September 2021 is the 17th month since the restart of scheduled domestic civil aviation in India. The days leading up to the start on May 25, 2020 were filled with confusion. As the country moved from a lockdown to unlock phases, the initial discussion revolved around allowing flights only between the green zones i.e. states … Continue reading Understanding Capacity Caps and Pricing Caps
IndiGo becomes first Indian airline to launch a pilot for IATA Travel Pass To initiate pilot from August 20, 2021 Over 45 airlines are trialing it right now IndiGo - India’s largest carrier by fleet and domestic market share has decided to trial the IATA (International Air Transport Association) Travel Pass starting August 20, 2021. … Continue reading IATA travel pass comes to India
In March, when Alliance Air / Air India Regional started operations at Bareilly, I had written how the airport could get its much needed fillip if IndiGo launches operations. IndiGo - India’s largest carrier by fleet and domestic market share is launching flights to Bareilly (IATA: BEK) starting August 12, 2021 and progressively add more … Continue reading IndiGo to launch flight services from Bareilly
When the summer schedule started in March, there was a surprise - IndiGo had dropped Jabalpur! The airline had an impeccable record of not abandoning a station after it started. So much so that when it curtailed flights to Singapore from Delhi and Mumbai, it launched them from Chennai and kept Singapore active. This also … Continue reading IndiGo returns to Jabalpur
National carrier Air India has dethroned Spicejet as the number two in domestic market share, year to date. This is the second consecutive month that Air India has been number two in the market but with the latest numbers, for the first half of the year - Air India carried 42.58 lakh passengers as compared … Continue reading First half of 2021 – Air India has dethroned SpiceJet as No.2 in market share
