Its official! After months of speculation, IndiGo has finally announced a widebody order and has gone for the popular Airbus A350 aircraft. The low-cost airline is also the largest carrier in India, with more than 60% of the domestic market share. But it has also been eyeing long-haul international routes by wet leasing widebody planes and entering codeshare agreements. The latest order will help it compete with Air India on longer international routes ..read more

Indian carrier Alliance Air, known for its regional network comprising short flights using predominantly an ATR fleet, is now flying between Indias capital city, New Delhi, and Kolkata. This is a new development as this trunk route mostly sees Airbus A320s and Boeing 737s from major Indian airlines ..read more

Air India’s remaining Boeing 747 aircraft have reportedly found a new owner, officially ending the carrier’s association with the jumbo jet. Once an integral part of its long-haul fleet, the 747 was gradually replaced by newer, more fuel-efficient twin-engine jets in Air India. The latest development also marks the end of the marketing efforts to sell these parked planes that have not flown for the carrier in the last few years ..read more

Passengers traveling between Delhi and Dubai are spoiled for choice, with several carriers operating multiple flights daily on the route. And Air India will introduce its latest widebody plane – the Airbus A350 – between the two cities, giving passengers another aircraft option for their Dubai flights ..read more

Indian full-service carrier Vistara has been battling issues with its pilots over the last several weeks. The airline’s cockpit crew is reportedly unhappy with their revised pay structure due to Vistara’s merger with Air India, among several other reasons ..read more

Indian full-service airline Vistara has been hit with several flight delays and cancelations in the last couple of days as it struggles to get many of its cockpit crew to report to work. The airline is in the process of merging operations with Air India, and some employees are not happy with their new salary contracts ..read more

The United States continues to attract Indians for various reasons, be it economic opportunities or for higher education, among others. As such, demand for nonstop flights is present almost all year round. And while New York, San Francisco, Chicago and Washington, DC are currently served with non-stop connections, other cities in the country are also demanding direct services ..read more

Air India is currently the only airline in the country to offer non-stop flights to North America. While the airline has faced stiff competition from other global carriers, such as those in the Middle East, it has stepped up its game after privatization to improve international connectivity, particularly to North America ..read more

Vistara’s widebody capacity has received a significant boost, with the carrier receiving its last Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner. The airline placed a 50+ aircraft order with both Boeing and Airbus before the pandemic, and the latest aircraft delivery completed that order ..read more

In a massive relief to Indian airlines, the country’s aviation regulator has delayed the implementation of new flight duty timings for pilots. The issue around pilot fatigue made the authorities revise the number of hours a pilot could fly in India and their rest timings. However, airlines had been worried about meeting the June deadline to implement these changes and were even staring at a reduced summer schedule ..read more