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TopicDomestic flights

Topic: domestic flights

IndiGo crisis shows perils of India’s corporate dominance

IndiGo, with 65.6% market share, and its closest rival Air India Group with 25.7%, mean the industry operates as a near-duopoly, experts say.

Air India flew 13.5% of domestic passengers till June but accounted for 70% denied boarding. Here’s why

Aviation analysts say airlines deny passengers boarding for 3 reasons — when flight has been overbooked, a last minute-change in aircraft, or technical fuel & weight requirements.

Air India reduces baggage allowance by 5-15 kg, bringing it in line with rest of industry

Air India’s new policy, effective from 2 May, introduces new weight limits for tickets in each of the different 'fare families' — Comfort, Comfort Plus, and Flex.

When the plane is grounded but the pilot flies high & ‘Model Code’ of consecration

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

‘Misguiding public’: House panel flags ‘predatory pricing’ by domestic airlines, seeks cap on fares

Parliamentary Standing Committee on Transport, Tourism & Culture, headed by a YSRCP MP, said balance must be maintained between commercial interests of pvt airlines & passengers' interests.

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How West Asia crisis can play out for PM Modi and BJP in Assembly polls

While the Russia-Ukraine war saw the BJP projecting PM Modi as a ‘vishwaguru’ who could end international conflicts, the party has made a nuanced shift in its electoral strategy vis-à-vis the West Asia war.

Foreign investors dump record $12 bn India stocks in March on war

Soaring energy costs have hurt oil-importing Asian peers, but the scale of outflows from India points to already bearish global sentiment.

India developing lethal autonomous weapon systems, database of citizens’ crime risk—House Panel report

Report on impact of AI emergence—drawing upon depositions from several ministries—confirms that the developments come in the absence of AI laws or considerations over them.

Gulf war exposed India’s fragilities. It’s time for navel-gazing, in the national interest

It’s easy to understand why the government can’t speak the hard truth. When this war ends, as all wars do, India’s interests will lie with both the winner and the loser.