Recently I was on a flight from Delhi to London which took off in a 75-100m visibility. I was trying to see if someone actually had a video for such take offs or landings, when the visibility is so low.
Following is the video I found which looks like a news segment done for some Indian [...]
Posts Tagged ‘India’
Video – Fog Problem at Indra Gandhi International Airport in Delhi, India
Posted in Airlines, Airports, Passengers, Travel Woes, landing video, tagged Cat I/III, Delhi, Fog, India, Indra Gandhi International Airport, Low Visibility on January 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Kingfisher Airlines launches Mumbai-London Service
Posted in Airlines, Passengers, Planes, tagged A330-200, Heathrow, India, IT007, IT008, Kingfisher Airlines, London, Mumbai, New Service, Vijay Mallya on January 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Kingfisher Airlines recently announced the start of its new service between Mumbai and London (Heathrow Airport) starting January 5th 2009. The airline will use an Airbus A330-200 (28 seats in First and 169 seats in Kingfisher Class).
Mumbai – London Flight Schedule IT 007Departure from Mumbai – 13:45 Mumbai Local TimeArrival at London – 17:55 London [...]
Trouble in India: Airlines exercising layoffs, canceling airplane orders etc.
Posted in Airlines, Jet Fuel, Passengers, Planes, Travel Woes, tagged Air India, Airlines, Cancel, Capacity cuts, India, Jet Airways, Job loss, Kingfisher, Lay-off, Leave without Pay, Order cancelation, Protest, Retrenchment, Sack, Trouble on October 16, 2008 | 2 Comments »
There has been a lot of news recently with regard to big losses realized by airlines in India due to high price of oil, weakening demand, fierce competition causing inability to raise fares to requirements and rapid growth over the past years.
Jet AirwaysOn Tuesday October 14th 2008, the airlines laid off 850 cabin crew members [...]
Billionaire Wibur Ross invests in India’s SpiceJet
Posted in Airlines, tagged Anil Ambani, Billionaire, Convertible Bonds, India, Indian Airline, leveraged buyout, New Delhi, Ranjit Nabha, Rescue, SpiceJet, Wilbur Smith on July 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Billionaire Wilbur Smith, an American investor specializing in leveraged buyouts, will invest in “Loss-making” Spicejet, low-cost New Delhi based Indian Airline, by buying foriegn currency convertible bonds (held by Istithmar PJSC and
Goldman Sachs Group Inc.) worth $80 million (3.45 billion rupees). Wilbur Ross and Ranjit Nabha (chief executive of WL Ross India) are expected to [...]
Singapore Airlines to agressively expand services to India
Posted in Airlines, Passengers, Travel Location, tagged Bali, Bombay, C.W. Foo, Coimbatore, India, Kochi, Mumbai, New Delhi, SilkAir, Singapore Airlines, South East Asia, Sunrise, Thiruvananthapuram, Vietnam, Vishakapatanam on July 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
As Singapore Airlines’ initiative to expand its services to/fro India, the airline will be doubling it flights to/from Delhi starting September 2008. Currently, there are a total of 9 flights a week between Delhi and Singapore (on Boeing 777-200 aircrafts in a three class configuration). The new flights will be in the morning time and [...]
India’s Aviation Minstry likely to relax Criteria to fly International
Posted in Airlines, Passengers, Tickets, Travel Location, tagged India, GoAir, SpiceJet, Indian Aviation Ministry, Paramount, Indigo, Kingfisher, Vijay Mallaya, CNN-IBN on June 18, 2008 | 4 Comments »
An article in CNN-IBN, an Indian News Network, claims that Civil Aviation Ministry of India is considering scrapping the minimum five year domestic operations criteria for starting flights to/from International destinations. In the last 4 years, India has seen the start lot of new airlines that fly within the country like – SpiceJet, Indigo, Paramount, [...]
Day of the Jackal: Wildlife delay flights at New Delhi Airport
Posted in Airports, Passengers, Travel Woes, tagged Delays, India, Indra Gandhi International Airport, Jackal, Lizard, New Delhi, Raptor, Wildlife on June 18, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Monday, June 16th 2008 New Delhi’s Indra Gandhi International Airport witnessed a strange event – Heavy rains at the capital city of India caused a large number of soaked animals to descend on the airport’s runway. The “sudden appearance of jackals, monitor lizards and raptors” on the runway resulted in delays for an hour, since [...]
Indian Airliners: Expected to lose billions this year
Posted in Airlines, Passengers, Tickets, tagged Air India, Billion, Go Air, Hedging, India, Jet Airways, Loss on June 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Indian domestic carriers are expected to lose $1.5 billion this year. This expected loss is double of last year’s loss due to high jet fuel prices.
From Bloomberg -
“Indian carriers this month raised surcharges for the third
time in as many months to counter the rise in fuel prices. Taxes
and surcharges now account for as much as [...]
Anil Ambani buying SpiceJet?
Posted in Airlines, Celebrity, tagged Anil Ambani, Delhi, How to become a Millionaire, India, Reliance, Richest, SpiceJet on June 6, 2008 | 6 Comments »
Anil Ambani, successful Indian businessman who is the 6th richest businessman in world, is reportedly in talks to buyout SpiceJet, the Delhi (India) based low cost airline. Though the airline has reported that no formal offer has been sent by the Reliance head. Earlier, Anil Ambani had reportedly lost his bid to buy Air Deccan [...]
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