With the latest move, Tatas are firmly in the saddle in the case of Air Asia India, with a 51% ownership of the airline. Here is how this could impact the future of the airline.
Tata Group takes control of AirAsia India with 51% stake
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Up Next: A British Airways A319 in retro BEA livery
British Airways is celebrating 100 years of operations with retroliveries. After painting a BOAC livery on a 747, they are now painting up a BEA livery on an A319.
Air India passengers are now eligible for TSA Pre-Check
Indian citizens can apply for Global Entry since 2017. Now US citizens travelling on Air India from the USA can avail TSA Pre-Check.
BOAC to the future on British Airways Retro Livery 747
British Airways is celebrating 100 years of operation this year. As a part of the celebrations, British Airways has repainted a Boeing 747 with a BOAC retro livery.
Staggered Economy Seats on Qatar Airways A321neos?
Qatar Airways is planning to launch Staggered Seating in Economy Class on their brand new A321 jets which will start to join their fleet this year onwards. This could firmly put the question of who gets the Armrest to Rest!
Here is how Jet Airways financials will be restructured.
Jet Airways has been in a liquidity crunch for a while now. However, it seems there will be measures this week to bail out the airline .
IndiGo flight cancellations have been building up since November 2018
IndiGo is cancelling some flights through the rest of the Winter Schedule, due to a lack of captains at the airline. However, the situation had started to go out of hand in November 2018, and what we witnessed was the climax of this situation.
IndiGo plans to launch flights to China this year
IndiGo is planning to add 14x weekly flights on India – China routes by 2019 end with A321neo aircraft. Guangzhou, Chengdu, Shanghai and Kunming are some of the targetted destinations.
Musical Chairs: Ashwani Lohani is back as Air India CMD
Ashwani Lohani was the CMD of Air India from September 2015 to August 2017. P S Kharola succeded him but is now instated as the Aviation Secretary. So Ashwani Lohani is back as the CMD of Air India.
Etihad is massively cutting its widebody orders
Etihad orders worth $22 billion are being restructured and taken away from the table from Airbus and Boeing, which will reduce much lesser jets to Etihad.
Breaking: Airbus A380 Shutdown in 2021
The A380 programme will be shut down in the year 2021 when Airbus will deliver the last of the A380s to Emirates airlines. There are no other airlines at the moment interested in the A380, so it only makes sense to let the programme goe away.
