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DGCA asks Go First to refund passengers; airline scraps flights till May 9

Airline has filed for bankruptcy, blames engine supplier Pratt & Whitney for cash crunch

Go First losses exceed combined profit of listed Wadia group firms

Accumulated losses at Go First go beyond net worth of other group firms

Go First saga: The engine dispute at the heart of bankruptcy filing

(Reuters) - Cash-strapped Indian airline Go Airlines (India) Ltd, recently rebranded as Go First and previously as Go Air, filed for bankruptcy on Tuesday, blaming "faulty" Pratt & Whitney engines for the grounding of about half its fleet.

'Tough times': Go First staff hopes airline survives, scouts for options

Some pilots of troubled airline have joined airlines in West Asia in recent weeks and others have approached IndiGo

Go First bankruptcy: IndiGo, SpiceJet good momentum plays, say analysts

Apart from IndiGo, Tata group-owned Air India, could be the second key beneficiary given its strong fleet and balance-sheet strength

Doing everything possible with utmost care for employees: Go First CEO

Go First chief Kaushik Khona has told employees that the airline has been crippled by recurring Pratt & Whitney engine troubles and assured that the carrier is doing everything possible to navigate the situation with utmost care and concern for all staff. The no-frills carrier has filed an application for voluntary insolvency proceedings and has also cancelled all its flights for three days starting Wednesday. In a message to employees late on Tuesday, Khona said that a terrible crisis has been created by Pratt & Whitney's failure to supply engines. For more than 12 months, the airline's management has tried their level best to convince P&W to provide spare engines, repair engines. However, P&W has been stonewalling the discussions, the CEO said, adding that it moved Emergency Arbitration in Singapore. According to the airline, the arbitrator ordered P&W to supply at least 10 serviceable spare leased engines by April 27 and a further 10 spare leased engines per ...

Go First saga begins to hit passengers with flights diverted, cancelled

Three flights diverted from Mumbai eventually return after getting clearance to land

Go Airlines' lenders may meet on Wednesday to plan further course of action

As of April 30, the company had not defaulted on any of these dues, Go First said in a filing

Go First bankruptcy seen helping rivals, boosting airfares in India

Shares of India's largest airline IndiGo rose by more than 8% on Wednesday, a day after cash-strapped airline Go First filed for bankruptcy, blaming "faulty" Pratt & Whitney engines

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Go First Airways owes financial creditors $798 mn, shows bankruptcy filing

Lenders were not aware of the airline's plans to file for voluntary insolvency and will meet soon to take stock of the situation, the report said

Airlines carried 9,593 more domestic fliers per day in April, shows data

International air passenger traffic down 1% ahead of May tourist season

India emerging as key aviation market, air travel grows: IATA report

India has been the top domestic market measured by PLF for the last four months

India to join international climate action in civil aviation from 2027

Among them are a two per cent annual fuel efficiency improvement through 2050, carbon neutral growth and net zero by 2050. The ICAO has clubbed them under CORSIA and LTAG

Lack of planes, customers willing to pay more to keep flying expensive

As many as 16,000 aircraft - about two-thirds of the world's commercial fleet - was grounded at the height of the pandemic

Regional airline Fly91 receives govt approval, targets Oct launch

Goa-based carrier is promoted by former executives of Fairfax and Kingfisher

Alliance Air pilots on strike over pay, nearly half its flights cancelled

Airline says no notice served, so management has taken a serious view; pilots want salaries pruned during Covid to be restored to pre-pandemic levels

Scindia discusses capacity enhancement, other issues with airport operators

Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia on Friday discussed capacity enhancement, security equipment and customs issues with airport operators, amid rising domestic air traffic. India is one of the fastest-growing aviation markets and air traffic is on the rise while airlines are also introducing flights on various domestic and international routes. In a tweet on Friday, Scindia said he met the Advisory Group on Airport Operators to deliberate on a range of issues, such as capacity enhancement, security equipment, and customs issues. "Given the positive trend of a surge in domestic traffic, we are working to ensure that the industry is ready to cater to this growth," he said. Currently, there are around 148 operational airports. During the summer schedule from March 26 till October 28, Indian airlines will be operating a total of 22,907 weekly domestic flights. As many as 11 airlines will be operating scheduled domestic services during this period. In February, domestic air

From manual pricing to ChatGPT: How Air India is transforming under Tata

The push to modernise underscores the decay left by years of under-investment as Air India looks to shed decades-old bureaucratic processes and recapture customers

What is behind untimely rains in Delhi; what to expect in coming days?

Delhi rains: Due to the poor weather conditions, 22 flights were diverted from Delhi airport late Thursday night to different airports in Lucknow, Jaipur, Dehradun and Chandigarh