Skift India Report: Our First India Summit

We are thrilled to announce a new event coming next year, the Skift India Summit in Delhi-NCR, happening March 19-20, 2024. This follows the successful launch of our India newsletter, Skift India Report, the Skift India Travel Podcast, with more features to come. 

The summit will be held at The Leela Palace New Delhi and The Leela Ambience Gurugram and bring together CEOs, leaders, innovators, and creative thinkers to explore the future of travel in a post-pandemic world.

What to Expect? The event will feature big-picture discussions around three important themes: 

The outbound Indian traveler moving confidently around the world The complete reset of the giant domestic market post-pandemic and the boom around it  The still sluggish-but-full-of-potential inbound tourist market into India

Tickets: Early bird tickets are available at $495, with group rates at $445. Act now to secure the best rates.

Boeing Sees No Signs of Slowdown, Citing Strong Growth Metrics in Aviation

Forecasting the Indian aviation sector's growth fundamentals to remain strong, Boeing India President Salil Gupte said that the rationalization of fuel taxes and continued investments in infrastructure will help sustain the momentum. 

“We see no slowdown (in India) and we continue to see very high load factors, extremely high rates of profitability amongst the airlines and we see extremely strong demand for airplanes as we have seen in some of the largest orders ever placed in the world,” Gupte told the Press Trust of India.

Record Orders: Indian carriers have around 1,500 planes on order. Earlier this year, Air India placed an order for 470 aircraft, including 220 plane