India's youngest airline, Akasa Air, is reportedly considering another massive aircraft order, potentially exceeding 200 Boeing 737 MAX jets. If finalized, the deal could nearly double the airline's existing aircraft commitments and underscore its determination to become a major player in India's rapidly growing aviation market. According to a September...
GE Aerospace Plans to Nearly Double Spending With Suppliers in India
GE Aerospace in Evendale, Ohio, plans to nearly double what it spends with suppliers in India, to $400 million a year by 2030. The company announced the plan at an event in New Delhi, in northern India alongside an economic impact report on its four decades in the country. Vikram...
India’s Indigo Airline Places Record Order with Airbus
Airbus Industrie, the European aerospace company, landed its biggest-ever aircraft order in the history of commercial aviation. It announced that budget Indian airline IndiGo had placed an order for 500 of its A320 planes, to be delivered between 2030 and 2035. Executives from both companies announced the deal on the...
India’s Indigo Selects CFM Engines for Airbus Fleet
India's biggest airline IndiGo selected CFM International's LEAP-1A engines to power its fleet of 310 new Airbus A320neo, A321neo, and A321XLR aircraft. CFM International is a joint venture between GE Aviation, a division of General Electric of the U.S. and Safran Aircraft Engines of France. The joint venture was formed...
Air Traffic Within India Grows 17Percent in May
According to monthly traffic data released by India's Directorate General of Civil Aviation, 101,710 passengers took to the skies in May 2017 -- a 17.36 percent rise over last year's numbers of 860,690 for the same month. IndiGo, India's largest airline by market share, was at top spot for punctuality...
India's Air Traffic by the numbers
The following graphs from the ICA Institute numbers tell a valuable story. Also look at the following graph. Most striking is the rise of low-cost carrier Indigo Air (India's answer to Southwest Airlines). The rise of Kingfisher does not show the recent trouble that this airline has suffered, perhaps because...