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Jet Airways yesterday announced their schedule to launch various UDAN routes that the airline was awarded under the RCS 2 scheme. This will mean, Jet Airways will launch flights to Nashik & Allahabad from various stations in the coming month.
Today we can confirm that WOW Air will be launching the first direct flights between India and Iceland in December 2018. As an ultra-low-cost carrier, expect to pay for everything but hope that the fares are dirt cheap too!
Jet Airways will realign how elite members will be able to pick up their Boarding Passes in the coming weeks. Elite members who used to get a separate dedicated check-in area will now be combined with Business Class check-in.
Air India intends to launch Mumbai to Frankfurt flights as quickly as 6 weeks from now. That should mean Lufthansa would get a helping hand/competition in the coming days for the Indian traffic.
Jet Airways’ first Boeing 737 MAX is right now on the FAL in Renton, getting assembled for delivery soon. This will be the first MAX for any airline in India. What do we expect inside this new fuel-efficient aircraft?
WOW Air is probably planning to start direct flights to Delhi, to connect India not just to Iceland but to the USA via their hub in Reykjavik airport. An announcement is imminent, and this could be the start of low-cost long-haul flying from India.
The Mosquito Menace on planes has just been solved by India’s largest airline IndiGo. They plan to put mosquito swatting bats on their planes starting this month to be able to kill these mosquitoes.
Emirates Premium Economy will finally be a reality in this lifetime. Sir Tim Clark has confirmed that the Premium Economy will be launched on the Airbus A380s in the coming years.
Qatar Airways has been planning a big airline in India for a while. The plan is still on the table, and one could soon see the Oryx taking to the Indian skies with 100 aircraft. Here is the latest on the new Indian airline from Qatar Airways.
Qatar Airways super wifi is being fitted out on the airline’s Boeing 777s and Airbus A350 aircraft, which will offer about 70 Mbps for streaming across the length of your flight. Not just that, you get one hour free on every flight.
Inflight wifi in India will soon be possible, hopefully in 2018 itself. The enabling decisions have been made, now it is just for the government to notify the rules, and for airlines to work on the technology front.
