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In spite of their denials, many Indian airlines, such as IndiGo and SpiceJet continue to aspire to fly to London. Here is how their plans look in the summer of 2019 schedule. Will it take off is another ball game altogether.
Air India has rerouted USA and Europe flights and cancelled some international routes due to the prolonged closure of the Pakistan Airspace. The diversion has been costing them INR 3 Crore per day for the past few weeks.
Delhi – Los Angeles has been a route on Air India’s wishlist since 2017. The plan was put on hold. But looks like, Air India is considering adding flights to Los Angeles this winter.
Airlines in India are having a tough time. More than 80 aircraft are on the ground at this point of time due to various reasons. Currently, the aircraft on ground exceeds the fleet size of SpiceJet.
Indian citizens can apply for Global Entry since 2017. Now US citizens travelling on Air India from the USA can avail TSA Pre-Check.
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.
An Air India 787, VT-ANE suffered an incident in Stockholm on November 28, 2018. The damaged wingtip is finally repaired and the aircraft is ferried back to India after 1.5 months.
Air India has stopped accepting bookings on their First Class cabin and seems to be already underway to retrofit these aircraft with no First Class cabins.
Indian aviation market is growing at a rapid pace at the backdrop of capacity induction by airlines in India. Airlines in India took deliveries at the rate of more than 1 aircraft every 3 days in 2018.
Air India has introduced Bid for Upgrades. You can now bid to upgrade to Business Class or First class on your next Air India flight.
Air India had nearly 15% of their narrowbody fleet grounded in September’18 due to lack of spare. While all A319s are back in the fleet, last 6 Air India A321 will rejoin the roster by December’18.
