American Airlines plans to double India tech hub staff, sources sayAmerican Airlines is set to significantly expand its technology hub in Hyderabad. The company plans to double its workforce to approximatel...
27 May, 2026, 07.16 PM IST
Southwest Airlines to expand India global centre to 1,000 employees, executive saysThe U.S. airline, which opened its Global Innovation Center in India's Hyderabad city on Wednesday, has already hired more than a dozen e...
20 May, 2026, 09.59 PM IST
Southwest Airlines opens first overseas innovation centre in Hyderabad, to hire 1,000Southwest Airlines has launched its Hyderabad Office, a Global Innovation Centre. This marks a significant expansion of its global business...
20 May, 2026, 01.01 PM IST
Jet fuel supplies are lagging. What does that mean for airlines and travelers?A looming jet fuel shortage in Europe and Asia, triggered by the Iran war and the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, could significantly disr...
17 Apr, 2026, 07.16 AM IST
American Airlines, Alaska Air join others in raising baggage fees as fuel costs climbAmerican Airlines and Alaska Air have raised checked baggage fees, citing increased jet fuel costs driven by Middle East tensions and disru...
10 Apr, 2026, 10.43 AM IST
Travelers face higher costs and fewer flight options as jet fuel prices swingTravelers face higher airfares and fewer flights due to volatile oil prices. Airlines are cutting schedules and increasing fees, impacting ...
09 Apr, 2026, 05.27 PM IST
Where aircraft go when they need a safe haven – or to die. As the Gulf war draws attention to ‘boneyards’, where does India stand?Wars, pandemics, and airspace closures have created a lucrative, if niche, global industry: Specialised airports, called aircraft boneyards...
01 Apr, 2026, 10.11 PM IST
IndiGo issues travel advisory, warns of possible flight delays as Cyclone Ditwah nearsIndiGo has issued a travel alert for flights to and from Jaffna, Pondicherry, Tuticorin, and Trichy due to Cyclone Ditwah. Heavy rain and s...
28 Nov, 2025, 05.42 PM IST
Rakesh Gangwal joins Southwest Airlines boardSouthwest Airlines addresses investor criticism by appointing veteran airline executive Rakesh Gangwal to its board, known for co-founding ...
11 Jul, 2024, 03.23 PM IST
For Rs 18,000, man flies solo to UAE on 360-seat planeImplausible though it may seem, but under certain unusual circumstances a piddly sum of eighteen thousand rupees can transmogrify in value ...
26 May, 2021, 10.46 AM IST
15,000 denied boarding by domestic carriers in 2016Last year, the ten carriers in the Indian airline industry flew 9.98 crore passengers, of this, 15,675 were denied boarding or offloaded by...
13 Apr, 2017, 07.51 AM IST
How does IndiGo continue to prosper despite troubled times?Even for an inherently tricky industry, Indian aviation sticks out like a sore thumb due to its high cost structure and infrastructural bot...
10 Dec, 2015, 08.01 AM IST
IndiGo brings in new names in Indian IPO marketBankers to IndiGo IPO are Citigroup Global Markets India, JPMorgan India, Morgan Stanley, Barclays Bank, Kotak Mahindra & UBS Securities In...
28 Oct, 2015, 05.02 PM IST
No more carrying of heavy documents in cockpit, pilots to get electronic flight bagsCompared with updating paper documentation, which can take several days for a large fleet, all tablets can be charged and updated every nig...
03 Sep, 2015, 05.29 AM IST
- Global airlines should be allowed to partner with large Indian companies
The Indian government should ring-fence foreign carriers if they are allowed to acquire up to 49% equity stake in domestic airlines.
18 Jun, 2012, 02.37 AM IST
- US court rejects blocking of American bank loans to Air India
A US federal court has rejected bid by an industry body of major US airlines to block $ 3.4 billion loan to Air India to purchase new Boein...
16 Jan, 2012, 12.20 PM IST
- Airlines should solve self-made problems; government should open up FDI
Govt must not hand out sops to struggling private flyers like Kingfisher Airlines as it looks like an industry-wide phenomenon
14 Nov, 2011, 05.37 AM IST