
Vistara announces launch of Delhi-Kathmandu daily direct flights from 11 February; introductory return fare starts at Rs 9,999
Kathmandu will be Vistara's fifth international destination after the airline launched its global operations in August last year, the airline stated in a release.

Air India crisis: Without a buyer, struggling national carrier might be forced to shut down in six months, says official
As per the government, it has infused funds to the tune of Rs 30,520.21 crore in Air India from financial year 2011-12 till December this year.

Air India to launch direct Khajuraho-New Delhi flight from 27 October; Agra to be excluded from this route
At present, Air India operates services to the temple town in Madhya Pradesh via Varanasi and Agra three times a week.

GoAir rekindles IPO plan, to raise up to Rs 2,074 cr; budget carrier plans to add one aircraft per month
GoAir plans to raise up to Rs 2,074 crore through the maiden offer, though the airline is yet to take a decision on the size of the issue

Vistara announces 48-hour monsoon sale with ticket fares starting from Rs 1,299; no-frills carrier GoAir offers fares from Rs 899
Vistara will operate aircraft on some of the new routes in a different cabin configuration from its current Airbus A320 fleet.

Boeing 737 MAX 8 woes crimp Asian airlines' growth plans amid Boeing's claims to make aircraft model safer
So far, regional carriers have managed to avoid major disruptions, but analysts expect that idling the MAX 8, a fuel-efficient update of Boeing's popular 737, will crimp growth plans in the near future.

AirAsia to launch Mumbai-Kolkata daily flight from 15 April; flight to strengthen airline's operations in the East
AirAsia India will now fly connecting Kolkata and Mumbai, with one daily flight, effective 15 April, the airline said in a release Friday

Low-cost carrier AirAsia India offers 20% discounts on ticket prices across flights for 7 days
AirAsia's seven day offer commences from 18 February for travel between 25 February and 31 July

AirAsia India inducts 20th plane, becomes eligible for international flight; daily Mumbai-Bengaluru services from 15 Jan
This will be AirAsia's third entry into Mumbai after discontinuing services to the city first by AirAsia Berhad in 2012 and then by its subsidiary Indonesian AirAsia X in April this year.

Budget carrier GoAir to start international operations from 11 October; to induct 13 more A320 Neo planes this year
GoAir's inaugural flights will operate to Phuket from New Delhi and Mumbai.

IndiGo to connect Hubli to Goa and Kochi from June in a bid to consolidate southern market
IndiGo will also operate additional flights between Hubli-Chennai, Hubli- Bengaluru and Hubli-Ahmedabad with Airbus A320, starting 1 July

Patna-bound GoAir flight carrying 174 passengers returns to Delhi after bird hits aircraft
A Patna-bound GoAir flight with 174 passengers on-board on Saturday returned to New Delhi following a bird strike

EgyptAir flight: Traces of explosives found on crash victims, say officials
Traces of explosives have been found on some of the victims of an EgyptAir flight from Paris that crashed in the Mediterranean Sea in May, Egypt's Civil Aviation Ministry said on Thursday.

Air India to recruit 500 pilots, 1,500 cabin crew in the next 2-3 years
Air India may recruit about 500 pilots and over 1,500 cabin crew in next two to three years to meet the requirement as the fleet size is expected to increase considerably, a senior official has said

EgyptAir 804 crash: Voice recorder memory chips found intact
None of the memory chips of EgyptAir 804's voice recorder was damaged but other circuitry had to be replaced.

EgyptAir flight crash: Black box data shows heat damage, smoke
Data from one of the black boxes of the crashed EgyptAir plane indicated that smoke was detected aboard the aircraft, while wreckage showed "signs of high temperature damage and soot", an Egyptian probe committee trying to determine the cause of the tragedy has said.

EgyptAir MS804 crash: Black box found, pulled out of sea
The EgyptAir plane's black box was damaged but rescuers managed to safely pull the "memory unit which is the most important in the recorder."

EgyptAir hijacking: Suspect Seif Eddin Mustafa wants asylum in Cyprus, says minister
Cyprus will examine EgyptAir hijacking suspect Seif Eddin Mustafa's asylum claim ahead of a request by Egyptian authorities for his extradition.

Spicejet plans to induct Airbus aircraft in coming months
The Gurgaon-based carrier, currently has a fleet of 35 aircraft with 20 of them Boeing 737s and rest Bombardier Q400s.

IndiGo pushes back delivery of two leased Airbus A320
The domestic budget carrier currently has 94 aircraft in the fleet as against its target of 96 planes by the last fiscal.