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Indian airlines to slip into loss in Q2 on jet fuel cost, weakening rupee

While fuel cost is the single largest cost head for airlines, a weaker rupee means higher maintenance outgo, increased lease and interest costs on foreign currency loans

SpiceJet to set up first overseas hub in UAE; plans new airline

The emirate would be SpiceJet's first international hub as the carrier looks to boost its connectivity to the Gulf as well as to European destinations

Tax cuts a must to make Indian airlines globally competitive: SpiceJet CMD

Indian carriers are paying a much higher cost of operation and, therefore, they are not competitive with others, he said

DGCA's clerical error forced Pakistan to chase SpiceJet aircraft

The reason for the mistaken identity was a clerical error by an official of India's aviation regulator

One sector that's looking up: Airlines are buying planes, slashing prices

According to an industry estimate, scheduled carriers in India will add at least 30 aircraft by the year end, of which 20 would come in by the first week of November

SpiceJet may take more of Jet Airways' 737 MAX planes, says chairman

The grounding of MAX planes has hurt SpiceJet's capacity expansion and international plans and raised costs

DGCA orders check for cracks in 23 SpiceJet Boeing 737-NG aircrafts

Nineteen passenger aircraft above 26,000 flight cycles and four freighters having above 36,000 cycles of SpiceJet will be affected by the order

DGCA suspends licenses of two SpiceJet pilots over technical lapses

A SpiceJet Boeing 737-800 plan made an air turn back due to pressurisation failure on June 14 this year

SpiceJet to expand domestic network, launch 46 new flights from next month

Besides, the airline, in a release, also announced the launch of Rajkot as its 54th destination, with a direct flight services from here to Gujarat's fourth-largest city

SpiceJet mulls buying 100 Airbus jets after Boeing 737 MAX fallout

The Max has been grounded worldwide since March after a pair of crashes killed 346 people

SpiceJet targets cargo unit IPO within 12 months amid e-commerce boom

The no-frills carrier is expanding its nascent cargo-hauling arm to fill the growing need for overnight shipping services, fueled by online retailers such as Amazon.com. and Walmart Inc.'s Flipkart

DGCA suspends SpiceJet pilot for mishearing ATC causing runway incursion

The pilot was a first officer on a Surat-Mumbai flight on July 5 when the incident took place

SpiceJet to shift its entire Mumbai ops to terminal T2 from October

In the past low-cost airlines were resisting the airport operator's demand to move to T2 citing higher slot charges and the resultant higher operational cost

IndiGo and SpiceJet to shift operations to Delhi's terminal 3 from Sept 5

SpiceJet will shift its operations entirely while IndiGo will move partially from T2 to T3. Delhi International Airport Limited said, it is carrying out expansion work at T2

SpiceJet to start 12 new flights, Aurangabad becomes 53rd destination

SpiceJet on Friday said that it is going to start 12 new flights from the first week of October and 10 of these flights would be connecting Delhi with other cities. The budget carrier announced the "on-boarding of Aurangabad as its 53rd domestic destination" with the introduction of a daily non-stop flight on Delhi-Aurangabad route from October 8. Besides the new flight connecting Delhi and Aurangabad, SpiceJet has introduced new flights on the Delhi-Thiruvananthapuram and Kolkata-Ahmedabad sectors. SpiceJet said that from the first week of October, it will also enhance its operations with additional frequencies on the Delhi-Kolkata (4th & 5th frequency) and Delhi-Bengaluru (6th frequency) routes.

Two SpiceJet pilots get 1-year suspension for overshooting Mumbai runway

Both the pilots have been suspended for a period of one year from the date of the incident

SpiceJet posts highest Q1 profit at Rs 262 cr on compensation from Boeing

Airline's auditor has disputed the compensation amount, saying there's no certainty to recognise such other income

Top events today: FM to meet FPIs, MFs, IIP data, SpiceJet Q1 and more

From SpiceJet quarter result to Industrial Production data, Business Standard brings you top events of the day

DGCA suspends SpiceJet pilot for overshooting runway at Shirdi airport

The regulator observed that the B737 aircraft, which was being flown by Captain Ashish Jayaswal, touched down at approximately 5300 feet from runway threshold at Shirdi airport

DGCA suspends licence of 2 SpiceJet pilots for one year over violations

The accident, involving a Boeing 737 plane coming from Jaipur, happened on July 1. It had also led to closure of Mumbai airport's main runway for more than three days before the aircraft was removed