Category Archives for Aviation.
Air Tanzania launched 3x weekly 787-8 flights to Mumbai but operated an A220-300 on July 24, 2019. They may deploy the A220-300 regularly to Mumbai as they launch flights to London in December 2019.
SpiceJet has applied for slots to operate flights to London Heathrow and Manchester with an A330-300. It plans to operate daily flights on both the routes.
Ethiopian Airlines operates twice-daily flights from Addis Ababa to Mumbai and Delhi each. Ethiopian Airlines is now adding 4x weekly flights to Bengaluru from Addis Ababa.
IndiGo is developing Kolkata as a hub and is focussing on the Buddhist circuit. IndiGo added flights from Gaya to Kolkata and Varanasi and also to Hong Kong from Kolkata. In addition, IndiGo is adding a new flight to Yangon from Kolkata.
Boeing announced their second quarter results yesterday. Boeing expects the 737 MAX to come back in service by the end of this year, or otherwise, they will have to reduce production, or even shut down the line for a while perhaps. On the 777X, they expect the aircraft to have a delayed entry into service now due to engine issues.
Facial Recognition at Hyderabad Airport was launched on a test basis in the beginning of July 2019. I tried out the entire process today, and here is how the system works out for now.
Air India will add non-stop flights between Mumbai and Nairobi from September 27, 2019, which they will operate 4x weekly flights with a Boeing 787-8 on this route.
In case you still haven’t received your Jet Airways refund, you should file a claim with the Jet Airways Insolvency team so that your name gets reflected as a creditor to the airline when payouts are made of any remaining money with the airline.
ANA is adding thrice-weekly non-stop Chennai-Tokyo Narita flights from October 27, 2019. The flights will be operated with a three-class premium heavy 787-8.
IndiGo managed to secure bilateral rights out of Jet Airways kitty to add 84 weekly international flights. Using those, IndiGo will restart flights to Singapore and Bangkok from Mumbai after a long hiatus of more than six years.
United suspended fligths to India due to closure of Pakistan and Iranian airpsace. With the Pakistan airspace now open, United will resume flights to Mumbai and Delhi from Newark from September 6, 2019. Air Canada will also resume their suspended flights in September 2019.
