In his first public comments since the deadly June crash, Air India CEO Campbell Wilson took to the stage last week to field questions about the airline’s future. He underlined that despite the challenges — including the tragedy itself —…
Twice a year, as seasons change, airlines worldwide revise their schedules — and India is no exception. For the upcoming winter season, Indian carriers plan to operate about 3% more flights than in summer. But a deeper analysis of the…
Nearly four months after the fatal Air India 787 crash, India’s aviation industry is putting that dark chapter behind it and accelerating toward an ambitious new phase of fleet expansion. The world’s fastest-growing aviation market is witnessing an unprecedented race…
It is an episode that India’s former national carrier, Air India, has been trying to forget. In the midst of a $3 billion turnaround, hundreds of plane orders, and a major human capital upgrade, a Boeing 787 crash was the…
A year before the pandemic, a SpiceJet flight skidded off Mumbai Airport’s main runway, taking over three days to remove the aircraft and reopen the runway, causing around 300 flight cancellations. India’s airports are getting a lot of state attention…
If you reviewed the social media timelines of the Indian aviation ministry last week, it became clear that almost all key decision-makers were in Canada for the ICAO General Assembly, where India also received an ICAO Council President’s Certificate for…