Network Thoughts
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Network Thoughts is a blog that focuses on the Indian aviation industry. The blog provides news, analysis, and opinion on a range of topics related to the Indian aviation industry, including airlines, airports, and aviation policy. The blog was founded in 2016 and is based in India.
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4d ago
Edition 45 A day after May day last year, came the “May day” call from Go FIRST (erstwhile Go Air) as it filed for voluntary bankruptcy and suspended operations. What followed post this was nothing but a nightmare for the leasing industry whose aircraft were with the airline. The lessors appointed lawyers, who in turn ..read more
Network Thoughts
4d ago
Air India has announced the launch of services to Zurich, the gateway to Switzerland. The services will be operated by the 787 dreamliner aircraft and will begin June 16, 2024 with flights operating four times a week from its Delhi hub. The 787s are configured with 256 seats in two classes, comprising Business and Economy. ..read more
Network Thoughts
1w ago
Air India launched flights to Phuket on December 01, 2023. While analyzing the route, I wrote “The timings may not be optimum just yet for a two way connection to its entire European bank, but come next year – additional flights to Phuket or additional flights to Europe will help overcome this challenge. “ The ..read more
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1w ago
Akasa Air – the Mumbai headquartered low cost carrier is launching flights to Gorakhpur starting May 29, 2024. The airline will connect Gorakhpur daily to Bengaluru and Delhi with below timings. QP1880 BLR1115 – 1405GOP QP1883 GOP1920 – 2155BLR QP1882 DEL1655 – 1845GOP QP1881 GOP1445 – 1600DEL This will be the fifth destination in the ..read more
Network Thoughts
1w ago
Akasa Air – the Mumbai headquartered low cost carrier is launching flights to Gorakhpur starting May 29, 2024. The airline will connect Gorakhpur daily to Bengaluru and Delhi with below timings. QP1880 BLR1115 – 1405GOP QP1883 GOP1920 – 2155BLR QP1882 DEL1655 – 1845GOP QP1881 GOP1445 – 1600DEL This will be the fifth destination in the ..read more
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1w ago
IndiGo – India’s largest carrier has “agreed” to place a firm order for 30 A350-900 aircraft with options of 70 more. Deliveries are expected to start in 2027 and comes within an year of the airline placing a record order of 500 A320 family aircraft at the Paris Air show in 2023. The aircraft will ..read more
Network Thoughts
1w ago
In September 2019, a sudden set of tweets (it was still twitter then) announced the launch of In-Flight entertainment in IndiGo. Most looked at the advertisements or press releases and took to social media excitedly. A look at the details and one realised it was a deal with Sonyliv where the airline had a partnership ..read more
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1w ago
Vistara has been impacted severely by an operations disruption towards the end of March and early April which forced it to cancel several flights on its network and combine and upguage others. This has been extensively covered in the media and acknowledged by the Vistara senior leadership which had also pledged that the problem would ..read more
Network Thoughts
1w ago
Edition 43 The last few years have been turbulent for Boeing. I use the word turbulent for a lack of a better word to describe the situation at Boeing. The demise of the whistleblower has added to the complexities. While Boeing navigates from one issue to another and one whistleblower to another, United Airlines ..read more
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2w ago
In September 2019, a sudden set of tweets (it was still twitter then) announced the launch of In-Flight entertainment in IndiGo. Most looked at the advertisements or press releases and took to social media excitedly. A look at the details and one realised it was a deal with Sonyliv where the airline had a partnership ..read more