Struggling carrier, Jet Airways has announced further tightening of its meal policies on-board domestic flights starting 7th January 2019. Passengers who are not Jet Privilege Gold or Platinum members and booked in Saver or Classic Fare classes will have to buy their meals on board. The complementary meals will be restricted only for Flex class … Continue reading Its Complex! Jet Airways further cuts down on complimentary meals
The first batch of mobile Air Traffic Control (ATC) towers have landed in India. The first of it is at Bokaro and comes from MSM Group Slovakia. This is not the first time that mobile ATC towers would be used. In the past, mobile ATC was used in Bhuj after the earthquake and for a … Continue reading First of Mobile Air Traffic Control Towers have landed in India
This article was first published on CNBCTV18 Over the past few quarters, Spicejet has also consistently declared the higher RASK (revenue per available seat kilometer) and higher average fares than competitor IndiGo, India’s biggest airline. The future of successful airline operations will depend on the ability to keep costs as low as possible, fares as … Continue reading The secret of SpiceJet’s consistently high occupancy rates
6 PNRs for 4 flights for 2 of us of which we cancelled one, too complex when it comes to an airline like Uzbekistan Airlines! Rare airlines are fun to fly but they should not be so rare that you hardly get any information on what to expect. The first time I saw an aircraft … Continue reading Flight Review: Uzbekistan Airlines – domestic flights
Struggling Indian carrier Jet Airways has opened reservations for seventh daily flight between its hub Mumbai and Dubai. The airline has also launched third daily flight to Singapore from Mumbai. Both the flights are operational from 5th of December 2018. The airline recently announced third daily flight between Delhi & Singapore and first daily and … Continue reading Jet Airways opens reservation for seventh daily Mumbai – Dubai, third daily Mumbai – Singapore flight
The GMR Hyderabad International Airport will commence operations from its Interim International Departures terminal (IIDT) effective 23rd of October. The airport which has been growing at breakneck speed, thanks to availability of slots at Hyderabad and unavailability of slots at other major airports, is hoping to reduce congestion of the check-in area at its existing … Continue reading Interim International Departures terminal at Hyderabad from 23rd October
Indian low-cost carrier (LCC) IndiGo announced Hong Kong as its 15th international destination. The airline will connect its southern Indian hub of Bengaluru with Hong Kong effective 11th December 2018 with non-stop flights. The airline will operate as per below timings 6E 1773 BLR 2340 – 0745(+1) HKG 134567 6E 1774 HKG 0845 – 1245 … Continue reading IndiGo announces flights to Hong Kong
For the last few weeks’ internet forums were abuzz with Lufthansa’s Pune operations with Airbus A319. When I reached out to Lufthansa, the team was kind to share complete details about the operations. Lufthansa and PrivatAir abruptly suspended cooperation for commercial reasons in Summer 2018. While bookings closed for further flights, passengers were re-accommodated on … Continue reading Lufthansa to resume PrivatAir service to Pune in February
National carrier Air India has announced connecting Bengaluru to London. The airline decided to terminate the London Heathrow – Newark leg of its Ahmedabad – London – Newark flight and the aircraft would now operate Ahmedabad – London – Bengaluru – London – Ahmedabad with 4x weekly between Ahmedabad and London and 3x weekly between … Continue reading Air India opens reservations for Bengaluru – London
