Aneesh Phadnis

Lenders set to clear Rs 400 crore to bring Go First back on runway

Go First plans to operate around 150 daily flights with 22 aircraft. The airline also plans to operate charter flights for defence forces in the initial phase

Banks may finance Go First's request for Rs 400 crore interim funding

Go First intends to start operations on July 1 and needs DGCA approval for the restart and sale of tickets

1.74 million used Digi Yatra in six months since launch in Dec 2022

Varanasi and Vijaywada airports had the highest usage with over half the passengers using it

Air India firms up $70 bn orders for 470 aircraft from Boeing, Airbus

Deliveries to start in the next few months; deals consist of both wide-body and narrow-body planes

Pratt & Whitney, Awiros launch AI-based aircraft engine analysis tool

The innovation challenge had seen participation of 60 Indian and global startups in the domain of computer vision, AI and machine learning

IndiGo tripled in size during past seven years, retired old planes

The airline's highest capacity addition till date happened in FY19 and FY20, a period that also saw Jet Airways closing down in April 2019

IndiGo has flexibility to decide 2035 size, says CEO Pieter Elbers

'We're securing our future… by placing this order, we have a planning horizon of over 10 years'

Largest-ever aviation deal: IndiGo orders 500 Airbus A320 family aircraft

The airline did not place any order for wide-bodied aircraft

Cruise traffic in India likely to sail beyond pre-Covid level in FY24

Costa Cruises returns to India after three years, to offer trips to Goa, Kochi, Lakshadweep

Air India upgrading crew rostering, customer notification system: Wilson

Air India is also upgrading its customer notification systems and processes to make them "less manual, more accurate and to utilise new channels such as WhatsApp" Wilson told employees

IndiGo gains from Go First grounding, logs highest ever market in May

Go First flew 48,000 passengers in the first two days of May before halting operations

Jettwings, new regional airline for northeast states, plans takeoff in Oct

In India, the first E175 jet with 12 business class and 64 economy seats was inducted by regional airline StarAir in May

Average spot airfares drop up to 33% in a week: Aviation ministry

Fares on the Mumbai-Delhi route (for travel on Wednesday), however, increased 29% to Rs 7,394 as compared to last week

Gangwal family may sell up to 8% stake in Indigo via block deals by July

The family is bringing its stake down since September last year when it first sold a tranche of 2.8 per cent worth Rs 2,000 crore

DGCA eases norms for Indian carriers launching new foreign destinations

Current 33-point checklist pruned to 10 points related to airlines' preparedness for intended operations

Air India, IndiGo add Leh and Srinagar flights to fill gap left by Go First

Despite heavy demand from across the country, the daily average number of passengers headed to Srinagar dropped to 11,500-12,000 last month from 17,500-18,000 a year ago

Go First lenders discuss revival plan; appoints new resolution professional

Lenders however have opted for a new resolution professional as Lal was selected by the Go First management

Air India makes pre-payment to Boeing for ordered planes: CFO Hejmadi

Loans raised from multiple banks in short period: CFO

Maximum airfares drop up to 61% after govt intervention, says Scindia

Don't wait for govt to point out odd fares: Scindia

Air India relief flight carrying engineers to leave for Russia in afternoon

Passengers accommodated in a school due to infrastructure limitations in Russian town