Articles tagged “aviation”

As war continues in the Middle East develops, Indian airlines are cautiously working to ensure safety of passengers and crew, without ramping up costs.

India's immediate west is now engulfed in an international armed conflict. Even as operations have partially resumed, a prolonged escalation will not only threaten India's connectivity, but will also have a sharp effect on its growing aviation sector.

The visa relaxations for India are slow, but they all mean the same thing. Indian travelers are important to global travel, and everyone wants a piece of the Indian outbound pie.

The goal from South African Tourism is ambitious given the recent declines in visitors from India.

While aircraft manufacturing in India may still be some way off, but the government is already taking steps to make domestic production commercially viable.

IndiGo wants to grow beyond its low-cost roots without losing price-sensitive flyers. But, December showed that growth and resilience don’t always move together. What and how it fixes next will matter.

As India pushes its aviation hub dream, Air India is doubling down on long haul, a segment where it already has aircraft, traffic rights, and first-mover advantage.

India has the demand, albeit from within, to help tourism meet its potential. All it needs now are the policy reforms that the industry has been seeking for decades.

India’s push to build regional aircraft at home is more about fixing the economics of short-haul flying. If it works, smaller cities could finally see reliable air links that sustain tourism growth beyond the metros.

For India’s largest airline, December wasn't so much about lost passengers as it was about the rising cost of running a complex operation at scale in a heavily regulated, rupee-dependent market.