India's domestic aviation capacity soars beyond pre-pandemic level

The growth in India's domestic aviation capacity in calendar year 2023 (CY23) was the sixth highest among 20 major domestic markets, compared to the pre-pandemic year of CY19. Photograph: Max......

Stung by airlines, travel portals change track

Global low-cost carriers, Ryanair and EasyJet, sell over 90 per cent of air tickets directly through their own websites. Back home, earlier this month, SpiceJet managed to sell on its own portal......

23 inches! That's the seat space in this airline

Next time you complain of cramped seats in train or airline, think twice. If an Italian company has it's way, and low-cost airline opt for it, soon the seats in such planes will have no more than......

Buy your ticket from the airline and win sops

While global majors like JetBlue, RyanAir, Southwest sell almost 90 per cent of their tickets through their own websites or apps, airlines in India have a minuscule share of around 25 per cent......

Frustrated football fans poke fun at England

IMAGE: England could muster only two goals in three games. Photograph: Kind courtesy FootyHumour / X While England won their group at Euro 2024 their humdrum scoreless draw against Slovenia......

Niki Lauda cheated death and lived to tell the tale

Lauda was so badly injured in that accident at the 1976 German Grand Prix that a priest gave him the last rites as he lay in a coma.   IMAGE: When Niki Lauda had accumulated so many trophies......

Sports Shorts: Peaty breaks own world 100 metres breaststroke record

A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Saturday   IMAGE: Adam Peaty of Britain reacts after the 100m Breaststroke men final at the 2018 European Championships at the......