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Apr 14, 2021 01:24 PM IST Is it the virus or is it the expensive floor price? It could well be a mix of both. With the govt making it clear that the cap on capacity for airlines will be increased only when the numbers cross 3.5 lakh per day - three times a month, it’s going to be tougher days ahead for carriers.
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Apr 12, 2021 03:32 PM IST While much has been achieved, a closer look at the numbers and destinations of flights listed under the Vande Bharat Mission shows that many of the destinations are in fact part of air bubbles. Such a mismatch makes one wonder if the Vande Bharat Mission passenger count is indeed is as high as the lakhs announced by the government
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Apr 10, 2021 11:16 AM IST Shares in Boeing fell around 1.4 percent as most analysts told investors the issue was unlikely to cause lengthy disruption.
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Apr 06, 2021 07:54 PM IST During the financial year 2010-11, all domestic air operators together had flown a total of 53.8 million passengers on local routes, according to ratings agency ICRA.
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Apr 02, 2021 02:02 PM IST Alliance Air, a unit of Air India, leads the charge of keeping previously underserved routes on the aviation map. IndiGo, SpiceJet and Truejet too will enjoy monopoly in some airports.
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Mar 31, 2021 11:58 AM IST The MoU sets out the conditions on which New York-based Avenue Capital will assist SpiceJet with its new aircraft portfolio, SpiceJet said in a statement.
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Mar 30, 2021 06:43 PM IST The aviation regulator has also asked all airports to increase their surveillance and to ensure COVID-19 protocols are being adhered to as it believes the compliance at some airports is not satisfactory.
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Mar 30, 2021 05:00 PM IST Sunday marked the beginning of the Northern Summer Schedule 2021 -- the longer of the two IATA schedules. In India, 108 airports will become active if all operations start as planned. Puducherry, Nanded and Bhatinda lose connectivity this season.
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Mar 26, 2021 09:54 AM IST SpiceJet Chairman Ajay Singh and Bird Group promoter Ankur Bhatia have expressed interest in buying Air India, the debt-laden national carrier.
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Mar 24, 2021 04:02 PM IST The lockdown and pandemic-related travel restrictions badly hit the Indian airlines. Revenues of major Indian scheduled carriers fell from Rs 46,711 crore during April-September 2019 to about Rs 11,810 crore during the same period in 2020, Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri told the Rajya Sabha last month.
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Mar 22, 2021 06:06 PM IST The aviation minister has said the government may allow 100% operations if daily airline passenger traffic crosses the 3.5 lakh mark a month. That seems a tall order given the tepid demand so far in March. Still, there is a chance that airlines could hit the target.
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Mar 22, 2021 10:06 AM IST The Boeing 737 Max has been barred from flying in India since March 2019 after two fatal plane crashes.
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Mar 18, 2021 02:38 PM IST While the small airline may not be strictly comparable to its much larger peers, the development reiterates the shift towards regional connectivity in Indian aviation
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Mar 18, 2021 09:48 AM IST Dube has held discussions with the Directorate General of Civil Aviation as well as the civil aviation ministry.
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Mar 17, 2021 08:54 PM IST Cumulatively, a total of 155.61 lakh passengers travelled through domestic air routes in the last two months, lower than 251.50 lakh in January-February 2020.
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Mar 12, 2021 02:37 PM IST Domestic air traffic in February 2021 saw marginal improvement when compared with January.
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Mar 10, 2021 05:53 PM IST IndiGo’s OTP was highest among the three airlines in November and December last year too, stated data presented by Hardeep Singh Puri in his written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha.
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Mar 10, 2021 04:29 PM IST While many of the airports in smaller towns have reported passenger traffic higher than pre-COVID-19 levels, passenger loads on UDAN routes are at 80 percent. Now the Ministry of Civil Aviation, Usha Padhee said in an interview with Moneycontrol, will soon start a 'special round of bidding' for UDAN routes.
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Mar 10, 2021 11:46 AM IST Various groups and countries are working on developing so-called vaccine passports aimed at allowing more travel. But airlines fear that a smattering of regional credentials will cause confusion and none will be widely accepted.
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Mar 09, 2021 02:40 PM IST If, after 48 hours, the pilot experiences any symptoms, he or she will be reviewed by the treating physician or his or her authorized medical attendant, the DGCA said.
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Mar 09, 2021 12:48 PM IST The Murari Lal Jalan-Kalrock Capital alliance won the bid to get Jet Airways back in the skie. But finding a suitor is just one of the many hurdles which the airline has to cross.
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Mar 09, 2021 09:06 AM IST Resumption of services from T1 will help maintain social distancing measures, uphold passenger safety, and ensure a seamless transit, Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport said in a statement
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Mar 07, 2021 04:38 PM IST While it is worth investing in multiple fleet types so that the right aircraft can be deployed on the right market, the critical thing here is the timing.
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Mar 07, 2021 09:10 AM IST Fernandes also announced the airlines’ partnership with state-run Malaysian Global Innovation and Creativity Centre for an urban drone delivery service.
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Mar 05, 2021 11:12 AM IST The aircraft maintenance-repair-overhaul (MRO) industry is labour-intensive and requires skilled technicians. Like Information Technology, where India has become the back-office of the world, certain tweaks in taxation could see aircraft fly to India for MRO visits.