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Indian airline stocks soar as government allows full flight capacity

Shares of Indian airline operators jumped on Wednesday after the country's civil aviation ministry allowed domestic flights to fly at full capacity from October 18

Aviation Ministry allows airlines to operate at 85% of pre-Covid capacity

The carriers have been operating 72.5 per cent of their pre-Covid domestic flights since August 12

IndiGo to start 8 new domestic flights in first week of September

IndiGo on Thursday said it will start eight new domestic flights during the first week of September, connecting cities including Dehradun, Indore and Lucknow. "IndiGo will operate new flights between Delhi-Lucknow, Lucknow-Jaipur, and Indore-Lucknow effective September 1, while the flights connecting Delhi and Dehradun will commence from September 5," the airline said in a statement. Sanjay Kumar, Chief Strategy and Revenue Officer, IndiGo, said these eight new flights will not only improve accessibility, but also cater to the increased travel demand from Delhi, Lucknow, Jaipur, Dehradun, and Indore.

Airlines can operate maximum of 72.5% pre-Covid domestic flights: Govt

The limit has been increased from 65 per cent capacity on which airlines were operating since June 6

Domestic flights to cost more as govt raises minimum airfares by 13%-16%

Flights with duration between 40 minutes to one hour will have fares at a lower limit of Rs 3,300. The fares for such flights were earlier capped by the ministry at Rs 2,900

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'Things will get worse for the Indian aviation industry before they get better,' says industry official

Domestic airfare cap, flight capacity to remain unchanged till May 31

Airlines will be allowed to deploy only 80% capacity of the pre-Covid levels.

Domestic flying to cost more as govt raises minimum fares by 5%

'There has been a continuous rise in the price of ATF so it has been decided to increase the lower fare band by 5 per cent keeping the upper fare band unchanged,' says civil aviation minister

Air safety violations decline 62% in 2020: Govt data

Along with reduction in flights, last year also saw restrictions on the use of breath analysers on cabin crew

Airlines see 10-12% drop in bookings as states insist on Covid-19 test

West Bengal joined Maharashtra and Karnataka in insisting on negative RT PCR tests for travellers from certain states, which has dampened sentiment

Alliance Air to commence flight services from Bilaspur to Delhi from March

Air India's regional subsidiary Alliance Air will commence its flight services from Bilaspur in Madhya Pradesh to Delhi, with the option of flying either via Jabalpur or Allahabad from March 1. The four-times-a-week services on the new route will be operated under the government's regional connectivity scheme, UDAN (Ude Desh ka Aam Nagrik) and the airline has deployed its 70-seater ATR 72-600 aircraft, Alliance Air said in a release. Continuing efforts to bolster regional connectivity across India, Alliance Air will add Bilaspur in its service network as the 45th destination, the airline said. These new flights will now connect Bilaspur to Jabalpur, Allahabad and Delhi and beyond, it stated.

Vistara to start flights between Mumbai and Male from March 3

Vistara on Saturday said it will start flights between Mumbai and Male from March 3 onwards under the air bubble arrangement formed between India and the Maldives

Cap on airline capacity extended till 31 Mar, but fares may rise up to 30%

For flights with duration of 90 to 120 minutes the lower fare cap has been increased to Rs 3,900 from Rs 3,500 whereas the cap on maximum chargeable fare has been increased to Rs 13,000 from Rs 10,000

Cap on airline capacity extended till 31 Mar, but airlines can charge more

Govt allows airlines to charge more by increasing the upper- and lower-cap on airfares by up to 30%

SpiceJet to start 24 domestic flights from various cities including Ajmer

Flights between Ahmedabad-Bagdogra-Ahmedabad and Chennai -Kolkata -Chennai will operate three days a week while flights from Patna will operate five days a week to Bengaluru and twice a week to Surat

Further opening of domestic flights to depend on Covid situation, demand

The civil aviation ministry on told the Rajya Sabha that further opening up of the domestic scheduled operations is subject to prevailing Covid situation

GoAir offers 1 mn seats at low fares starting Rs 859 on domestic travel

Budget carrier GoAir on Friday put one million seats up for sale on its domestic network at fares starting as low as Rs 859, under a limited-period special offer ahead of the Republic Day.

Goa routes dominate domestic flight bookings in Christmas, shows data

Customers continue to book closer to travel date due to uncertainty over travel restrictions imposed by states

Govt lifts cap on domestic flights to 80% of pre-Covid levels

The cap on the number of domestic flights that Indian airlines are permitted to operate was increased from 70 per cent to 80 per cent of their pre-COVID levels on Thursday, said Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri. The minister had said on November 11 that the Indian airlines can operate up to 70 per cent of their pre-COVID domestic passenger flights due to the prevailing demand amid the coronavirus situation. Puri tweeted on Thursday, "Domestic operations recommenced with 30K passengers on 25 May & have now touched a high of 2.52 lakhs on 30 Nov 2020." "Ministry of Civil Aviation is now allowing domestic carriers to increase their operations from existing 70% to 80% of pre-COVID approved capacity," he stated. The ministry had resumed scheduled domestic passenger services from May 25, after a gap of two months due to the coronavirus lockdown. However, the airlines were allowed to operate not more than 33 per cent of their pre-COVID domestic flights. On June 26, this was ..

IndiGo reaches 70% of its pre-Covid capacity, operating 1,000 daily flights

India resumed domestic passenger flights on May 25 after a gap of two months due to the coronavirus-triggered lockdown.