Page 4 - Indian Aviation Market

After challenging 2019, will 2020 be jet, set and go for Indian aviation

From good times, India's airlines flew into hard times last year, with cut-throat competition ensuring cheap tickets but also pushing some companies in the red. Here is what 2020 might hold for them

Hope Air India disinvestment will support aviation market growth, says IATA

In 2019, domestic air passenger traffic in India stood at 14.41 crore, an increase of nearly four per cent compared to the previous year, as per the latest official data.

India will be the world's fastest-growing market over 20 yrs: Boeing

SpiceJet Ltd., which has as many as 205 737 Max jets on order, has said it may buy at least 100 Airbus planes worth more than $10 billion

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

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

How Pakistan can hurt Indian aviation by closing its airspace

The financial implications of aircraft flying West from Delhi being forced to take circuitous routes to at least 27 destinations would be severe

Waiting in the wings: Is the time and IPO strategy right for GoAir?

Strong fundamentals, including low crude oil prices, stable air-travel demand, and a range-bound rupee, analysts believe, make a strong case for the airline's expansion

Rising ATF prices, weakening rupee pulling down aviation sector: IATA

India was one of the fastest growing domestic aviation markets in the world but growth turned negative in April mainly on account of Jet Airways crisis

At 138.9 million, number of domestic flyers grows 18.6% in 2018: DGCA

Due to intense competition, the domestic market share of Air India, Jet Airways and SpiceJet fell marginally in 2018 even though their passenger count increased

Problems in aviation sector would get resolved in a few years: SpiceJet MD

'India is certainly an aviation power. There is no question about that', said SpiceJet chief Ajay Singh

India to become 3rd-largest aviation market by 2024, surpass the UK: IATA

The present trends in air transport suggest passenger numbers could double to 8.2 billion in 2037

In the low-returns aviation market, how many airlines should India have?

At the heart of commercial aviation industry's problems lies deregulation

Jet can't count on discounts for fresh air, cheap tickets are stifling it

Blame the woes on everything from lax hedging policies to India's exorbitant fuel taxes and overambitious fleet expansion

Indian aviation outlook very good; infra, taxation issues worrisome: IATA

Clocking high double-digit growth for more than two years, India's domestic aviation market is one of the fastest growing in the world

Indian aviation market will surpass US, China in 15-20 years: Jayant Sinha

The US stood at around 900 million passenger trips per year and China was at 600 million