While the latest airline to join the Star Alliance has met its target on occupancy for May, it remains woefully short on several other counts.
The airline has adopted a counterintuitive strategy of adding new aircraft and expanding capacity amid the slowdown, which seems to be paying off.
Low-cost carrier IndiGo, too, has slashed fares to match Air India's levels, but has not announced any scheme.
Vijay Mallya-promoted Kingfisher Airlines is flying into turbulence. More than 150 of its pilots have left in the past year-and-a-half, citing various reasons. Even though others have joined, the current shortage is estimated at 35 pilots, forcing the airline to ground some of its aircraft, cancel leaves of flight commanders, and put senior executives from the operations department on flying duty.
Ruling out the sale of Sahara TV following the takeover of its airline business by rival Jet Airways, a top Sahara group official on Tuesday said the company's entertainment wing was looking forward to expanding operations, with the launch of a new H
The market is abuzz about how the fabled investor got it wrong.
The losses are primarily because the venture operated only for 18 days in June, with only two flights.
Capa lauded govt's efforts in rescuing SpiceJet.
Once again, there seems to be an airfare war in India.
To introduce 'Guest First' programme to attract corporate customers; its market share and load factor lower than rivals
Air India is in a better state now than it was when Lohani's predecessor took over in 2011, four years after a merger with state-run carrier Indian Airlines.
The first set of routes that it will launch internationally will be the routes that can be flown by its existing aircraft, the A320s, which will be routes within three, three-and-a-half hours of India
Vistara will have to face stiff competition from Jet Airways, AirAsia
Mallya failed to repay loans worth Rs 7,200 cr, did not pay salaries, did not deposit PF, and did not pay income tax. It is still a mystery why banks continued to pour money into the airline when it was on life support
Recruitment and import of aircraft still to get going
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