May 2022: Air India the only airline to lose passengers in best month since restart

The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) declared the traffic statistics for May this afternoon. A total of 1 crore and 20 lakh passengers flew in May 2022. This is 10 lakh more than the previous month and the best ever month since the restart of scheduled domestic flights in Indian skies in May 2020! … Continue reading May 2022: Air India the only airline to lose passengers in best month since restart →

Pantnagar to see more flights from tomorrow

In September 2021, IndiGo launched flights to Gwalior from New Delhi. This meant that the airline got lucrative night parking rights at congested Delhi airport. Since the twin-turboprop aircraft takes longer than a jet to vacate the runway and is slower on approach, it takes up precious slots at airports. This means that a single … Continue reading Pantnagar to see more flights from tomorrow →

Kushinagar airport to start services today

Recently inaugurated Kushinagar Airport in Uttar Pradesh will start seeing scheduled services starting today. SpiceJet will be the sole operator on this route connecting Delhi with Kushinagar four times a week and will follow up thrice weekly flights each from Mumbai and Kolkata which begin on December 18, 2021. As per Flightradar24, VT-SUX is scheduled … Continue reading Kushinagar airport to start services today →

The turboprops of Delhi

IndiGo - India’s largest carrier by fleet and domestic market share, in a coup of sorts managed to get night parking and slots for two ATR 72-600 aircraft at Delhi - the busiest airport in the country. Turboprops like the ATRs are not encouraged at Delhi (or Mumbai) because they take longer on approach and … Continue reading The turboprops of Delhi →

Spicejet to add Bhavnagar to its network starting tomorrow

Indian low cost carrier Spicejet is expanding. The airline lost its number two position by market share to Air India for first half of 2021. Starting August 20, 2021, the airline will launch flights to Bhavnagar in the western Indian state of Gujarat and connect the city with Delhi, Mumbai and Surat. The airline will … Continue reading Spicejet to add Bhavnagar to its network starting tomorrow →