IndiGo will seek board approval for Dutta's appointment soon. Till then, promoter Rahul Bhatia will continue to act as interim CEO.
Based on the Skytrax ranking for 2018, IndiGo is number two among the best low-cost carriers in Asia, behind rival AirAsia.
Key stimuli of the government's relief package will be a tax break on jet fuel, waiver of parking and landing charges at airports for the next six months and deferment of payment to oil companies by three months.
Apart from Delhi, Mumbai and Chennai, the codeshare agreement with Lufthansa will cover Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Goa, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Kochi and Pune.
They have a minimum travel time of 14 hours and 55 minutes and cover at least 12,189 kms.
The full schedule and details of the New York-Mumbai non-stop service will be announced later this year.
Rono J Dutta, former chief of the world's biggest carrier United Airlines, has taken over as president of Air Sahara in place of Uttam Kumar Bose.
United Airlines, following its merger with Continental has emerged as the world's biggest airline measured by available seat kilometers (capacity).
At the heart of the national carrier's troubles are the archaic labour laws that allow pilots the same rights as industrial workers
Rahul Bhatia, a promoter of the company, has been appointed as the interim CEO.
IndiGo which has close to 40 per cent market share, at present has 129 aircraft and operates 883 daily flights to 44 destinations. It also has around 400 aircraft on order.
American model Cindy Crawford who will turn 50 on February 20, will no longer be walking the ramp
At the heart of the strategy is the basic fundamental of keeping costs for long-haul flights low.
The Air India directive to its passenger said 'carriage of any powder or powder-like substance in hand or carry-on baggage which is 350 ml or larger is prohibited'.
'Now we will have real employees as the owner of the airline.'
A delegation of senior Pakistani military officials visiting the US was deboarded from a plane, detained, "interrogated and rudely treated" by security officials after one of them made a comment to a flight attendant, prompting the team to head home in protest.
Continental Airlines and UAL Corporation's United Airlines are expected to announce next week that they are combining operations to form the world's largest airline. United's board is expected to vote on the deal on Friday, which was reached in less than three weeks.
Two individuals flying on a Chicago-Amsterdam United Airlines flights were on Monday arrested in the Netherland on charges of 'preparation of a terrorist attack,' a media report said.
The NYSE accounts for more than 60 percent of S&P 500 volume at the close of the market
Technical fault was the reason behind it.
Jyoti Dave Vyas was among those who were inside the majestic World Trade Centre towers on the September 11, 2001, when terror struck, and were lucky enough to survive the tragedy.
India's largest airline has also told its crew members -- who are working on flights connecting India with East Asian countries like Thailand and Singapore -- to wear N95 masks at all times when they are on ground.
These companies have survived bankruptcies.
A 61-year-old Indian national has been arrested in the United States on charges of sexually assaulting a fellow woman passenger aboard a domestic flight.
A United Airlines pilot flushed bullets down a toilet on board a flight to Germany after realising he had brought live ammunition onto the plane, prompting the airline to launch a probe.
In the video, the employee of the Texas-headquartered American Airlines can be seen arguing with a passenger on board the flight.
United Airlines, the world's second-largest carrier, received regulatory approval to install wireless Internet access to its fleet in a partnership with Verizon Communications Inc.
would also take on board its strategic investment partner Etihad
The founders of IndiGo may have thought it's time to go for a rejig of the top leadership team which can take care of the growing demands of an airline that has grown much bigger than they could have ever imagined, says Shyamal Majumdar.
Several US businesses were hit by technological issues on July 8.
According to federal law, airlines are prohibited from discriminating against passengers based on religion, ancestry and national origin, among other criteria.
Indian students, who are living and studying away from home, tell us how they are dealing with the COVID-19 crisis and what they discovered on their journey back home.
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