Goair flies new aircraft on Goa-Bangalore service
August 22nd, 2012 - 12:27 am ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Aug 21 (IANS) Mumbai-based Wadia group's low-cost carrier Go Airlines India Ltd (GoAir) Tuesday launched its service to Goa (Panjim) from Bangalore with a brand new aircraft (A320) of ... Read more...
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Large aircraft allowed from Patna till Aug 31
August 12th, 2012 - 9:30 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, Aug 12 (IANS) Large aircraft such as Airbus 320 and Boeing 737 have been allowed to operate from Patna airport till Aug 31, officials said Sunday.The the Airports Authority ... Read more...
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Domestic January-March air growth at 6.55 percent
April 18th, 2012 - 4:43 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 18 (IANS) The number of passengers carried by domestic airlines grew by more than 6.55 percent in the period between January to March 2012 and stood at ... Read more...
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GoAir orders Pratt & Whitney engines for 72 Airbus aircraft
February 15th, 2012 - 7:35 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 15 (IANS) The Wadias promoted low-cost carrier GoAir Wednesday said it has booked engines from Pratt & Whitney, a division of US-based United Technologies Corp, for the ... Read more...
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SpiceJet stock down 5 percent on reports of high attrition
August 24th, 2011 - 7:36 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 24 (IANS) The shares of SpiceJet closed over five percent down Wednesday on reports that some 100 staff, including pilots and cabin crew, have quit in ... Read more...
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GoAir orders 72 aircraft from Airbus
June 16th, 2011 - 10:22 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, June 16 (IANS) In a move to service increasing passenger growth, budget carrier GoAir Thursday said it has placed an order worth Rs.32,400 crore ($7.2 billion) with Airbus for ... Read more...
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Faulty alarm causes GoAir flight to make emergency landing
June 6th, 2011 - 5:06 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 6 (IANS) A faulty smoke detector on board a GoAir flight was blamed by officials Monday for an emergency landing made by the aircraft here at IGI ... Read more...
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Terminal 3 to welcome domestic flights from Oct 30
October 18th, 2010 - 3:38 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 18 (IANS) Domestic flights will start operating from the Indira Gandhi International Airport's newly built Terminal 3 (T3) from Oct 30 to ensure seamless transfer of international passengers, said ... Read more...
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GoAir to fly to Patna, Pune, Leh and Lucknow from Delhi
August 30th, 2010 - 7:59 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 30 (IANS) Budget airline GoAir Monday said it is adding four new destinations-- Patna, Pune, Leh and Lucknow-- to its existing flight schedule from the national capital.
The services ... Read more...
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Domestic flights bear brunt of shutdown, 96 cancelled (Lead)
July 5th, 2010 - 7:40 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, July 5 (IANS) Domestic air services to several parts of India bore the brunt of the shutdown called by the opposition Monday, leading to cancellations of 96 scheduled services. One international ... Read more...
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Jet Airways No.1 domestic airline fifth consecutive month (Lead)
March 15th, 2010 - 8:49 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 15 (IANS) Domestic airlines carried 3.86 million passengers in February, with Jet Airways (including JetLite) taking the top position with a 26.1 percent market share and leading the domestic ... Read more...
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Jet Airways No.1 domestic airline in February
March 15th, 2010 - 6:55 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 15 (IANS) Domestic airlines carried 3.86 million passengers during February, Jet Airways (including JetLite) taking the top position with 26.1 percent market share followed by Kingfisher Airlines at 22.7 ... Read more...
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Infosys sacks techies for ‘unethical behaviour’
January 12th, 2010 - 8:36 pm ICT by IANS
Mysore, Jan 12 (IANS) Infosys Technologies has sacked a software engineer, Abhishek Gupta, for making a hoax call to budget carrier GoAir at Delhi airport Oct 25 to avoid missing his Bangalore-bound ... Read more...
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Fog delays unlikely this winter as airlines train more pilots
November 21st, 2009 - 6:12 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 21 (IANS) Unlike previous years, flight operations at the Delhi airport will not be hit by fog during this winter as most domestic careers have enough trained pilots who ... Read more...
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Six out of eight Indian carriers post losses: Patel
November 19th, 2009 - 9:44 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 19 (IANS) Six of the eight scheduled airlines in India have posted cumulative losses of Rs.2,025 crore with Kingfisher Airlines accounting for Rs.1,602 crore, parliament was told Thursday.
Only two ... Read more...
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241 bird hits reported so far this year
November 18th, 2009 - 7:36 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 18 (IANS) Despite safety measures in place, airports continue to be vulnerable to bird hits, with 241 such incidents occurring till date this year causing financial losses of at ... Read more...
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Infosys techie raises bomb scare on GoAir flight, arrested
October 25th, 2009 - 7:12 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 25 (IANS) A 25-year-old Infosys software professional, who feared missing his Bangalore-bound GoAir flight because his train was running late, landed behind bars Sunday for causing a bomb ... Read more...
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GoAir denies move to sell stake to Paramount
October 4th, 2009 - 9:37 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 4 (IANS) Low-cost carrier GoAir Sunday said it wasn't looking at offloading stake as reported in the media, and that it was concentrating on fleet expansion.
"The airline has been ... Read more...
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Paramount denies reports of GoAir takeover move
October 3rd, 2009 - 11:43 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Oct 3 (IANS) Chennai-based business-class airline Paramount Airways Saturday denied reports that it was in talks with GoAir for a takeover.
A Paramount spokesperson termed media reports on this as "speculation". ... Read more...
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Air fares slashed by 50 percent till September 18
September 15th, 2009 - 7:23 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi/Mumbai, Sep.15 (ANI): All airlines have slashed their fares to 50 per cent till September 18.The airlines have made this move in the wake of Jet airways announcing a 50 ... Read more...
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Number of air passengers dips in January-July
August 12th, 2009 - 9:56 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 13 (IANS) The number of air passengers dipped 4.9 percent to 2.48 crore during January-July this year as compared to 2.6 crore in the like period last year, official ... Read more...
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Airlines urge government to cut airport fee, jet fuel taxes
August 10th, 2009 - 10:13 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 10 (IANS) Representatives of India's crisis-ridden aviation comopanies met Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel here Monday and urged him to look into their demands for a reduction in airport ... Read more...
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FIA calls off August 18 private airlines strike
August 2nd, 2009 - 11:02 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Aug 2(ANI): In a major respite to air passengers the Federation of Indian Airlines (FIA) on Sunday called off its proposed strike, announced earlier by the private airlines to protest ... Read more...
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IndiGo most punctual carrier, Jet next
July 13th, 2009 - 7:27 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 13 (IANS) Low-cost carrier IndiGo was the most efficient in terms of sticking to flight schedules in June, beating bigger carriers such as Jet Airways, Kingfisher Airlines and Air ... Read more...
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Paramount best on punctuality, IndiGo next
June 12th, 2009 - 5:15 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 12 (IANS) Paramount Airways was the most efficient in terms of sticking to flight schedules in May, beating bigger carriers such as Jet Airways, Kingfisher and Air India, according ... Read more...
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Firemen declare Delhi’s new airport terminal ‘unsafe’
June 7th, 2009 - 11:04 am ICT by IANS
By Sahil Makkar
New Delhi, June 7 (IANS) The Delhi Fire Service has declared the brand new departure terminal 1 D at the capital's Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGI) unsafe.According to the information ... Read more...
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GoAir denies merger talks with SpiceJet, says expansion on track
March 25th, 2009 - 6:31 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 25 (IANS) Denying reports that the company was in talks with budget carrier SpiceJet for a possible merger, low-cost operator GoAir Wednesday said its expansion plan was on track ... Read more...
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Kingfisher Airlines leads in February market share
March 13th, 2009 - 5:06 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 13 (IANS) Kingfisher Airlines has emerged as the dominant player for the second consecutive month in February flying 904,000 passengers, official data released here Friday showed.
Jet Airways, along with ... Read more...
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SpiceJet shares up on consolidation talks with GoAir
March 9th, 2009 - 4:52 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, March 9 (IANS) The shares of budget carrier SpiceJet were up nearly 10 percent on the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) Monday on reports that it was in talks with another low-cost ... Read more...
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JetLite introduces promotional fare of Re.1
February 11th, 2009 - 9:02 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 11 (IANS) Bucking the trend of Indian carriers, including budget airlines, withdrawing promotional fares and hiking base tariff, low-cost carrier JetLite Wednesday introduced a promotional base fare of Re.1.
The ... Read more...
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Airfares in India up as carriers drop promotional schemes (Lead)
February 10th, 2009 - 7:10 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 10 (IANS) Indian carriers, including budget airlines, Tuesday decided to withdraw their promotional fares, which in some cases were as low as Rs.99 excluding taxes, and hiked their base ... Read more...
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Jet Airways group remains India’s largest airline
January 13th, 2009 - 6:10 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 13 (IANS) Private carrier Jet Airways, together with its low-cost airline JetLite, was India's largest domestic air services operator in 2008, ferrying some 12.01 million passengers for a market ... Read more...
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Regulator intervenes to clear fog-hit flights at Delhi (Roundup)
December 30th, 2008 - 9:10 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 30 (IANS) Following huge delays in flights in the capital for the second consecutive day, the aviation regulator Tuesday asked the Delhi airport management to give priority to flights ... Read more...
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Fog fallout: huge delays in flights, train services (Lead)
December 30th, 2008 - 6:03 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 30 (IANS) Flights and train services in the capital stayed awry Tuesday, a result of the thick fog that enveloped the region in the morning. Over 100 flights to ... Read more...
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Legal action to be taken against defaulting airlines: Patel
December 23rd, 2008 - 8:54 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 23 (IANS) The government Tuesday said it would take "all possible steps, including legal action" against airlines if they continue to default on airport service charge dues. According to ... Read more...
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