An Air Deccan flight, which was grounded because of a bird hit at the Visakhapatnam airport. Bird hits have proved especially expensive to airlines this year.

Cash-strapped airlines have been pounded on another front suffering a loss of at least Rs 7 crore this year on account of bird hits. As of October, 241 bird-hit cases were reported. Read the rest of this entry »

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A possible merger between low-cost carriers SpiceJet Airlines and Wadia Group-owned GoAir has hit a roadblock after the two sides failed to arrive at a consensus on valuation and branding related issues, two persons familiar with the development, told The Economic Times, a popular new service. Read the rest of this entry »

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NEW DELHI: The aviation regulator on Wednesday de-rostered six pilots of Kingfisher Airlines, Air India and Go Air for violating norms and landing on a short runway under rainy conditions at the Mumbai airport. Read the rest of this entry »

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NEW DELHI: Low-cost airline SpiceJet, which attracted $80-million investment from US billionaire Wilbur Ross last year, is looking to acquire a rival budget airline, and start international and regional operations, said its chief executive. “We are looking at inorganic growth,” said SpiceJet chief executive Sanjay Aggarwal, adding that a low-cost airline will be his preferred choice for acquisition. Read the rest of this entry »

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CHANDIGARH: With holiday season at hand, airlines have started introducing attractive offers to lure passengers. While private airline GoAir is offering a cheap plan where passengers have to pay only Rs 800 (all inclusive) from Chandigarh to Delhi, public sector giant Air India has offered heavy discounts in its fares for various domestic flights. Read the rest of this entry »

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Mumbai-based low cost carrier, GoAir has announced promotional fare for summer. As part of its summer schedule offer, Go Air is offering all inclusive one way fare of Rs 500. This is applicable for Delhi, Jaipur, Chandigarh, Cochin and Bangalore sector. Read the rest of this entry »

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Low-cost carrier GoAir on Wednesday denied reports that it is in merger talks with SpiceJet, its larger rival in the Indian private aviation market. ”We are not looking at any kind of consolidation or merger with SpiceJet or any other airline. It’s one of many rumours,” GoAir chief executive officer Edgardo Badiali told reporters in New Delhi. Read the rest of this entry »

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Mumbai: Spicejet’s CEO Sanjay Aggarwal met GoAir’s CEO Jeh Wadia to get to know the Indian aviation space as he was new to India. Sanjay Aggarwal on Monday admitted he had met Mumbai-based GoAir’s chief executive officer Jeh Wadia, but declined to comment on reports of a possible merger of the two low-cost airlines. He met Wadia to get to know the Indian aviation space as he was “new to India”, he said. Read the rest of this entry »

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New Delhi: With the onset of the festive season budget carrier GoAir has announced a special ‘Buy 5 Get 1 Free’ offer, which will enable customers to get a free ticket against the base fare on booking five tickets. Read the rest of this entry »

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NEW DELHI: Wadia Group-promoted GoAir’s arrangement with MDLR Airlines to outsource mandatory deployment of seats on non-profitable routes (category II, IIA and III) has come under the government’s scanner. Read the rest of this entry »

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