Category Archives for Aviation.
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.
Data of over 9.4 million customers has been compromised when hackers got into Cathay Pacific’s IT systems. If you have flown with Cathay Pacific member or a Marco Polo club member, you might be affected.
Flying to New York, Singapore or Tokyo on Qatar Airways this winter? You get to fly on the brand new A350-1000s. Read more to know which flights to catch.
Flying international out of Hyderabad? Starting October 23, 2018, you’ll have to head to their new Interim International Departure Terminal. Domestic segments on international flights too move to this terminal.
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.
Fancy a hot meal aboard a no-frills flight but don’t want to pay a lot? How about picking up a pre-packed hot meal at Mumbai’s Terminal 1 near the gates. And it won’t cost you arm and a leg.
SpiceJet is on track to become the first Indian airline to have WiFi onboard. And you will be able to use it free! At least for now. How long will the party last though?
Is this true? Could it happen? Could Jet Airways become Tata Jet Airways soon? Or Air Asia India / Vistara/ Jet Airways be all cousins and members of the same family. It seems nothing is impossible, given I woke up to this news today.
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 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 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.
