IndiGo"™s Chief Commercial Officer leaves airline

IndiGo today said its Chief Commercial Officer Sanjay Kumar is leaving the airline and would be replaced by William Boulter. Kumar, who has been associated with the no-frills carrier for the last 12 years, has put in his papers to pursue other career interests, IndiGo said in a release. His resignation would be effective from […]

Argentina: Una aerolínea «ultra low cost» estadounidense quiere volar desde El Palomar

Parece que la revolución de los aviones ordenada por el Gobierno contará con nuevos soldados. La apertura del cielo argentino incluyó a algunos actores low cost locales -Flybondi- y extranjeros -Avianca y Norwegian, entre otros-, a los que ahora quiere sumarse el fondo estadounidense Indigo Partners LLC, dueño de un puñado de aerolíneas en cuatro […]

Gobierno indio autoriza la venta de 49% de Air India a aerolíneas extranjeras

El Gobierno indio dio hoy luz verde a la posibilidad de que compañías extranjeras puedan invertir hasta un 49 % en Air India, en un nuevo paso para tratar de reducir la millonaria deuda de la aerolínea estatal. Hasta ahora las compañías extranjeras podían invertir hasta un 49 % en las aerolíneas privadas indias, lo […]

Airbus, Indigo Partners finalize orders for 430 A320neo Family aircraft

"¢ Airbu"™ largest single order announcement becomes firm "¢ Deal valued at nearly $50 billion, at list prices Airbus announced today that it had finalized agreements with Indigo Partners and its four portfolio airlines for the purchase of 430 additional A320neo Family aircraft for ultra-low-cost airlines Frontier Airlines (United States), JetSMART (Chile), Volaris (Mexico) and […]

Airbus has just announced its biggest commercial plane order ever – worth $50bn

Aerospace giant Airbus has today announced a deal worth nearly $50bn (£37.bn) with private equity firm Indigo Partners, which it hailed as its largest single announcement ever. Airbus shares rose nearly four per cent in early trading on news of the hefty order spanning four airlines. Indigo’s four portfolio airlines, Hungarian carrier Wizz Air, US-based […]

Volaris Commits to 80 A320neo Family Aircraft

Volaris* (NYSE: VLRS and BMV: VOLAR), the ultra-low-cost airline serving Mexico, the United States and Central America, has committed to 80 A320neo Family aircraft to be delivered from 2022 to 2026, as part of Airbu"™ largest single announcement ever. Airbus signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Indigo Partners for 430 A320neo Family aircraft to be […]

IndiGo to be 5th largest Asian airline with 1,000 daily operations

IndiGo, the country"™s largest airline by market share and also in terms of fleet, will soon be joining the big league of airlines with 1,000 daily departures, becoming the fifth Asian carrier to do so. According to Capa (Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation) data for the week, the top three Asian airlines operating over 1,000 […]

JetSMART será la nueva aerolínea low cost que opere en Perú, ¿qué ofrece?

La línea aérea ha dado inicio al proceso de obtención del Certificado de Operador Aéreo Internacional ante la DGAC. ¿Cuál será su primera ruta? VivaAir Perú no será la única aerolínea low cost en el mercado peruano y es que JetSMART, una línea aérea de capital norteamericano, ingresará al país para poner en marcha su […]

Aerolínea chilena JetSmart estaría interesada en comprar Peruvian

La aerolínea Peruvian Airlines, de capitales peruanos e irlandeses, ha recibido varias propuestas de posibles compradores, pero aún no se ha concretado algún acuerdo, afirmó Alfonso Núñez, sub gerente general de la empresa. Aunque prefirió no revelar nombres, el ejecutivo dijo que se trata de aerolíneas del exterior. Al respecto, fuentes del diario El Comercio […]