Mumbai Airport needs a balancing act – for passengers benefit

The suspension of Jet Airways threw up some interesting challenges in Indian aviation. While the suspension led to capacity crisis, increasing fares and a lot more on the commercial side, over a period of time I was keenly observing how airports handle the capacity at Terminals. Even before I joined aviation, with my masters in … Continue reading Mumbai Airport needs a balancing act – for passengers benefit →

IndiGo doubles flights to Istanbul, Turkish code share to be effective soon

Indian low-cost carrier and domestic market leader IndiGo has opened reservations for second daily flight to Istanbul from New Delhi. The airline is scheduled to operate its first commercial service on this sector on 20th March and has quickly but quietly gone double daily on the sector with the second flight effective 25th March. The … Continue reading IndiGo doubles flights to Istanbul, Turkish code share to be effective soon →

No more 6E! IndiGo canceling flights till end of March

IndiGo – the domestic market leader in India has announced a spate of cancellations during the last few days and has now announced that they would cancel about 30 flights per day until end of March. News reports indicated that the airline has cancelled over 70 flights on the weekend. While the airline remained silent … Continue reading No more 6E! IndiGo canceling flights till end of March →

IndiGo announces flights to Istanbul

Indian low-cost carrier IndiGo has announced launch of its flights to Istanbul effective 20th March 2019. The domestic market leader in India announced a new CEO yesterday and announced its intentions to start rapid International expansion a day before in its call with analysts post results declaration. The airline had announced a code share agreement … Continue reading IndiGo announces flights to Istanbul →

Three Indian LCCs in top 15 worldwide by aircraft on order

The Blue Swan Daily published an analysis of top 20 LCCs (Low cost carriers) worldwide by aircraft on order. Lion Air tops the list with 444 aircraft on order, comprising of 415 narrow body, 8 wide body and 21 turbo prop aircraft. However, Lion Air orders are across the group companies which comprise of Lion … Continue reading Three Indian LCCs in top 15 worldwide by aircraft on order →