Kingfisher, Indigo to shift to new terminal from Sunday

August 23rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Airport developers who were planning exclusive terminals for low-cost carriers have begun re-drawing plans as almost all domestic carriers are now switching to low-cost operations. "We have to rework and redraw plans as most scheduled domestic carriers will now largely operate as low-cost carriers," said an official of the Airports Authority of India (AAI).

August 2nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - In a major respite to air passengers the Federation of Indian Airlines (FIA) on Sunday called off its proposed strike, announced earlier by the private airlines to protest against high airport charges and high taxation on ATF prices. The strike was called off by the FIA on behalf of airlines, including Kingfisher, Jetair, GoAir, Spicejet and Indigo.

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.

June 10th, 2009 LUCKNOW - Low-cost carrier IndiGo will start operations in Uttar Pradesh July 5 with daily flights from Lucknow to Bangalore, Mumbai, Kolkata, New Delhi and Patna. "We have been eyeing Lucknow for a while," IndiGo president Aditya Ghosh said at a media briefing here.

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 14th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The new domestic terminal at the Indira Gandhi International Airport will start commercial operations April 19, it was announced Tuesday. Built at a cost of Rs.500 crore ($100 million), the terminal will be able to handle 10 million passengers annually and is equipped with 72 check-in counters, its developers said.

April 2nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Starting of operations at the new Rs.500-crore domestic terminal (1D) at Delhi airport will be delayed as the developer wants its post-operational problems 'at minimal'. 'There will be initial problems.

March 21st, 2009 NEW DELHI - With the newly-built departure terminal at Delhi airport set to be opened in the first week of April, India's national carrier Air India Friday said it would not shift its operations to the new terminal. 'We will continue to operate from the existing 1A terminal,' an Air India spokesperson told IANS.

March 14th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Kingfisher Airlines has emerged as the dominant player for the second consecutive month in February flying 904,000 passengers, official data released here Friday showed. Jet Airways, along with its low-cost airline JetLite, was next with 846,000 passengers, while state-run Air India (domestic) flew 574,000 passengers, the data released by the civil aviation ministry said.

February 26th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel will Thursday inaugurate a new departure terminal at the Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport here which will be able to handle all outbound domestic passengers, an official said. However, the terminal, 1D, set up at an investment of Rs.5 billion (Rs.500 crore), will be opened for passengers only by March-end, said the official of the Delhi International Airport Ltd, which runs the IGI Airport.

February 24th, 2009 NEW DELHI - A new departure terminal at the Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport, which will be able to handle all outbound domestic passengers, will be operational by March-end, officials said. The new terminal, 1D, set up at an investment of Rs.5 billion (Rs.500 crore), will be inaugurated Thursday, but will be opened for passengers only by March-end, said an official of Delhi International Airport Ltd (DIAL), which runs the IGI Airport.

February 15th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Kingfisher Airlines emerged as the dominant player in January, flying 919,000 passengers, official data released Monday showed. Jet Airways, along with its low-cost airline JetLite, was next with 837,000 passengers, while state-run Air India followed with 550,000, the civil aviation ministry said.

January 3rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Vijay Mallya-led Kingfisher Airlines will launch its daily non-stop Mumbai-London flight from Monday. 'We will launch our first flight from Mumbai to London tomorrow (Monday),' a Kingfisher spokesperson said Sunday.