MUMBAI: Jeh Wadia, managing director of GoAir, was holidaying in Australia earlier this month, when news first broke that his airline was being bought out. He says he was rudely woken up one morning by a ?call from his ?Ol? Man??, who wanted to know if they were indeed selling the business. Read the rest of this entry »

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MUMBAI: It is an Indian Summer at the Paris Air Show once more, with Kingfisher Airlines placing an order for up to 50 Airbus aircraft. A memorandum of understanding for the purchase with a sticker price of $7.3 billion (about 29,000 crore), was signed by UB group chairman Vijay Mallya and Airbus COO John Leahy at the air show on Wednesday. Read the rest of this entry »

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NEW DELHI: The Union Cabinet on Friday decided to refer the aviation policy to a Group of Ministers (GoM) for wider consultations on several issues including the norms for allowing private carriers to fly abroad. Read the rest of this entry »

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NEW DELHI: The comprehensive civil aviation policy, expected to pave the way for start-up airlines to launch international operations without waiting to complete five years in the domestic market, has been referred to a group of ministers. Read the rest of this entry »

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MUMBAI/NEW DELHI: Kingfisher Airlines chairman Vijay Mallya seems to be girding up for another takeover in the airline space, by making a play for India?s second-largest low-cost airline SpiceJet. In an interview with an international publication on Friday, India?s flamboyant airline chief said he was considering a deal. Referring to his recent deals with Scottish whiskey major Whyte & Mackay and Indian low-cost airline Air Deccan, he said three deals in a row are not too many. Read the rest of this entry »

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NEW DELHI: Low-cost air carrier IndiGo on Wednesday said it will induct tenth Airbus A320 to its fleet on June 24. Read the rest of this entry »

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LE BOURGET: Kingfisher Airlines has agreed to order 15 A350 XWB aircraft at the Paris air show on Wednesday, industry sources said. Read the rest of this entry »

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NEW DELHI (AP) - Workers of state-owned Indian Airlines on Thursday called off their strike that grounded dozens of planes and stranded thousands of passengers at airports across the country, the civil aviation ministry said. Read the rest of this entry »

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NEW DELHI: Deccan Aviation Ltd and SpiceJet Ltd, India’s biggest budget carriers, said they gained passenger bookings as about 12,000 workers of Indian Airlines Ltd went on strike for a second day. Read the rest of this entry »

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Vijay Mallya believes in having his cake and eating it too after enticing Captain Gopinath and acquiring control over Air Deccan. Read the rest of this entry »

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