Articles tagged “spicejet”

SpiceJet Undertakes Its Largest Expansion in Bid to Take Share From Indigo

SpiceJet Undertakes Its Largest Expansion in Bid to Take Share From Indigo

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.

4 months ago

India Will Quintuple Airport Capacity to Meet Surging Demand

India Will Quintuple Airport Capacity to Meet Surging Demand

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.

6 months ago

SpiceJet Is Buying Seaplanes to Reach Indian Areas That Other Airlines Can’t

SpiceJet Is Buying Seaplanes to Reach Indian Areas That Other Airlines Can’t

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.

9 months ago

Interview: SpiceJet Founder Rescued an Airline and Has Big Ambitions for Indian Aviation

Interview: SpiceJet Founder Rescued an Airline and Has Big Ambitions for Indian Aviation

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.

10 months ago

$85 Billion Worth of Planes Not Enough to Meet Demand for SpiceJet in Asia

$85 Billion Worth of Planes Not Enough to Meet Demand for SpiceJet in Asia

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?

1 year ago

Top 10 Airline Sites in the U.S., UK and India for June 2016

Top 10 Airline Sites in the U.S., UK and India for June 2016

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.

2 years ago

The Indian Airline That’s Giving Away Seats to Compete With Low-Cost Carriers

The Indian Airline That’s Giving Away Seats to Compete With Low-Cost Carriers

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

India’s Growing Problem of Under-Qualified Yet Certified Pilots

India’s Growing Problem of Under-Qualified Yet Certified Pilots

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.

3 years ago

SpiceJet Founder Talks Up the Airline, Citing Interest From Foreign Carriers

SpiceJet Founder Talks Up the Airline, Citing Interest From Foreign Carriers

Anurag Kotoky, Bloomberg

What better way to pump up your stock than to talk about how foreign airlines are beating down your door to invest but the timing just isn't right. Hmmm.

3 years ago

India’s Troubled SpiceJet to Get $200 Million Infusion from JP Morgan

India’s Troubled SpiceJet to Get $200 Million Infusion from JP Morgan

Anurag Kotoky, Bloomberg

What's that line about throwing good money after bad?

4 years ago

Indian Regulators Tell Low-Cost Carrier SpiceJet to Stop Being So Cheap

Indian Regulators Tell Low-Cost Carrier SpiceJet to Stop Being So Cheap

Arun Shukla, The Mint

India has so many aviation challenges that it's hard to support a move which focuses on a practice that's not -- in this case, at least -- proving to harm the industry.

4 years ago

India’s SpiceJet Just Ordered $3.9 Billion Worth of New Jets

India’s SpiceJet Just Ordered $3.9 Billion Worth of New Jets

Anurag Kotoky and Julie Johnsson, Bloomberg

Despite last week's downgrade of India's air travel industry by the U.S. FAA, Indian airlines have not been daunted. The apparent hope is that this will be corrected quickly and everything will go back to normal. Considering the work that needs to be done, we think that's slightly optimistic.

4 years ago

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