BUSINESS
Why India has been a graveyard for airlines
There are many issues bedevilling India’s airlines and preventing them from lifting the domestic market to its full potential. And there is no silver bullet that will eliminate all those problems. But until they are addressed, India’s airlines will continue to flounder
BUSINESS
SpiceJet’s results are boringly the same
Accumulated losses, eroding net worth, and minuscule cash in hand – the narrative for the airline has hardly changed since pre-Covid times.
BUSINESS
Analysis: The busiest hour for air travel in India is not what you would expect
The preferred time for airline passengers is expectedly in the morning, but that doesn’t mean that is the rush hour in Indian skies.
BUSINESS
How IndiGo clocked its highest revenue and flights ever
IndiGo’s growth has been driven by the deployment of capacity and utilisation of aircraft. Competition, on the other hand, has not been able to add capacity due to a lack of funds.
BUSINESS
Is SpiceJet attractive enough for investment?
The real challenge will be valuation. While it may all be nice on paper to see how much the stake is valued at, the real question to answer would be how much money flows towards repaying debt and is infused for operations. This one-time activity is essential since there otherwise is no hope of making so much profit that the airline can repay debt.
BUSINESS
Vistara is No. 2 by market share for first time in India’s aviation sector
The Tata-SIA airline stepped in to take the space vacated by others and also benefitted as business travel made a comeback last month.
INDIA
Five months after restoration of overseas flights, why are Indian carriers missing on so many routes?
As Air India looks to strengthen its wide-body offering and order more aircraft and IndiGo explores newer shores with the A321XLR coming in from 2024 or 2025, the opportunity to expand is vast.
BUSINESS
In airline dogfight, fares drop except on certain routes
IndiGo and Spicejet hold on to fares in monopoly routes; newbie Air Akasa will be under pressure to capture market share.
BUSINESS
The gloves are off as fare caps to go away in Indian skies from tomorrow
Airlines will be free to price their tickets starting September 1, 2022. Rules still mandate airlines to declare their fare and fare classes on their website and are not expected to go beyond the maximum fares allowed.
BUSINESS
IndiGo turns 16: India's biggest airline remains a merciless competitor
Since 2006, IndiGo has fought rivals slot by slot, flight by flight and sector by sector. As it nears the 300-aircraft mark, it is now even easier to do that than in the past.
BUSINESS
Even IndiGo’s best revenue performance couldn’t help it make profits. What will?
Earnings Analysis: Even India’s largest airline does not have control over fuel and Mark to Market losses
BUSINESS
IndiGo set to cross Rs 10,000-crore revenue for the first time in 10 quarters
The airline had earned a revenue of Rs 9,480 crore in Q3-FY22 with 16.6 million passengers. With the numbers higher by 10 percent this time around, the figure is set to cross the Rs 10,000 crore mark
BUSINESS
Three planes are put up for sale, what’s cooking at Air India?
The three B777-200LRs help service the 10 weekly flights Air India operates between New Delhi and San Francisco. This have been one of the super-hit routes of Air India, which it is unlikely to let go of. Moneycontrol explains the implications of the sale.
BUSINESS
SpiceJet flights restricted: What you should know as a passenger
The action comes within hours of the government informing Parliament that the DGCA conducted an audit and found all of the airline’s operating aircraft to be safe.
BUSINESS
Six months with the Tatas: How has Air India fared?
Whether it’s market share or on-time performance, Air India has been languishing close to the bottom of the monthly charts. The airline’s priority seems to plugging losses first.
BUSINESS
Akasa Launch: The hits and misses on Day 1 of India’s newest airline
A good booking engine and a good mobile app are the very basics that Akasa Air should be looking at along with ensuring that it is up to date!
BUSINESS
Akasa reveals routes, fares, inflight offerings—are they enough to take on IndiGo?
Can India’s newest airline win passengers over with food? Can its USB ports be its USP?
BUSINESS
Why Akasa Air chose Mumbai and Bengaluru for its inaugural flights
The short routes mark a cautious beginning — a short flight has lower trip costs and loses less money than a longer one. The fare cap that is currently in place will also insulate Akasa against a price war. But in Bengaluru, it will be entering IndiGo’s den — the airline operates 60 percent of all its domestic departures from the city.
BUSINESS
High load factors, poor slot usage – the SpiceJet mystery
At 52%, SpiceJet has the lowest utilisation of airport slots approved for the summer schedule.
BUSINESS
Why airlines have themselves to blame for the HR turbulence
Airfares have not moved north as much as the operating costs have, and for any organisation to give out money to its employees, it needs a steady and profit-making business — which the airline industry does not see on the horizon
BUSINESS
Delhi-Mumbai is the busiest airline route in India. Which is the second busiest?
The winner, which has been among the top 10 airports often through the pandemic, is a surprise, pushing Delhi-Bengaluru to the third position
BUSINESS
What does the Moneycontrol-Local Circles poll mean for airlines?
Passengers not willing to fly an airline is the worst that can happen for a carrier. What should airlines do?
COMPANIES
Financially stable airlines hold key to steady revenue streams for airports
Airports often catch on to the financial downslide of an airline too late and subsequent efforts to enforce payments can turn counterproductive
BUSINESS
Explained | What makes Air India Express and AirAsia India a much-needed match
There is the unwelcome legacy the Tata group inherits, that of discontent from the days of the Air India-Indian Airlines merger that still simmers. Can the group handle industrial relations better as Air India Express and AirAsia India merge?
