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 787 order canceled by S7
Russia’s S7 has become the first airline company to cancel their order for the Boeing 787 Dreamliner plane.
The company is going through a financial crisis and they are probably not be able to afford the plane.
They had placed an order for 15 planes. These were to be delivered [...]
Air France aims to become big in India
Air France has been present in the Indian market for more than 50 years. The company now aims to become one of the major international airline operators in the country.
Kapil Kaul, CEO (Indian sub-continent and Middle East), Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation spoke about the market: “Though the [...]
Delta Air Lines to internet on domestic mainline fleet
US based Airline Company Delta Air Lines has announced that they would soon offer broadband wireless Internet access on its domestic mainline fleet.
They are aiming to provide this service by the mid of next year.
This service would be provided for a fee.
Delta is partnering with Aircell [...]
Jet Airways and Kingfisher Airlines increases ticket prices
Indian airline companies Jet Airways and Kingfisher Airlines have both announced a hike in their ticket prices.
The fares have been increased by as much as 10%.
Jet Airways said in a statement that they are increasing the ticket prices by 10% for the economy class and 5% for [...]
Air travel to become even costlier in India
Looks like the time of cheap air travel is soon going to become history in India.
Rising fuel prices mean that airline companies can no longer afford to give out cheap tickets for air travel.
A market source said: “ATF hike will not only necessitate us to increase passenger ticket [...]
Delta Air Lines to cut flights from USA to China
US based airline company Delta Air Lines has announced that they are planning to cut down on flights from US to China.
The company said that they do not see stronger demand on this sector for which they had fought to acquire rights to for a long [...]
Continental Airlines to cut 3,000 jobs
US based Airline Company Continental Airlines has announced that they would be cutting as many as 3000 jobs in their operations.
This would amount to around 6.5 percent of its work force.
The airline company also has plans to retire 67 old planes from their fleet as they are struggling in the [...]
Delta Air Lines wants to acquire Northwest Airlines
Delta Air Lines has said that they are going to acquire Northwest Airlines through a deal worth around USD 3 billion.
This acquisition deal if approved would create the world’s largest airline company.
The two companies said that the deal would give Northwest shareholders 1.25 Delta shares for each Northwest [...]
Kingfisher Airlines announces five new flights
Kingfisher Airlines is working hard on launching their international flights while they expand their domestic services.
The company has now launched five new flights.
These are: Delhi-Chandigarh-Mumbai, Delhi-Goa-Hyderabad, Mumbai-Ahmadabad, Chennai- Coimbatore and more flights between Delhi and Hyderabad.
Kingfisher Vice-President (Global Sales) Siva Ramachandram spoke about these new developments: “There were a number [...]
