Air India has announced flights to Ho Chi Mihn City from Delhi starting June 1st 5x weekly. Manila, Seattle and Dallas to follow soon. LAX is noticeably missing. https://www.financialexpress.com/business/airlines-aviation-air-india-plans-international-network-expansion-3453067/ Would AI start Seatt...
Jump to postAir India and Bengaluru airport to collaborate on creating a hub and MRO facililities over the next 5 years. https://www.livemint.com/companies/air-india-to-develop-bengaluru-airport-as-hub-for-southern-india-11712574078525.html Very very nice, however note that Air India's definition of a hub is a...
Jump to postFinally, a route that was supposed to be launched in May 2020. Timetable: Manila - Seattle/Tacoma WA PR124 2240 1915 77P 357 Seattle/Tacoma WA - Manila PR125 2340 0445+1 77P 357 77P stands for the original PR 77W. I believe on the SEA-MNL should be a +2, no?? Regardless, good on SEA to gain another...
Jump to postPer this interview it looks like the interior retrofit program will be delayed and Air India will be flying their horrible dated product for a longer period of time https://youtu.be/atJcd2NT-3E?si=WUHO2XFBnXu362RL Most passengers including many frequent flyers dont care about the livery outside or ...
Jump to postIndigo to start BLR-AGX daily from March 31 2024 6E 7271 Bengaluru 10:25 Agatti 13:00 6E 7272 Agatti 13:20 Bengaluru 15:20 https://www.goindigo.in/press-releases/indigo-announces-agatti-as-the-88-th-domestic-destination.html?linkNav=%7C1%7CIndiGo%20News This is an excellent add. Previously anyone g...
Jump to postUA could fly IAH-CDG and make money IMO. That said, they probably could make more money flying other routes. That's another part of it. Do you put a 764 on IAH-CDG where the economy fare this summer is ~$900 each way or EWR-PMI where it's about $1,000 each way for a shorter flight? IAH-Zurich or Ro...
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Jump to postCurrently vehicles dropping off departning passengers do so on the east side of the central processor building. That ramp will be closed and the departing-passenger drop-off area will be moved to the north side of the central processor building. That sounds like a huge mess (yet again) for those wa...
Jump to postCurrently vehicles dropping off departning passengers do so on the east side of the central processor building. That ramp will be closed and the departing-passenger drop-off area will be moved to the north side of the central processor building. That sounds like a huge mess (yet again) for those wa...
Jump to postVietJet India Reductions AMD - goes from 7 to 4 weekly Trichy - 3x weekly cancelled https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/240315-vjns24asia Ah! TRZ cancellation was expected, not sure what VJ was thinking when they launched TRZ. Probably expecting South Indian pax(HYD MAA BLR) pax to fly via TRZ(?). Seems...
Jump to postYou are forgetting the delta feed on the Paris end. As the only sky team connection to MAA, it would get some traffic. Not in the league of big 3 in India, but just behind them. Also, there is French industrial presence in Chennai with St. Gobain and Renault from top of mind recall. Best, Subramani...
Jump to postI know this is a long post but I think it is an important topic and love to hear your thoughts If Air India wants to ever become India's "Flag Carrier," fixing it's product is not enough. While it is a crucial step, I think it needs to rethink a lot of it's business strategy from it's gro...
Jump to postI don't think so, they are leaving MAA. AF has loaded flights to MAA in the winter 2024 schedule from Oct 29. They have no flights scheduled from April 1 to October last week. LH has reduced flights from daily to 5x weekly from April 1 and resumes daily from October last week to MAA. BA is daily th...
Jump to postI don't think so, they are leaving MAA. AF has loaded flights to MAA in the winter 2024 schedule from Oct 29. They have no flights scheduled from April 1 to October last week. LH has reduced flights from daily to 5x weekly from April 1 and resumes daily from October last week to MAA. BA is daily th...
Jump to posthttps://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/240312-ains24blrlgw It appears that AI has removed BLR-LGW from the schedules. Looks like this route, which is primarily O&D may not have the demand as AI anticipated, especially with VS starting very soon. Or is it non-availability of aircraft and/or pilots. They ...
Jump to postIs it just me or is international pretty soft from Austin at the moment? Or at least prices are more soft than they've been in probably 5+ years. Maybe the post-Covid travel boom has peaked and is declining? Or just the impacts of higher interest rates hitting the general economy? Or maybe the airl...
Jump to postIt appears UA has dropped its second daily flight EWR-DEL. It is now once daily, there has no announcements could be temporary.
Also BOM-EWR was once a busy route, daily by UA and daily by AI. Now it is down to 3x weekly EWR-BOM by AI.
Avianca is now complaining... as I stated upthread, if 75% of the pax are local MIA-BOG traffic, does this violate the spirit of the bilateral? https://www.financecolombia.com/colombia-approves-new-emirates-route-from-dubai-avianca-has-tantrum/ Yes it does appear to violate the spirit. The MIA-BOG ...
Jump to postjustbala wrote:Has Airliners-India.net shut down for good? Get a 404 error while trying to access it.
Avianca is now complaining... as I stated upthread, if 75% of the pax are local MIA-BOG traffic, does this violate the spirit of the bilateral? https://www.financecolombia.com/colombia-approves-new-emirates-route-from-dubai-avianca-has-tantrum/ Yes it does appear to violate the spirit. The MIA-BOG ...
Jump to posthttps://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/air-india-plans-direct-flights-to-seattle-los-angeles-dallas/articleshow/108016399.cms Another article stating that AI will start services to LAX, Seattle and DFW starting from winter 2024. Hope AI announces these flights with sufficient lead times. Often th...
Jump to post1 ATL at 104.7 million 2. DXB at 87 million 3. LHR at 79.2 million 4 DFW at 80 million (estimated, so ranked lower than actuals) 5 DEN at 77.8 million 6. IST 78.48 (estimated, so discounted) 7. ORD: 74.5 (estimated off 9% growth). 8. LAX 74.49 (estimated off 12% growth) 9 CDG 67.42 (actuals) 10 DEL...
Jump to postThere is not enough PDEW from HYD directly to any US city to justify a flight. Even AI couldn't justify a HYD-LGW flight and they did ATQ, AMD, COK, GOX and BLR already. Although, I do agree that there will be a lot of convenient HYD-DEL connections. Sorry to hijack the AI DFW thread. As far as dir...
Jump to postThere is not enough PDEW from HYD directly to any US city to justify a flight. Even AI couldn't justify a HYD-LGW flight and they did ATQ, AMD, COK, GOX and BLR already. Although, I do agree that there will be a lot of convenient HYD-DEL connections. Sorry to hijack the AI DFW thread. As far as dir...
Jump to postStrange, if COK/GOI works.. why didn't AI start CCU LGW? I think that could also work, esp with CCU having no non stop EU connection. They had a weekly or 2x weekly LHR connection, tht was dropped too, unfortunately for them. CCU O&D is insufficient to justify nonstop to London area, they would...
Jump to postAI DEL - LGW strongly tipped to be announced next - watch this space. Really? They already have pretty good capacity from those airports, to LHR. I would have thought expanding the BLR-LGW frequency as well as launching HYD or expanding the AMD-LGW frequency would have been more likely. These shoul...
Jump to postWhile I would love to see it, I don't see AI launching DFW this year. As others have stated, the major market from DFW is HYD. AI would have little to gain by serving DFW-DEL or DFW-BOM. And the previous comment may be the smartest thing a Sooner ever said: EK (and QR, to a lesser extent) could eas...
Jump to postOver the past 6 months, I have traveled though AMS, LHR and CDG transfer. Yes I am an American citizen, but nowhere did I have through immigration. I wonder why this matters as there is no check. You are denied boarding in the US itself. Trust me I would know. I know some one who got denied boardin...
Jump to postAverage fares + PDEW - Costs = Yield. Or simply Total Revenue - Costs. DFW as a market generates more revenue to India than LAX does. This is probably due to the fact that its receiving so many new arrivals from India in a way that only NYC and the Bay Area can compare. DFW will continue to outpace...
Jump to postWhat still surprise me is the fact, that currently no US-airline is serving MAN after the lifting of the COVID19-restriction. That this NATL-gab is filled by Virgin and Aer Lingus, which each build up a small hub, shows that there is a certain demand. Is there any specific reason for that? This is ...
Jump to postTwo things: 1. DFW has significantly higher traffic to India than IAH. In fact, DFW metro area has the fifth largest diaspora [migrationpolicy.org] of Indian Americans and immigrants from India. https://www.migrationpolicy.org/sites/default/files/resize/source_images/spt-2022-indian-tab1-metro--800...
Jump to postI don’t think it is Qatar’s nor Indigo’s issue. I think Qatar did the right move. Build up HYD quickly (which is seeing huge traffic growth) and make it that much harder for EU and Indian carriers to start flights that would bypass ME3 hubs. Solid business plan for them. But then Qatar shouldn’t sa...
Jump to postIdiotic DOJ by restricting JetBlu merger with Spirit will now hasten the demise of JetBlu, so one less airline, because of Icahn's investment.
Jump to post1 3. I don't understand how the GOI let the QR/6E partnership slide. Both sides was pretty smart on this one, they were able to use Indigo's engine issues to wet lease QR Planes, which QR codeshares. This means you have a "Qatar Airways flight operated by Indigo Airlines (Primary Airline) whic...
Jump to postThere is no right that air fares always remain low. In fact the air fares to/from India have always been attractive. Dubai based airlines can if they want to offer more seats to O&D, but they do not, they want more connecting traffic. Fares are higher on EK than on other airlines, if they want m...
Jump to postWould GOI give UAE an additional 100,000 seats in return for 400,000 seats for the Indian side? After a certain point, the 4X becomes irrelavant, esp as X starts getting larger. A good point to consider. Perhaps the best option would be for India is to give the new seats to an alternate airport lik...
Jump to postOne of the big drivers of the EK partnership was that UA and AC cannot serve the subcontinent and ME fully from their NA hubs. That said, UA/AC were able to serve India quite well and both airlines launched (and continued to launch) new nonstops...but then Russian airspace closed so they had to can...
Jump to posthttps://www.yahoo.com/news/flew-13-hours-business-class-142141131.html Food was never a problem on Air India even before the Tata takeover atleast for their primary Indian customer base. Infact, it was the ONLY thing they did well and with some consistency! This one comment had me in splits! Funny ...
Jump to posthttps://www.yahoo.com/news/flew-13-hours-business-class-142141131.html Here is a report from a journalist flying from JFK to Delhi on J class - generally positive report (except for non-working power outlet). She could have used another seat's outlet if she needs to charge her phone or laptop. Accor...
Jump to postI've been saying FI can make IAH work for a while now. They saw value in DFW but got ran off by AA. I don't think UA would put up a fight should FI get in to IAH. Now that the Icelandic krona has come back from its near-collapse, FI isn't likely to expand rapidly like it did 5-7 years ago. That (an...
Jump to postNever ending construction mess continues in Terminal C/E arrivals. I dont know how long we have to endure this. Why cant they just finish this before moving on to Terminal B refurbishment. My hope is for Iceland Air to start flights to IAH, that would be good competitor and the airline could command...
Jump to postUS-India 2030 Non-Stop Predictions: Air India DEL - JFK (Daily, A35K or 77W) DEL - EWR (Daily, A35K or 77W) DEL - BOS (Daily, 789) DEL - IAD (Daily, 789) DEL- DFW (Daily, A359) DEL - ORD (Daily, A359 or 77W) DEL - SEA (Daily, 789) DEL - SFO (Daily, A359) DEL - LAX (Daily, A359) BOM - JFK or EWR (Da...
Jump to postI flew IST-CDG after a wedding last summer and it was soooo hot and humid in the terminal. Was crazy. Finally TK’s departure time from DEL/BOM are the worst (IMHO). 6:35am departure is torture. I guess to each their own. Many domestic flights with 1 daily flight operated by Indigo also have very ea...
Jump to post11 more widebodies are going to be in service in 2024. (5x 777-300ER and 6x A350-900) What routes will be announced next? Or will these aircraft cover for the B-777-300ER and B-787-8 Retrofits in 2024 meaning new routes only in 2025? How many Frames are needed to cover DELDFW? Assuming Air India fo...
Jump to postA number of passengers who booked on TK were not amused to find themselves flying on Indigo - this has caused multiple issues at both IST and DEL/BOM airports. Turkish media channels including diaspora media in Canada has been reporting about this. My brother flew on QR last year from MAN and then ...
Jump to postI don't know what bilaterals have to do with this. But I will strongly disagree with you. The GOI needs to be pax friendly AND help create jobs and businesses in India. Ensuring Indian airlines thrive is not anti consumer. Countries with strong airlines benefit a lot. They should let the market dec...
Jump to postThe fact that UAE does not want bilaterals merged shows that they are still not certain whether the traffic will benefit UAE or benefit Indian carriers. EK should be by now is not relying on India for at least some of the traffic, even without Indian connector traffic, EK will continue to thrive. Pe...
Jump to postYeah they are pretty common and are here to stay. They depart from international terminal because of the aircraft routing. Often they are wide body flights like AI 687, 805. It's more of an operational choice than a commercial one. You can book them as a domestic passenger just like you would book ...
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