Air Tanzania has announced that it will start nonstop flights from Dar-e-Salaam to Mumbai. Air Tanzania and Air India used to operate flights on this route back in the day.
Air Tanzania launching Mumbai to Dar-e-Salaam non-stop flights
GoAir pursuing massive Phuket expansion. Ambitious?
GoAir recently started their international journey with Phuket and Male. They now plan to connect 8 more cities to Phuket by 2019 end. This seems to be an ambitious plan.
Breaking: Air India launching Mumbai to New York JFK nonstop flights on Dec 7
Air India is going ahead with launching planned Mumbai – New York JFK nonstop flights. With this Air India will offer 36 weekly flights to the USA from India. Here is the lowdown on the new flights coming up.
Will Taj regain India’s top Hotel brand crown by 2022?
The Taj Group currently has an impressive portfolio of 145 hotels under their Taj, Gateway, Vivanta and Ginger brands. The Taj Group has seen quite a few strategies lately. Are they going to become India’s most revered hotel group again? Let’s find out.
ITC Grand Goa accepting bookings from November 1
ITC took over Park Hyatt Goa on September 19, 2018, and has renamed it as ITC Grand Goa. It is 252 key hotel with 6 restaurants. It is now bookable.
WOW Air drops 5 USA destinations including New York JFK & Dallas
WOW Air, the Icelandic LCC, currently flies to 16 destinations in North America. Now, WOW Air is cancelling flights to 5 USA destinations as of October 2018. This means fewer connection opportunities for passengers to/from India, where they start operations in December.
The IndiGo Juggernaut rolls on
IndiGo is racing towards 200 aircraft which it may achieve by next month. International operations will soon constitute 18% of IndiGo’s total operations. They currently serve 14 international destinations and will go to 24 by mid-2019. Here is how the IndiGo Juggernaut plans to roll right now.
Lufthansa resumes PrivatAir 737 Frankfurt to Pune service
Lufthansa’s Frankfurt to Pune service was initially recently taken over by a Lufthansa A319 with no business class. So it is good news that Lufthansa is putting back a 737 Boeing Business Jet on this flight in February 2019.
Jet Airways grounds 4 widebody airframes temporarily
Jet Airways fleet consists of 18 widebody aircraft out of which 4 widebody aircraft are out of service currently. So, close to a fourth of Jet Airways widebody fleet is out of service. Is Jet Airways cannibalising them for spares?
AirAsia India’s hat-trick of industry outsider CEOs
AirAsia India has a turbulent journey right from the start. They were without a CEO for 5 months until now. Now, an old hand from the Tata camp has taken charge. There are a lot of headwinds he will have to face.
Lufthansa upgrades Business Class on their Pune to Frankfurt flight
It’s not often when you read a 5 star Skytrax airline like Lufthansa and Poor man’s Business class together. Lufthansa is all set to restart the Pune to Frankfurt route from November 1, 2018. They are now offering a princely 3 seats for the price of 1 in Business Class.
