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Kingfisher's licence may be suspended any time now
Sindhu •The government is not happy with Kingfisher's reply on why its licence should not be suspended or cancelled. Is it all over for the airline?
Kingfisher's death throes: Ops down to half of normal
Sindhu •Compared to a summer schedule of 199 daily flights, Kingfisher is now down to just about 101. A further downward spiral cannot be ruled out .
Aviation options: 50 percent hike in spot fares or slow death
Sindhu •Spot air fares will have to rise 50 percent to make aviation in India viable. This means consumers have been subsidised too much for too long
Kingfisher cancels 40 flights as pilots skip work
Sindhu •Kingfisher is now into a death spiral. Its international operations are now being cancelled one by one after the IATA suspension
With Kingfisher stuck in quicksand, Air India scripts a revival
Sindhu •Air India is scripting a new revival plan and rejigging its summer schedule. Most low-cost flights are also in the works
'No bailout' chant on Kingfisher gets shriller, but what about AI?
Jagannathan •A group of activists have written to the PM asking him not to bail out Kingfisher. But is Air India any more worthy of a bailout?
Did Ajit Singh eat someone else's lunch? The ATF non-rescue
Fp Editors •The eGoM's decision on letting airlines import aviation fuel directly is a non-solution. It will create as many problems as it solves