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Lufthansa will no longer fly the A380 to Delhi from January 2020. Instead, it will fly a 747-400 without a first class cabin. Good news is, Lufthansa will roster a premium heavy 747-8 featuring a first class cabin on this route from March 29, 2020.
It’s time to fly the new feeling abroad. Vistara is launching regional international operations next month, flying to Singapore from August 6, 2019. Flights will launch from Delhi and Mumbai in quick succession and will be daily operated.
GoAir is adding 7 new daily international flights. Bookings for flights to Abu Dhabi from Mumbai and Delhi as well as Muscat from Mumbai have started with the first flights scheduled for July 19, 2019.
The IndiGo promoters are fighting for the control of the company and both promoters have sent letters to SEBI in July 2019 sharing their side of the story today. This is not going to go well, I think!
There are new opportunities to Earn and Burn JPMiles on Etihad Airways. You can earn double, and redeem for less number of JPMiles if you act by July 23, 2019.
Adani group won bids to manage 6 AAI airports: Ahmedabad, Jaipur, Lucknow, Mangalore, Guwahati and Thiruvananthapuram. The Cabinet has cleared the transfer of three airports, Ahmedabad, Lucknow and Mangalore to Adani group and will clear the rest in the next cabinet meeting.
GoAir started operations in 2005 and has now added its 50th aircraft in 2019. GoAir is planning to add an aircraft a month, launch more international destinations and may go for an IPO.
Air India will start daily non-stop 787-8 flights on Mumbai-Hong Kong and 4x weekly flights on Delhi-Seoul route from September 18, 2019. Air India will discontinue fifth freedom flights to Seoul and Osaka from Hong Kong.
Singapore Airlines will invest SGD 50 Million in upgrading its Changi Airport Lounges, all the way from the Gold Card Lounges to the Private Room in an exercise that will start in August 2019.
British Airways added an extra 4x weekly rotation on Mumbai-London Heathrow route from June 2, 2019, to October 25, 2019. British Airways will now add a third daily flight on the Mumbai – London Heathrow route from March 1, 2020.
IndiGo has changed the way they will charge you for changes and cancellations. In this case, be careful, because you could now be paying more for changes/cancellations up to 96 hours before departure! On the other hand, changes will be free within 24 hours of booking now.
