Mumbai Police on Thursday arrested a Swedish national for allegedly molesting an IndiGo cabin crew member. The 62-year-old passenger inappropriately touched the crew member and created a ruckus on board.
Tata group airlines fly both the longest and shortest routes in the country.
The lessors have written to India’s aviation regulator about the payment delays and they could ask for deregistration of the aircraft as the next step.
Passengers on an IndiGo flight were recently surprised to find their captain was none other than Rajiv Pratap Rudy, a BJP leader and member of parliament from Bihar.
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Several airlines have issued travel advisories to passengers and have posted on their Twitter feeds regarding changes to flight schedules. Passengers have been asked to stay updated on further developments from official sources.
Dip in the number of weekly flights is likely to aid passenger load factor of the aviation sector amid a rise in traffic.
In total, the partnership is adding 19 destinations to its existing portfolio making it a total of 35 destinations.
The picture shows the crew member, wearing gloves and mask, and equipped with cleaning spray and tissue papers scrubbing up the spot where the passenger had vomited.
Akasa Air will close its first financial year with more planes and higher market share than IndiGo in its first year. But it will have a tough time emulating IndiGo’s subsequent growth blitz.
The direct flights from Delhi will also connect Himachal Pradesh to the rest of the country and international destinations in Asia, Middle East, and Europe Vinay Malhotra, Head of Global Sales at IndiGo has said
Customs officials in Bengaluru last week intercepted a traveller who was trying to smuggle gold worth Rs 69.4 lakh into the country.
Bomman and Bellie, protagonists of the Oscar-winning documentary ‘The Elephant Whisperers’, received a special shout-out from the crew on board an IndiGo flight.
IndiGo has a market share of 55 percent in the domestic market and as many as 490 aircraft are set to join its fleet by the end of the decade, The airline is also estimated to witness 100 million passengers in FY24
The two men misbehaved on the flight after the staff and passengers objected to their drinking. They had brought along alcohol bottles from a duty-free store.
As per the Hurun Global Rich List, IndiGo co-founders Rakesh Gangwal and Rahul Bhatia emerged as the wealthiest and second-wealthiest billionaires from the aviation industry.
Turkish Airlines is looking to start flights to six new destinations in India, including Ahmedabad and Chennai.
'We work with 2.8 lakh customers each day. We're training our colleagues to deal with situations where passengers behave in an unruly manner - but it's our job to stand by them when possible', says Indigo CEO Pieter Elbers. In an exclusive interaction with Network18, he also speaks about Indigo's expansion plans, Q3 numbers and the Indian travel market. Watch!
Indian airlines carried 246.11 lakhs passengers in February 2023 as against 141.04 lakhs during the corresponding period of previous year
Currently, IndiGo operates around 1,800 daily flights and has a fleet of more than 300 aircraft.
Brokerage firm Jefferies India has initiated an underperform rating on Interglobe Aviation Ltd, with a 13 percent cut in its target price to Rs 1,615 a share from the current market price.
The Indian carrier’s 531-seater aircraft will probably set a record for the highest number of seats by an airline from India on a scheduled commercial service.
The passenger, a Nigerian national aged around 60, was later declared dead on arrival, they said.
The reduction in jet fuel prices is too insignificant to pass on in view of continued high demand in the domestic market.