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West Asian carriers vs Air India & IndiGo: A dogfight in the global skies

West Asian carriers are up against Air India and IndiGo in the battle for seats on lucrative international routes

Srinagar-Jammu Indigo flight enters Pak airspace due to inclement weather

In a similar incident on June 11, an IndiGo Amritsar-Ahmedabad flight entered Pakistani airspace for around 30 minutes due to bad weather

Limits in the sky

IndiGo and AI's giant purchases raise questions for Indian aviation

Largest single aircraft order placed by any airline with Airbus: IndiGo

IndiGo says it is largest ever single aircraft order placed by any airline with Airbus.

Rishi Sunak hails IndiGo-Airbus pact as major win for UK aerospace sector

IndiGo and Airbus announced a purchase agreement earlier this week for 500 A320 family aircraft, making it one of the largest aircraft purchases by an airline in civil aviation history

Go First continues to struggle, flight cancellations extended till 25 June

Citing "operational reasons," Go First has extended the cancellation period for flights until June 25. The company has applied for an immediate resolution and revival of business

Record plane orders by Air India, IndiGo raise stakes in aviation boom

With a total of almost 1,000 jet orders between them, IndiGo and Air India are betting an economic boom and growing middle class will spur demand for domestic air travel

Fag-end buying lifts Sensex 159pts, Nifty atop 18,800; TaMo, HCL Tech up 3%

Closing Bell on June 20, 2023: Afternoon buying in Tata Motors, HCL Tech, Kotak Bank, RIL, Power Grid, Infosys, L&T, Axis Bank, TCS, and Tech M lifted the indices

IndiGo's order for 500 Airbus A320 aircraft landmark for industry: Scindia

Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya M. Scindia on Tuesday termed the IndiGo Airlines order for a staggering 500 Airbus A320 family aircraft as another landmark in the country's aviation industry

DGCA permits Vistara, IndiGo to operate on new int'l routes from August

Vistara is in the process of merging with Air India, which is now owned by Tata Group

Largest Indian order: Indigo likely to place an order for 500 planes today

The value of IndiGo's order, at the list price of the A320Neo family aircraft, will be around $500 billion

IndiGo aircraft suffers tail strike while landing at Ahmedabad airport

An IndiGo aircraft operating its Bengaluru-Ahmedabad flight suffered a tail strike while landing at Ahmedabad airport on Thursday -- second such incident in the last five days, a DGCA official said. The Directorate General Civil Aviation has ordered the grounding of pilots of the mishap-hit aircraft, the official said. "A tail strike has been reported. The DGCA has ordered off rostering of pilots," the official said. The DGCA has also ordered a probe into the incident, he added. IndiGo, in a statement, confirmed the incident and said the aircraft has been grounded for inspection. "IndiGo flight 6E6595 operating from Bengaluru to Ahmedabad experienced a tail strike while landing in Ahmedabad. The aircraft was declared grounded at Ahmedabad airport for necessary assessment and repairs. The incident is under investigation by relevant authorities," the airline said in the statement. On June 11 also, an IndiGo Airbus A321 aircraft suffered a tail strike on its arrival at Delhi's Indir

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

IndiGo gets DGCA nod to operate flight services to Nairobi in Kenya

Aviation safety regulator DGCA has granted permission to no-frills airline IndiGo to operate its flight services to Nairobi in Kenya, a DGCA official said on Tuesday. This would be the Gurugram-based airline's first foray into the vast African region. IndiGo had in February this year announced its plans to launch air services to Nairobi, Jakarta and some Central Asian Countries as part of its international expansion plans amid increasing competition due to a rejuvenated Air India under Tata Group. "Indigo operations to Nairobi with effect from July 24 has been approved today (Tuesday)," the official said. Early this month, the airline said it will connect Nairobi in Kenya and Jakarta in Indonesia, with direct flights from Mumbai in late July or early August. "Delhi will get connected in August to Tbilisi, Georgia and Baku, Azerbaijan and in September to Tashkent, Uzbekistan, and Almaty, Kazakhstan," it said on June 2. It has also said at that time that once these routes are ...

IndiGo begins int'l flight operation from new terminal at Chennai airport

Air carrier IndiGo has commenced its operations at the new integrated terminal building inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the Chennai Airport here. In April, phase I of the building set up at an outlay of Rs 1,260 crore to boost passenger handling capacity, was inaugurated. IndiGo has begun its international operations from the New Integrated Terminal Building T2 with effect from June 13. In a social media post, the Chennai Airport announced that the airliner would be operating all its international flights to various destinations from the new terminal building from Tuesday. According to industry experts, with the commencement of operations by IndiGo at the international terminal, other airlines are also expected to follow suit. The NITB is uniquely designed to showcase the rich culture and heritage of the state. "The addition of this new integrated terminal building will increase the passenger serving capacity of the airport from 23 million passengers per annum to 3

IndiGo falls 5% in 2 days even as Co clarifies on Gangwal stake sale buzz

In an exchange filing, IndiGo said that the Company has not received any such information

IndiGo aircraft suffers tail strike at Delhi airport, DGCA to probe

The airline has also grounded the operating crew on the orders of the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), the official said

Indigo Kolkata-Delhi flight grounded at IGI airport after tail strike

According to a statement by the flight regulator, the IndiGo aircraft was involved in a tail strike during landing in Delhi on June 11

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

IndiGo co-founder's family likely to sell stake worth up to $909 mn: Report

The family of IndiGo's co-founder Rakesh Gangwal was likely to sell between 5% and 8% stake in the Indian airline's parent InterGlobe Aviation Ltd, CNBC Awaaz said in a report, citing sources.