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Budget IndiGo finds business class to be a ‘Stretch’
A premium offering from India’s largest airline has not evoked the expected response from flyers and just goes to show that breaking away from its low-cost DNA isn’t easy.
21 May 2025
In Air India Express standoff, it’s cabin crew 1, Tatas 0
Not only was the Tata group stared down by the protesting cabin crew, it had to eat crow by reinstating staff whose services it had terminated. Is the conglomerate’s storied industrial relations record under threat?
13 May 2024
Pilot exits bare Akasa’s underbelly
The exodus has set off operational and cultural challenges at the fledgling airline and handed founder Vinay Dube his first big test.
06 Sept 2023
Why Indian airlines are bad at handling drunk, unruly passengers
The absence of a limit on drinks served to long-haul passengers, exemptions based on class of travel and letting the crew decide when a flyer has had one too many are compounded by the regulator’s hesitance to act.
21 Jan 2023
IndiGo takes the Middle East route to fly past Air India
Short-haul flights to popular destinations and strategic alliances help India’s largest airline take a surprise lead over Air India in the international market.
25 Oct 2022
Air India Express, AirAsia India merger is high risk for the Tatas
The planned merger of the two low-cost carriers comes with red flags for the Tata group’s grand plans for its aviation business under Air India.
19 Sept 2022
Was Air India CEO picked with eye on merger with Vistara?
Scoot’s Campbell Wilson may not have been the Tatas’ first choice to lead Air India, but his appointment fuels speculation that a merger between AI and Vistara is on the cards.
24 May 2022
Air India is home. Now what?
Bringing the airline back to the Tata fold is just the beginning of a strenuous test that lies ahead of Tata Sons chairman N. Chandrasekaran.
11 Oct 2021
Who really crashed flight AXB 1344?
The investigation report blames the two pilots of the Air India Express flight for the Kozhikode crash last year. Are they merely the fall guys for a system that refuses to be held accountable?
16 Sept 2021