Air India’s Phuket expansion – a case study of balancing connectivity and capacity

Air India launched flights to Phuket on December 01, 2023. While analyzing the route, I wrote “The timings may not be optimum just yet for a two way connection to its entire European bank, but come next year – additional flights to Phuket or additional flights to Europe will help overcome this challenge. “ The … Continue reading Air India’s Phuket expansion – a case study of balancing connectivity and capacity

High 5 in UP for QP – Akasa Air launches flights to Gorakhpur

Akasa Air - the Mumbai headquartered low cost carrier is launching flights to Gorakhpur starting May 29, 2024. The airline will connect Gorakhpur daily to Bengaluru and Delhi with below timings. QP1880 BLR1115 - 1405GOP QP1883 GOP1920 - 2155BLR QP1882 DEL1655 - 1845GOP QP1881 GOP1445 - 1600DEL This will be the fifth destination in the … Continue reading High 5 in UP for QP – Akasa Air launches flights to Gorakhpur

From India by IndiGo to the World by IndiGo – the airline has “agreed” to order A350s

IndiGo - India’s largest carrier has “agreed” to place a firm order for 30 A350-900 aircraft with options of 70 more. Deliveries are expected to start in 2027 and comes within an year of the airline placing a record order of 500 A320 family aircraft at the Paris Air show in 2023. The aircraft will … Continue reading From India by IndiGo to the World by IndiGo – the airline has “agreed” to order A350s

India Foxtrot Echo – IndiGo’s foray into premiumization of services?

In September 2019, a sudden set of tweets (it was still twitter then) announced the launch of In-Flight entertainment in IndiGo. Most looked at the advertisements or press releases and took to social media excitedly. A look at the details and one realised it was a deal with Sonyliv where the airline had a partnership. … Continue reading India Foxtrot Echo – IndiGo’s foray into premiumization of services?