company's newest jet, which is due to enter service in around six months' time, by around 10 per cent.
While most of these commanders quit the airline for better prospects, some of them also parted ways due to the work culture
Together with Jet Airways we will have 61 flights to Amsterdam and Paris during the winter season. That also makes us the second largest airline group after Lufthansa, which has 67 weekly flights, and we are catching up to become the first, says KLM CEO Pieter Elbers.
Chartered flights may increase 34% from last year as more Russian tourists come calling.
The world's 10 longest non-stop flights criss-cross the world, cutting down travel time and making journeys easier and comfortable.
'People have been flying for years on the basis of a police clearance and an airport entry pass.' 'Then they came out with a convoluted thing -- that your police clearance must be from your place of residence.' 'Now if a pilot is sitting in Delhi but is from Timbuktoo, the papers will have to come from there.' 'So at any point, you have a certain number of pilots sitting on the ground because his AEP has expired and the papers haven't come.' Revealed: India's bizarre processes to get pilots to fly planes.
Have committed themselves to investing Rs 1,85,000 crore since last year.
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