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Domestic passenger numbers fall below 1 lakh mark in India. The third of May saw the domestic passenger traffic drop below the 1 lakh mark after seven months. Only 97,761 passengers flew across 1306 flights on May 03, 2021. The passenger numbers are just 22.99% of pre-COVID numbers while the flight count is 41.66% of pre-COVID. THE BATTLE FOR RAJKOT! The battle for Rajkot! Ameya Airports March 16, 2021 4 Minutes. IndiGo is launching flights to Rajkot from March 28, 2021. Spicejet and Air India are adding capacity in anticipation. Rajkot was one of the top five airports most affected by the clousre of Jet Airways. For years together, Rajkot Airport and Jet Airways were synonymous! UNDERSTANDING AVIATION Understanding Aviation – Airport Capacity. This is the third article in the “Understanding Aviation” series with the first two being Network Planning and Route Development. This article will look at understanding Airport Capacity. Time and again I have criticised the airports in India for not having the runway, terminal and aproncapacity
JANUARY 2021
5 posts published by Ameya during January 2021. IndiGo - India’s largest carrier by fleet and domestic market share will launch flightsto Agra (IATA: AGR,
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Domestic passenger numbers fall below 1 lakh mark in India. The third of May saw the domestic passenger traffic drop below the 1 lakh mark after seven months. Only 97,761 passengers flew across 1306 flights on May 03, 2021. The passenger numbers are just 22.99% of pre-COVID numbers while the flight count is 41.66% of pre-COVID. THE BATTLE FOR RAJKOT! The battle for Rajkot! Ameya Airports March 16, 2021 4 Minutes. IndiGo is launching flights to Rajkot from March 28, 2021. Spicejet and Air India are adding capacity in anticipation. Rajkot was one of the top five airports most affected by the clousre of Jet Airways. For years together, Rajkot Airport and Jet Airways were synonymous! UNDERSTANDING AVIATION Understanding Aviation – Airport Capacity. This is the third article in the “Understanding Aviation” series with the first two being Network Planning and Route Development. This article will look at understanding Airport Capacity. Time and again I have criticised the airports in India for not having the runway, terminal and aproncapacity
JANUARY 2021
5 posts published by Ameya during January 2021. IndiGo - India’s largest carrier by fleet and domestic market share will launch flightsto Agra (IATA: AGR,
AMERICAN AIRLINES OPENS RESERVATIONS FOR NEW YORK Oneworld founding member American Airlines has announced expansion to India. The airline intends to operate thrice a week flights between New York - JFK and New Delhi starting October 31, 2021. The airline will deploy the B777-200 aircraft for the mission. The airline will increase the frequency to Daily to cater to the peak holiday MUMBAI AIRPORT TO CONSOLIDATE OPERATIONS AT TERMINAL 2 The Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (CSMIA) at Mumbai seems to be reverting back to single terminal operations. The airport had re-activated its Terminal 1 (T1) for flight operations effective March 10, 2021. T1 was closed for operations from March 25, 2020 when India went into a lockdown. While subsequently domestic air operations re-started on INDIGO TO FOLLOW SPICEJET INTO THE FREIGHTER SPACE IndiGo - India’s largest carrier by fleet and domestic market share has initiated a freighter programme. The airline is in the process of sourcing four A321ceo aircraft - each of which will be converted from passenger jets to a full freighter configuration. The airline has already issued a Letter of Intent (LoI) with a lessor JETBLUE AND AMERICAN AIRLINES ANNOUNCE STRATEGIC There are few industries which are impacted as bad as Aviation by the current pandemic. Airlines have got aid from governments, yet there have been airlines which have gone into voluntary administration or grounded. Amidst this, JetBlue and American Airlines have announced a strategic partnership. American Airlines had also signed a strategic partnership with Alaska A NAME FOR THE AIRPORT BUT NO LAND A name for the airport but no land – endless woes for an airport at Pune: Part One. Pune is the largest city in India without a dedicated airport. Current airport is a civilian enclave at defense airport. When the current expansion is complete, the airport would have run outof
A NAME FOR THE AIRPORT BUT NO LAND The new airport has a name but no land!City is punching above its weight, having handled more passengers than Ahmedabad Part One of the article can be found here Over the last decade there were many cities which formed associations to start attracting air traffic. While airlines do pay attention to such associations, what matters DELHI AIRPORT TO CONSOLIDATE OPERATIONS AT T3 STARTING Following the footsteps of Mumbai, the Indira Gandhi International Airport - New Delhi will consolidate all operations to Terminal 3 (T3) - the largest of it's three terminals. This will see certain flights operated by GoAir and IndiGo make the move to T3. The move comes amidst rising cases of COVID-19 in the country leading A NAME FOR THE AIRPORT BUT NO LAND The new airport has a name but no land!City is punching above its weight, having handled more passengers than Ahmedabad Part One of the article can be found here Over the last decade there were many cities which formed associations to start attracting air traffic. While airlines do pay attention to such associations, what matters MUMBAI AIRPORT TO CONSOLIDATE OPERATIONS AT TERMINAL 2 The Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (CSMIA) at Mumbai seems to be reverting back to single terminal operations. The airport had re-activated its Terminal 1 (T1) for flight operations effective March 10, 2021. T1 was closed for operations from March 25, 2020 when India went into a lockdown. While subsequently domestic air operations re-started onNETWORK PLANNING
Airline network planning is a serious business involving deep understanding of the market, costs of the airline, information of aircraft in fleet and airports evaluated coupled with data science. A good route can swing fortunes of an airline and at the same time a bad one can swing it the other way round. Sometimes, it’s thecompetition which
SURPRISE! AN AIRLINE STARTED A NEW ROUTE IN INDIA Surprising as it may seem, but Star Air – the Bengaluru based operator with an all E-145 fleet has launched a new route amidst the current situation! The airline started flying between Ahmedabad and Kishangarh (IATA: KQH) from 1st June 2020. The airline had won this route under Regional Connectivity Scheme (RCS) – UDAN (Ude A NAME FOR THE AIRPORT BUT NO LAND A name for the airport but no land – endless woes for an airport at Pune: Part One. Pune is the largest city in India without a dedicated airport. Current airport is a civilian enclave at defense airport. When the current expansion is complete, the airport would have run outof
DOMESTIC PASSENGER NUMBERS FALL BELOW 1 LAKH MARK IN INDIA The third of May saw the domestic passenger traffic drop below the 1 lakh mark after seven months. Only 97,761 passengers flew across 1306 flights on May 03, 2021. The passenger numbers are just 22.99% of pre-COVID numbers while the flight count is 41.66% of pre-COVID. This takes us back by seven months to August VISTARA LAUNCHES SECOND INTERNATIONAL WIDEBODY DESTINATION Vistara – the TATA SIA joint venture has been very unlucky with its widebody presence. The airline received the first of the six B787-9 Dreamliner on order in the last days of February – when the world was already heading into a lockdown. The very next month, India went into a lockdown – it was preceded by a complete closure of international air services. 2018-19: TOP AIRPORTS IN INDIA Airports Authority of India (AAI) which runs majority of the airports in the country and handles air traffic control at all airports in the country announces the air traffic numbers at the close of financial year (April to March) end in India. The international air traffic grew 6.1%, while the aircraft movements were up 3.4%. LOT POLISH TO NEW DELHI LOT Polish airlines announced its return to India with five times a week flights to New Delhi starting September 2019. The announcement was made at the Global Aviation Forum which was held in Mumbai on 15 th and 16 th January 2019. The Star Alliance member will start operations from 17 th September 2019 (Warsaw Departure). Routes Online reported the schedule on 16 th January alongNETWORKTHOUGHTS
Domestic passenger numbers fall below 1 lakh mark in India. The third of May saw the domestic passenger traffic drop below the 1 lakh mark after seven months. Only 97,761 passengers flew across 1306 flights on May 03, 2021. The passenger numbers are just 22.99% of pre-COVID numbers while the flight count is 41.66% of pre-COVID. THE BATTLE FOR RAJKOT! The battle for Rajkot! Ameya Airports March 16, 2021 4 Minutes. IndiGo is launching flights to Rajkot from March 28, 2021. Spicejet and Air India are adding capacity in anticipation. Rajkot was one of the top five airports most affected by the clousre of Jet Airways. For years together, Rajkot Airport and Jet Airways were synonymous! UNDERSTANDING AVIATION Understanding Aviation – Airport Capacity. This is the third article in the “Understanding Aviation” series with the first two being Network Planning and Route Development. This article will look at understanding Airport Capacity. Time and again I have criticised the airports in India for not having the runway, terminal and aproncapacity
JANUARY 2021
5 posts published by Ameya during January 2021. IndiGo - India’s largest carrier by fleet and domestic market share will launch flightsto Agra (IATA: AGR,
AMERICAN AIRLINES OPENS RESERVATIONS FOR NEW YORK Oneworld founding member American Airlines has announced expansion to India. The airline intends to operate thrice a week flights between New York - JFK and New Delhi starting October 31, 2021. The airline will deploy the B777-200 aircraft for the mission. The airline will increase the frequency to Daily to cater to the peak holiday MUMBAI AIRPORT TO CONSOLIDATE OPERATIONS AT TERMINAL 2 The Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (CSMIA) at Mumbai seems to be reverting back to single terminal operations. The airport had re-activated its Terminal 1 (T1) for flight operations effective March 10, 2021. T1 was closed for operations from March 25, 2020 when India went into a lockdown. While subsequently domestic air operations re-started on INDIGO TO FOLLOW SPICEJET INTO THE FREIGHTER SPACE IndiGo - India’s largest carrier by fleet and domestic market share has initiated a freighter programme. The airline is in the process of sourcing four A321ceo aircraft - each of which will be converted from passenger jets to a full freighter configuration. The airline has already issued a Letter of Intent (LoI) with a lessor JETBLUE AND AMERICAN AIRLINES ANNOUNCE STRATEGIC There are few industries which are impacted as bad as Aviation by the current pandemic. Airlines have got aid from governments, yet there have been airlines which have gone into voluntary administration or grounded. Amidst this, JetBlue and American Airlines have announced a strategic partnership. American Airlines had also signed a strategic partnership with Alaska A NAME FOR THE AIRPORT BUT NO LAND A name for the airport but no land – endless woes for an airport at Pune: Part One. Pune is the largest city in India without a dedicated airport. Current airport is a civilian enclave at defense airport. When the current expansion is complete, the airport would have run outof
A NAME FOR THE AIRPORT BUT NO LAND The new airport has a name but no land!City is punching above its weight, having handled more passengers than Ahmedabad Part One of the article can be found here Over the last decade there were many cities which formed associations to start attracting air traffic. While airlines do pay attention to such associations, what mattersNETWORKTHOUGHTS
Domestic passenger numbers fall below 1 lakh mark in India. The third of May saw the domestic passenger traffic drop below the 1 lakh mark after seven months. Only 97,761 passengers flew across 1306 flights on May 03, 2021. The passenger numbers are just 22.99% of pre-COVID numbers while the flight count is 41.66% of pre-COVID. THE BATTLE FOR RAJKOT! The battle for Rajkot! Ameya Airports March 16, 2021 4 Minutes. IndiGo is launching flights to Rajkot from March 28, 2021. Spicejet and Air India are adding capacity in anticipation. Rajkot was one of the top five airports most affected by the clousre of Jet Airways. For years together, Rajkot Airport and Jet Airways were synonymous! UNDERSTANDING AVIATION Understanding Aviation – Airport Capacity. This is the third article in the “Understanding Aviation” series with the first two being Network Planning and Route Development. This article will look at understanding Airport Capacity. Time and again I have criticised the airports in India for not having the runway, terminal and aproncapacity
JANUARY 2021
5 posts published by Ameya during January 2021. IndiGo - India’s largest carrier by fleet and domestic market share will launch flightsto Agra (IATA: AGR,
AMERICAN AIRLINES OPENS RESERVATIONS FOR NEW YORK Oneworld founding member American Airlines has announced expansion to India. The airline intends to operate thrice a week flights between New York - JFK and New Delhi starting October 31, 2021. The airline will deploy the B777-200 aircraft for the mission. The airline will increase the frequency to Daily to cater to the peak holiday MUMBAI AIRPORT TO CONSOLIDATE OPERATIONS AT TERMINAL 2 The Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (CSMIA) at Mumbai seems to be reverting back to single terminal operations. The airport had re-activated its Terminal 1 (T1) for flight operations effective March 10, 2021. T1 was closed for operations from March 25, 2020 when India went into a lockdown. While subsequently domestic air operations re-started on INDIGO TO FOLLOW SPICEJET INTO THE FREIGHTER SPACE IndiGo - India’s largest carrier by fleet and domestic market share has initiated a freighter programme. The airline is in the process of sourcing four A321ceo aircraft - each of which will be converted from passenger jets to a full freighter configuration. The airline has already issued a Letter of Intent (LoI) with a lessor JETBLUE AND AMERICAN AIRLINES ANNOUNCE STRATEGIC There are few industries which are impacted as bad as Aviation by the current pandemic. Airlines have got aid from governments, yet there have been airlines which have gone into voluntary administration or grounded. Amidst this, JetBlue and American Airlines have announced a strategic partnership. American Airlines had also signed a strategic partnership with Alaska A NAME FOR THE AIRPORT BUT NO LAND A name for the airport but no land – endless woes for an airport at Pune: Part One. Pune is the largest city in India without a dedicated airport. Current airport is a civilian enclave at defense airport. When the current expansion is complete, the airport would have run outof
A NAME FOR THE AIRPORT BUT NO LAND The new airport has a name but no land!City is punching above its weight, having handled more passengers than Ahmedabad Part One of the article can be found here Over the last decade there were many cities which formed associations to start attracting air traffic. While airlines do pay attention to such associations, what matters DELHI AIRPORT TO CONSOLIDATE OPERATIONS AT T3 STARTING Following the footsteps of Mumbai, the Indira Gandhi International Airport - New Delhi will consolidate all operations to Terminal 3 (T3) - the largest of it's three terminals. This will see certain flights operated by GoAir and IndiGo make the move to T3. The move comes amidst rising cases of COVID-19 in the country leading A NAME FOR THE AIRPORT BUT NO LAND The new airport has a name but no land!City is punching above its weight, having handled more passengers than Ahmedabad Part One of the article can be found here Over the last decade there were many cities which formed associations to start attracting air traffic. While airlines do pay attention to such associations, what matters MUMBAI AIRPORT TO CONSOLIDATE OPERATIONS AT TERMINAL 2 The Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (CSMIA) at Mumbai seems to be reverting back to single terminal operations. The airport had re-activated its Terminal 1 (T1) for flight operations effective March 10, 2021. T1 was closed for operations from March 25, 2020 when India went into a lockdown. While subsequently domestic air operations re-started onNETWORK PLANNING
Airline network planning is a serious business involving deep understanding of the market, costs of the airline, information of aircraft in fleet and airports evaluated coupled with data science. A good route can swing fortunes of an airline and at the same time a bad one can swing it the other way round. Sometimes, it’s thecompetition which
SURPRISE! AN AIRLINE STARTED A NEW ROUTE IN INDIA Surprising as it may seem, but Star Air – the Bengaluru based operator with an all E-145 fleet has launched a new route amidst the current situation! The airline started flying between Ahmedabad and Kishangarh (IATA: KQH) from 1st June 2020. The airline had won this route under Regional Connectivity Scheme (RCS) – UDAN (Ude A NAME FOR THE AIRPORT BUT NO LAND A name for the airport but no land – endless woes for an airport at Pune: Part One. Pune is the largest city in India without a dedicated airport. Current airport is a civilian enclave at defense airport. When the current expansion is complete, the airport would have run outof
DOMESTIC PASSENGER NUMBERS FALL BELOW 1 LAKH MARK IN INDIA The third of May saw the domestic passenger traffic drop below the 1 lakh mark after seven months. Only 97,761 passengers flew across 1306 flights on May 03, 2021. The passenger numbers are just 22.99% of pre-COVID numbers while the flight count is 41.66% of pre-COVID. This takes us back by seven months to August VISTARA LAUNCHES SECOND INTERNATIONAL WIDEBODY DESTINATION Vistara – the TATA SIA joint venture has been very unlucky with its widebody presence. The airline received the first of the six B787-9 Dreamliner on order in the last days of February – when the world was already heading into a lockdown. The very next month, India went into a lockdown – it was preceded by a complete closure of international air services. 2018-19: TOP AIRPORTS IN INDIA Airports Authority of India (AAI) which runs majority of the airports in the country and handles air traffic control at all airports in the country announces the air traffic numbers at the close of financial year (April to March) end in India. The international air traffic grew 6.1%, while the aircraft movements were up 3.4%. LOT POLISH TO NEW DELHI LOT Polish airlines announced its return to India with five times a week flights to New Delhi starting September 2019. The announcement was made at the Global Aviation Forum which was held in Mumbai on 15 th and 16 th January 2019. The Star Alliance member will start operations from 17 th September 2019 (Warsaw Departure). Routes Online reported the schedule on 16 th January alongNETWORKTHOUGHTS
Domestic passenger numbers fall below 1 lakh mark in India. The third of May saw the domestic passenger traffic drop below the 1 lakh mark after seven months. Only 97,761 passengers flew across 1306 flights on May 03, 2021. The passenger numbers are just 22.99% of pre-COVID numbers while the flight count is 41.66% of pre-COVID. UNDERSTANDING AVIATION Understanding Aviation – Airport Capacity. This is the third article in the “Understanding Aviation” series with the first two being Network Planning and Route Development. This article will look at understanding Airport Capacity. Time and again I have criticised the airports in India for not having the runway, terminal and aproncapacity
AMD AIRPORT
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport (SVPI), Ahmedabad is adding new bays. The addition will help the airport tide over immediate crisis of shortage of aircraft bays and could help the airport dole over additional slots to airlines and increase passengerfootfall.
DELHI AIRPORT TO CONSOLIDATE OPERATIONS AT T3 STARTING Following the footsteps of Mumbai, the Indira Gandhi International Airport - New Delhi will consolidate all operations to Terminal 3 (T3) - the largest of it's three terminals. This will see certain flights operated by GoAir and IndiGo make the move to T3. The move comes amidst rising cases of COVID-19 in the country leading DOMESTIC PASSENGER NUMBERS FALL BELOW 1 LAKH MARK IN INDIA The third of May saw the domestic passenger traffic drop below the 1 lakh mark after seven months. Only 97,761 passengers flew across 1306 flights on May 03, 2021. The passenger numbers are just 22.99% of pre-COVID numbers while the flight count is 41.66% of pre-COVID. This takes us back by seven months to August THE BATTLE FOR RAJKOT! The battle for Rajkot! Ameya Airports March 16, 2021 4 Minutes. IndiGo is launching flights to Rajkot from March 28, 2021. Spicejet and Air India are adding capacity in anticipation. Rajkot was one of the top five airports most affected by the clousre of Jet Airways. For years together, Rajkot Airport and Jet Airways were synonymous! INDIGO ANNOUNCES AN ORDER FOR 620 CFM LEAP 1A ENGINES TO IndiGo, India's largest carrier by fleet and domestic marlet share, announced a deal with CFM for 620 LEAP-1A engines to power its next set of 310 A320neo family aircraft. These include the A320neo, A321neo and the A321XLR. The deal includes new installed engines and associated spare engines, as well as a long-term, multi-year serviceagreement.The
VISTARA EXPANDS ITS WIDE BODY FOOT PRINT, TO LAUNCH Vistara expands its wide body foot print, to launch flights to Tokyo in June. Vistara, the TATA-SIA joint venture is expanding and this time to the east. The airline will launch once a week flights to Tokyo Haneda starting June 16, 2021. The flights will be operated by Boeing B787-9 Dreamliner aircraft, two of which are part of its fleet with AMERICAN AIRLINES OPENS RESERVATIONS FOR NEW YORK Oneworld founding member American Airlines has announced expansion to India. The airline intends to operate thrice a week flights between New York - JFK and New Delhi starting October 31, 2021. The airline will deploy the B777-200 aircraft for the mission. The airline will increase the frequency to Daily to cater to the peak holiday JETBLUE AND AMERICAN AIRLINES ANNOUNCE STRATEGIC There are few industries which are impacted as bad as Aviation by the current pandemic. Airlines have got aid from governments, yet there have been airlines which have gone into voluntary administration or grounded. Amidst this, JetBlue and American Airlines have announced a strategic partnership. American Airlines had also signed a strategic partnership with AlaskaNETWORKTHOUGHTS
Domestic passenger numbers fall below 1 lakh mark in India. The third of May saw the domestic passenger traffic drop below the 1 lakh mark after seven months. Only 97,761 passengers flew across 1306 flights on May 03, 2021. The passenger numbers are just 22.99% of pre-COVID numbers while the flight count is 41.66% of pre-COVID. UNDERSTANDING AVIATION Understanding Aviation – Airport Capacity. This is the third article in the “Understanding Aviation” series with the first two being Network Planning and Route Development. This article will look at understanding Airport Capacity. Time and again I have criticised the airports in India for not having the runway, terminal and aproncapacity
AMD AIRPORT
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport (SVPI), Ahmedabad is adding new bays. The addition will help the airport tide over immediate crisis of shortage of aircraft bays and could help the airport dole over additional slots to airlines and increase passengerfootfall.
DELHI AIRPORT TO CONSOLIDATE OPERATIONS AT T3 STARTING Following the footsteps of Mumbai, the Indira Gandhi International Airport - New Delhi will consolidate all operations to Terminal 3 (T3) - the largest of it's three terminals. This will see certain flights operated by GoAir and IndiGo make the move to T3. The move comes amidst rising cases of COVID-19 in the country leading DOMESTIC PASSENGER NUMBERS FALL BELOW 1 LAKH MARK IN INDIA The third of May saw the domestic passenger traffic drop below the 1 lakh mark after seven months. Only 97,761 passengers flew across 1306 flights on May 03, 2021. The passenger numbers are just 22.99% of pre-COVID numbers while the flight count is 41.66% of pre-COVID. This takes us back by seven months to August THE BATTLE FOR RAJKOT! The battle for Rajkot! Ameya Airports March 16, 2021 4 Minutes. IndiGo is launching flights to Rajkot from March 28, 2021. Spicejet and Air India are adding capacity in anticipation. Rajkot was one of the top five airports most affected by the clousre of Jet Airways. For years together, Rajkot Airport and Jet Airways were synonymous! INDIGO ANNOUNCES AN ORDER FOR 620 CFM LEAP 1A ENGINES TO IndiGo, India's largest carrier by fleet and domestic marlet share, announced a deal with CFM for 620 LEAP-1A engines to power its next set of 310 A320neo family aircraft. These include the A320neo, A321neo and the A321XLR. The deal includes new installed engines and associated spare engines, as well as a long-term, multi-year serviceagreement.The
VISTARA EXPANDS ITS WIDE BODY FOOT PRINT, TO LAUNCH Vistara expands its wide body foot print, to launch flights to Tokyo in June. Vistara, the TATA-SIA joint venture is expanding and this time to the east. The airline will launch once a week flights to Tokyo Haneda starting June 16, 2021. The flights will be operated by Boeing B787-9 Dreamliner aircraft, two of which are part of its fleet with AMERICAN AIRLINES OPENS RESERVATIONS FOR NEW YORK Oneworld founding member American Airlines has announced expansion to India. The airline intends to operate thrice a week flights between New York - JFK and New Delhi starting October 31, 2021. The airline will deploy the B777-200 aircraft for the mission. The airline will increase the frequency to Daily to cater to the peak holiday JETBLUE AND AMERICAN AIRLINES ANNOUNCE STRATEGIC There are few industries which are impacted as bad as Aviation by the current pandemic. Airlines have got aid from governments, yet there have been airlines which have gone into voluntary administration or grounded. Amidst this, JetBlue and American Airlines have announced a strategic partnership. American Airlines had also signed a strategic partnership with Alaska APRIL 2021 – NETWORKTHOUGHTS IndiGo - India’s largest carrier by fleet and domestic market share has initiated a freighter programme. The airline is in the process of sourcing four A321ceo aircraft - each of which will be converted from passenger jets to a full freighter configuration. THE BATTLE FOR RAJKOT! The battle for Rajkot! Ameya Airports March 16, 2021 4 Minutes. IndiGo is launching flights to Rajkot from March 28, 2021. Spicejet and Air India are adding capacity in anticipation. Rajkot was one of the top five airports most affected by the clousre of Jet Airways. For years together, Rajkot Airport and Jet Airways were synonymous!JANUARY 2021
5 posts published by Ameya during January 2021. IndiGo - India’s largest carrier by fleet and domestic market share will launch flightsto Agra (IATA: AGR,
AMD AIRPORT
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport (SVPI), Ahmedabad is adding new bays. The addition will help the airport tide over immediate crisis of shortage of aircraft bays and could help the airport dole over additional slots to airlines and increase passengerfootfall.
VISTARA LAUNCHES SECOND INTERNATIONAL WIDEBODY DESTINATION Vistara – the TATA SIA joint venture has been very unlucky with its widebody presence. The airline received the first of the six B787-9 Dreamliner on order in the last days of February – when the world was already heading into a lockdown. The very next month, India went into a lockdown – it was preceded by a complete closure of international air services. A NAME FOR THE AIRPORT BUT NO LAND A name for the airport but no land – endless woes for an airport at Pune: Part One. Pune is the largest city in India without a dedicated airport. Current airport is a civilian enclave at defense airport. When the current expansion is complete, the airport would have run outof
UNDERSTANDING AVIATION: BASICS OF METAR Understanding Aviation: Basics of METAR. This is the fourth article in the “Understanding Aviation” series. The previous ones have covered Network Planning, Route Development and Airport Capacity. This article will talk about METARs. This is officially the fog season in India. From Amritsar to Guwahati, the region is engulfed in dense fog A NAME FOR THE AIRPORT BUT NO LAND The new airport has a name but no land!City is punching above its weight, having handled more passengers than Ahmedabad Part One of the article can be found here Over the last decade there were many cities which formed associations to start attracting air traffic. While airlines do pay attention to such associations, what matters NINE INDIAN AIRPORTS MAKE IT TO ACI WORLD’S BEST AIRPORTS Indian airports continued to shine in the annual Airport Councils International (ACI) rankings. The ranking which were released on 9th March 2020 saw addition of categories over last year. This year saw 140 awards being won by 84 airports across the world. Last year, seven airports from India had made it to the list while UNDERSTANDING THE E2 FAMILY FROM EMBRAER; CAN BOEING HELP Within days of Airbus announcing the agreement with Bombardier for the C-series, Boeing & Brazilian aircraft manufacturer Embraer announced that they are in talks for an agreement. This culminated weeks ago and resulted in re-naming of Embraer as Boeing Brasil – Commercial. While Airbus has had a seamless integration and pitch with the A220gelling
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The third of May saw the domestic passenger traffic drop below the 1 lakh mark after seven months. Only 97,761 passengers flew across 1306 flights on May 03, 2021.AMD AIRPORT
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport (SVPI), Ahmedabad is adding new bays. The addition will help the airport tide over immediate crisis of shortage of aircraft bays and could help the airport dole over additional slots to airlines and increase passengerfootfall.
UNDERSTANDING AVIATION This is the third article in the “Understanding Aviation” series with the first two being Network Planning and Route Development.This article will look at understanding Airport Capacity. DELHI AIRPORT TO CONSOLIDATE OPERATIONS AT T3 STARTING Following the footsteps of Mumbai, the Indira Gandhi International Airport - New Delhi will consolidate all operations to Terminal 3 (T3) - the largest of it's three terminals. This will see certain flights operated by GoAir and IndiGo make the move to T3. The move comes amidst rising cases of COVID-19 in the country leading DOMESTIC PASSENGER NUMBERS FALL BELOW 1 LAKH MARK IN INDIA The third of May saw the domestic passenger traffic drop below the 1 lakh mark after seven months. Only 97,761 passengers flew across 1306 flights on May 03, 2021. The passenger numbers are just 22.99% of pre-COVID numbers while the flight count is 41.66% of pre-COVID. This takes us back by seven months to August THE BATTLE FOR RAJKOT! IndiGo is launching flights to Rajkot from March 28, 2021Spicejet and Air India are adding capacity in anticipationRajkot was one of the top five airports most affected by the clousre of Jet Airways For years together, Rajkot Airport and Jet Airways were synonymous! At its peak the airline operated four daily flights but normally operated VISTARA EXPANDS ITS WIDE BODY FOOT PRINT, TO LAUNCH Vistara, the TATA-SIA joint venture is expanding and this time to the east. The airline will launch once a week flights to Tokyo Haneda starting June 16, 2021. The flights will be operated by Boeing B787-9 Dreamliner aircraft, two of which are part of its fleet with four more on firm order - one of INDIGO ANNOUNCES AN ORDER FOR 620 CFM LEAP 1A ENGINES TO IndiGo, India's largest carrier by fleet and domestic marlet share, announced a deal with CFM for 620 LEAP-1A engines to power its next set of 310 A320neo family aircraft. These include the A320neo, A321neo and the A321XLR. The deal includes new installed engines and associated spare engines, as well as a long-term, multi-year serviceagreement.The
AMERICAN AIRLINES OPENS RESERVATIONS FOR NEW YORK Oneworld founding member American Airlines has announced expansion to India. The airline intends to operate thrice a week flights between New York - JFK and New Delhi starting October 31, 2021. The airline will deploy the B777-200 aircraft for the mission. The airline will increase the frequency to Daily to cater to the peak holidayNETWORKTHOUGHTS
The third of May saw the domestic passenger traffic drop below the 1 lakh mark after seven months. Only 97,761 passengers flew across 1306 flights on May 03, 2021.AMD AIRPORT
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport (SVPI), Ahmedabad is adding new bays. The addition will help the airport tide over immediate crisis of shortage of aircraft bays and could help the airport dole over additional slots to airlines and increase passengerfootfall.
UNDERSTANDING AVIATION This is the third article in the “Understanding Aviation” series with the first two being Network Planning and Route Development.This article will look at understanding Airport Capacity. DELHI AIRPORT TO CONSOLIDATE OPERATIONS AT T3 STARTING Following the footsteps of Mumbai, the Indira Gandhi International Airport - New Delhi will consolidate all operations to Terminal 3 (T3) - the largest of it's three terminals. This will see certain flights operated by GoAir and IndiGo make the move to T3. The move comes amidst rising cases of COVID-19 in the country leading DOMESTIC PASSENGER NUMBERS FALL BELOW 1 LAKH MARK IN INDIA The third of May saw the domestic passenger traffic drop below the 1 lakh mark after seven months. Only 97,761 passengers flew across 1306 flights on May 03, 2021. The passenger numbers are just 22.99% of pre-COVID numbers while the flight count is 41.66% of pre-COVID. This takes us back by seven months to August THE BATTLE FOR RAJKOT! IndiGo is launching flights to Rajkot from March 28, 2021Spicejet and Air India are adding capacity in anticipationRajkot was one of the top five airports most affected by the clousre of Jet Airways For years together, Rajkot Airport and Jet Airways were synonymous! At its peak the airline operated four daily flights but normally operated VISTARA EXPANDS ITS WIDE BODY FOOT PRINT, TO LAUNCH Vistara, the TATA-SIA joint venture is expanding and this time to the east. The airline will launch once a week flights to Tokyo Haneda starting June 16, 2021. The flights will be operated by Boeing B787-9 Dreamliner aircraft, two of which are part of its fleet with four more on firm order - one of INDIGO ANNOUNCES AN ORDER FOR 620 CFM LEAP 1A ENGINES TO IndiGo, India's largest carrier by fleet and domestic marlet share, announced a deal with CFM for 620 LEAP-1A engines to power its next set of 310 A320neo family aircraft. These include the A320neo, A321neo and the A321XLR. The deal includes new installed engines and associated spare engines, as well as a long-term, multi-year serviceagreement.The
APRIL 2021 – NETWORKTHOUGHTS IndiGo - India’s largest carrier by fleet and domestic market share has initiated a freighter programme. The airline is in the process of sourcing four A321ceo aircraft - each of which will be converted from passenger jets to a full freighter configuration.JANUARY 2021
5 posts published by Ameya during January 2021. IndiGo - India’s largest carrier by fleet and domestic market share will launch flightsto Agra (IATA: AGR,
THE BATTLE FOR RAJKOT! IndiGo is launching flights to Rajkot from March 28, 2021Spicejet and Air India are adding capacity in anticipationRajkot was one of the top five airports most affected by the clousre of Jet Airways For years together, Rajkot Airport and Jet Airways were synonymous! At its peak the airline operated four daily flights but normally operatedAMD AIRPORT
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport (SVPI), Ahmedabad is adding new bays. The addition will help the airport tide over immediate crisis of shortage of aircraft bays and could help the airport dole over additional slots to airlines and increase passengerfootfall.
VISTARA LAUNCHES SECOND INTERNATIONAL WIDEBODY DESTINATION Vistara – the TATA SIA joint venture has been very unlucky with its widebody presence. The airline received the first of the six B787-9 Dreamliner on order in the last days of February – when the world was already heading into a lockdown. The very next month, India went into a lockdown – it was preceded by a complete closure of international air services. A NAME FOR THE AIRPORT BUT NO LAND Pune is the largest city in India without a dedicated airportCurrent airport is a civilian enclave at defense airportAirport has more flights at night than dayWhen the current expansion is complete, the airport would have run out of all possible expansion scenariosCurrent airport cannot handle widebody flightsCurrent terminal, smaller than the HAL terminal at Bengaluru, UNDERSTANDING AVIATION: BASICS OF METAR This is the fourth article in the “Understanding Aviation” series. The previous ones have covered Network Planning, Route Development and Airport Capacity. This article will talk about METARs. This is officially the fog season in India. From Amritsar to Guwahati, the region is engulfed in dense fog - typically early in the morning. Thisfog
A NAME FOR THE AIRPORT BUT NO LAND The new airport has a name but no land!City is punching above its weight, having handled more passengers than Ahmedabad Part One of the article can be found here Over the last decade there were many cities which formed associations to start attracting air traffic. While airlines do pay attention to such associations, what matters NINE INDIAN AIRPORTS MAKE IT TO ACI WORLD’S BEST AIRPORTS Indian airports continued to shine in the annual Airport Councils International (ACI) rankings. The ranking which were released on 9th March 2020 saw addition of categories over last year. This year saw 140 awards being won by 84 airports across the world. Last year, seven airports from India had made it to the list while UNDERSTANDING THE E2 FAMILY FROM EMBRAER; CAN BOEING HELP Within days of Airbus announcing the agreement with Bombardier for the C-series, Boeing & Brazilian aircraft manufacturer Embraer announced that they are in talks for an agreement. This culminated weeks ago and resulted in re-naming of Embraer as Boeing Brasil – Commercial. While Airbus has had a seamless integration and pitch with the A220gelling
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Domestic passenger numbers fall below 1 lakh mark in India. The third of May saw the domestic passenger traffic drop below the 1 lakh mark after seven months. Only 97,761 passengers flew across 1306 flights on May 03, 2021. The passenger numbers are just 22.99% of pre-COVID numbers while the flight count is 41.66% of pre-COVID. THE BATTLE FOR RAJKOT! The battle for Rajkot! Ameya Airports March 16, 2021 4 Minutes. IndiGo is launching flights to Rajkot from March 28, 2021. Spicejet and Air India are adding capacity in anticipation. Rajkot was one of the top five airports most affected by the clousre of Jet Airways. For years together, Rajkot Airport and Jet Airways were synonymous! UNDERSTANDING AVIATION Understanding Aviation – Airport Capacity. This is the third article in the “Understanding Aviation” series with the first two being Network Planning and Route Development. This article will look at understanding Airport Capacity. Time and again I have criticised the airports in India for not having the runway, terminal and aproncapacity
JANUARY 2021
5 posts published by Ameya during January 2021. IndiGo - India’s largest carrier by fleet and domestic market share will launch flightsto Agra (IATA: AGR,
AMERICAN AIRLINES OPENS RESERVATIONS FOR NEW YORK Oneworld founding member American Airlines has announced expansion to India. The airline intends to operate thrice a week flights between New York - JFK and New Delhi starting October 31, 2021. The airline will deploy the B777-200 aircraft for the mission. The airline will increase the frequency to Daily to cater to the peak holiday MUMBAI AIRPORT TO CONSOLIDATE OPERATIONS AT TERMINAL 2 The Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (CSMIA) at Mumbai seems to be reverting back to single terminal operations. The airport had re-activated its Terminal 1 (T1) for flight operations effective March 10, 2021. T1 was closed for operations from March 25, 2020 when India went into a lockdown. While subsequently domestic air operations re-started on JETBLUE AND AMERICAN AIRLINES ANNOUNCE STRATEGIC There are few industries which are impacted as bad as Aviation by the current pandemic. Airlines have got aid from governments, yet there have been airlines which have gone into voluntary administration or grounded. Amidst this, JetBlue and American Airlines have announced a strategic partnership. American Airlines had also signed a strategic partnership with Alaska VISTARA EXPANDS ITS WIDE BODY FOOT PRINT, TO LAUNCH Vistara expands its wide body foot print, to launch flights to Tokyo in June. Vistara, the TATA-SIA joint venture is expanding and this time to the east. The airline will launch once a week flights to Tokyo Haneda starting June 16, 2021. The flights will be operated by Boeing B787-9 Dreamliner aircraft, two of which are part of its fleet with A NAME FOR THE AIRPORT BUT NO LAND A name for the airport but no land – endless woes for an airport at Pune: Part One. Pune is the largest city in India without a dedicated airport. Current airport is a civilian enclave at defense airport. When the current expansion is complete, the airport would have run outof
A NAME FOR THE AIRPORT BUT NO LAND The new airport has a name but no land!City is punching above its weight, having handled more passengers than Ahmedabad Part One of the article can be found here Over the last decade there were many cities which formed associations to start attracting air traffic. While airlines do pay attention to such associations, what mattersNETWORKTHOUGHTS
Domestic passenger numbers fall below 1 lakh mark in India. The third of May saw the domestic passenger traffic drop below the 1 lakh mark after seven months. Only 97,761 passengers flew across 1306 flights on May 03, 2021. The passenger numbers are just 22.99% of pre-COVID numbers while the flight count is 41.66% of pre-COVID. UNDERSTANDING AVIATION Understanding Aviation – Airport Capacity. This is the third article in the “Understanding Aviation” series with the first two being Network Planning and Route Development. This article will look at understanding Airport Capacity. Time and again I have criticised the airports in India for not having the runway, terminal and aproncapacity
DELHI AIRPORT TO CONSOLIDATE OPERATIONS AT T3 STARTING Following the footsteps of Mumbai, the Indira Gandhi International Airport - New Delhi will consolidate all operations to Terminal 3 (T3) - the largest of it's three terminals. This will see certain flights operated by GoAir and IndiGo make the move to T3. The move comes amidst rising cases of COVID-19 in the country leading THE BATTLE FOR RAJKOT! The battle for Rajkot! Ameya Airports March 16, 2021 4 Minutes. IndiGo is launching flights to Rajkot from March 28, 2021. Spicejet and Air India are adding capacity in anticipation. Rajkot was one of the top five airports most affected by the clousre of Jet Airways. For years together, Rajkot Airport and Jet Airways were synonymous! AMERICAN AIRLINES OPENS RESERVATIONS FOR NEW YORK Oneworld founding member American Airlines has announced expansion to India. The airline intends to operate thrice a week flights between New York - JFK and New Delhi starting October 31, 2021. The airline will deploy the B777-200 aircraft for the mission. The airline will increase the frequency to Daily to cater to the peak holiday MUMBAI AIRPORT TO CONSOLIDATE OPERATIONS AT TERMINAL 2 The Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (CSMIA) at Mumbai seems to be reverting back to single terminal operations. The airport had re-activated its Terminal 1 (T1) for flight operations effective March 10, 2021. T1 was closed for operations from March 25, 2020 when India went into a lockdown. While subsequently domestic air operations re-started on A NAME FOR THE AIRPORT BUT NO LAND A name for the airport but no land – endless woes for an airport at Pune: Part One. Pune is the largest city in India without a dedicated airport. Current airport is a civilian enclave at defense airport. When the current expansion is complete, the airport would have run outof
VISTARA EXPANDS ITS WIDE BODY FOOT PRINT, TO LAUNCH Vistara expands its wide body foot print, to launch flights to Tokyo in June. Vistara, the TATA-SIA joint venture is expanding and this time to the east. The airline will launch once a week flights to Tokyo Haneda starting June 16, 2021. The flights will be operated by Boeing B787-9 Dreamliner aircraft, two of which are part of its fleet with A NAME FOR THE AIRPORT BUT NO LAND The new airport has a name but no land!City is punching above its weight, having handled more passengers than Ahmedabad Part One of the article can be found here Over the last decade there were many cities which formed associations to start attracting air traffic. While airlines do pay attention to such associations, what matters JETBLUE AND AMERICAN AIRLINES ANNOUNCE STRATEGIC There are few industries which are impacted as bad as Aviation by the current pandemic. Airlines have got aid from governments, yet there have been airlines which have gone into voluntary administration or grounded. Amidst this, JetBlue and American Airlines have announced a strategic partnership. American Airlines had also signed a strategic partnership with AlaskaINFRASTRUCTURE NEWS
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport (SVPI), Ahmedabad is adding new bays. The addition will help the airport tide over immediate crisis of shortage of aircraft bays and could help the airport dole over additional slots to airlines and increase passengerfootfall.
APRIL 2021 – NETWORKTHOUGHTS IndiGo - India’s largest carrier by fleet and domestic market share has initiated a freighter programme. The airline is in the process of sourcing four A321ceo aircraft - each of which will be converted from passenger jets to a full freighter configuration.JANUARY 2021
5 posts published by Ameya during January 2021. IndiGo - India’s largest carrier by fleet and domestic market share will launch flightsto Agra (IATA: AGR,
DOMESTIC PASSENGER NUMBERS FALL BELOW 1 LAKH MARK IN INDIA The third of May saw the domestic passenger traffic drop below the 1 lakh mark after seven months. Only 97,761 passengers flew across 1306 flights on May 03, 2021. The passenger numbers are just 22.99% of pre-COVID numbers while the flight count is 41.66% of pre-COVID. This takes us back by seven months to August A NAME FOR THE AIRPORT BUT NO LAND A name for the airport but no land – endless woes for an airport at Pune: Part One. Pune is the largest city in India without a dedicated airport. Current airport is a civilian enclave at defense airport. When the current expansion is complete, the airport would have run outof
VISTARA INDUCTS A321NEO Vistara - the TATA - SIA joint venture inducted its first A321neo. The aircraft VT-TVA landed in New Delhi flying non-stop from Hamburg. The aircraft - which is part of the order of 50 from the Airbus A320 Family signed in 2018. You can know more about the aircraft, itsNETWORK PLANNING
Airline network planning is a serious business involving deep understanding of the market, costs of the airline, information of aircraft in fleet and airports evaluated coupled with data science. A good route can swing fortunes of an airline and at the same time a bad one can swing it the other way round. Sometimes, it’s thecompetition which
VISTARA LAUNCHES SECOND INTERNATIONAL WIDEBODY DESTINATION Vistara – the TATA SIA joint venture has been very unlucky with its widebody presence. The airline received the first of the six B787-9 Dreamliner on order in the last days of February – when the world was already heading into a lockdown. The very next month, India went into a lockdown – it was preceded by a complete closure of international air services. THESE AIRPORTS HAVE LOST CONNECTIVITY IN WINTER SCHEDULE These airports have lost connectivity in Winter schedule. Ameya Airports October 27, 2020. October 28, 2020. 3 Minutes. The unlikely fallout of COVID19 and the regulated capacity at 60% in the domestic air traffic market has meant that the count of active airports in India has dropped below 100 as the Winter schedule started theprevious Sunday.
SPICEJET JOINS THE BANDWAGON OF GLOBAL AIRLINES TO CONVERT Indian low cost carrier Spicejet joined the bandwagon of global airlines which converted passenger aircraft into freighters as airlines find ways to sustain the current times and dip in passenger demand due to COVID19. Spicejet operates a fully owned subsidiary named SpiceXpress which operates a fleet to five B737 series aircraft– a mix of
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Domestic passenger numbers fall below 1 lakh mark in India. The third of May saw the domestic passenger traffic drop below the 1 lakh mark after seven months. Only 97,761 passengers flew across 1306 flights on May 03, 2021. The passenger numbers are just 22.99% of pre-COVID numbers while the flight count is 41.66% of pre-COVID. THE BATTLE FOR RAJKOT! The battle for Rajkot! Ameya Airports March 16, 2021 4 Minutes. IndiGo is launching flights to Rajkot from March 28, 2021. Spicejet and Air India are adding capacity in anticipation. Rajkot was one of the top five airports most affected by the clousre of Jet Airways. For years together, Rajkot Airport and Jet Airways were synonymous! UNDERSTANDING AVIATION Understanding Aviation – Airport Capacity. This is the third article in the “Understanding Aviation” series with the first two being Network Planning and Route Development. This article will look at understanding Airport Capacity. Time and again I have criticised the airports in India for not having the runway, terminal and aproncapacity
JANUARY 2021
5 posts published by Ameya during January 2021. IndiGo - India’s largest carrier by fleet and domestic market share will launch flightsto Agra (IATA: AGR,
AMERICAN AIRLINES OPENS RESERVATIONS FOR NEW YORK Oneworld founding member American Airlines has announced expansion to India. The airline intends to operate thrice a week flights between New York - JFK and New Delhi starting October 31, 2021. The airline will deploy the B777-200 aircraft for the mission. The airline will increase the frequency to Daily to cater to the peak holiday MUMBAI AIRPORT TO CONSOLIDATE OPERATIONS AT TERMINAL 2 The Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (CSMIA) at Mumbai seems to be reverting back to single terminal operations. The airport had re-activated its Terminal 1 (T1) for flight operations effective March 10, 2021. T1 was closed for operations from March 25, 2020 when India went into a lockdown. While subsequently domestic air operations re-started on JETBLUE AND AMERICAN AIRLINES ANNOUNCE STRATEGIC There are few industries which are impacted as bad as Aviation by the current pandemic. Airlines have got aid from governments, yet there have been airlines which have gone into voluntary administration or grounded. Amidst this, JetBlue and American Airlines have announced a strategic partnership. American Airlines had also signed a strategic partnership with Alaska VISTARA EXPANDS ITS WIDE BODY FOOT PRINT, TO LAUNCH Vistara expands its wide body foot print, to launch flights to Tokyo in June. Vistara, the TATA-SIA joint venture is expanding and this time to the east. The airline will launch once a week flights to Tokyo Haneda starting June 16, 2021. The flights will be operated by Boeing B787-9 Dreamliner aircraft, two of which are part of its fleet with A NAME FOR THE AIRPORT BUT NO LAND A name for the airport but no land – endless woes for an airport at Pune: Part One. Pune is the largest city in India without a dedicated airport. Current airport is a civilian enclave at defense airport. When the current expansion is complete, the airport would have run outof
A NAME FOR THE AIRPORT BUT NO LAND The new airport has a name but no land!City is punching above its weight, having handled more passengers than Ahmedabad Part One of the article can be found here Over the last decade there were many cities which formed associations to start attracting air traffic. While airlines do pay attention to such associations, what mattersNETWORKTHOUGHTS
Domestic passenger numbers fall below 1 lakh mark in India. The third of May saw the domestic passenger traffic drop below the 1 lakh mark after seven months. Only 97,761 passengers flew across 1306 flights on May 03, 2021. The passenger numbers are just 22.99% of pre-COVID numbers while the flight count is 41.66% of pre-COVID. THE BATTLE FOR RAJKOT! The battle for Rajkot! Ameya Airports March 16, 2021 4 Minutes. IndiGo is launching flights to Rajkot from March 28, 2021. Spicejet and Air India are adding capacity in anticipation. Rajkot was one of the top five airports most affected by the clousre of Jet Airways. For years together, Rajkot Airport and Jet Airways were synonymous! UNDERSTANDING AVIATION Understanding Aviation – Airport Capacity. This is the third article in the “Understanding Aviation” series with the first two being Network Planning and Route Development. This article will look at understanding Airport Capacity. Time and again I have criticised the airports in India for not having the runway, terminal and aproncapacity
JANUARY 2021
5 posts published by Ameya during January 2021. IndiGo - India’s largest carrier by fleet and domestic market share will launch flightsto Agra (IATA: AGR,
AMERICAN AIRLINES OPENS RESERVATIONS FOR NEW YORK Oneworld founding member American Airlines has announced expansion to India. The airline intends to operate thrice a week flights between New York - JFK and New Delhi starting October 31, 2021. The airline will deploy the B777-200 aircraft for the mission. The airline will increase the frequency to Daily to cater to the peak holiday MUMBAI AIRPORT TO CONSOLIDATE OPERATIONS AT TERMINAL 2 The Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (CSMIA) at Mumbai seems to be reverting back to single terminal operations. The airport had re-activated its Terminal 1 (T1) for flight operations effective March 10, 2021. T1 was closed for operations from March 25, 2020 when India went into a lockdown. While subsequently domestic air operations re-started on JETBLUE AND AMERICAN AIRLINES ANNOUNCE STRATEGIC There are few industries which are impacted as bad as Aviation by the current pandemic. Airlines have got aid from governments, yet there have been airlines which have gone into voluntary administration or grounded. Amidst this, JetBlue and American Airlines have announced a strategic partnership. American Airlines had also signed a strategic partnership with Alaska VISTARA EXPANDS ITS WIDE BODY FOOT PRINT, TO LAUNCH Vistara expands its wide body foot print, to launch flights to Tokyo in June. Vistara, the TATA-SIA joint venture is expanding and this time to the east. The airline will launch once a week flights to Tokyo Haneda starting June 16, 2021. The flights will be operated by Boeing B787-9 Dreamliner aircraft, two of which are part of its fleet with A NAME FOR THE AIRPORT BUT NO LAND A name for the airport but no land – endless woes for an airport at Pune: Part One. Pune is the largest city in India without a dedicated airport. Current airport is a civilian enclave at defense airport. When the current expansion is complete, the airport would have run outof
A NAME FOR THE AIRPORT BUT NO LAND The new airport has a name but no land!City is punching above its weight, having handled more passengers than Ahmedabad Part One of the article can be found here Over the last decade there were many cities which formed associations to start attracting air traffic. While airlines do pay attention to such associations, what mattersINFRASTRUCTURE NEWS
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport (SVPI), Ahmedabad is adding new bays. The addition will help the airport tide over immediate crisis of shortage of aircraft bays and could help the airport dole over additional slots to airlines and increase passengerfootfall.
APRIL 2021 – NETWORKTHOUGHTS IndiGo - India’s largest carrier by fleet and domestic market share has initiated a freighter programme. The airline is in the process of sourcing four A321ceo aircraft - each of which will be converted from passenger jets to a full freighter configuration.JANUARY 2021
5 posts published by Ameya during January 2021. IndiGo - India’s largest carrier by fleet and domestic market share will launch flightsto Agra (IATA: AGR,
DOMESTIC PASSENGER NUMBERS FALL BELOW 1 LAKH MARK IN INDIA The third of May saw the domestic passenger traffic drop below the 1 lakh mark after seven months. Only 97,761 passengers flew across 1306 flights on May 03, 2021. The passenger numbers are just 22.99% of pre-COVID numbers while the flight count is 41.66% of pre-COVID. This takes us back by seven months to August A NAME FOR THE AIRPORT BUT NO LAND A name for the airport but no land – endless woes for an airport at Pune: Part One. Pune is the largest city in India without a dedicated airport. Current airport is a civilian enclave at defense airport. When the current expansion is complete, the airport would have run outof
VISTARA INDUCTS A321NEO Vistara - the TATA - SIA joint venture inducted its first A321neo. The aircraft VT-TVA landed in New Delhi flying non-stop from Hamburg. The aircraft - which is part of the order of 50 from the Airbus A320 Family signed in 2018. You can know more about the aircraft, itsNETWORK PLANNING
Airline network planning is a serious business involving deep understanding of the market, costs of the airline, information of aircraft in fleet and airports evaluated coupled with data science. A good route can swing fortunes of an airline and at the same time a bad one can swing it the other way round. Sometimes, it’s thecompetition which
VISTARA LAUNCHES SECOND INTERNATIONAL WIDEBODY DESTINATION Vistara – the TATA SIA joint venture has been very unlucky with its widebody presence. The airline received the first of the six B787-9 Dreamliner on order in the last days of February – when the world was already heading into a lockdown. The very next month, India went into a lockdown – it was preceded by a complete closure of international air services. THESE AIRPORTS HAVE LOST CONNECTIVITY IN WINTER SCHEDULE These airports have lost connectivity in Winter schedule. Ameya Airports October 27, 2020. October 28, 2020. 3 Minutes. The unlikely fallout of COVID19 and the regulated capacity at 60% in the domestic air traffic market has meant that the count of active airports in India has dropped below 100 as the Winter schedule started theprevious Sunday.
SPICEJET JOINS THE BANDWAGON OF GLOBAL AIRLINES TO CONVERT Indian low cost carrier Spicejet joined the bandwagon of global airlines which converted passenger aircraft into freighters as airlines find ways to sustain the current times and dip in passenger demand due to COVID19. Spicejet operates a fully owned subsidiary named SpiceXpress which operates a fleet to five B737 series aircraft– a mix of
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Domestic passenger numbers fall below 1 lakh mark in India. The third of May saw the domestic passenger traffic drop below the 1 lakh mark after seven months. Only 97,761 passengers flew across 1306 flights on May 03, 2021. The passenger numbers are just 22.99% of pre-COVID numbers while the flight count is 41.66% of pre-COVID. THE BATTLE FOR RAJKOT! The battle for Rajkot! Ameya Airports March 16, 2021 4 Minutes. IndiGo is launching flights to Rajkot from March 28, 2021. Spicejet and Air India are adding capacity in anticipation. Rajkot was one of the top five airports most affected by the clousre of Jet Airways. For years together, Rajkot Airport and Jet Airways were synonymous! UNDERSTANDING AVIATION Understanding Aviation – Airport Capacity. This is the third article in the “Understanding Aviation” series with the first two being Network Planning and Route Development. This article will look at understanding Airport Capacity. Time and again I have criticised the airports in India for not having the runway, terminal and aproncapacity
JANUARY 2021
5 posts published by Ameya during January 2021. IndiGo - India’s largest carrier by fleet and domestic market share will launch flightsto Agra (IATA: AGR,
AMERICAN AIRLINES OPENS RESERVATIONS FOR NEW YORK Oneworld founding member American Airlines has announced expansion to India. The airline intends to operate thrice a week flights between New York - JFK and New Delhi starting October 31, 2021. The airline will deploy the B777-200 aircraft for the mission. The airline will increase the frequency to Daily to cater to the peak holiday MUMBAI AIRPORT TO CONSOLIDATE OPERATIONS AT TERMINAL 2 The Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (CSMIA) at Mumbai seems to be reverting back to single terminal operations. The airport had re-activated its Terminal 1 (T1) for flight operations effective March 10, 2021. T1 was closed for operations from March 25, 2020 when India went into a lockdown. While subsequently domestic air operations re-started on A NAME FOR THE AIRPORT BUT NO LAND A name for the airport but no land – endless woes for an airport at Pune: Part One. Pune is the largest city in India without a dedicated airport. Current airport is a civilian enclave at defense airport. When the current expansion is complete, the airport would have run outof
VISTARA EXPANDS ITS WIDE BODY FOOT PRINT, TO LAUNCH Vistara expands its wide body foot print, to launch flights to Tokyo in June. Vistara, the TATA-SIA joint venture is expanding and this time to the east. The airline will launch once a week flights to Tokyo Haneda starting June 16, 2021. The flights will be operated by Boeing B787-9 Dreamliner aircraft, two of which are part of its fleet with JETBLUE AND AMERICAN AIRLINES ANNOUNCE STRATEGIC There are few industries which are impacted as bad as Aviation by the current pandemic. Airlines have got aid from governments, yet there have been airlines which have gone into voluntary administration or grounded. Amidst this, JetBlue and American Airlines have announced a strategic partnership. American Airlines had also signed a strategic partnership with Alaska A NAME FOR THE AIRPORT BUT NO LAND The new airport has a name but no land!City is punching above its weight, having handled more passengers than Ahmedabad Part One of the article can be found here Over the last decade there were many cities which formed associations to start attracting air traffic. While airlines do pay attention to such associations, what mattersNETWORKTHOUGHTS
Domestic passenger numbers fall below 1 lakh mark in India. The third of May saw the domestic passenger traffic drop below the 1 lakh mark after seven months. Only 97,761 passengers flew across 1306 flights on May 03, 2021. The passenger numbers are just 22.99% of pre-COVID numbers while the flight count is 41.66% of pre-COVID. THE BATTLE FOR RAJKOT! The battle for Rajkot! Ameya Airports March 16, 2021 4 Minutes. IndiGo is launching flights to Rajkot from March 28, 2021. Spicejet and Air India are adding capacity in anticipation. Rajkot was one of the top five airports most affected by the clousre of Jet Airways. For years together, Rajkot Airport and Jet Airways were synonymous! UNDERSTANDING AVIATION Understanding Aviation – Airport Capacity. This is the third article in the “Understanding Aviation” series with the first two being Network Planning and Route Development. This article will look at understanding Airport Capacity. Time and again I have criticised the airports in India for not having the runway, terminal and aproncapacity
JANUARY 2021
5 posts published by Ameya during January 2021. IndiGo - India’s largest carrier by fleet and domestic market share will launch flightsto Agra (IATA: AGR,
AMERICAN AIRLINES OPENS RESERVATIONS FOR NEW YORK Oneworld founding member American Airlines has announced expansion to India. The airline intends to operate thrice a week flights between New York - JFK and New Delhi starting October 31, 2021. The airline will deploy the B777-200 aircraft for the mission. The airline will increase the frequency to Daily to cater to the peak holiday MUMBAI AIRPORT TO CONSOLIDATE OPERATIONS AT TERMINAL 2 The Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (CSMIA) at Mumbai seems to be reverting back to single terminal operations. The airport had re-activated its Terminal 1 (T1) for flight operations effective March 10, 2021. T1 was closed for operations from March 25, 2020 when India went into a lockdown. While subsequently domestic air operations re-started on JETBLUE AND AMERICAN AIRLINES ANNOUNCE STRATEGIC There are few industries which are impacted as bad as Aviation by the current pandemic. Airlines have got aid from governments, yet there have been airlines which have gone into voluntary administration or grounded. Amidst this, JetBlue and American Airlines have announced a strategic partnership. American Airlines had also signed a strategic partnership with Alaska VISTARA EXPANDS ITS WIDE BODY FOOT PRINT, TO LAUNCH Vistara expands its wide body foot print, to launch flights to Tokyo in June. Vistara, the TATA-SIA joint venture is expanding and this time to the east. The airline will launch once a week flights to Tokyo Haneda starting June 16, 2021. The flights will be operated by Boeing B787-9 Dreamliner aircraft, two of which are part of its fleet with A NAME FOR THE AIRPORT BUT NO LAND A name for the airport but no land – endless woes for an airport at Pune: Part One. Pune is the largest city in India without a dedicated airport. Current airport is a civilian enclave at defense airport. When the current expansion is complete, the airport would have run outof
A NAME FOR THE AIRPORT BUT NO LAND The new airport has a name but no land!City is punching above its weight, having handled more passengers than Ahmedabad Part One of the article can be found here Over the last decade there were many cities which formed associations to start attracting air traffic. While airlines do pay attention to such associations, what mattersINFRASTRUCTURE NEWS
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport (SVPI), Ahmedabad is adding new bays. The addition will help the airport tide over immediate crisis of shortage of aircraft bays and could help the airport dole over additional slots to airlines and increase passengerfootfall.
APRIL 2021 – NETWORKTHOUGHTS IndiGo - India’s largest carrier by fleet and domestic market share has initiated a freighter programme. The airline is in the process of sourcing four A321ceo aircraft - each of which will be converted from passenger jets to a full freighter configuration.JANUARY 2021
5 posts published by Ameya during January 2021. IndiGo - India’s largest carrier by fleet and domestic market share will launch flightsto Agra (IATA: AGR,
DOMESTIC PASSENGER NUMBERS FALL BELOW 1 LAKH MARK IN INDIA The third of May saw the domestic passenger traffic drop below the 1 lakh mark after seven months. Only 97,761 passengers flew across 1306 flights on May 03, 2021. The passenger numbers are just 22.99% of pre-COVID numbers while the flight count is 41.66% of pre-COVID. This takes us back by seven months to August A NAME FOR THE AIRPORT BUT NO LAND A name for the airport but no land – endless woes for an airport at Pune: Part One. Pune is the largest city in India without a dedicated airport. Current airport is a civilian enclave at defense airport. When the current expansion is complete, the airport would have run outof
VISTARA INDUCTS A321NEO Vistara - the TATA - SIA joint venture inducted its first A321neo. The aircraft VT-TVA landed in New Delhi flying non-stop from Hamburg. The aircraft - which is part of the order of 50 from the Airbus A320 Family signed in 2018. You can know more about the aircraft, itsNETWORK PLANNING
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VISTARA LAUNCHES SECOND INTERNATIONAL WIDEBODY DESTINATION Vistara – the TATA SIA joint venture has been very unlucky with its widebody presence. The airline received the first of the six B787-9 Dreamliner on order in the last days of February – when the world was already heading into a lockdown. The very next month, India went into a lockdown – it was preceded by a complete closure of international air services. THESE AIRPORTS HAVE LOST CONNECTIVITY IN WINTER SCHEDULE These airports have lost connectivity in Winter schedule. Ameya Airports October 27, 2020. October 28, 2020. 3 Minutes. The unlikely fallout of COVID19 and the regulated capacity at 60% in the domestic air traffic market has meant that the count of active airports in India has dropped below 100 as the Winter schedule started theprevious Sunday.
SPICEJET JOINS THE BANDWAGON OF GLOBAL AIRLINES TO CONVERT Indian low cost carrier Spicejet joined the bandwagon of global airlines which converted passenger aircraft into freighters as airlines find ways to sustain the current times and dip in passenger demand due to COVID19. Spicejet operates a fully owned subsidiary named SpiceXpress which operates a fleet to five B737 series aircraft– a mix of
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GOAIR INNOVATES IN CRISIS – TO PROTECT PNR FOR A YEAR GoAir sent out a press release yesterday informing about a new program where the airline will protect a PNR for a year and let the passenger fly, by paying the fare difference. The airline has been making news for staff cuts / pay cuts amidst the global crisis triggered by spread of COVID-19. GoAir has … Continue reading GoAir innovates in crisis – to protect PNR for a year →Advertisements
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VISTARA ANNOUNCES COMMERCIAL OPERATIONS OF ITS B787-9 DREAMLINER AIRCRAFT ON DELHI MUMBAI SECTOR Vistara – the TATA-SIA joint venture took delivery of its first B787-9 Dreamliner aircraft in late February. While this marks a new phase in the growth of the airline which started international operations last year, the gloom and closures surrounding Corona virus has led to the airlines joining others in suspending international operations. The airline … Continue reading Vistara announces commercial operations of its B787-9 Dreamliner aircraft on DelhiMumbai sector →
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NINE INDIAN AIRPORTS MAKE IT TO ACI WORLD’S BEST AIRPORTS LIST Indian airports continued to shine in the annual Airport Councils International (ACI) rankings. The ranking which were released on 9th March 2020 saw addition of categories over last year. This year saw 140 awards being won by 84 airports across the world. Last year, seven airports from India had made it to the list while … Continue reading Nine Indian airports make it to ACI world’s best airports list →Ameya Airports
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VIRGIN ATLANTIC TO CONNECT MANCHESTER TO NEW DELHI THIS OCTOBER Virgin Atlantic will launch flights between Manchester and New Delhi this October. The airline will now offer over 600,000 seats a year between India and UK. The thrice a week service will begin on 26th October 2020 and will also be Virgin Atlantic’s first flight to Asia from Manchester. The service will be operated by … Continue reading Virgin Atlantic to connect Manchester to New Delhi this October →Ameya Route News
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AIR FRANCE TO LAUNCH FLIGHTS TO CHENNAI FROM JUNE 2020 Air France has announced the launch of Chennai – its fourth destination in India. The airline will operate thrice a week starting 14th June 2020. The flights will be operated by the B787-9 Dreamliner aircraft with a capacity of 279 seats (30 Business, 21 Premium Economy and 228 Economy class). Air France currently operates to … Continue reading Air France to launch flights to Chennai from June 2020 →Ameya Route News
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