IndiGo suspends some pilots for planning pay cut protest leave tomorrow NEW DELHI: Some IndiGo pilots have been suspended for planning protests against the continued pandemic-time pay cuts. The Times of India · Apr 4, 2022
Air travel demand on the rebound, but pilots are a disgruntled lot A pilot at a budget airline says her pay cut has taken her salary back by 10 years The Hindu · Apr 1, 2022
Data | Despite increase in flyers, Indian airlines struggle to turn a profit Due to increased fuel prices, the airline industry has not recovered from the losses caused by the pandemic, despite an increase in passenger traffic after the pandemic restrictions eased The Hindu · Apr 1, 2022
After ESOPs to top brass discontentment, IndiGo hikes pilots’ salaries from April 1 NEW DELHI: Facing widespread discontent from its pilots — whose Covid time pay cuts continue — after giving ESOPS worth several crores to management brass, IndiGo has decided to partially restore their salaries from Friday April 1. They will first get a 8% hike and then another 6.5% from November… The Times of India · Mar 31, 2022
After ESOPs to top brass discontentment, IndiGo partially restores pilots’ salaries from April 1 NEW DELHI: Facing widespread discontent from its pilots — whose Covid time pay cuts continue — after giving ESOPS worth several crores to management brass, IndiGo has decided to partially restore their salaries from Friday April 1. They will first get a 8% hike and then another 6.5% from November… The Times of India · Mar 31, 2022
Passenger ‘hacks’ airline’s website to find lost luggage Nandan Kumar said he was forced to get creative after he took the wrong bag by mistake The Independent UK · Mar 31, 2022
With Indore-Jammu flight, cleanest city gets connected to nation's crown, says Jyotiraditya Scindia INDORE: Union civil aviation minister Jyotiraditya Scindia on Monday inaugurated IndiGo's flight on the Indore-Jammu route and said the country's cleanest city was getting connected to the "crown of the nation". The Times of India · Mar 28, 2022
India resumes scheduled international flights from today after two years India has finally opened up its skies for regular international flights. After a gap of two years due to the pandemic, 6 Indian and 60 foreign airlines have now started to operate weekly. The Times of India · Mar 27, 2022
66 airlines, 40+ nations and 3,249 weekly flights: Skies reopen after 2-year pandemic break NEW DELHI: Six Indian and 60 foreign airlines from 40 countries — but none from China as of now — will from Sunday operate 3,249 weekly flights to and from India under the summer schedule as regular international flights resume after a gap of over two years. The Times of India · Mar 26, 2022
As international flights open, summer holidays to drive demand Passengers can also take advantage of cheaper connecting flights to a third country. IndiGo to increase flights by 50%, Vistara to scale up London ops The Hindu · Mar 26, 2022
Airlines bullish on Kolkata, international flights get ready for take-off KOLKATA: Air India is reintroducing its flights to Kathmandu, launching flights to Hong Kong and increasing frequency to Dhaka. AirAsia India is set to connect Bagdogra with Bangkok. In addition, it has plans to introduce flights to Kathmandu, Dhaka and Abu Dhabi from other airports in the region. The Times of India · Mar 21, 2022
IndiGo adversely impacted by ATF price hike; govt should bring it under GST: CEO Ronojoy Dutta NEW DELHI: The price of aviation turbine fuel has increased by 50 per cent since January and the situation has adversely impacted IndiGo, its CEO Ronojoy Dutta said on Wednesday. The Times of India · Mar 16, 2022
Operation Ganga: 80 flights, 24 ministers pressed in action to evacuate Indians from Ukraine In a bid to further scale up the evacuation efforts, the government has deployed 80 flights under 'Operation Ganga' to evacuate stranded Indians from Ukraine. Dynamite News · Mar 3, 2022
IndiGo, SpiceJet, Air India Express join ‘Operation Ganga’ to bring back stranded Indians Three flights to leave today and will return to New Delhi on Tuesday The Hindu · Feb 28, 2022
The Times of India · Feb 28, 2022 Operation Ganga gains speed: IndiGo, AI Express & SpiceJet join Air India in bringing back Indians NEW DELHI: Given the large number of Indians who require to be evacuated from conflict zone Ukraine, other Indian airlines — IndiGo, Air India Express and SpiceJet — have also started operating flights to Bucharest and Budapest.
The Hindu · Feb 20, 2022 IndiGo announces non-stop flight from Visakhapatnam to Pune IndiGo has announced a non-stop flight between Pune-Visakhapatnam-Pune thrice a week, with effect from March 28. Flight no. 6 E 0671 will take off from Pune at 11.45 p.m. and land in Visakhapatnam at 1.35 a.m. (early hours). It will leave from Visakhapatnam as 6 E 6431 at 2.40 a.m.…
The Hindu · Feb 18, 2022 Rakesh Gangwal steps down from IndiGo parent company’s board Move latest in bitter feud between two promoters that became public in 2019
The Times of India · Feb 18, 2022 Rahul Bhatia in command: Rakesh Gangwal resigns as IndiGo director, to reduce stake over next 5 years NEW DELHI: IndiGo co-founder and promoter, Rahul Bhatia, will now have complete control over India's largest domestic airline.
The Times of India · Feb 16, 2022 IndiGo to seek shareholders' nod for Bhatia's appointment as MD NEW DELHI: InterGlobe Aviation will seek shareholders' approval for appointment of co-founder Rahul Bhatia as the Managing Director as well as for availing advisory services from non-executive director Gregg Albert Saretsky.
The Times of India · Feb 4, 2022 February rain drenches Kolkata, temperature dip likely KOLKATA: The city woke up to an unseasonal thunderstorm and an incessant drizzle, which occasionally got heavier and drenched the city for more than two hours on Friday morning. The gust of wind played havoc with flights at the city airport, leading to delays and diversions.
The Times of India · Feb 4, 2022 IndiGo posts Rs 130 crore Q3 profit on higher passenger revenues; appoints Rahul Bhatia as MD NEW DELHI: Fuelled by higher passenger revenues, the country's largest airline IndiGo on Friday posted a profit after tax of Rs 129.8 crore in the three months ended December 2021 amid the pandemic clouds.
The Times of India · Jan 27, 2022 Bengaluru: DGCA team probes mid-air scare at Kempegowda International Airport BENGALURU: A Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) team has commenced probe into the mid-air collision scare involving two IndiGo flights that were allowed to take off at the same time and in the same direction from Kempegowda International Airport’s parallel runways on January 7.
The Times of India · Jan 19, 2022 Indian civil aviation ‘chronically ill’, need ‘immediate relief on ATF pricing & taxes’: IndiGo CEO NEW DELHI: Alarm bells are ringing in the airline industry with the pandemic crippling traveller numbers and no real relief in sight from the government on price of jet fuel — which in India is among the costliest globally for domestic flights — and indirect taxes.
The Times of India · Jan 18, 2022 Two planes fly close, major midair collision in Bengaluru skies averted BENGALURU: People onboard two IndiGo flights had a miraculous escape when the aircraft were cleared to take off simultaneously in the same direction from the Kempegowda International Airport's parallel runways on January 7.