Mumbai: Private airlines are making the most of the ongoing Air India strike by charging exorbitant airfare three to four more than the actual prices from the flyers. The demon of arbitrary fares is back to haunt and fleece flyers again, this time riding on the back of the AI strike. Apparently, a long debate on regulating ticket prices a few months ago had little impact on the minds of...
12:30 PM, Apr 30, 2011
New York: Jet Airways on Friday announced a reciprocal frequent flier partnership with US Airways. This is the second reciprocal agreement by India's premier international airline with North American airlines in recent weeks. Just last month, Jet entered into a sharing agreement with Air Canada,Heathrow Airport as the transfer Jet flights for Mumbai. Announcing its tie-up with US Airways, Jet said on Friday, "Effective today, Jet Privilege members will now...
12:53 PM, Mar 05, 2011
Kochi: A Chennai-bound Jet Airways flight from Kochi was aborted when one of its tyres caught fire just before take-off. All the passengers were safe. Rafi, one of the passengers on board the plane, said that a few passengers noticed the fire and immediately informed the air hostess. "The entire responsibility lies with the airline because as we were boarding the flight, many passengers were saying that the condition of...
01:43 PM, Feb 17, 2011
New Delhi: Jet Airways pilot Vikas Aggarwal, who allegedly crushed a hotel manager under his car on Tuesday in New Delhi's Khan Market, has been granted bail. However, the post-mortem of the hotel manager, Rakesh Jolly, is yet to be done even as his family is waiting for the body to perform the last rites. "Since morning we are waiting here. Just some time back a policeman informed us that...
03:27 PM, Jan 12, 2011
New Delhi: In yet another incident of road rage in Delhi on Tuesday, a pilot with Jet Airways, Vikas Aggarwal crushed Rajiv Jolly Wilson to death after an altercation with him, when Aggarwal's car rammed into his car outside the posh South Delhi Khan Market. According to eyewitnesses, at 4:30 in the evening, 28-year-old Vikas Aggarwal rammed his Ford Fiesta car into 37-year-old Rajiv Jolly Wilson's i10 car. Jolly, then...
10:08 PM, Jan 11, 2011
New Delhi: One person was killed in a road rage incident in Delhi on Tuesday. The incident took place at Khan Market, a posh locality in Delhi. A Jet Airways pilot ran over the victim after a scuffle over an accident. The victim was a restaurant manager. Police said that Vikas Aggarwal, a pilot with Jet Airways rammed his car into that of Rajiv Jolly, a manager at an Italian...
06:56 PM, Jan 11, 2011
New Delhi: India's largest private airline Jet Airways is under scanner again in the UK. Four Jet Airways crew members have been detained by UK customs for smuggling cigarettes. The incident happened last week. Sources have told CNN-IBN that crew members were carrying cigarettes that are banned in UK for making quick money. CNN-IBN learns that senior officials of Jet Airways were warned earlier also by UK customs as this...
01:30 PM, Dec 27, 2010
New Delhi: Airfares have soared this December but that has not stopped holiday travel. Domestic Airlines clocked a new record this Christmas, selling 1.84 lakh tickets on Friday. This is a 20 per cent rise over last year. Jet Airways sold the maximum, with over 36,000 tickets. Kingfisher followed with over 32,000 tickets. Low cost airlines also saw good sales. Even Go Air managed to sell over 10,000 tickets. Experts...
10:43 PM, Dec 24, 2010
Delhi airport is likely to witness flight disruptions and chaos as after Air India, Kingfisher Airlines and Jet Airways also switching to the new terminal. ...
12:01 PM, Nov 14, 2010
New Delhi: The chaos at Delhi airport is getting worse with Jet Airways and Kingfisher Airlines also shifting their operations to Terminal 3 after Air India did so ion November 11. Angry Jet Airways passengers took on the airline's staff after a flight to Chennai was delayed for over three hours. One of the passengers on the flight 9W 739, SM Sundaram, shot a video of the chaos and told...
07:46 AM, Nov 14, 2010
In a major scare at Mumbai airport, the wing of a Jet Airways aircraft brushed against the tail fin of a Kingfisher plane just as it was pushing back for takeoff in the wee hours of Saturday morning. As the left-wing of Muscat-bound Jet flight grazed the Kingfisher tail fin adjacent to it in the parking bay, an emergency was declared at the airport. There were no passengers or crew ...
09:39 PM, Oct 23, 2010
A false fire alarm on a Chennai-bound Jet Airways flight resulted in a minor stampede injuring 26 passengers. ...
10:44 PM, Aug 28, 2010
Mumbai: The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has supended the Jet Airways crew following a false fire alarm. It said there were serious lapses in emergency procedures as a result of which 26 passengers were injured in a minor stampede. Jet Airways, on the other hand, maintained that the emergency exit doors of the plane were opened by frightened passengers and not by the cabin crew. But the carrier...
02:26 PM, Aug 28, 2010
Mumbai: Fifteen Jet passengers were injured at the Mumbai airport on Friday night when a Chennai-bound flight aborted takeoff due to a technical glitch. Passengers on board were in for a scare when a fire alarm went off shortly before the plane took off. The alarm triggered a minor stampede as passengers rushed to evacuate. But now the airline says it was a false alarm. The Directorate General of Civil...
07:14 AM, Aug 28, 2010
Mumbai: At least 15 passengers of a Jet Airways flight was injured on Friday when tyre of the airplane that they were travelling in exploded. According to initial reports, a tyre of Jet Airways flight 9W2302 exploded when it was about to take off from Mumbai. The plane was destined for Chennai. The injured were taken to a nearby hospital for treatment, airport officials said. ...
10:35 PM, Aug 27, 2010
![Plane's nose wheel collapses, passengers safe]( "Plane's nose wheel collapses, passengers safe")
Jet Airways 9W2510, coming in from Indore, has been disabled at the Ahmedabad Airport. ...
11:07 PM, Jul 22, 2010
![Kingfisher Airlines VP arrested for bribery]( "Kingfisher Airlines VP arrested for bribery")
The official allegedly colluded with an IPS officer who has been booked on the charge of misusing his power. ...
10:52 AM, Jun 12, 2010
The collision could be averted due to timely alertness of pilots of both the planes, together carrying 242 people. ...
10:37 PM, Jun 05, 2010
Varun Agarwal was arrested from the domestic airport at suburban Vile Parle on rape charges. ...
04:40 PM, May 30, 2010
The air-hostess and the pilot have been living together since 2008. ...
05:18 PM, May 29, 2010
