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Etihad has submitted a conditional offer letter to the lenders just before the deadline for bidding for Jet Airways. All other investors have backed out. In addition, SBI caps have received two unsolicited bids as well.
AF 218, the Air France Joon flight between Paris and Mumbai, yesterday diverted to Iran, and then to Dubai World Central. As a result, even after 40 hours, passengers haven’t gotten to their destination.
Asiana, the South Korean airline in doldrums, will cut their flight to Delhi, which is their only flight to India, and retreat from India in July 2019.
Vistara seems to be interested in picking up the widebody aircraft of Jet Airways and start flights to Europe to fill up the gap caused by the loss of Jet Airways.
SpiceJet Business Class, called SpiceBiz by the airline, will be launched on May 11 by the airline. Tickets are up for sale already and you can book your seats now.
Jet Airways 777’s, which were supposed to be acquired by Air India, at least temporarily, have drawn nought. Few weeks down the road, Air India figures it can’t have those aircraft in the first place.
The latest on how to get a refund from Jet Airways. If you have a travel agent booking, you need to make sure you file your refunds at the earliest and no later than May 20 with the airline.
Delta’s Mumbai New York long haul flight is finally up for sale on the Delta Airlines website. Fares are as low as USD 850 for a round trip, and the airline has ample award availability as well!
Air India is moving forward with the process of installing on-board streaming IFE content on their aircraft. The hiccup, they want the product for free!
SpiceJet is inducting 22 Jet Airways 737s and may take up to 40 aircraft. SpiceJet is adding 8 new flight pairs from Mumbai Terminal 2 apart from those already announced previously.
SpiceJet will soon announce SpiceBiz, a business class product which will operate on a subset of their aircraft. Here are the details we have so far.
