On Saturday, Akasa Air launched its first flight from Chennai, the fifth city in its network. As a result, the airline is now able to provide twice-daily flights between Chennai and Bengaluru.
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The airline had initially planned to resume services on September 12th.
United Airlines has declared a $15 million investment in electric aviation startup Eve Air Mobility and will buy 200 electric aircraft which can seat four passengers and take off and land vertically like a helicopter.
On Thursday, Airbus confirmed that it had canceled all remaining Airbus A350 orders from Qatar Airways. This is the latest escalation of the safety and contractual dispute between the Gulf carrier and the European manufacturer. Qatar Airways had 19 outstanding A350-1000 orders.
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Prior to the FIFA World Cup in Doha, Tata Group-owned Air India announced the launch of 20 new flights per week from major Indian cities to Qatar.
United Airlines says it will cease flights to and from JFK next month if the federal government doesn’t permit the carrier to raise its operations at New York’s busiest airport, it has been informed.
Aeroflot on Wednesday signed a framework deal with United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) covering 339 locally made jetliners for delivery between 2023 and 2030.
Co-founder Rakesh Gangwal and his family will begin the process on Thursday, seven months after he announced he would sell all of his shares in the low-cost airline over the course of five years and resigned from the board of InterGlobe Aviation, the parent company of IndiGo.
A strategic alliance between Virgin Australia and Qatar Airways has been signed, and it will help both airlines’ networks, lounges, and loyalty programmes grow.