Category Archives for Aviation.
British Airways is adding yet another flight out of Mumbai for the winter season, trying to cash in as much of the loss of Jet Airways by being the dominant carrier on this route for the foreseeable future.
Boeing CEO Kevin McCallister has been let go off immediately, being replaced by another Boeing executive as the CEO of the Boeing Commercial Airplanes division.
Doha’s expansive Hamad International Airport will get an upgrade, which will not just double the capacity of the airport to about 60 million passengers, but also will get Qatar Airways Business Class Lounge doubled in size.
Alliance Air, the regional carrier for Air India, just launched their maiden international flight, connecting Jaffna in Sri Lanka with Chennai.
IndiGo, India’s largest airline, received yet another aircraft, the 1000th Airbus A320neo family aircraft, at Airbus’s Hamburg Delivery Centre yesterday.
Some updates on the Vistara 787-9. Seems Vistara has moved to get their first 787 airframes within the year rather than wait till next year. Their first 787-9 arrived from the paint shop back to Everett just this morning.
Delhi’s new Hindon Airport will have its first take off at the end of this week, making life easier for the residents of east Delhi and Ghaziabad, hopefully!
Spicejet Business Class has been taken off one ex-Jet Airways aircraft, and this marks the beginning of the reconfiguration of the Jet Airways aircraft taken over by SpiceJet
Air Asia India is switching their Mumbai Terminal on October 15, 2019. They are moving out of Mumbai Airport Terminal 2 to Mumbai Airport Terminal 1 on this date.
It’s that time of the year again when Mumbai’s runways need maintenance. The airport’s primary runway will be shut down six days a week for five months November 2019 onwards, for 8 hours a day. Ouch!
Delta has announced that they are moving forward to buy 20% into LATAM Airlines, which will also cause the South American Carrier to exit oneworld and cease to cooperate with American Airlines.
