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  • GE eyes India boost as foreign travel spurs demand for bigger planes May 31, 2023 03:48 PM IST

    GE eyes India boost as foreign travel spurs demand for bigger planes

    Engines built by GE Aerospace and partner Safran power about 60% of India's 700 plus commercial planes, according to data from aviation analytics company Cirium.

  • Go First and beyond: Is Indian aviation going the telecom way? May 30, 2023 06:29 AM IST

    Go First and beyond: Is Indian aviation going the telecom way?

    Historically, any airline that has suspended operations in India has never restarted.

  • Go First offers pilots Rs 1 lakh in addition to monthly salary in bid to retain them May 29, 2023 04:20 PM IST

    Go First offers pilots Rs 1 lakh in addition to monthly salary in bid to retain them

    The airline has also offered to roll out the retention allowance for pilots who have recently resigned, but are willing to withdraw their resignations by June 15.

  • China's first domestically built passenger plane successfully makes its maiden commercial flight May 28, 2023 03:29 PM IST

    China's first domestically built passenger plane successfully makes its maiden commercial flight

    The first commercial flight of C919 from the eastern metropolis of Shanghai to Beijing was operated by the state-run China Eastern Airlines.

  • Go First crisis: Salary for April to be fully paid before resuming operations, airline tells employees May 24, 2023 07:36 PM IST

    Go First crisis: Salary for April to be fully paid before resuming operations, airline tells employees

    The DGCA will be conducting an audit to "check our preparedness" in the coming days, the airline said, adding that "once approved by the regulator, we would be soon commencing operations".

  • Go First working on plan to resume flights at the earliest: Official May 24, 2023 07:30 AM IST

    Go First working on plan to resume flights at the earliest: Official

    The carrier is undergoing insolvency resolution proceedings following admission of its voluntary plea by the NCLT on May 10.

  • Indian carriers not even carrying half the international traffic from India May 23, 2023 04:24 PM IST

    Indian carriers not even carrying half the international traffic from India

    IndiGo continues to be the largest carrier with a 15.79 percent share in international traffic in Q1 of 2023. It was followed by Air India with 12.6 percent. Emirates, which has been at the forefront of lobbying for more seats to India, was third and carried 9.21 percent of all traffic.

  • Air India, Air India Express to operate special Haj flights May 22, 2023 03:57 PM IST

    Air India, Air India Express to operate special Haj flights

    The two carriers will fly close to 19,000 pilgrims to Jeddah and Medina in Saudi Arabia from the four cities.

  • April aviation data: Domestic passenger traffic rises 22 percent on year, slightly lower than March May 19, 2023 02:22 PM IST

    April aviation data: Domestic passenger traffic rises 22 percent on year, slightly lower than March

    April Aviation Data released by DGCA shows that air traffic has surpassed pre-COVID levels. In April 2019, domestic airlines flew only 109.95 lakh passengers against 128.8 lakh this April.

  • IndiGo: Decent numbers in a seasonally weak quarter May 19, 2023 09:38 AM IST

    IndiGo: Decent numbers in a seasonally weak quarter

    Strong domestic and international demand and the high-yield scenario can help the airline gain altitude.

  • IndiGo aims to grow north of mid-teens this FY, says CEO Pieter Elbers May 19, 2023 07:42 AM IST

    IndiGo aims to grow north of mid-teens this FY, says CEO Pieter Elbers

    IndiGo is seeing robust demand for flying in current quarter and yield in the current quarter were higher when compared on year to a capacity constraints in the domestic Indian market.

  • Go First extends suspension of flight operations till May 26 May 17, 2023 10:18 PM IST

    Go First extends suspension of flight operations till May 26

    Go First, which is undergoing insolvency resolution proceedings, stopped flying from May 3.

  • Go First: Aircraft lessor moves Delhi High Court seeking directions to take back its leased plane May 16, 2023 10:45 PM IST

    Go First: Aircraft lessor moves Delhi High Court seeking directions to take back its leased plane

    Besides, two more aircraft lessors have moved the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) opposing the airline's insolvency proceedings.

  • Air India Express on hiring spree; brings 280 pilots, 250 cabin crew onboard May 16, 2023 08:28 PM IST

    Air India Express on hiring spree; brings 280 pilots, 250 cabin crew onboard

    Over the past one week, the airline has conducted recruitment drives in Mumbai, New Delhi and Bengaluru.

  • A quarter of many firsts? IndiGo gears up to announce Q4 and FY23 results May 16, 2023 04:53 PM IST

    A quarter of many firsts? IndiGo gears up to announce Q4 and FY23 results

    The airline needs to post a net profit of Rs 1,225 crore in the fourth quarter to end FY23 on a profitable note.

  • The future of Go First pilots can’t be risked. They deserve a fair deal May 16, 2023 01:47 PM IST

    The future of Go First pilots can’t be risked. They deserve a fair deal

    If Go First management is confident and sanguine about its revival, it needs to affirm the same with some financial guarantees. Pilots certainly can’t be expected to link their future with the airline’s uncertain fate because there are numerous imponderables involved in the path to revival

  • Indian aviation market 'booming'; keen to expand codeshare routes with IndiGo: Air France-KLM May 14, 2023 05:44 PM IST

    Indian aviation market 'booming'; keen to expand codeshare routes with IndiGo: Air France-KLM

    Air France-KLM, which has increased its seat capacity by 22 per cent compared to 2022, operates up to 46 weekly flights connecting four Indian cities — Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru and Chennai.

  • Star Air: A regional air scaling up is a new thing in India May 14, 2023 07:44 AM IST

    Star Air: A regional air scaling up is a new thing in India

    As the maiden S5-151 flight skimmed over the clouds this morning en route from Bengaluru to Hyderabad, it created a history of sorts in India. A regional carrier has never grown in India, but Star Air — the Bengaluru-based regional carrier with five E145s and two E175s in its fleet — became the first carrier to expand its offering.

  • Go First extends flight cancellations till May 23 May 12, 2023 06:41 PM IST

    Go First extends flight cancellations till May 23

    The cash-strapped airline said that they are cancelling all flights till May 23 due to “operational reasons”.

  • Aviation leasing watchdog issues warning to India over plane repossessions May 12, 2023 01:38 PM IST

    Aviation leasing watchdog issues warning to India over plane repossessions

    The move from the Aviation Working Group (AWG), a UK-based entity that monitors leasing and financing laws on behalf of planemakers and lessors, could raise leasing costs for Indian airlines and further jolt lessors' confidence in the world's third-largest domestic aviation market.

  • Go First cancels all flights scheduled till May 19, assures full refunds May 10, 2023 01:09 PM IST

    Go First cancels all flights scheduled till May 19, assures full refunds

    The airline re-assured its flyers about the continuation of operations and resumption of flights via a post on its twitter handle.

  • Air New Zealand adds 'bunk-beds' to its flights May 10, 2023 11:52 AM IST

    Air New Zealand adds 'bunk-beds' to its flights

    The release by Air Newzealand disclosed that the Skynest will be a six-pod configured sleep zone which will offer sessions for economy passengers to lie down when travelling long haul.

  • NCLT to give its ruling on GoFirst insolvency plea today May 10, 2023 06:48 AM IST

    NCLT to give its ruling on GoFirst insolvency plea today

    The two-member bench comprising President Justice Ramalingam Sudhakar and L N Gupta would pronounce the order on Wednesday morning, according to the tribunal's cause list for Wednesday.

  • Go First lessors request to deregister and export nine more A320 aircraft May 09, 2023 07:25 PM IST

    Go First lessors request to deregister and export nine more A320 aircraft

    The lessors have so far requested for the deregistration and repossession of 42 A320 aircraft of Go First, the loss-incurring carrier which filed for insolvency on May 2.

  • Go First lessors request to deregister and export 13 more A320 aircraft, DGCA official says May 09, 2023 06:55 AM IST

    Go First lessors request to deregister and export 13 more A320 aircraft, DGCA official says

    In all, the lessors have so far requested to deregister and export 33 A320 operated by Go First, the official added.