Jet Airways promoted Jayaraj Shanmugam as its Chief Commercial Officer. Since joining Jet Airways’ in mid-2015 and as Sr. Vice President of Products & Services, Shanmugam has been instrumental in sharpening the organization’s focus towards delivering superior guest engagement experience together with a host of outstanding, innovative initiatives, the airline said. He will be based […]
SpiceJet doubled its net profit to Rs. 149 Crore for Q1 FY17 as against Rs. 73 crore for the same quarter last year. Capacity deployed registered a growth of 37% over the same quarter last year and operating revenue was Rs. 1,522 crores, a growth of 37%. The profit increase was on account of higher […]
Ramco Systems, a aviation software company, announced that it has won a project from Canada’s L-3 MAS to implement Ramco’s aviation software to support Royal Canadian Air Force fleet in engineering & programs, materials management, maintenance, compliance & quality, flight operations and offline maintenance, said the company. L-3 MAS is among Canada’s leading providers of […]
Software firm Ramco Systems said Vietnamese state-owned helicopter operator Southern Vietnam Helicopter Company has successfully deployed its aviation software. This marks Ramco aviation 5.7’s first live customer in Vietnam, the company added. The implementation of a unified platform has enabled the company to integrate operations including Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO), Supply Chain Management and Maintenance […]
Jet Airways, an India based international airline, today opened up its ‘priority advantage’ fast check-in service for economy class passengers. The service was earlier available only to passengers travelling by higher classes. However, unlike JetPrivilege members, normal economy class traveller will have to pay extra for getting this service. The service allows guests to check-in at […]
Jet Airways said it will now allow economy class users select their seats at the time of booking via the company’s website. Earlier, this option was available only to those flying higher classes. However, economy class fliers will have to shell out Rs 300 extra to pre-select their seat at the time of booking. International […]
GoAir, the low cost carrier based in Mumbai, is offering low fares in Northern India for September, considered an off-season month for air travel in India. The cheapest fare in the northern sector is from Delhi- Jaipur at Rs 1,101 all in. It is also offering Delhi- Kolkata flights at 2,318, and Patna-Delhi at 2,744 […]
After remaining rather low key in its first two years, AirAsia, the Malaysia-based budget airline and the pioneer of cost-efficient travel in Asia, is unleashing a wave of discounts and offers. The new offers under its ‘Big Sale’ scheme — being offered at the second anniversary of the airline’s entry into India — include ticket […]
A day after starting domestic operations, Chennai Airport has resumed international flights to and fro from 6 AM today. Night flight operations will also continue, airport authorities informed. Among the flights that have landed at Chennai Airport today are TruJet from Shamshabad to Chennai arrived at 0830 and Express India flight from Singapore to Chennai […]
Operations at Chennai airport have been suspended till 12 noon on Sunday, December 6, due to waterlogging caused by heavy rainfall. Jet Airways and Air India said they would offer alternatives to their passengers keeping the shut down in mind. Jet Airways said it has cancelled all its flights to and from Chennai until December […]
SpiceJet, India’s most headline-grabbing airline, has launched its Chennai-Bangkok flights with an offer of Rs 9,999 for a return flight to the Thai capital. This is currently the cheapest price available on the sector. Bangkok is a big destination for tourists from India. A couple of years ago, AirAsia had offered return flights from Chennai […]
National carrier Air India will relocate its domestic operations in Mumbai from Terminal 1A to Terminal 2 from October 1, 2015. Passengers who want to catch domestic flights will now have to go to T2, Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport, Sahar. “With this move, Air India passengers will have the advantage of a smooth and seamless […]
Wego, a travel search site targeting the Asia Pacific and Middle East, is pushing low-cost options as a way to travel around the world for pleasure. Typically, it is very difficult to plan a travel around the world purely using low-cost carriers or LCCs as you need to know all the special ways to get […]
SpiceJet, India’s No. 2 airline, today announced the return of its Re 1 Airfare Sale putting more than 1 lakh tickets at just Rs 1 excluding taxes and fees. “Round-trip purchase is required, wherein the other leg of the journey is at regular fares. This offer is available on select domestic direct (non-stop) flights only, […]
Jet Airways has introduced new flights in India, taking its total daily seats deployment on the domestic network from 63,500 to 64,500 per day. The new frequency between the metro cities Mumbai and Chennai will start with effect from July 23, 2015. Flight 9W 481 will depart from Mumbai at 1310 hrs and arrive in […]
It’s a move that would be greeted with much glee by harried Bangaloreans, but commercial considerations are understood to have forced the civil aviation ministry to oppose the reopening of the city’s old airport at HAL. The airport in Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd was shut down in 2008 when the GVK-group’s Bangalore International Airport Ltd became […]
Air India, India’s national carrier, denied reports that it had neglected to take care of its customers grounded due to technical failure with a flight from Paris to New Delhi. Media reports had said that forty Indian students, who were stranded at an airport in Paris, were forced to sleep on the floor of the […]
Air Seychelles has expanded its network reach into India by adding Bangalore, Chennai, Delhi, Hyderabad and Kolkata to its codeshare agreement with Jet Airways. With these additional codeshare routes, Air Seychelles now offers connections to nine Indian cities on Jet Airways’ domestic network, including Ahmedabad, Jaipur, Kochi and Thiruvananthapuram. Codeshare refers to an agreement by […]
SpiceJet said it had seen a 400% increase in booking volume on the first day of its holiday sale. The three day sale launched on May 19 will be open till midnight May 21. The travel period covered in this sale is July 1, 2015 to October 15, 2015. The offer is available for all […]
SpiceJet said it has completed the process of transferring its promoter stake to its former key shareholder, Ajay Singh. Kalanithi Maran and Kal Airways Private Limited transferred their entire shareholding of 350,428,758 shares, or 58.46% of the total, to Ajay Singh on February 23, 2015, the airline said. Ajay Singh has become the Promoter of […]
