IndiGo set to add Lucknow to network

August 12th, 2009 NEW DELHI - A Kolkata-bound IndiGo flight with 126 passengers on board was grounded at the Delhi airport Wednesday after a bomb threat call. The Delhi-Kolkata flight (No 203) was grounded after a call centre of IndiGo received an anonymous call by 3.30 p.m.

August 2nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - State-run national carrier Air India will push more flights into service Aug 18 following threats from private airlines that they would suspend operations the same day if airport charges and fuel taxes were not slashed. According to an official spokesperson, Air India will increase the number of flights to minimise any inconvenience to passengers.

July 13th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Low-cost carrier IndiGo was the most efficient in terms of sticking to flight schedules in June, beating bigger carriers such as Jet Airways, Kingfisher Airlines and Air India, according to official data released Monday. IndiGo scored 87 percent, while Jet Airways was slightly behind at 86.4 percent and Kingfisher with 83 percent, official data released by the civil aviation ministry said.

June 12th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Paramount Airways was the most efficient in terms of sticking to flight schedules in May, beating bigger carriers such as Jet Airways, Kingfisher and Air India, according to official data released Friday. Paramount topped the efficiency list in terms of departures, scoring 89 percent, followed by IndiGo, which topped in terms of performance among the low-cost carriers with a score of 85.7 percent, the civil aviation ministry data showed.

April 29th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Low-cost carrier IndiGo Wednesday introduced six more new flights from Mumbai, Goa, Hyderabad and Kolkata, increasing its daily flights to 131. The new flights will operate on the Mumbai-Goa, Mumbai-Hyderabad, Mumbai-Kolkata, Hyderabad-Mumbai and Kolkata-Goa via Mumbai sectors.

April 19th, 2009 NEW DELHI - A sleek new domestic departure terminal of the Indira Gandhi International Airport became operational Sunday, replacing a decades-old cramped terminal that was synonymous with disorder and lacked basic facilities for a modern traveller. A spokesperson of airport developer Delhi International Airport Ltd (DIAL), a GMR-led consortium, told IANS: 'The first Indigo flight for Guwahati took off at 5.30 a.m.

April 19th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The new domestic departure terminal of the Indira Gandhi International airport became operational here Sunday with an Indigo flight taking off for Guwahati early in the morning. A spokesperson of airport developer Delhi International Airport Ltd (DIAL), a GMR-led consortium, told IANS: 'The first Indigo flight for Guwahati took off at 5.30 a.m.

April 17th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Kingfisher Airlines, its low-cost carrier Kingfisher Red and Indigo Airlines will operate from the new domestic terminal (1D) at the Indira Gandhi International Airport here from April 19, the airport developer announced Friday. Jet Airways and its low-cost carrier JetLite, as well as SpiceJet will begin operating from the new terminal later this month.

April 9th, 2009 LUCKNOW - Congress' Uttar Pradesh unit chief Rita Bahuguna Joshi Thursday filed her nomination from the Lucknow parliamentary constituency as the party candidate. 'I am confident of a record win and am here to save the legacy and culture of Lucknow,' Joshi said before leaving the party's headquarters to file her nomination papers at around 11 a.m.

April 5th, 2009 LUCKNOW - Film actress and socialite Nafisa Ali is the Samajwadi Party candidate for the Lucknow Lok Sabha seat. Nafisa's name was announced by party general secretary Amar Singh at a press conference here.

March 31st, 2009 LUCKNOW - Bollywood star Sanjay Dutt Tuesday said he abides by the Supreme Court's decision against suspending his conviction in a criminal case to enable him to fight Lok Sabha elections, but added that Lucknow remains 'my home'. 'I respect the decision of the honourable court.

March 28th, 2009 LUCKNOW - Uttar Pradesh's capital Lucknow and Brisbane, one of the most populous cities in Australia, are all set to become sister cities for their mutual benefit and development, an official said. 'Our Lucknow has become the first city of India to get an offer from Brisbane for building sister city relationships,' Lucknow Mayor Dinesh Sharma told IANS Saturday.

February 18th, 2009 LUCKNOW - At least five people were killed and 12 were injured when a state roadways bus collided with a truck here, police said Thursday. 'The accident took place today (Thursday morning) in the Qaramat Nagar locality in Lucknow under Gosainganj police station,' police official Sanjay Mishra told IANS over phone.

February 1st, 2009 NEW DELHI - Jitender Kumar Mohala was arrested Monday and sent to jail for 14 days, after his allegedly aggressive behaviour on board an IndiGo flight from Goa to Delhi caused a mid-air scare Sunday and sent security agencies into a tizzy at the airport here. Delhi Police arrested Mohala under Indian Penal Code (IPC) sections 336 (endangering life or personal safety of others) and 506 (criminal intimidation) as well as under the provisions of the Civil Aviation Act, 1982.

January 31st, 2009 NEW DELHI - Security forces rushed to the Delhi airport after the pilot of an Indigo aircraft Sunday evening reported suspected hijackers on board, an official said. 'The pilot said he is suspecting a hijacker on board and asked for priority landing.