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TopicIndiGo airlines

Topic: IndiGo airlines

To make India an international hub: IndiGo CEO explains foray into widebody aircraft

Airline announced an agreement last week to place orders for 30 Airbus A350-900 aircraft, which would help expand its international network to long-haul destinations.

IndiGo enters wide-body space, places orders for 30 Airbus A350-900 aircraft

The fresh purchase follows the airline’s order for 500 Airbus aircraft last June – the largest ever single aircraft order by any airline.

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.

Legal action initiated against passenger for assault on pilot in Goa-bound Indigo flight

In a viral video, the agitated passenger, identified as Sahil Katariya, was purportedly seen punching the co-pilot, Anup Kumar, while he was making an announcement about flight delays.

Indian pilots unite to challenge flying duty regulations after colleague’s pre-flight death

The sudden death last week of an IndiGo pilot heightened those worries although India's biggest airline says he had a 27-hour break before duty and was in good health.

IndiGo, Air India soar at Paris Air Show. But Indian aviation must stay grounded by reality

About 80% of the new aircraft orders at Paris Air Show were placed by two Indian airlines. But behind the optimistic outlook for India’s aviation market lies a concern.

IndiGo’s purchase order from Airbus makes it single largest order of any aircraft

The order is expected to include popular A320neo family of planes including longer range A321XLRs, which will help expand its network into Europe and deeper into Southeast Asia.

After IndiGo deal, Air India set to buy 470 planes from Airbus & Boeing at Paris Airshow

Indian carriers now have the second-largest order book, with an over 6% share of the industry backlog, behind only the US, according to a 1 June report by Barclays.

‘For 1.4 bn people,’ Aviation minister lauds IndiGo’s 500-plane order, cites multiplier effect

The multi-plane deal announced by Europe’s Airbus on the opening day of the Paris Airshow on Monday is the biggest plane deal in history.

GoFirst crisis: IndiGo biggest gainer; Air India too sees uptick in market share in May

Akasa Air saw an increase of 0.8% from 4% to 4.8%. However, SpiceJet, which is struggling with financial woes and grounded aircrafts, saw its market share fall to 5.4% in May from 5.8% in April.

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Was India’s public sector born out of European envy?

For all its obvious blemishes, capitalism alone holds out the most creative and dynamic force that any civilization has ever discovered, wrote BP Godrej in 1980.

Market regulator SEBI clears Adani Group of impropriety alleged by Hindenburg Research

SEBI probe concluded that purported loans and fund transfers were paid back in full and did not amount to deceptive market practices or unreported related party transactions.

2 Assam Rifles personnel killed as convoy ambushed in Manipur, on ‘same route Modi took’ fortnight ago

This is the first major attack on central security forces since last November, when a CRPF jawan was killed and four were injured in an ambush in Jiribam on Manipur-Assam border. 

India doesn’t give walkovers to Pakistan in war. Here’s why it shouldn’t do it in cricket either

Many really smart people now share the position that playing cricket with Pakistan is politically, strategically and morally wrong. It is just a poor appreciation of competitive sport.