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aeroblogger

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FDI is an excellent decision - liberalizing the market is always better for the airlines, making them more competitive on a global level, and for the consumer.

SpiceJet and GoAir are the only airlines likely to be able to take advantage of it though... As the article mentioned, Qatar Airways is said to be looking at SpiceJet...

This decision probably came to late for Kingfisher. It needed to happen 6 months to a year ago to have had any effect on that situation...
 

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IndiGo carried most passengers in August, Kingfisher worst performer
NEW DELHI: No frill airline IndiGo continued its spree of carrying the maximum number of passengers besides having the largest market share in August, as Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh, concerned over Air India's performance, asked the national carrier to prepare a plan to enhance its share.

There was a minor increase of 0.5 per cent in the total number of passengers carried in January-August this year compared with the period last year, official data showed.

IndiGo carried 12.05 lakh passengers last month, followed by Jet Airways-JetLite combined flying 11.01 lakh, SpiceJet 8.07 lakh, Air India 7.94 lakh and GoAir 3.24 lakh.

The worst performer was cash-strapped Kingfisher Airlines which carried only 1.38 lakh passengers in August, while the new scheduled carrier Air Mantra of Religare, which is operating only two small 17-seater aircraft since July 23, flew a few hundred air travellers to Chandigarh and Amritsar.

In terms of market share, IndiGo was again on top with 27.6 per cent, followed by Jet-JetLite combine with 25.2, SpiceJet with 18.5, Air India 18.2, GoAir with 7.4 and Kingfisher at the end of the list with 3.2 per cent.
 

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Richard Branson is just talking out of his *ss. Don't expect a Virgin Atlantic stake in an Indian carrier any time soon.
 

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>Indian Airlines floundering as Boeing 787 has issues and repeatedly grounded. In future, please consider reliable platform with easy maintenance, over latest technology, like Boeing 737 or Airbus A320. Common platform is good.
>Bring down no. of employees per plane on same levels as Intl. Airlines.
> Service Availability of fleet should be Benchmarked with Intl. Airlines having same fleet.
> Bring a new Professional CEO, non-Indian if required, mandate to reduce staffing, get customers, and bring in profits. Give him power to hire and fire.
 

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