AVIATION

Pankaj Srivastava, Director-Commercial, Air India, speaks about the possibility of opening connectivity to Los Angeles. If the overflying permission to fly shorter routes comes sooner they will operate the Delhi-Tel Aviv flight, he says. Also, Air India plans to increase connectivity to Australia to 10 flights a week from Delhi. …

TT BUREAU David Lim, General Manager – India, Singapore Airlines Singapore Airlines completed 70 years of operations in 2017. On July 1, the Airbus A350-900 commenced operations on the Mumbai-Singapore route. Singapore Airlines took delivery of its first A350-900 in March 2016 and now has 18 of the aircraft type …

Air Canada is set to make its Delhi-Vancouver flight a daily operation, starting December 1, reveals Margaret Skinner, Director Sales, EMEA, Air Canada. NISHA VERMA For Margaret Skinner, the Indian market is a growing market and offers a good mix of business for them. “The economy is strong and we …

With the addition of a third daily non-stop between Mumbai and London, Jet Airways will capitalise on the demand and popularity while crossing the 1,000-seat mark on this route. TT BUREAU Jet Airways commenced its third daily non-stop flight service on the Mumbai-London route, making it the only Indian airline …

Oman’s national airline is not looking at expansion but a sustainable growth with focus on the corporate segment, the religious and tour packages. TT BUREAU The year 2017 has been a challenging year for Oman Air with lots of variables such as increased capacity in the market and lower demands. …

Air Arabia recently conducted a three-city roadshow in Mumbai, Delhi and Ahmedabad to promote new flight services from Sharjah to Baku with connections from India TT BUREAU Air Arabia hosted a three-city roadshow starting with Mumbai on September 18, Delhi on September 19 and concluded in Ahmedabad on September 20. …

Owing to increase in demand, SriLankan Airlines is all set to increase its frequencies to Delhi, Mumbai, and Hyderabad, shares Dimuthu Tennakoon, Head-Worldwide Sales & Distribution, SriLankan Airlines. TT BUREAU With the recent launch of services to three new destinations, SriLankan Airlines is expanding its reach in India making itself …

With a 19 per cent increase in air traffic from India in 2015-16, Fiji Airways is planning to appoint a full-time dedicated Country Sales Manager. SHAHZAD BAGWAN With the recent codeshare with Jet Airways running successfully, Fiji Airways is looking to expand its network in India. The airline has announced …

As international airlines struggle with limited flying rights to India, Sudhir Sreedharan, Senior VP, Commercial (GCC, Subcontinent, Africa), flydubai, speaks on restrictions in tapping the high growth potential between India & UAE. As the Dubai sector exhausts its bilateral seat capacity of 62,500 flights a week between India and Dubai, …

Wolfgang Will, Senior Director, South Asia, Lufthansa Passenger Airlines, says the Indian market is very crucial. India’s growing economy and a booming aviation industry has made them launch their latest aircraft in the country and the airline is also propelling various start-ups here. NKHIL ANAND & NISHA VERMA Q Please tell …