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Air India Beats Market Expectations; Set To Turn Profitable 2 Years Before Schedule
Air India, India’s state run airlines, and India’s #3 largest airline in terms of passenger intake, is all set to turn tables before anyone had imagined. As per reports emerging, Air India will become profitable in this fiscal year…
Jet Airways Becomes 1st Indian Domestic Carrier To Offer Inflight Internet Connectivity
Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has very clearly stated in their rules (civil aviation requirement 3.1): "No person shall use any electronic device, which intentionally transmits radio signals like mobile/cellular phones,…
India’s First Paperless E-Boarding Facility Goes Live At Hyderabad Airport; Aadhaar Mandatory
Hyderabad's Rajiv Gandhi International Airport has become India’s first airport to offer fully paper-less e-boarding facility, which will make travelling seamless, without any requirement of human interface. This has been hailed as one…
Jet Airways Launches Barcoded Mobile Boarding Passes
Next time you travel with Jet Airways flight, you may not need a physical boarding pass at all. They have started testing mobile boarding passes, on pilot basis, on flights from Bengaluru Airport.
While web check-in is quite common…
Air India Finally Registers Profit; Announces 50% Discount on Airfares
India’s national airlines Air India has something to cheer about after a long spell of disappointments, as they have registered a net profit of Rs 14.6 crore and operating profit of Rs 183 crore in the month of December, 2014. A year…
Tata Owned Vistara Starts Flying From Jan 9, While Spicejet Remains On Ventilator
More than six decades after the Indian government nationalized the airline business owned by the Tata group, they are all set to take on the Indian skies once again their Vistara airline.
Vistara is the brand name for TATA SIA…
Domestic Airfare War Resumes, Air Asia And SpiceJet Announces Huge Discount Offers
As the festive season is about to begin with Dussera next month and then Diwali followed by Christmas and New Year, discount wars for airline seats have started. With the introduction of Air Asia and Tata backed Vistara, the competition is…
SpiceJet Beats Jet Airways To Become India’s #2 Airlines, Indigo Still On Top
Spicejet has announced that they have overtaken Jet Airways to become India’s second largest airlines company. This is the first time in India aviation history that Spicejet has climbed to #2 spot, and for the first time Jet Airways (and…
Vistara, Tata-Singapore Airlines JV Set To Take Off In Diwali
After collaborating with Air Asia for launching low cost airlines in India, Tata has now finalized it’s joint venture with Singapore Airlines to launch aluxury airlines service: ‘Vistara’; which means ‘limitless expanse’ in Sanskrit.…
Air India Is Finally Inducted Into Star Alliance Group After 7 Years Wait
India’s third largest & national airlines: Air India has finally joined Star Alliance Group. After a meeting of the Chief Executives’ Board of the member airlines in London, the world’s most powerful association of international…
Air Asia India Starts Flight Bookings Starts; Promises 35% Lower Air Fares
Air Asia becomes the first foreign airline to start it’s domestic flights in India. They will start their operations from June 12th and bookings start today, May 30, 2014.
Air Asia India is a sister entity of low cost Malaysian carrier,…
“Flight Mode” on Mobiles Now Allowed on Indian Flights: DGCA
I am sure this one particular aspect has stumped you when you board any flight. The flight attendant asks you to shut off your mobile phones and they specifically tell you that even “flight mode” on mobile phones is not allowed.
Flight…
DGCA Stops SpiceJet From Selling Tickets At Re 1; Terms It Malpractice!
The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has asked SpiceJet to immediately discontinue it’s offer of selling air-tickets at Re 1. DGCA has termed this offer as malpractice.
Yesterday, SpiceJet spiced up the domestic airfares by…
Jet Airways Brings Flight Updates With Google Now Integration!
Google Now, if you are not aware, is nifty little personal assistant on Android that can be extremely useful to users, especially those who travel frequently. It is intelligent enough to understand your whereabouts (using GPS) and offer…
Spicejet Announces Whopping 75% Off On Domestic Fares!
In January, domestic airliners like Indigo and Spicejet slashed their airfares by half to woo customers into making their flight bookings early. Those offers seem to have done very well for the aviation companies.
Now, Spicejet has gone…
Air India To Offer Wi-Fi Internet On Board; How About Bettering Must-Have Services First?
Air India wants to become first Indian aviation company to offer Internet access on their aircrafts. According to ToI, state owned Air India is talking to vendors for deployment of internet services on their Aircrafts which fly domestic as…
Domestic Skies Explode With 50% Discount Offers by Airlines; Mum-Del Flight At Rs 2830 Only!
Since early morning, Indian skies have been in the midst of intense fare wars, which is slowly engulfing all airlines. Right now, you can book domestic air tickets at 50% discount, for three days!
Spice Jet started it all, as they…
Cleartrip Pricewatch: If ticket prices fall, you get your money back!
Cleartrip has launched an interesting solution that will be mighty beneficial for international travelers. One of the most difficult task for an international traveler is to time the purchase of his tickets so he gets the best deal.…
Now, Enter Airports with only Soft Copy of Air Tickets!
Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS) has today come out with a circular that will put a smile on the faces of air travelers in India. They have announced that passengers will be allowed a soft copy or image of e-tickets as valid way to…
Indian Aviation Market Data: Growth, Traffic & Market Share
Indian Aviation market has been in a bit of a turmoil over past few quarters. While, everyone is aware of Kingfisher Airlines’ saga, which still remains grounded, others are also operating on a very thin ice. High fuel prices, Government’s…