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Airlines get a flying start in 2019 as jet fuel price is slashed by 14%

This is the second consecutive drop in jet fuel price and the sharpest cut since November 2008

Airfares in Indian market 10 to 15% lower than breakeven levels: Boeing

Major Indian carriers Jet Airways, IndiGo and SpiceJet were all in the red in the September quarter as high oil prices, a weak rupee and intense price competition eroded their margins

India gets 'Category 1' rating in international aviation safety assessment

The FAA conducted an audit of the DGCA in July 2018 to confirm India's adherence to the standards laid down by ICAO and oversight of Indian airlines

Passenger number may dip, but it's season for Indian airlines to make money

There is drop in passenger load factor across the board, for both low cost carriers and full-service carriers.

Boom in pilot and cabin crew employment even as airlines continue to bleed

This is primarily on account of the higher number of aircraft flying in Indian skies; maintenance crew numbers are down drastically

Flying long: Carriers are experimenting with healthy menus, gyms on board

Airbus models, Boeing's Dreamliner make flying economically viable

Sector consolidation likely to benefit IndiGo and SpiceJet; stocks gain

Given multiple headwinds and weak financials, the situation may worsen for Jet Airways

CBI seizes files on easing of 5/20 aviation rule; to probe senior officials

Tata group airlines AirAsia India and Vistara, which had operated for less than five years, were immediate beneficiaries of the change in rule

Air India to operate Delhi-San Francisco flight nine times a week

The three new flights will leave from here at 7.10 pm and arrive San Francisco at 8.30 pm local time. It will leave San Francisco at 1 am local time on Monday, Wednesday and Saturday and arrive here 6

India will need 1,750 passenger & cargo aircraft over next 20 yrs: Report

India is set to become the world's third largest aviation market by 2019-20

India to have 855 million air passengers in 2030-31: Govt tells Parliament

In the Budget announcement last week, the government had proposed to enhance airport capacity to more than five times to handle a billion trips a year

Boost for leisure travel as Indian carriers start low-cost, long-haul ops

Tourism spending by Indians could rise to as much as $40 billion by 2027 from about $16.4 billion in 2016, CAPA said, ranking it sixth in the world ahead of Canada, South Korea and Australia.

Air Deccan gets flying permit to begin shceduled flights under UDAN scheme

The scheduled commuter operator (SCO) permit to Air Deccan, which is promoted by GR Gopinath, was handed over to the airline

DGCA invites bids from consulting firms for its eGCA project

The project is aimed at completely automating the processes and functions of DGCA

Pilots' shortage reason for 1-year DGCA notice period: Aviation Minister

Some pilots' unions have voiced their opposition to the move

Dumping human waste mid-air: NGT questions DGCA claim that it is impossible

A bench headed by NGT Chairperson asked DGCA and CPCB to file an affidavit in this regard

Trying hard to allow in-flight calls, WiFi service: Aviation Ministry

Globally, some airlines are also providing on-board WiFi services free of cost for a stipulated time

India becomes third largest aviation market in domestic traffic

India's domestic air passenger traffic stood at 100 million in 2016 and was behind only US and China

Women who keep the Maharaja flying high

Aviation remains male-dominated more than 100 years after Wright brothers made the first air machine

To encourage travel to smaller cities Delhi lowers tax on aviation fuel

Tax reduction is only for airlines operating under the federal govt's regional connectivity scheme