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IndiGo offers domestic flight tickets from Rs 1,200 on these routes, says report

KV Prasad Jun 13, 2022, 06:35 AM IST (Published)

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Low-cost carrier, IndiGo, is offering flight tickets starting from Rs 1,200 on select routes to attract customers, reported  LiveMint.

According to the report, the offer, which will be applicable for limited seats on travel between July 11 and September 27 will close on June 30.

“The offer is available on limited seats on selected sectors and flights. Regular fares will be payable in the event the relevant seats are sold out,” said the carrier according to the report.

As per the report, the development comes as carriers are trying to attract customers as the domestic holiday season is coming to a close. According to the report, in addition to IndiGo, other carriers such as Jet Airways and GoAir too have made similar offers.

According to the carrier’s website, the routes that come under the new scheme includes the Delhi-Jaipur, Bagdogra-Guwahati , Ahmedabad-Mumbai, Bengaluru-Delhi,  Chennai-Bengaluru, Delhi-Dehradun and  Delhi-Pune route, the report said.

According to IndiGo, the offer is valid for flight ticket bookings made at least 15 days prior to travel, the report said. It also added that the tickets are non-refundable.

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Fewer complaints, but airfare turns into a big grouse for passengers

KV Prasad Jun 13, 2022, 06:35 AM IST (Published)

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Airline passengers have filed fewer complaints during the year 2017-18 as compared to the previous fiscal. There were 7,919 complaints filed by the passengers, down 20% as compared to 9,820 complaints, a year before, according to the data released by Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA).

On an average, 22 passenger complaints were lodged against all airlines every day in 2017-18, with maximum inconvenience faced, while travelling by Air India and Jet Airways.

On an average, seven out of 10 passenger complaints were against these two airlines in the last fiscal.

While, the passenger grievances against the state-owned airline has substantially increased since 2015-16, other airlines managed to reduce their share in the number of complaints lodged during the same period.

Most considerable improvement was seen in the case of budget carrier SpiceJet. The airline saw its share in number of complaints reducing from 13% in 2015-16 to 6% in the last fiscal.

Other major airlines such as Indigo and GoAir also managed to reduce the number of complaints against them.

Only 14% out of all complaints lodged during 2017-18 were against Indigo, despite having the highest market share of around 40%.

While national carrier Air India topped with maximum number complaints, but its redressal ratio is very poor as compared to its peers. Around 30% of the complaints raised against Air India are still unresolved.

The year 2017-18 also witnessed a sharp rise in complaints related to airfares.
Though only 10% of complaints were related to fares and refunds, there was a substantial rise in its share in overall passenger complaints in last three years. Fare and refund related complaints constituted around 7.4% in 2015-16.

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GoAir appoints Cornelis Vrieswijk as new CEO

KV Prasad Jun 13, 2022, 06:35 AM IST (Published)

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Budget carrier, GoAir, on Tuesday announced the appointment of Cornelis Vrieswijk as the new Chief Executive Officer (CEO).

The appointment is effective from yesterday.

He will be reporting to the Chairman, Managing Director and the board of directors of GoAir.

Jeh Wadia, Managing Director, GoAir said, “Vrieswijk will work with the Board and leadership team to expand and implement a range of strategic initiatives to lead the airline into its next phase of growth. I am confident that he will help scale GoAir further and establish it as a most profitable low cost carrier in the highly competitive Indian market.”

Wolfgang Prock-Schauer, airline’s last CEO, resigned in last December to join IndiGo as its Chief Operating Officer.

With 25 years of experience, Vrieswijk, a management graduate from Catholic University Nijmegen, has also worked with major brands like Thomas Cook Group, EasyJet Airline Company and Transavia Airlines.

Vrieswijk said, “I am truly honoured and overwhelmed to join this dynamic airline and see myself closely working with the entire GoAir team in realising its objectives. My primary focus will be to grow the airline to a strong position and modelling the desired changes for further growth and expansion.”

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IndiGo again grapples with P&W engine woes; 4 planes face glitches in one week

KV Prasad Jun 13, 2022, 06:35 AM IST (Published)

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Country’s largest airline IndiGo is again battling Pratt & Whitney engine problems, with at least four of its planes experiencing glitches in one week, according to industry sources.

The P&W engine problems had led to grounding of around 25 Airbus A320 neo aircraft of IndiGo and GoAir during the period from April 2017 to March this year.

On June 3, an IndiGo flight carrying 183 passengers from Delhi to Ranchi was forced to return to the airport in the national capital due to mid-air engine shut-down.

The incident came just a day after another IndiGo plane, which was bound for Port Blair from Kolkata, had to abort take-off at the last minute due to an engine glitch, sources said.

Prior to that on May 30, IndiGo’s flight to Delhi from Udaipur was cancelled and the aircraft was grounded due to engine failure, they added.

All these planes were A320 neos powered by P&W engines.

On May 29, another flight had faced engine issues. This was a Bengaluru-bound flight from Pune, sources said. This flight was operated by A320 ceo having P&W engines.

However, an IndiGo spokesperson said that except for the Ranchi flight wherein the aircraft had mid-air engine issues, the rest of the incidents were due to “standard issues” which occur in the day-to-day operations of a plane.

Queries sent to US engine maker P&W remained unanswered.

“Airbus A320 neo plane (VT-ITE) operating airline’s flight 6E-509 to Ranchi from New Delhi had an air turn back to Delhi. The crew carried out an engine in flight shut down following the standard industry procedure,” the airline said in a statement about the June 3 incident.

“Leaving aside Ranchi flight (engine) shut down, the reason of which still needs to be determined, none of the other incidents had to do with the known PW engine issues, which occur in the day-to-day operations of an aircraft,” IndiGo said.

However, the airline did not provide a response to queries on whether it was mulling grounding of its A320 neo fleet in view of the safety concerns.

In the 2017 June quarter, IndiGo had grounded nine A320 neo planes due to engine issues. The grounding had also resulted in IndiGo cancelling 84 flights on a particular day last year.

Then again between February and March this year, 14 of these planes — 11 of IndiGo and three of Go Air — were taken out of operations due to the same engine issues on the directions of the aviation regulator after a series of mid air shut downs were reported by the two carriers.

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