Page 5 - Airline

Low costs, quick ramp up to be gameplan of Rakesh Jhunjhunwala's Akasa

Reduced lease rents, easy availability of pilots and expected buoyancy in air traffic will help the airline as it aims to begin operations next summer

Air India tells HC no favouritism in passenger service system contract

Responds to suit by Amadeus rival Sabre challenging the tender process, says selection of costlier Amadeus bid will give it an edge over peers

Saudi Arabia plans new national airline as it diversifies from oil

Saudia has struggled with losses for years and like global peers, has been hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic

India's airline fleet to contract, fall below 700 on weak demand: CAPA

Indian airlines are expected to induct 69 planes during the year and retire 86 aircraft, some of which could be through repossessions by lessors

IndiGo sees domestic traffic recovering by Q3FY22 as vaccination picks up

The company will not pay any dividend for FY21

Covid, ATF prices to push airlines into Rs 10,000 cr loss in FY22: Crisil

The loss is however expected to be 35-40% lower than the projected loss in FY21

Virgin Australia administrator receives final offers from Bain, Cyrus

Bondholders are working on a revival plan for the airline involving a debt-to-equity swap if they are not satisfied with the bid the administrator chooses

GoAir's Mumbai-Doha service hits turbulence, shuts bookings for flight

The airline is facing a hurdle and has quietly closed reservation for this flight

Coronavirus: Vistara to cancel 54 international flights on poor demand

With respect to the cancelled flights, customers can opt for a full refund or alternative travel dates free of cost

Indian aviation scores low in safety globally, falls short on 5 key counts

On effectiveness of implementing the ICAO standards, India's performance is lower than even Bangladesh

Angry about delays, lost luggage? Text your airline

Some carriers see the ubiquitous phone chat as a key to better customer service

Eye scans are replacing airline boarding passes at airports

Clear is a reincarnation of the verified-identification idea begun by journalist Steven Brill

Aviation safety: 270 airline crew violated safety norms this year

Raising concerns about avaition safety, the DGCA has suspended over 150 crew members

More airline outages as carriers grapple with ageing technology

Airlines will likely suffer more disruptions like the one that grounded about 2,000 Delta flights this week because major carriers have not invested enough to overhaul reservations systems based on technology dating to the 1960s, airline industry and technology experts told Reuters.Airlines have spent heavily to introduce new features such as automated check-in kiosks, real-time luggage tracking and slick mobile apps. But they have avoided the steep cost of rebuilding their reservations systems from the ground up, former airline executives said.Scott Nason, former chief information officer at American Airlines Group, said long-term investments in computer technology were a tough sell when he worked there."Most airlines were on the verge of going out of business for many years, so investment of any kind had to have short pay-back periods," said Nason, who left American in 2009 and is now an independent consultant.The reservations systems of the biggest carriers mostly run on a specialis

Airlines oppose lower cancellation fees, quicker refunds to passengers

Say that new measures not suitable for an underdeveloped market like India

Air Pegasus suspends ops for second day on the trot

Airline MD Shyson Thomas says funding issues with lessors resolved

Airline biggies threaten legal action against ministry

IndiGo, Jet, SpiceJet and GoAir demand level playing field in aviation policy, say government can't favour only two new airlines