Articles Tagged ‘BOM’
SpiceJet turns five; carrying six million passengers per year; adding international routes to Colombo and Kathmandu
SpiceJet is heading off abroad next month, but which are its busiest airports in India? How many airports does it serve and which are its busiest routes? How much competition will it face on its new international services?
Air India cuts Frankfurt scissor hub from end of October
Air India is currently the second biggest non-German carrier at Frankfurt (as measured by seat capacity) but all that will change this winter as it dismantles its scissor hub leaving just a single route. How does it compare with Jet Airways’ similar operation at Brussels?
Indian domestic market continues to grow at 20%; Indian airports handled 124 million passengers in 2009 (+14%)
India has a new #1 airport. Delhi overtook Mumbai in 2010 but what’s been happening in the domestic market? Which carrier has had to dramatically cut back its network and is Jet/Jet Lite still beating Kingfisher?
New routes launched during the last week
(Tuesday 4 May – Monday 10 May)
The last week has been another busy week with 87 routes being launched by 27 of the world’s airlines. New routes have started in countries as varied as across 25 European countries as well as Canada, China, Dominican Republic, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Malaysia, Mexico, Morocco, Oman, Pakistan, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Syria, South Africa and the US.
New routes launched during the last week
(Tuesday 20 April – Monday 26 April)
A bit of a lull before the beginning of May when over 100 new routes will begin. After the ash cloud dispersed from European airspace, launch celebrations were not at the top of the agenda everywhere. However, we still have news and pictures on new routes started during the last week involving airports in France, […]
Kingfisher consolidates in India; Nepal becomes eighth country to welcome flights as airline prepares for oneworld
In just under five years Kingfisher has gone from nowhere to one of India’s two leading carriers and imminent oneworld membership? How has it achieved this? How does it compare with its rivals at India’s six busiest airports?
New routes launched during the last week
(Tuesday 13 April – Monday 19 April):
Much of Europe has been hit by the volcanic ash cloud spreading across the continent from Iceland, which means that 11 planned route launches have not taken place. Still, we have managed to get great coverage from route launches in Bahrain, Belarus, Croatia, Cyprus, Egypt, France, India, Italy, Japan, Kenya, Mexico, Morocco, Russia, Serbia, South […]
New routes launched during the last three weeks (Saturday 19 December – Friday 8 January):
Over 40 new routes have been started since mid-December. Countries involved in celebrating new services include Argentina, Brazil, Cambodia, Canada, China, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Greece, India, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, the Lebanon, Lithuania, Mexico, Netherlands, Serbia, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Thailand, the UAE, the UK, the USA and Uzbekistan.
New routes launched during the last week
(Saturday 28 November – Friday 4 December):
Another healthy crop of new routes this week. We have details (and celebratory pictures) of new routes started this week in Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Czech Republic, Fiji, Greece, Hong Kong, India, Nepal, Mexico, Morocco, Nigeria, Peru, Slovakia, Spain, Thailand, the UK and the USA.
New routes launched during the last week
(Saturday 12 – Friday 18 September):
A dozen new routes from 10 airlines featuring airBaltic, Dragonair, IndiGo, Indonesia AirAsia, Kenya Airways, Kingfisher, Montenegro Airlines, Pacific Blue, Porter Airlines and a curious new route from Ryanair.
Two-thirds of Jet Airways ASKs now operating internationally; Saudi Arabia newest territory
Jet Airways has been operating since 1993 but only started international flights in 2004. How have domestic and international routes performed during the last two years? Which new routes are starting soon and what is Jet Airways Konnect?
New routes launched during the last week (Saturday 1 August – Friday 7 August):
We found 15 airlines who this week took the plunge and started (or in some cases re-started) new routes. These include new domestic services in Australia, Russia and the USA plus international routes involving Brazil, Croatia, Germany, India, Italy, Malaysia, Morocco, Netherlands, Panama, Romania, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Switzerland, Ukraine, USA and Venezuela.