Jay Shabat, Skift Airline Weekly
India’s airlines punch far below their weight in the intercontinental arena. In fact, deeply troubled Air India maintains its leadership in the market. But will things change as others, including some low-cost carriers, contemplate long-haul flying?
3 weeks ago
Kyunghee Park and Jill Ward , Bloomberg
It seems crazy to think that in such a buoyant aviation market carriers are struggling to make a profit. If they can't succeed now, maybe there's a case for consolidation?
2 months ago
Rajesh Kumar Singh and Anurag Kotoky, Bloomberg
A booming market doesn't necessarily mean massive profit. For a variety of reasons, Indian carriers have struggled over the years. Maybe the government needs to rethink how it regulates airlines?
5 months ago
Anurag Kotoky, Bloomberg
It is difficult to see a way out of the mess that is the India aviation market. There will be a lot more aviation pain before there is gain.
5 months ago
Iain Marlow and Anurag Kotoky, Bloomberg
It appears as though SpiceJet founder Ajay Singh put the struggling India carrier back on track when he returned to the airline in 2015. In its competition against Indigo, SpiceJet is trying to solidify its place in a troubled but fast-growing aviation market.
10 months ago
Anurag Kotoky, Bloomberg
Not too long ago, less than three percent of India's population flew, according to SpiceJet's chairman and managing director. That airline came back from the dead and now things are seriously looking up across the industry.
12 months ago
Anurag Kotoky, Bloomberg
Most of India’s 450 airstrips are too decrepit for big planes. So SpiceJet's likely plan to buy 100 amphibious planes to reach otherwise hard-to-serve areas sounds like a puddle-jump worth taking.
1 year ago
Brian Sumers, Skift
Unless you're obsessed with aviation, you probably don't know SpiceJet. But you might someday. India is a fast-growing aviation market, and SpiceJet has nearly 200 Boeing 737s on order. Someday, it might even fly long-haul jets to London or beyond.
1 year ago
Anurag Kotoky, Bloomberg
After some very difficult years due to industry expansion, it looks like SpiceJet is ready to go again. Will it be different this time?
2 years ago
Sarah Enelow, Skift
Budget airlines' strategy of focusing on direct bookings allows them to grab a larger share of web traffic and gain ground in the direct booking wars.
3 years ago
Anurag Kotoky and Manish Modi, Bloomberg
Price wars like this never, ever end well. And there's little option beyond cutting back services in markets where you have to compete like this.
3 years ago
Anurag Kotoky, Bloomberg
Unmanaged growth and hyper-competition doesn't always make for the safest experience when you need to take the time to properly train the talent behind the controls.
4 years ago