Page 21 - Indian Aviation

Not easy for airline to turn profitable in India, says IATA official

Philip Goh, Regional Vice President for Asia Pacific of International Air Transport Association, made the remarks during a press conference at the 78th annual general of the global airlines meet

Why India should have an informal ceiling on number of domestic airlines

India already has six airlines which is one too many if not two and economics suggests that either all will make losses or, even if some make profits, these will be low in relation to the investment

Air India to restore grounded planes for capacity ramp up amid competition

Capacity expansion would be crucial in wake of increase in competition in domestic market, revival in international traffic

IndiGo's Ronojoy Dutta on the airline's performance and the horizon ahead

In an interview with Business Standard's Aneesh Phadnis and Arindam Majumder, IndiGo CEO Ronojoy Dutta tells about the airline's performance and plans about long international routes

Turbulences ahead for IndiGo, SpiceJet?

With Akasa Air and Jet Airways taking to the skies soon, the heated competition doesn't bode well for listed players IndiGo and SpiceJet. Then there is soaring fuel costs. What should investors do?

Why may Tata Sons have chosen Campbell Wilson to lead Air India?

Air India's new owners are on-boarding aviation veteran Campbell Wilson as the new chief. Who's Campbell Wilson? How can his 26 years of aviation experience help the turbulent airline? Let's find out.

India, Canada discuss expansion of bilateral air service agreement

Union Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia, who is on a nine-day visit to the US and Canada, met Canadian Transport Minister Omar Alghabra on Wednesday

Will GAGAN navigation system be a game-changer for Indian aviation?

India took another leap towards self-reliance last week when an aircraft made a successful landing using indigenous navigation system called GAGAN. What exactly is GPS-aided geo-augmented navigation?

Indian aviation in growth phase, to participate in larger manner: Scindia

Civil aviation minister Jyotiraditya Scindia has said the time is ripe for participation in the largest possible manner in the aviation sector

Ethiopian Airlines to boost India flights, eyes higher traffic from BRICS

Ethiopian Airlines, the largest carrier in Africa, is allowed to operate 35 flights per week to Mumbai, Delhi, Bengaluru and Chennai.

Aviation industry back to pre-Covid levels, govt continues 15-day fare cap

The aviation industry of India touched over four lakh domestic passengers in a day on Monday

Kalrock-Jalan consortium gets 2 months more to meet Jet revival plan terms

The National Company Law Tribunal gave more time to ensure the revival of the grounded airline.

Improper training of 90 pilots: DGCA issues show-cause notices to SpiceJet

Earlier this week, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) barred 90 SpiceJet pilots from operating Boeing 737 Max aircraft after finding them not properly trained

Airbus expects Indian aviation mkt to grow in single digits for next 20 yrs

However,according to Airbus the Indian aviation market will grow faster than the global market

Govt to release new policy framework to deepen air connectivity in country

To release policy to incentivise small aircraft and helicopter operations

TMS Ep125: Overseas flights, cyber-attacks, Chemical stocks, oligarchy

Will restart of overseas flights revive the aviation sector? Is India prepared for cyber wars? Why chemical stocks are facing crude shock? How's democracy different from oligarchy? All answers here

Stock options for staff, 'happy homes': Akasa airline makes flight plan

Akasa has hired around 50 employees for back office functions and is now recruiting pilots, flight attendants and airport staff.

Rakesh Jhunjhunwala's Akasa airline to lure staff with stock options

Akasa has hired around 50 employees for back office functions and is now recruiting pilots, flight attendants and airport staff.

Jet Airways 2.0 faces turbulence before take-off?

The acting CEO of Jet Airways quit this week. The date to seek regulatory permissions for restarting the airline has also been extended twice. Why is the re-launch of Jet Airways looking turbulent?

Will Indigo EGM settle spat between co-founders for good?

The spat between IndiGo's Rahul Bhatia and Rakesh Gangwal may be coming to an end. The airline has called an EGM to amend clauses in Articles of Association which has been a thorn in their relations