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Air India to commence new services to United States from January

National carrier Air India is all set to expand its services to the United States from January 2021

In midst of holiday season, Dubai flights hit by seat allocation dispute

The dispute required the intervention of external affairs ministry post which Dubai has agreed to allow Indian airlines to operate 4,800 seats per week

Charter biz gets Christmas boost as flyers prioritise safety and hygiene

While chartered flights were earlier being used for business and repatriating of stranded Indians and foreigners, the leisure segment picked up with the opening up of tourist destinations

IndiGo allows partial rebooking if passenger's connecting flight cancelled

The rebooking or refund option is only for that leg of the journey that has been cancelled by the airline

Gulf travel ban imposed for 7-8 days, to hit Indian and West Asian airlines

While India has suspended all flights from UK till December 31, the three West Asian states have stopped air travel from countries around the world for next 7-9 days

Indigo to reach 80% of regular domestic capacity by end of December

International flights are restricted and being run as charter operations.

Jet Airways may resume operations next year: Jalan-Kalrock consortium

The consortium of UAE-based businessman Murari Lal Jalan and London's Kalrock Capital - which has won the bid to revive Jet Airways - on Monday said it expects to start operating the airline by the summer of 2021. The consortium is awaiting the NCLT and other regulatory approvals, including reinstatement of slots and bilateral traffic rights by the civil aviation ministry and Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA). It is also planning to launch dedicated freighter services once the carrier takes off the ground again. The committee of creditors (CoC) has already approved the airline's revival plan submitted by the consortium in October. Jet Airways was grounded on April 17 due to liquidity crisis and subsequently went into administration in June 2019. "As per the resolution plan, Jet Airways intends to operate all of its historic domestic slots in India and restart international operations. The Jet 2.0 program is aimed at reviving the past glory of Jet Airways, with a fresh s

Indian aviation industry to report a net loss of Rs 21,000 cr in FY21: Icra

Indian aviation industry is expected to report a net loss of Rs 21,000 crore in the current financial year against a net loss of Rs 12,700 crore in FY20 due to lower revenues and high fixed costs

Airspace stimulus to save over Rs 1,000-crore in jet fuel costs in FY21

Aviation turbine fuel accounts for 35-40 per cent of the total operating cost of an Indian airline

Bonds to equity: Airlines are making money selling everything but tickets

The first thing companies try to sell in a crisis are bits of paper. Airlines have issued $88 billion in bonds so far in 2020

SpiceJet reports net loss of Rs 112.6 crore for September quarter

India's largest airline IndiGo has incurred net loss of Rs 2,884 crore and Rs 1,194 crore in Q1 and Q2, respectively, this fiscal

Govt increases domestic flights' cap from 60% to 70% of pre-Covid levels

The cap on the number of domestic flights was increased from 60 per cent to 70 per cent of their pre-Covid levels on Wednesday, said Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri.

Round trip: Six years after a revival, SpiceJet is back where it started

Six years after a revival, the question being asked is whether India's second largest private airline, SpiceJet, is back where it started

Airlines can operate at 70-75% of pre-Covid levels, clarifies Centre

Yesterday it had passed an order extending the cap of 60 per cent limit on capacity till 24 February

Air India Express reports highest ever net profit at Rs 412 crore

Air India's no-frills service subsidiary has been making profits continuously for the past five years and last year it made a net profit of Rs 169 crore

Airlines sceptical about recovery in winter, play safe on number of flights

None, save IndiGo & Vistara, are confident enough deploy even 50 per cent capacity for winter schedule, reducing chance of a faster recovery

Foreign airline flights will not be allowed at expense of Indian ones: Puri

Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Thursday said the time has come to send a loud and clear message that foreign airlines' flights will not be allowed at the expense of Indian airlines

Airline industry still in the red, losing $ 300,000 per minute: Association

IATA calls on governments to support the industry during the coming winter season with additional relief measures

Air ticket refund, international flights in Unlock 5: Key updates to know

Listen to the Podcast to know about Supreme Court's order on refund of tickets, travel bans, options for Indians who want to fly abroad and more

Airlines will have to pay interest to passengers on credit shell amount: SC

If unused till 31 March, 2021, airlines will have to return the money to passengers