New Delhi: A move that was aimed at bringing down flying costs has taken a turn for the worse. Starting May 13, you might have to pay more to fly. Air India ,for instance, has reduced free check-in baggage to 15 kilograms from the earlier 20 kilograms.
Effective from May 13, each extra kilogram above the free allowance limit will cost Rs 250. Tickets with the lowest fare will be made non-refundable and reissue of ticket or changing date will cost Rs 1,500 as compared to the earlier Rs 750. No show cost is now Rs 1000 instead of Rs 500. There has been no reduction in base fares yet.
Meanwhile, IndiGo will now begin charging for for pre-booking seats in rows one, two and near the emergency exits. The rate - Rs 500 for domestic flights and Rs 800 for international flights. Pre-booking charges for other seats Rs 200 for domestic flights and Rs 300 for international. The implementation date for these is yet to be decided.
Jet Airways, too, has reduced free check-in baggage to 15 kilograms from 20 kilograms. Extra cost of Rs 250 per kilogram for domestic flyers and will be effective from May 15. No reduction in base fare yet....
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09:09 AM, May 12, 2013
Domestic air travel is going to be costlier again with both state-run Air India and private carrier Jet Airways hiking fuel surcharge on flight tickets by up to Rs 150. "Both Jet Airways and Air India have revised their fuel urcharge on domestic network by up to Rs 150," an industry source said. ...
01:06 AM, Mar 29, 2013
Indian representatives on the board and indeed in the airline's senior management. Whether AirAsia Bhd's aircraft can be brought in for operation into India, a measure that would certainly be cheaper for the airline, is still unclear. Though the government has cleared the investment, AirAsia will actually have to lobby for permissions at every step. ...
05:00 PM, Mar 13, 2013
The preliminary report on Saturday's incident at the Mumbai airport involving IndiGo aircraft is expected to be submitted today, sources said. As many as 140 passengers on board IndiGo flight 6E433 from Chandigarh to Mumbai had a narrow escape on Saturday after the aircraft veered off the runway, damaging some runway lights, after landing at the city's airport. ...
06:42 PM, Mar 10, 2013
A hoax bomb call delayed an Indigo flight on Tuesday morning at the Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport in the capital. Passengers on the Delhi-Patna flight were de-boarded and their luggage taken off the aircraft following the call. ...
03:29 PM, Feb 26, 2013
In a development that has serious portent for aviation security in India, almost three-fourths of airline and CISF personnel flunked a basic test conducted by the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS) last month. ...
11:20 AM, Feb 10, 2013
The DGCA would look into the tariff structure of Indian airlines in view of the wide range of the base prices of air tickets, after the Supreme Court observed that the price bands were too wide and directed it to examine the matter. ...
05:49 PM, Jan 24, 2013
British Airways is in talks with India's biggest carrier, IndiGo, over a ticketing and baggage sharing agreement, a source with direct knowledge of the discussions said on Tuesday. ...
11:02 PM, Jan 22, 2013
Ratan Tata, an iconic corporate leader, retired as chairman of Tata Group after a 50-year run today but kept away from office on his last day at the helm of one of country's oldest business empires. Tata, who turned 75 today, is in Pune for his birthday, sources at Bombay House, headquarters of the salt-to-software conglomerate, told PTI, adding there was no clarity on whether he would visit his office...
03:17 PM, Dec 28, 2012
National carrier Air India flew a record number of passengers last Friday when it carried over 50,000 in a single day on its national and international routes, sources said in Mumbai on Tuesday. ...
07:41 PM, Dec 25, 2012
Lucknow: In a narrow escape, an Indigo plane from Mumbai with over 180 people on board aborted landing at the airport here after its pilot detected a chopper of Uttar Pradesh government in close range, prompting authorities to order an inquiry. The incident was reported last evening as the plane and the chopper were about to land at Chaudhary Charan Singh Airport, a senior airport official said here on Tuesday....
03:17 PM, Nov 13, 2012
New Delhi: The man, who created a mid-air scare on an IndiGo flight on Wednesday, has been sent to one-day judicial custody. Court is likely to take up his bail matter on Friday. The man identified as Murtaleen Sheikh is a second hand car dealer from Mumbai and had threatened passengers on board the Mumbai-Delhi flight. One of the passengers on board shot a video in which the man was...
04:59 PM, Nov 08, 2012
There was a mid-air scare for passengers on an Indigo Mumbai-Delhi flight on Wednesday. A man allegedly created a ruckus and threatened passengers. He has been identified as Murtaleen Sheikh, a second hand car dealer from Mumbai. One of the passengers on board shot a video in which the man was seen surrounded by other passengers and crew members. Eyewitnesses say he turned violent and even slapped an airhostess. He ...
12:17 PM, Nov 08, 2012
New Delhi: There was a mid-air scare for passengers on an Indigo Mumbai-Delhi flight on Wednesday. A man allegedly created a ruckus and threatened passengers. He has been identified as Murtaleen Sheikh, a second hand car dealer from Mumbai. One of the passengers on board shot a video in which the man was seen surrounded by other passengers and crew members. Eyewitnesses say he turned violent and even slapped an...
10:39 AM, Nov 08, 2012
New Delhi: A passenger onboard a Mumbai-Delhi Indigo flight on Wednesday allegedly triggered a high drama when he turned violent and slapped an airhostess. The passengers onboard the Indigo fight, however, managed to overpower him. The plane landed at New Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport at 6 pm. After the plane landed at Delhi airport the passenger was detained for questioning. More details awaited ...
09:48 PM, Nov 07, 2012
New Delhi: A Delhi court on Tuesday awarded life term to a chartered accountant who had created a mid-air hijack scare on a Goa-Delhi Indigo flight in 2009. The 45-year old chartered accountant Jitender Kumar Mohla had triggered the hijack alert in February 2009 on the flight when he threatened the crew and passengers mid-air by claiming that he had "infected" needles and gun. The court had on October 25...
01:46 PM, Oct 30, 2012
New Delhi: So how exactly was Kingfisher Airlines killed? The airline company was Chairman Vijay Mallya's muse. He chose to run it himself, even deciding to interview air hostesses, pilots and other staff members himself. So did this obsession lead to the company's decline? Apart from Mallya, few others were allowed to run the show. Smallest decisions had to wait for the Chairman's go-ahead, say management insiders. However, the real...
09:17 PM, Oct 22, 2012
New Delhi: Air travel has become costlier with major Indian carriers hiking fuel surcharge on tickets, ranging from Rs 150 to Rs 250 for domestic travel and $15 (Rs 825) for a one-way international ticket, following an almost eight per cent increase in jet fuel prices. While Air India introduced the increased fuel surcharge on Tuesday itself, Jet Airways and its subsidiary JetKonnect would raise it from Wednesday, officials of...
11:02 PM, Sep 04, 2012
New Delhi: No frill carrier IndiGo had the least number of flight cancellations while national carrier Air India fared the worst between July 2011 to June 2012. IndiGo cancelled just 0.3 per cent of its total flights between July 2011 and June this year. The airline was to operate a total of 1,02,571 flights, of which only 303 were cancelled during this period, a senior official of the Civil Aviation...
05:37 AM, Sep 03, 2012
