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Airfares on Holi high: Travel firms witness a rise in advance bookings

The increased demand has reflected in higher fares on popular routes during March 6-12 (Holi week) compared to February 6-12

Air India plans single pay structure, common seniority list for pilots

Air India was unable to create a single seniority list of pilots after merging with Indian Airlines in 2007 as pilots from both sides bickered on the issue

Airlines step up hiring to drive growth as demand recovers, costs ease

IndiGo to hire 5,000-6,000 employees in FY24; Akasa Air will add 1,000 staff; Air India said it will recruit 5,100 staff including 900 pilots and 4200 trainee crew

Airtel eyes tariff hike mid-year; here's how telcos' Arpu stack up

Airtel reported an ARPU of Rs 193 in Q3, FY23 with the widening of its 4G customer base

SpiceJet debt recast: Carlyle Aviation to pick up 7.5% stake in airline

SpiceXpress, the cargo business, to be hived off into separate unit

Air India's premium avatar by mid-2024; Maharaja stays: CEO Wilson

Airline to speed up $400-mn cabin refurbishment, says CEO

Air India Express safety woes linger as jet makes emergency landing

No one was hurt and the aircraft flew to Damman in the evening after inspection and necessary maintenance

Air India to hire 900 pilots, 4,200 trainee crew to support growth plans

At present Air India has 115 aircraft. This calendar year it will receive six Airbus A350s and 25 Boeing 737 Max planes; will also take 36 aircraft on lease

India has world's fourth largest jet-engine powered passenger plane fleet

As of Feb 20, a total of 717 passenger aircraft have been registered with DGCA. Apart from jet-engine planes from Airbus and Boeing, the list also includes turboprop aircraft and some smaller planes

Domestic air passenger traffic nearly doubled in January, shows data

IndiGo had a market share of 54.6 per cent, while Air India took the second spot with 9.2% share beating Vistara

In next phase of growth, emphasis on international: IndiGo CEO Elbers

'The focus is to stay true to our customer promise', said Elbers

With Air India's A350 order, Rolls-Royce makes a comeback in engine market

Currently, the Rolls-Royce-powered fleet of Indian airlines consists of five Embraer ERJs of Star Air and six Boeing 757s of Blue Dart

Air India seals world's largest aircraft deal at $70 bn, orders 470 planes

The first aircraft to arrive will be 25 Boeing 737s and six Airbus A350-900s in the second half of 2023

Vodafone Idea Q3 results: Net loss widens 10.5% to Rs 7,990 crore

The company lost 5.8 million subscribers sequentially and its user base stood at 228.6 million at the end of the second quarter

Kalanithi Maran can encash Rs 270 cr bank guarantee in SpiceJet dispute: SC

Court orders SpiceJet to deposit Rs 75 cr in drawn-out dispute over airline's acquisition

IndiGo restores pilots' increments amid financial turnaround, Q3 profit

Airline made net profit of Rs 1,422 cr in Q3FY23, after three consecutive quarters of loss

Air India to add over 90 planes in two years in first order since 2006

This includes 56 planes that are part of mega aircraft order signed with Airbus and Boeing. These will be in addition to previously announced leases of 36 planes

Foreign tourists quadrupled to 6.19 mn in 2022, but 43% lower than 2019

The government hopes a hundred per cent recovery in foreign tourist arrivals by December-end

Mandatory RT-PCR test for six East Asian nations removed as Covid cases dip

The norms have been updated and requirement of compulsory test and uploading of result on the air suvidha portal has been dropped

Bharti Airtel targets top 150 cities and towns for 5G subscriber expansion

Other cost-saving steps will include lowering of sales and distribution expenses and spend on tower rentals and fuel