Airlines

Airlines

Time, not a decision: what the ministry bought both sides at Mumbai airport

After a meeting on October 6, the Civil Aviation Ministry asked Adani Airports and airlines to finalise a…

TRF Desk · Oct 7 2 min read

Airlines

Three parties, one terminal: where the Mumbai airport dispute stands

The Civil Aviation Ministry met airlines and Adani Airports on October 6 over the proposal to cut 265…

TRF Desk · Oct 6 2 min read

Airlines

A terminal rebuild, and who has to move out of the way

Mumbai International Airport Ltd has threatened to cut 265 of 770 weekly international departure slots at Terminal 2…

TRF Desk · Oct 3 1 min read

Airlines

Why a runway reopening is bigger than it sounds

Delhi airport's third runway, 11R/29L, resumed operations on September 20 after a rehabilitation programme that began in February…

TRF Desk · Sep 21 2 min read

Airlines

The Air India immigration lapse is an edge case a rule missed

Three passengers slipping through Delhi's immigration process without an eligible connection shows how a well-designed exception (Air India's…

TRF Desk · Sep 15 2 min read

Airlines

A 14-hour delay is rarely one problem — it’s a scheduling cascade

Today's SpiceJet and Air India Express delays, some stretching to 14 hours, are a reminder that aviation delays…

TRF Desk · Sep 13 2 min read

Airlines

Adani Airports’ $1 billion raise is a bet that infrastructure monetisation scales

Adani Airport Holdings raised $1 billion at an $18 billion valuation, with the money earmarked for non-aeronautical business…

TRF Desk · Sep 10 2 min read

Airlines

The NATS outage shows how a single system failure cascades across a network

A single flight-data-processing failure at UK air traffic control provider NATS cancelled over 1,000 flights and disrupted Air…

TRF Desk · Sep 9 2 min read

Airlines

What the Krakatau ash disruption shows about airline network fragility

Volcanic ash from Mount Anak Krakatau has caused 2,927 flight delays and 584 cancellations across Asia, exposing how…

TRF Desk · Sep 8 2 min read

Airlines

IndiGo’s Tanzania entry is a lesson in challenging an incumbent on its own route

Rather than pick an unserved corridor, IndiGo is entering Mumbai-Dar es Salaam head-on against an established incumbent —…

TRF Desk · Sep 6 2 min read