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Vistara

Air India, Singapore Airlines announce successful completion of Air India-Vistara mergerSubscriber Only

November 13, 2024 09:41 IST

Singapore Airlines separately announced that after the merger, it now holds 25.1 per cent stake in the expanded Air India.

To enable passengers to identify Vistara flights while booking, Air India will use four-digit flight numbers for the flights beginning with "2", against its three-digit flight numbers.

As Vistara flies into the sunset today, its legacy sets a benchmark for enlarged Air IndiaSubscriber Only

November 11, 2024 19:26 IST

Vistara will operate its final flight on Monday and will integrate with Air India from Tuesday.

Air India

Air India to be alone in the league: In over 17 years, 5 Indian full service carriers bid adieu

November 11, 2024 11:40 IST

With rising air traffic and changing travel patterns, many no-frills airlines are dominating the skies worldwide and India's dominant carrier is IndiGo.

Singapore airlines

Singapore Airlines to invest additional Rs 3,195 crore in Air India post-Vistara merger

November 11, 2024 09:02 IST

The merger of Vistara with Air India will mark a major consolidation in the fast-growing Indian aviation space.

Air India hub to hub airports

Tata airlines to revamp routes: Air India to focus on hub-to-hub services, Air India Express on tier 2, 3 citiesSubscriber Only

November 9, 2024 22:15 IST

Hub airports refer to large airports, often in major cities, that handle high aircraft and passenger volumes.

Air India senior management rejig

Air India rejigs senior management ahead of Vistara merger

November 8, 2024 19:16 IST

As part of this exercise, Vistara chief executive officer Vinod Kanan, who has also been holding the role of Chief Integration Officer for the merger of the two entities, will continue in the latter role post-merger.

Jet Airways

Jet Airways liquidation: Story of rise and fall of what used to be India’s largest, best airlineSubscriber Only

November 8, 2024 05:02 IST

As Jet Airways emerged as the major challenger to government-owned carriers Indian Airlines and Air India, Goyal purportedly made efforts—using his clout and network in the government and among politicians—to ensure that his airline charted a course of rapid growth

Jet Airways

Supreme Court directs liquidation of Jet Airways under Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code

November 8, 2024 10:25 IST

SBI initiated insolvency proceedings against Jet Airways before NCLT, Mumbai, in 2019.

indian airlines market share

Indian airlines gain international market share amid travel demand growth, foreign carriers’ share contractsSubscriber Only

November 4, 2024 07:04 IST

An analysis of airline-wise international passenger traffic data from the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) for April-June (Q1) shows that Indian airlines’ cumulative market share strengthened to 45.6 per cent from 43.9 per cent a year ago.

air india security breach

Ammunition cartridge found on Air India plane after a Dubai-Delhi flight on Oct 27, probe onSubscriber Only

November 2, 2024 23:09 IST

This comes at a time when Indian airlines have been hit by scores of fake bomb threats—mostly posted on social media platform X from anonymous and unverified accounts—over the past three weeks.

Air India Delhi to New York flights

Air India’s new flagship A350 makes ultra long-haul debut with Delhi-New York flightsSubscriber Only

November 1, 2024 18:03 IST

The airline also announced that it will launch in the coming weeks inflight wi-fi service on international flights operated by the A350.

Indian airlines

Indian airlines gain international market share amid travel demand growth, foreign carriers’ share contractsSubscriber Only

October 30, 2024 11:42 IST

The total scheduled international passenger traffic from and to India in Q1 was 1.77 crore flyers, 13.3 per cent higher on the year and 13.5 higher than the corresponding period of 2019.

Virgin Atlantic

Virgin Atlantic launches 2nd daily flight from London to Mumbai

October 28, 2024 20:53 IST

The airline plans to offer nearly 1 million seats in India by 2025.

Air India

Air India gets DGCA greenlight for in-house modification of aircraft interiors, collaborates with Tata TechnologiesSubscriber Only

October 28, 2024 20:02 IST

Tata Technologies said that its deep experience working with leading aerospace original equipment manufacturers will be crucial in the process.

IndiGo

IndiGo’s aircraft groundings on downward trajectory, likely to fall to mid-40s by early FY26Subscriber Only

October 26, 2024 08:05 IST

This is the first instance since late last year of the airline reporting a reduction in grounded aircraft.

Airbus currently sources components and services from dozens of Indian suppliers and service providers

Airbus to double sourcing from India to $2 billion over next couple of yearsSubscriber Only

October 25, 2024 08:49 IST

Speaking at the same event, Civil Aviation Minister K Rammohan Naidu reiterated the government’s ambition to design and manufacture commercial aircraft in India, and said that Airbus has a role to play in that endeavour.

Air India, Vistara, aircraft overlap, merger, route-level, product quality,

For product consistency, Air India plans to minimise overlap with Vistara aircraft on common routesSubscriber Only

October 25, 2024 21:00 IST

The rejig will not be limited to just the domestic network of the enlarged Air India, and would include international routes as well where currently both Air India and Vistara operate. Slots at certain international airports are also being adjusted accordingly.

Indian airlines have been hit by a spate of bomb hoaxes since last Monday (October 14).

Bomb hoax menace: Over 80 flights get threats today; over 250 threats so far in 11 daysSubscriber Only

October 25, 2024 02:00 IST

While security protocols could still be underway for a few flights affected on Tuesday, all threats over the past 11 days turned out to be fake.

boeing

Boeing factory workers vote to reject contract and continue 6-week strike

October 24, 2024 10:25 IST

The strike has deprived the company of much-needed cash that it gets from delivering new planes to airlines.

air india, international destination, indian express

Air India, Singapore Airlines expand codeshare partnership by adding 11 Indian, 40 global destinationsSubscriber Only

October 24, 2024 08:33 IST

Air India customers will be able to access 29 destinations across SIA’s network.

In its nearly 10 years of operations, Vistara had made a mark for itself as the premier full-service carrier in India that offered a superior product in a market dominated by budget carriers

Air India-Vistara merger: Systems, tech integration gathers pace ahead of November 12 D-dateSubscriber Only

October 23, 2024 08:30 IST

With the merger taking effect on November 12, all Vistara aircraft and flights will be transferred to and operated by Air India.

Indigo flights

80 flights received hoax bomb threats since Monday nightSubscriber Only

October 23, 2024 02:05 IST

The total number of such threats has crossed 170 over nine days.

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Direct flights from Pune to Bangkok will now start on November 22: airport officialsSubscriber Only

October 23, 2024 08:53 IST

The Pune to Bangkok flight will operate three times a week.

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6 Bengaluru-bound flights receive bomb threats, police term them as ‘non-specific’

October 21, 2024 09:39 IST

The bomb threat messages were received at the Bengaluru airport command centre via an anonymous account on X.

bomb threats

At least 24 Indian flights got bomb threats on Sunday; week’s tally close to 100Subscriber Only

October 21, 2024 08:44 IST

Most of the threats received by airlines on Sunday came from an anonymous and unverified account —@schizophreniqqq— on social media platform X, per sources in the know. The account was later suspended by X.

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