Air India's Black Friday Offers: Up to 20% off on base fares for 96 hours; check promo codes and moreAir India launched a Black Friday Sale with discounts up to 20% on domestic flights and up to 12% on international flights to various desti...
29 Nov, 2024, 11.24 AM IST
IndiGo hikes fees for cancellation and changesIf the cancellation or detail change is done on a domestic ticket at any time apart from the aforementioned three-day period, the fees woul...
27 Jun, 2019, 11.09 PM IST
Domestic flights to cost more from today as regional connectivity cess kicks inGovt to levy Rs 5,000 per flight for regional connectivity fund. It will be periodically reviewed as the scheme picks steam and more player...
01 Sep, 2017, 07.27 PM IST
Looking for a Rs 2,500 Delhi-Shimla air ticket? You may end up paying Rs 19,000With only half of available seats on Delhi-Shimla route subsidised, fares can go as high as Rs 19,000 due to restricted availability of sea...
28 Apr, 2017, 03.32 PM IST
Govt gets 45 proposals for its Rs 2,500 flight scheme; first flight likely in MarchThe routes would be awarded to bidders who quote the lowest Viability Gap Funding requirement against the routes.
19 Jan, 2017, 01.06 AM IST
Subsidised Rs 2,500 flights on 200 regional routes soonThe scheme, which would be in operation for a period of 10 years, envisages providing connectivity to un-served and under-served regions of...
18 Jan, 2017, 05.53 PM IST
Government to shortly impose new levy on airlinesFunds from the levy will contribute to a corpus which will cross-subsidize small regional carriers flying between small towns for fares cap...
11 Nov, 2016, 04.47 PM IST
Regional Air Connectivity Fund levy to be demand-driven, says Civil Aviation MinistryUDAN (Ude Desh ka Aam Naagrik), launched by the government last week, seeks to connect small cities by air as well as make flying affordabl...
24 Oct, 2016, 07.47 PM IST
India's 1st regional flight at Rs 2,500 per hour fare may take off next yearThe scheme, cleared by the Modi government in June this year, aims at operating regional flights by capping fares at Rs 2,500 for per hour ...
21 Oct, 2016, 04.46 PM IST
Modi government pushes to make Rs 2,500 flight for aam aadmi a realityThe airline providing regional flights will have to connect underserved airports with minimum 3 flights a week and maximum 7 flights a week.
02 Jul, 2016, 04.15 AM IST
Regional connectivity scheme: Subsidising operations may push up city faresThe government’s new regional connectivity scheme will likely attract air charter companies and other non-scheduled operators to launch reg...
16 Jun, 2016, 03.26 AM IST
Interglobe, SpiceJet, Jet shares rally up to 2.7% ahead of new aviation policyThe 5/20 policy that restricts companies from flying abroad unless they have flown in India for at least five years and have a fleet of at ...
14 Jun, 2016, 05.29 PM IST
Government tries more flights strategy to beat high airfaresThe Civil Aviation Ministry has cleared the proposal of start-up carrier Vistara to operate extra flights to the northeast during the summe...
05 Jun, 2016, 12.26 PM IST
Civil Aviation Ministry suggests shifting from airport-based security to aircraft-based security at smaller airportsAnalysts, however, slammed the idea on the grounds that aviation security cannot discriminate on the size of the aircraft or airport.
21 Apr, 2016, 06.00 AM IST
Airlines need price flexibility on regional routes: StudyThe suggestion is part of a study on 'Regional and Remote Connectivity in India' released by Civil Aviation Minister Ashok Gajapathi Raju.
18 Feb, 2016, 01.47 PM IST
Short-distance flights at Rs 2,500 an hour may be enabled by scrapping excise duty, service taxModi govt is likely to throw its weight behind a plan for short-distance flights at a fixed price of Rs 2,500 per hour by scrapping taxes a...
04 Nov, 2015, 02.15 PM IST
Australian travel firm Flight Centre Travel Group to open 24 flight shops by 2017The company, which runs corporate travel arm FCm Travel Solutions and leisure travel company Flight Shop, will invest about Rs 20 crore.
30 Oct, 2014, 03.32 AM IST