Air India adds flights to Bali and Kuala Lumpur, goes head on against IndiGo on some domestic sectors
Air India has announced the addition of 174 weekly flights on domestic and short-haul international routes, operated by the A320 family as part of Northern Winter Schedule which begins October 26,…
Bengaluru gains, Kozhikode, Kannur and Trivandrum the losers in Air India Express international network rejig
Kozhikode continues to have the largest international presence of Air India Express Air India Express is back in news and this time for withdrawing flights from points in Kerala. This…
SpiceJet has been making multiple announcements over the last few weeks. The airline intends to add up to 20 aircraft as wet/damp leases this winter, which will effectively double up its operations. The fund infusion of INR 3000 crore last financial…
4 planes and 5 routes – a look at how IndiGo is rotating its damp leased 787s
IndiGo inducted its first 787-9 dreamliner from Norse Atlantic in March this year, to operate to Bangkok from Delhi. By June, when it announced new destinations like London, Amsterdam, Copenhagen, Manchester, Athens…
One of the first things that you see when you visit any airline website is the Booking Engine where you can search for flights, select dates of travel and in some cases class of service along with count of passengers before starting the booking process. The booking engine is completely…
In the early 2000s a very close friend of mine moved out of India for higher education. A resident of Chembur, his parents told him that the next time he visits post his graduation, he will land at Navi Mumbai airport. Luckily he visited once before…
IndiGo rejigs Manchester ops, launches flights from Delhi
On Friday evening (Oct 03), IndiGo announced the launch of multiple flights from Delhi which included a four times a week service to Krabi, a second frequency to Bangkok, a Delhi - Bali service with a tech stop in Bhubaneshwar and direct…
On August 4, 2025, IndiGo—India’s largest airline by market share—officially announced that it will commence daily direct flights from India to London Heathrow Airport (LHR). These services will be operated with leased Boeing 787‑9 Dreamliner aircraft,…
Over the last few days, IndiGo announced additional flights to Denpasar, Bali, where it already operates from Bengaluru, its longest flight thus far on its own metal. With the lack of range, its flights from Mumbai to Bali, will take a tech stop at…
Air India joins the multi terminal conundrum at Delhi, to move some flights to T2 this winter
Delhi Airport will operationalise its revamped Terminal 2 starting October 26, 2025 coinciding with the start of Northern Winter 2025 schedule. The revamped terminal is expected to make the Terminal look…
Air India extends its lead on the India – UK sector this winter, to operate 7 daily services to Heathrow
A few weeks ago, Air India silently added a frequency between Delhi and London Heathrow, making it the fourth frequency between the two cities. The new flight is up for sale starting Winter…
IndiGo announces flights to Cambodia, to operate Siem Reap – Kolkata from November 13
India’s largest carrier IndiGo has announced flights to Siem Reap in Cambodia from Kolkata. This will be the second connection between India and Cambodia, with Air Cambodia operating to New Delhi from Cambodia’s…
Joramco Signs New Partnership Agreement with Air India
Joramco, the Amman-based aircraft maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) facility and engineering arm of Dubai Aerospace Enterprise (DAE), has signed a maintenance agreement with India’s leading global carrier and Star Alliance member Air…
Air India Express rejigs its Bangkok operations from mid-October
Air India Express has been on an expansion spree. However, as part of its expansion it is seeing multiple hits and misses, a phenomenon which is very common for such rapid expansion. The airline which launched some routes with much…
IndiGo announces flights to Copenhagen, to connect Mumbai from 8 Oct
IndiGo hosted the IATA AGM in Delhi this June and coinciding with the event made some big bang announcements, one of which was regarding its expansion. The airline has announced that it would fly to Athens, Copenhagen, London,…
Cooperation not competition: IndiGo and Aegean sign MoU for codeshare partnership
First came the announcement from Aegean Airlines, then came the announcement from IndiGo and then came the joint announcement. The India - Greece route is set to get interesting starting 2026 with Aegean Airlines…
Kuwaiti carriers to start utilising extra seats under revised bilateral this winter
In July this year, India and Kuwait revised their bilateral air services agreement which increased the seats between the two countries by 50%. The weekly quota of seats between the two countries went up from 12,000…
Tata and SIA owned Air India will start winter only flights to Jaisalmer in Rajasthan. The airline will operate Daily two class A320 family aircraft at below timings AI487 DEL0720 - 0850JSAAI488 JSA0925 - 1055DELAI489 DEL1250 - 1420JSAAI490 JSA1455…
Gaya Airport made it to the news for its airport code during the Monsoon session of the parliament for its airport code GAY. The airport is all set to host Air India from September 01, 2025. Air India has announced direct flights to Gaya,…
First time since January 2022, Indian domestic industry posts negative Month of Month growth
As the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) declared the Indian aviation domestic summary for July, it showed a drop in traffic month over month. July 2025 saw the domestic aviation industry cater…
Q1 Indian aviation: Domestic Industry grew by 9.7%, but who grew the most in India?
With only two listed airlines in India and the major airlines’ count falling over the years, it has become very difficult to understand the finances, and how the industry is doing. To study the Indian aviation…
From Catering to Ground handling, hotel to staff, getting back to China will have a leadtime
In early February 2020, while the world was still debating about the flu, which was spreading in China and leading world organisations were not sure if it can transit from one person to another, Indian…
Hyderabad airport has been on a roll in the last few years even as its larger cousin Bengaluru kept getting all the attention. Hyderabad became the fourth airport in India to cross the 25 million threshold last year. Both airports have expanded…
Akasa Air looks east, to launch Phuket in September
Mumbai headquartered Akasa Air which recently completed three years of flying will expand to Southeast Asia starting next month with flights to Phuket, Thailand from Mumbai. Flights begin September 20, 2025 and operate Daily at below timings…