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Mumbai, Delhi, Bengaluru, Hyderabad Airports Won’t Be Sold To Private Investors: Privatization Plan Put On Hold
The government is temporarily freezing the proposed sale of AAI’s stakes in the private joint ventures operating the airports at Delhi, Mumbai, Hyderabad and Bangalore. Reason The finance ministry has decided to defer for now the sale of the AAI’s residual stakes in these four joint ventures, the reason being that the valuations could be […]
Facial Recognition-Based Entry For Air Passengers Starts: No Paper-Boarding Pass Needed With 100% Paperless Process!
India is ready to launch a mechanism called Digi Yatra which provides a seamless and hassle-free air travel experience. Digi Yatra is made with the objective of using Facial Recognition Technology (FRT) for contactless and seamless processing of passengers at airports. How it works Through paperless and contactless processing using facial features, travelers can establish […]
Vistara Will Merge With Air India To Form India’s Biggest International Airlines, 2nd Biggest Domestic Airlines
Tata Sons and Singapore Airlines (SIA) will merge Vistara into Air India. Tata gets majority stake They intend to finish the process by March 2024 subject to regulatory approvals. After the merger is done Tata Sons will hold 74.9% stake in the AI-Vistara-AI Express -AirAsia India Pvt Ltd (AAIPL) combined entity and SIA the remaining […]
Jet Airways Re-Launch Is Delayed Because Previous Payments Are Not Cleared
Jet Airways’ relaunch is increasingly looking unlikely to ever happen. Relaunch again postponed The Jalan-Kalrock consortium, which owns Jet Airways, had won the airline through the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC) process. However, the relaunch has to once again be shifted since the consortium has not yet fulfilled its various payment obligations — and the […]
Air India Beats Indigo To Become India’s Most Punctual Airlines!
According to a report in the Economic Times (ET) Air India has emerged as India’s top “on-time” airline, beating out IndiGo for the third consecutive month. Part of Tata’s strategy Since the Tata Group took over, on-time performance (OTP) has been a top improvement goal for Air India. Being punctual was also a quality IndiGo […]
Smoke Had Filled SpiceJet Flight B/W Goa & Hydrabad: Crew Asked Passengers To ‘Pray’
In an unfortunate incident on October 12, the airplane crew on board a SpiceJet flight scheduled from Goa to Hyderabad reportedly asked passengers to start praying as smoke filled the cabin mid-journey. SpiceJet Flight Emergency Landing Following that the SpiceJet flight was forced to make a “full emergency” landing at Hyderabad airport on Wednesday night. […]
Vistara, Air Asia Will Be Under Air India Brand By This Year: Big Consolidation by Tata-Owned Air India
The Tata Group will soon begin the process of bringing all its airline companies under the Air India brand. It will kick things off with the transfer of its ownership in AirAsia India to Air India. Consolidation complete by 2024 It intends to wrap up the consolidation of its entire airline business under a single […]
AirAsia Offering 50 Lakh Free Air Tickets For All Indians! Last Date? How To Book?
In a move to thank its loyal passengers and marking its 21st birthday, the low-cost airline AirAsia is offering a mega sale like never seen before. You must be wondering that the sale would comprise of hefty price cuts and discounts. However, the sale provided by the Kuala Lumpur-based airline is giving away five million […]
Tata-Owned Air India Wants To Capture 30% Share Of Domestic Traffic; Unveils Transformation Plan
Air India is gunning for a domestic market share of 30 per cent and to significantly strengthen its international operations in the next five years. Vihaan To that end it has formed a comprehensive transformation plan called ‘Vihaan.AI’ which outlines a detailed road map for the next five years. In Sanskrit, Vihaan signifies the dawn […]
Dubai Wants 50,000 More India-UAE Seats For Their Airlines; Indian Carriers Are Objecting
The UAE has increased pressure on the Indian government to increase seats between the two countries by another 50,000 per week. This has the potential to deal a lethal blow to airlines in India. Proposed routes Dubai civil Aviation Authority director-general Mohammed A Ahli has written to aviation minister Jyotiraditya Scindia and asked India to […]
Facial Recognition Based Verification, Entry Starts At Bengaluru Airport: How Will It Work? (Complete Guide)
Bengaluru airport has introduced a facial recognition system that will help improve passenger experience. It started from Aug 16 across two airlines, namely AirAsia India and Vistara. How it works Passengers have to download the Digi Yatra app that will automate their entry and verification at all touchpoints, i.e. airport entry, security check and boarding […]
Airlines Mandated To Share International Travellers’ Data With Customs Department: Find Out Why?
Airlines will have to mandatorily provide details of all international passengers to the Customs department for preventing and prosecuting offences under the Customs Act, 1962. Purpose The information may be collected for “risk analysis of passengers” for the purpose of “prevention, detection, investigation and prosecution of offences under the Act [Customs Act, 1962].” In particular, […]
Fare Caps On Air Tickets Removed After August 31: Air Tickets Will Become Costly Now?
The civil aviation ministry said that limits imposed on domestic airfares will be removed from 31 August, after approximately 27 months. The cap was imposed by the ministry on 21 May, 2020. Discounts imminent? Airlines will be free to decide the fare post 31 August. They had been suffering from large losses. But now with […]
Indigo Hikes Pilot Salaries By 8% After Mass Leave Cripples Operations
Despite recent controversies IndiGo will hike the salaries of its pilots by a further 8 per cent from August 1. The airline will also restore overtime allowance for pilots to the pre-Covid level. Mass leave All this comes days after over 900 of its flights were hit by delays due to non-availability of cabin crew […]
New International Flights Announced From Bengaluru Airport: Fly To 28+ Foreign Destinations From Bengaluru!
US airline United Airlines will start flights from Bengaluru to San Francisco in the last quarter of 2022. Flights to Aus, Israel, US Australian carrier Qantas will begin four weekly flights from BLR to Sydney from 14 September. BLR’s Kempegowda International Airport said that additionally two weekly flights to Tel Aviv (Air India) and daily […]
Domestic, International Flights Can Become 15% Expensive Due To This Reason
Oil marketing companies (OMCs) hiked Aviation Turbine Fuel (ATF) prices by 16.3% on June 16. Second fare revision The hike takes jet fuel prices to a record high of Rs 1.41 lakh per kilolitre in Delhi. The prices of aviation turbine fuel are raised twice a month—Once on the first day and another on the […]
Rs 10 Lakh Penalty Imposed On Vistara For Allowing An Untrained Pilot To Land Flight & Endangering Passengers’ Lives
Aviation safety regulator DGCA has penalised airline Vistara for letting an improperly trained pilot make a landing at Indore airport. The flight in concern was operated on August 9, 2021 from Delhi to Indore. What Happened The pilot made the landing without being trained on a simulator first. A top official at the Directorate General […]
Spicejet Flights Not Allowed To Fly Because Of Pending Payments At Delhi Airport
Multiple SpiceJet planes were kept from operating at the Delhi airport by Air Traffic Control. Passengers Forced To Wait The reason was failure to make the requisite daily payment to the Airport Authority of India. Almost twelve SpiceJet take-offs were delayed in the early hours of Friday by as much as 90 minutes. ATC, which […]
Jet Airways All Set To Fly Again After 3 Years As ‘Proving Flights’ Completed! DGCA Approval Remaining Now
Jet Airways has completed the second and final set of two proving flights. The flight had 31 people on board, including officials from the aviation regulator DGCA. Revalidation Just Around The Corner It now waits for the DGCA to grant it its air operator certificate (AOC). According to a senior DGCA official, the airline could […]
Air India & Vistara Can Merge To Create India’s Biggest Airlines! Decision Likely By 2023
For a potential merger of the airline, Tata Sons has held exploratory talks with Singapore Airlines (SIA) whose joint-venture partner is Vistara, according to the sources. Air India And Vistara In Merger Talks So far, it’s not confirmed, but SIA is learnt to have asked for time until the end of next year to decide […]
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