Government employees told to fly on Air India
It is not a secret that government owned airline company Air India is struggling to compete in the highly competitive Indian aviation market.
The situation is so bad that the Indian government has now made it mandatory for all government employees to use Air India for all [...]
Ratan Tata could be asked to help revive Air India
Air India was founded by J R D Tata way back in 1932. It is currently owned and operated by the Indian government.
The times are so bad, that the government might ask help from Tata chairman Ratan Tata to help revive the company.
Indian [...]
Air India delays payment of salary for the current month
Air India looks like in monetary troubles as the airline company has announced that they are delaying the salary payments for the current month.
The delay is by around 15 months and it is going to cause much hassles for their workers.
Air India said: “The June salary [...]
Fuel surcharge hiked again by Jet Airways and Kingfisher Airlines
Private airline companies Jet Airways and Kingfisher Airlines have raised the fuel surcharge on their tickets.
These charges have been increased by Rs. 300 on long flights and Rs. 200 on shorter routes.
SpiceJet too has stated that they are considering increasing the fuel surcharge on their [...]
Boeing: No cancellations from Indian airline operators
US based aircraft manufacturer Boeing has revealed that despite the economic concerns, they have received no cancellations from Indian airline operators.
Boeing added that they are on schedule to deliver the planes to Indian customers including Air India.
Dinesh Keskar, Boeing India said: “We have zero cancellation from India. We [...]
Air India cut fares by up to 82% in 20 sectors
Indian government owned airline company Air India has cut fares by up to 82% in 20 sectors.
Most of these cuts are applicable on metro routes.
Air India is able to cut the prices on their tickets due to the decreasing prices of the [...]
Air India slashes air fare on all flights
Government owned airline company Air India has announced that they are now reducing their fares across the board.
The company is now reducing its fuel surcharge by Rs 400 for all routes.
This is effective immediately.
Air India has been able to reduce these charges as the prices of jet [...]
Indian government asks Air India to cut fares
Indian Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel has asked the state owned airline company Air India cut the tariffs on their flights.
This is now likely to put pressure on the private airline operators in the country to do the same.
Jet, Kingfisher have already refused to accept the demands [...]
Aviation Turbine Fuel now a bit cheaper in India
Indian Oil companies have reduced the ATF prices by over 16 per cent.
This brings some relief to the airline companies operating in the country.
However, the air travel ticket prices are unexpected to come down because of this new development.
Air India and Jet Airways have already confirmed [...]
Air India and SpiceJet hike airfares
Air India and SpiceJet have announced that they are hiking the fares of air tickets.
The prices are being increased by at least Rs 300 per ticket.
The airline companies said that they have no option but to raise the prices due to the increase in the price of the aviation turbine [...]
