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By Devesh Agarwal At Kingfisher Airline’s annual general meeting last week, Chairman Vijay Mallya announced a drastic change in strategy by the stoppage of the Kingfisher Red low cost service for a focus on the full service segment. Kingfisher Red Airbus A321 all economy cabin In response to the myriad of media articles, many of which speculated on the possible …
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Strategic and execution failures make AirAsia scale back India operations
Earlier this year, many an Indian waited with expectation while all Indian carriers waited with trepidation as the Malaysian low cost behemoth AirAsia, announced and commenced flights to a slew of cities across the nation. Fast forward six months, and the Indian carriers are breathing easy as AirAsia is quietly withdrawing or dramatically scaling back flight operations from many Indian …
Read More »Indian airline market overview for 2010
I was recently interviewed by AirObserver on the outlook for 2010 for carriers in India, with a specific focus on the low fare / value carrier segment. Please read the interview here. For an in-depth feature comparison between various Indian carriers I recommend this article . I also recommend these articles as additional reading for more details on the low …
Read More »New age low fare carriers – great value for money and a far cry from RyanAir
About two weeks ago, Air India announced it was going to extend its low cost operation Air India Express in to the domestic market. Across Twitter, Facebook and other social networking sites I detected a snigger from many fellow aviation bloggers and enthusiasts – Air India, a national carrier going low cost ? How low can Air India fall ? …
Read More »Image: Boeing 737-800 VT-JGH of the new Jet Airways Konnect landing at Bangalore
Jet Airways recently launched its low cost service called Jet Airways Konnect. A while back I managed to catch one of the Boeing 737-800s of the new Konnect service at Bangalore airport. VT-JGH slows down after landing on runway 27 in front of the iconic air traffic control tower of the Bengaluru International Airport. Just love the complex wing with …
Read More »Jet Airways Konnect no frills low cost service from Jet Airways
Jet Airways is trying its hand at the low cost game. It will introduce a new all Economy service, Jet Airways Konnect starting this Friday, on select routes in India, offering a no-frills, economy class service where guests will be offered attractive and competitive low fares on specific routes. Using a dedicated fleet of two Boeing 737 and six ATR72 …
Read More »IndiGo and SpiceJet – the rise of the value airline
Interglobe Aviation promoted IndiGo airlines is on a high. Like it’s compatriot SpiceJet, it has been steadily growing using fine strokes to keep it’s costs low and constantly improve it’s value proposition to it’s customers. With 20 aircraft which constitutes about 6.5% of the total commercial airliner population of India, IndiGo’s has grown it’s market share to 13%, up 3% …
Read More »URGENT: For today only JetBlue offers $14 fare San Francisco to New York JFK or Los Angeles Long Beach
For today only, value airline JetBlue Airways is offering seats on sale for just $14 each way on non-stop flights between San Francisco International Airport and both New York City/JFK and Los Angeles/Long Beach for travel from today through April 8, 2009. The $14 fares to/from San Francisco are available until 11:59 p.m. MDT today, April 2, 2009, or until …
Read More »SpiceJet wins national award for cost management
In my recent interview with SpiceJet CEO Sanjay Aggarwal, he highlighted some of the innovative cost cutting methods adopted at SpiceJet. These methods have won SpiceJet the coveted Institute of Cost and Works Accountants of India (ICWAI) award for Excellence in Cost Management. It is the only airline to win this award. A distinguished jury of eminent persons from industry, …
Read More »SpiceJet and IndiGo offer special low fares
SpiceJet has announced the return of its successful promotion scheme “Book for 2 pay for 1”. This scheme is valid for bookings made from March 4 to 6, 2009 and only for bookings made through the SpiceJet website. There are conditions attached to this scheme. SpiceJet in a bid to compete in the business segment with fellow low cost carrier …
Read More »Saverjet – parody video of low cost airline by Air New Zealand
Air New Zealand has adopted a different approach to marketing. It has created a parody of a low cost airline Saverjet.com. Enjoy the video.
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