The Indian budget carrier placed a record order for 500 narrowbody jets from Airbus recently, while it already has 480 carriers in store from previous orders.
IndiGo, India's largest airline by market share, placed order months after rival Air India announced it would buy 470 aircraft — 250 from Airbus & 220 from Boeing.
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.
Rakesh Gangwal and Rahul Bhatia, who co-founded IndiGo in 2006, fell out in early 2020 when the former sought to modify certain rules in the company's articles of association.
Cash-strapped airline Go First filed for bankruptcy on Tuesday, blaming ‘faulty’ Pratt & Whitney engines for grounding of about half its fleet and taking lenders by surprise.
Munir indicates that he’s willing to go for broke, even if it risks taking his country “and half the world” down with him. It’s important to understand where he is coming from.
India’s industrial output growth saw a 10-month low in June, with Index of Industrial Production (IIP) growing by mere 1.5% as against 1.9% in May 2025.
Gen Dwivedi framed Op Sindoor not just as retaliation to Pahalgam, but as demonstration of India’s capability to fight multi-domain conflicts with integration between services & agencies.
Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.
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