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.
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A strategic alliance between Virgin Australia and Qatar Airways has been signed, and it will help both airlines’ networks, lounges, and loyalty programmes grow.
Pieter Elbers, who was chosen to succeed Ronojoy Dautta as the company’s CEO, began his duties on Tuesday, according to low-cost airline IndiGo.
Just days after Lufthansa pilots last went on strike, the Vereinigung Cockpit union representing the group has revealed further strike action.
The Civil Aviation Ministry is pushing to increase the credit limit available to Indian airlines under the government’s Emergency Credit Line Guarantee Scheme because it is concerned about the weak financial position of these airlines.
Motherly advice is part of growing up, but it’s a little different when mom is sitting in the left-hand seat of a jetliner, and you’re in the right one. Last Friday, that happened on a Hawaiian Airlines aircraft when a mother and daughter took the controls of a B717 for a day of Pacific flying.
Guwahati Airport will see international flights restart following a 2-year gap this week. Bhutanese carrier Druk Air is restarting its Paro-Guwahati-Singapore fifth freedom flight, which connects the northeastern Indian city with Bhutan. Here’s more on the service.
Earlier in May, the passenger aircraft of Tara Air had crashed into the mountainous terrain killing all passengers on board. The aircraft went off the radar on May 30 with 22 people on board
The pilot who allegedly threatened to crash stolen plane into a nearby Walmart in Tupelo, Mississippi, in the United States, safely landed and was taken into custody, according to authorities.
The newest airline in India, Akasa Air, has received the first LEAP1B spare engine from SMBC Aero Engine Lease (SAEL), which is pleased to announce.