The next batch of Introduction to Airline Network Planning is planned for June 10, 2023. The two hour session is followed by a 15-20 mins Q&A and restricted to a batch size of 12 for better discussion and learning. So far this has seen participation from Australia, Canada, UAE, USA, Saudi Arabia, Singapore and Vietnam … Continue reading Training: Airline Network Planning – Jun 10, 2023 & Basics of Network Planning – Jun 24, 2023
Category: Aviation
Understanding the India – UK Bilateral Air Services Agreement
There has constantly been a rumour of Virgin Atlantic adding flights to Bengaluru, even before Vistara announced flights to London Heathrow from Mumbai. As Vistara’s flights opened for sale, debate raged on about why they are 5x weekly when they are holding slots for all days of the week. It also makes sense to look … Continue reading Understanding the India – UK Bilateral Air Services Agreement
Over 2400 crore rupees VGF disbursed under RCS-UDAN, four states get over 50%
Successive governments have looked at ways for subsiding air travel in remote areas but none took off until Regional Connectivity Scheme (RCS) - UDAN (Ude Desh ka Aam Nagrik). As a response to a question asked in Rajya Sabha - the upper house of Indian parliament, the government has released the data about the Viability … Continue reading Over 2400 crore rupees VGF disbursed under RCS-UDAN, four states get over 50%
December 2022 nearly makes it to pre-COVID numbers
While the formal release from the regulator is awaited, a sum of daily numbers show that December 2022 passenger numbers missed the Dec'19 numbers by a whisker
You can’t take a gun in a battle of tanks
This title is odd, no doubt. No matter how much interest I have in military matters - this is not a blog about the military. Possibly the last blog post of the year is about pouring my thoughts out instead of analysing a route, network or airline. As Akasa Air expands and I write intermittently … Continue reading You can’t take a gun in a battle of tanks