Aviation News

» Airfares to Lucknow and Varanasi rise steeply due to Mahakumbh

Flights from New Delhi to Allahabad and nearby cities like Varanasi, Kanpur and Lucknow cost anywhere from Rs 8,400 to Rs 14,455 around important Kumbh dates like February 10, 15, 25 and March 10 ... Read more

» KFA employees to move court for winding up and recovering salary dues

KFA is facing debt-cum-losses of over Rs 16,000 crore and has not operated a single flight since October 1, 2012 ... Read more

» Domestic air traffic in India falls by 2.1 percent in 2012: IATA

Weak economic growth and exorbitant operational costs, including high taxes to blame;  IATA forecasts slower air travel demand growth in 2013 globally ... Read more

» All Nippon Airways in talks with GoAir, SpiceJet for India entry

ANA also had discussions with Kingfisher Airlines but made no substantive progress ... Read more

» Jet Airways may offer 50 per cent board representation to Etihad Airways

Etihad is expected to invest $300 million in Jet for the 24% stake, valuing the Indian carrier at $1.2 billion, or 6,380 crore, which is 19% higher than the current market cap of 5,371 crore ... Read more

» Air India to restart Amritsar-Sharjah flight

The airline had suspended this flight for 10 days on December 22 due to fog ... Read more

» SpiceJet to start flight between Delhi and Guangzhou from 8 February

The India-China airline business is mostly dominated by Chinese Airlines which operate flights to Indian cities from Beijing, Chengdu, Shanghai and Guangzhou ... Read more

» Air India puts Dreamliner planes for sale, leaseback

Air India and other Dreamliner operators across the world have grounded their entire fleet of 50 B-787s delivered so far following a directive from the US Federal Aviation Authority after a fire risk ... Read more

» Cathay Pacific to operate 10 weekly flights on Mumbai-Hong Kong route from 2 April

Introduces New Premium Economy Cabin; Together with sister airline Dragonair, the group now operates 46 weekly flights from six cities in India ... Read more

» Supreme Court stops airlines from charging transaction fee

Move will impact the agents hard as many airlines have reduced commission or offer no commision at all ... Read more

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