Tarun Shukla

Senior Editor, ET Prime

Award-winning journalist and author of Sky High: The Untold Story of IndiGo (Harper Collins). Tracks aviation. Past work in Mint, WSJ, and The Pioneer. Winner of SOPA gold award for investigative rep ...

Award-winning journalist and author of Sky High: The Untold Story of IndiGo (Harper Collins). Tracks aviation. Past work in Mint, WSJ, and The Pioneer. Winner of SOPA gold award for investigative reporting. X : @shukla_tarun | Email : tarun.shukla@timesofindia.com

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Stories by the author

• Aviation

  To cut or not to cut: What happens to Air India free-meals as losses swell

  
  8 mins read5 Jun 2026

• Aviation

  Wafers to war: Vinay Dube on how Iran crisis is hitting Akasa

  
  11 mins read29 May 2026

• Aviation

  Is Air India the cocktail turning bitter for Tatas?

  
  14 mins read20 May 2026

• Aviation

  After Trump tariff, is Indian aviation next US target?

  
  8 mins read15 May 2026

• Aviation

  3 years on, India rebuilds aircraft lessors’ trust that Go First broke

  
  5 mins read4 May 2026

• Auto

  First-time buyers, entry cars: The missing links in India’s auto boom

  
  6 mins read27 Apr 2026

• Aviation

  Kumbh boom to Iran blues: IndiGo, Air India et al. face INR30k-cr hit

  
  7 mins read17 Apr 2026

• Aviation

  When flight costs more than cure: Air ambulance becomes an Iran war casualty

  
  7 mins read13 Apr 2026

• Aviation

  SpiceJet desperately hunts for lifeline, starts job cuts

  
  11 mins read9 Apr 2026

• Aviation

  Crashes, chaos: A nightmarish fiscal Air India, IndiGo and govt may like to forget

  
  8 mins read31 Mar 2026

• Aviation

  From conflict to cockpits: Iranian pilots turn to India as airlines race to hire

  
  8 mins read27 Mar 2026

• Aviation

  After Go First horror, can à la Dublin at GIFT City comfort aircraft lessors?

  
  6 mins read23 Mar 2026

• Aviation

  Why new law to avoid a Go First repeat fails to calm global aircraft lessors

  
  8 mins read11 Mar 2026

• Aviation

  Inside Akasa’s big plans: CEO Dube on profits, fleet orders and why 2032 isn’t the end

  
  10 mins read4 Mar 2026

• Aviation

  How IndiGo-Air India duopoly is causing turbulence at MakeMyTrip, peers

  
  12 mins read19 Feb 2026

• Aviation

  A tale of two events: How IndiGo-Air India power balance changed in 6 months

  
  9 mins read13 Feb 2026

• Aviation

  How IndiGo nearly faced an INR100-crore fine, and escaped it

  
  8 mins read5 Feb 2026

• Aviation

  Go First fix: Rules for grounded aircraft eased. Enough to protect lessors?

  
  8 mins read3 Feb 2026

• Interviews

  Why Boeing is keenly watching Adani-Embraer joint venture

  
  10 mins read28 Jan 2026

• Aviation

  Fly91’s bumpy climb mirrors why genuine airline startups struggle in India

  
  9 mins read21 Jan 2026

• Aviation

  Why IndiGo got away with peanuts penalty after causing misery

  
  10 mins read20 Jan 2026

• Aviation

  Why Dec chaos will weigh on IndiGo’s Q3 results; SpiceJet to remain shaky

  
  8 mins read14 Jan 2026

• Aviation

  Air India crash, IndiGo chaos: The year that left people, and govt, helpless

  
  12 mins read29 Dec 2025

• Aviation

  Cost fixation, leadership style: Why IndiGo chaos is not just about pilot hiring

  
  16 mins read15 Dec 2025

• Aviation

  India’s newest airline is quietly prepping for IPO. Can it pull it off?

  
  9 mins read9 Dec 2025

• Aviation

  How IndiGo’s billions didn’t save it in hour of need as it made enemies of staff

  
  12 mins read8 Dec 2025

• Aviation

  How glitches-hit Air India is preparing for a take off

  
  15 mins read26 Nov 2025

• Aviation

  Ageing tech, missed upgrades: Delhi airport system crash was waiting to happen

  
  6 mins read12 Nov 2025

• Aviation

  How Akasa plans to get its share of the sky despite IndiGo-Air India duopoly

  
  8 mins read11 Nov 2025

• Aviation

  Aircraft with no seats! Akasa, Air India are stuck in a US regulatory logjam

  
  10 mins read7 Nov 2025

• Aviation

  With new flying rights, our international expansion will surge next year: Akasa CEO

  
  7 mins read5 Nov 2025

• Aviation

  Air India wanted to create an IndiGo rival, instead it landed in an INR6k crore mess

  
  13 mins read22 Oct 2025

• Aviation

  How GMR Airports rose from the ashes to become an INR1 Lakh crore company

  
  13 mins read13 Oct 2025

• Aviation

  No festive cheer for airlines as India skips the skies, splurges on cars and iPhones

  
  7 mins read9 Oct 2025

• Aviation

  Can Star Air’s Ghodawat win where Mallya, Wadia failed?

  
  10 mins read26 Sep 2025

• Aviation

  DreamFolks crisis deepens as more banks shun airport lounge middleman

  
  7 mins read17 Sep 2025

• Aviation

  With red ink all over its balance sheet, has the countdown begun for SpiceJet?

  
  7 mins read11 Sep 2025

• Aviation

  Gangwal exited ‘paan ki dukaan’ IndiGo With INR30k cr. Did he see this coming?

  
  12 mins read9 Sep 2025

• Aviation

  Late salaries, rising dues, cash crunch: Why is SpiceJet again flying dangerously low?

  
  13 mins read28 Aug 2025

• Aviation

  IndiGo’s GIFT City unit: Simple expansion or is there more to it than meets the eye?

  
  8 mins read18 Aug 2025
• 3 years on, Akasa’s next challenge: Staying in the air against IndiGo’s dominance

  
  9 mins read11 Aug 2025

• Aviation

  The airport lounge war has begun — and DreamFolks is losing

  
  13 mins read4 Aug 2025

• Aviation

  Why Air India could loom large on its biggest rival IndiGo’s Q1 results

  
  5 mins read25 Jul 2025

• Aviation

  We prefer to have idle pilots than grounded planes: Akasa CFO on losses, funding hiccups, Boeing

  
  11 mins read23 Jul 2025

• Aviation

  The 10-second mystery: Did the Air India crash report hide more than what it revealed?

  
  9 mins read14 Jul 2025

• Aviation

  Engine fuel switches or something else? One month on, still no word on what crashed AI 171

  
  4 mins read9 Jul 2025

• Aviation

  Just before the Air India crash, did India avert another deadly mishap?

  
  9 mins read7 Jul 2025

• Aviation

  Crash. Silence. Confusion. How India’s air accident watchdog is failing its biggest test yet

  
  9 mins read25 Jun 2025