SpiceJet has announced yet another sale, this time for Rs 699, for bookings next year. The “Early New Year” sale offer starts today and will be available till mid night September 18, 2014. It is applicable for travel between January 16, 2015 and October 24, 2015. “Customers planning for new years, Valentine’s Day, summer vacation, […]
Close on the heels of its 1,999 rupee offer, SpiceJet has announced one more offer under a Rs 599 scheme. One way fares start at Rs 599 (including fuel surcharge, but excluding statutory taxes and fees)) and Rs. 1999 (all-in). It must be noted that the low fare is not available on all flights, or […]
A day after SpiceJet announced Rs 499 scheme, competitor Jet Airways followed suit for Economy class passengers on its domestic network. “Guests will be able to enjoy substantial discounts across all destinations on the airlines’ domestic network. The all inclusive fares start from INR 500,” the company said. It may be noted that customers have […]
In an unusually strong statement, India’s state airline Air India, which has been trying to make a comeback after mounting losses, accused a section of the media of spreading negative and baseless news against it to prevent its re-emergence. During Air India’s times of trouble, the Indian domestic aviation market has been captured by private […]
SpiceJet said it will start a new flight, Kolkata to Bangkok, starting Sep 25, and will price it as just Rs 2,999 in the initial period. SpiceJet used to have flights to Bangkok from Bengaluru and Pune. SpiceJet will be operating to Bangkok’s state-of-the-art Suvarnabhoomi airport from Kolkata. The price of the ticket in Thai […]
In an attempt to regain lost market share, Jet Airways announced a new branding plan which includes the rebranding of its JetKonnect planes under the main brand. JetKonnect and Jetlite are brands that came into existence when Jet Airways acquired Sahara Airlines. This class of service is supposed to be a value for money brand […]
Qatar Airways said its flight QR23 from Doha to Manchester, an Airbus A330-300, was forced to land at Manchester Airport after its crew got a bomb threat. “The crew had received a threat about a possible device on board and Qatar Airways immediately took all the necessary precautions to alert British authorities,” it said. “The […]
Jet Airways, India’s premier international airline, today, said it was extending its special fares for its economy guests travelling within India. The scheme, which was announced a few says ago, enables travelers to get a discount of 40% on the base fare and fuel surcharge. The earlier scheme was applicable to international flights also, but […]
Jet Airways and partner Etihad Airways, the national airline of the UAE, have announced special introductory fares for domestic and international travel. Both economy and business class travellers of Jet Airways and Etihad Airways availing this special offer will enjoy a flat 20% to 50% discount over regular fares on the combined network of the […]
SpiceJet today announced that it is resuming its services on Dubai-Mumbai and Dubai-Madurai routes with effect from July 21, 2014. SpiceJet launched service on these two sectors earlier in June 2012 and November 2013 respectively, but had to temporarily suspend these flights in May this year due to runway work at Dubai airport, during which […]
SpiceJet today announced the launch of several new flights on its four existing routes with effect from June 15, 2014. The airline is adding capacity on Bangalore-Mangalore, Chennai-Madurai, Bangalore-Hyderabad and Delhi-Lucknow sectors. All these new flights will be served with 189-seater Boeing 737 aircrafts. SpiceJet is introducing a daily new flight on Bangalore-Mangalore route. The […]
SpiceJet has announced a special offer starting of all inclusive one-way ticket on all its “via” and onward connection flights, starting at Rs 2,999. The main benefit will be for travelers from second tier cities such as Kochi. As an example, one could fly from Kochi to Portblair at Rs 2,999 and from Varanasi to Bangalore at […]
Air India signed a code-share agreement with Hong Kong Airlines Under the code-share agreement, HKA will place its code on direct flights operated by Air India between Hong Kong and three cities including Delhi (DEL), Osaka (KIX) and Seoul (ICN) respectively. HKA passengers will have better access to an expanded network of destinations on Air […]
Air Asia will offer prices as low as 3,999 for some of its international flights when it starts flying from India on June 12, according to its website. According to the website, flights will start from South Indian cities such as Bangalore, Chennai, Kochi and Trichy. The lowest fares are for flights to Kuala Lumpur […]
Etihad Airways has increased the baggage allowance for Indian students travelling abroad. The benefit will be available for Indian students travelling to the US and the UK between 1 June and 30 September 2014 from Mumbai, Delhi, Chennai, Bangalore and Kochi. Etihad Airways flies to Washington, New York, Chicago, London, Frankfurt, Paris, Moscow and other […]
SpiceJet today launched three-day special discounted fare offer on its network for travel originating in 12 cities in Eastern and Northern regions of the country. Fares will be starting as low as Rs. 1,899, along with benefits that include better timings and increased frequency, SpiceJet said. The three-day promotional fare offer stared today and ends […]
SpiceJet said over 10,000 passengers have used its Family & Friends discount offer launched last week. Under the offer four or more passengers (up to a max of 9) can travel together and get a discount up to 25% on the base fare. The sale is applicable only on domestic flights. “We have launched this […]
SpiceJet has denied the Director General of Civil Aviation’s reported statement that its scheme of offering air tickets, effectively for as low as Rs 400 each, was ‘predatory’. Predatory means acts that are meant solely to destroy competition, and not for own business benefits or for the benefit of the consumer. However, SpiceJet said the […]
Jet Airways and Air France, the flag carrier of France, announced the expansion of their code share partnership, which will offer enhanced network connectivity to 12 major cities across Europe and the United Kingdom. The new code share flights open for sale from 2nd April, and will be available for travel effective 14th May 2014. […]
SpiceJet today announced a three-day only sale (domestic flights only) with fares starting at Re 1 (not including statutory taxes and fees), for travel starting July 1 onwards. This sale has been launched to introduce SpiceJet’s all-new network that came into effect on March 30. The all-new new enhanced network has improved connectivity, increased frequencies […]
