Stand up comedian Kunal Kamra on Thursday said he was neither sorry nor regretful of his actions, hours after IndiGo's internal panel decided to reduce the flying ban to three months. The reduction in ban period was informed by Indigo to the Delhi High Court on Thursday. "... I have no comment to offer on IndiGo banning me for 3 months instead of the 6 months now," Kamra said in a Facebook post on Thursday. In a statement, IndiGo said the airline's internal committee after hearing both parties passed an order. Pursuant to the order, Kamra has been suspended from flying for a period of three months. "IndiGo will comply with the order of the iternal committee," it added. "I trust the IndiGo pilot's e mail & social media has helped explain why I did what I did. All I'd like to say is that I am neither sorry nor regretful of my actions," Kamra said in the post. IndiGo had last month suspended Kamra from flying with the private airline for six months, after he allegedly heckled ...
InterGlobe Aviation, parent of the country's largest airline IndiGo, also said it has strong processes for ensuring arm's length dealings with related parties
While the company said it has not received any communication from Sebi in this regard, shares plunged sharply in afternoon trade on Tuesday
India ranks way down the pecking order in global aviation
The haste shown by IndiGo and other airlines betrays their eagerness to bend over backwards to please the authorities
Cabin crew have been asked to wear masks throughout their flights to Hong Kong and China as well. Crew will have to perform in-flight duties wearing them
The number of passengers on board the flight could not immediately be known
The financial projections are based on the assumptions that oil prices are in the range of $60-65 per barrel, exchange rate is Rs 70-72 against USD and that airlines maintain pricing discipline.
Taking the precautionary message, pilot followed the laid standard operating procedure.
The previous forecast was 22 per cent for the third quarter of FY20 and 25 per cent for FY20
Last month, DGCA had asked the airline to change engines on 16 of its Airbus A320neos, following three instances of aircraft turning back within a span of 4 days.
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"No! We are not interested in Air India," Akbar Al-Baker, CEO of Qatar Airways, replied to a question on the airline's interest in Air India
The campaign will run across out-of-home, print and IndiGo's social media platforms from November 3 from November 17.
The stock is still below a record high of 1,898.85 rupees ($26.76) hit on Sept. 30, after slipping through October
The deal marks the latest victory for Airbus as rival Boeing reels from the idling of its 737 Max after two fatal crashes in five months
IndiGo has a fleet of 245 planes including 89 A320Neo aircraft
Turkish Airline has a code-share pact with IndiGo, AirAsia owns 49% in AirAsia India
At Tuesday's AGM, neither Gangwal nor independent director Anupam Khanna were present. Both had raised questions about the company's corporate governance
In the letter, Gangwal has alleged that "the proposed (new) board structure created a large loophole that gives the IGE Group additional powers that they don't have today."