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NEW DELHI, April 7 (Reuters) - Air India said on Tuesday that CEO Campbell Wilson had resigned after nearly four years in the role, as the carrier grapples with persistent losses and heightened regulatory scrutiny following a crash last year that killed 260 people. Wilson's resignation comes just days after its bigger domestic rival, IndiGo, tapped aviation veteran Willie Walsh as its next CEO. The country's two largest carriers are under pressure from an industry crisis stemming from the Midd ...Read More >
Campbell Wilson was appointed on a five-year contract. New Delhi: Air India Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Campbell Wilson has resigned, sources said on Tuesday. Campbell Wilson was appointed on a five-year contract. His tenure as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Air India is scheduled to conclude in July 2027. Campbell Wilson was appointed as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Managing Director (MD) of Air India in 2022. With over 30 years of rich experience in the aviation industry, he has w ...Read More >
New Delhi: Air India CEO Campbell Wilson has resigned, a source with direct knowledge of the matter said on Tuesday, as the airline grapples with persistent losses and heightened regulatory scrutiny following a crash last year that killed 260 people. The news of his resignation comes just days after its bigger rival IndiGo tapped aviation industry veteran Willie Walsh as its next CEO, as the country's two largest carriers come under pressure to tackle a mounting industry crisis stemming from t ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: Air India CEO Campbell Wilson has resigned, a source with direct knowledge of the matter said on Tuesday, as the airline grapples with persistent losses and heightened regulatory scrutiny following a crash last year that killed 260 people. The news of his resignation comes just days after its bigger rival IndiGo tapped aviation industry veteran Willie Walsh as its next CEO, as the country's two largest carriers come under pressure to tackle a mounting industry crisis stemming from th ...Read More >
New Delhi, April 7: Multiple reports on Tuesday said that Air India Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Campbell Wilson has resigned before his term ends. The airline was yet to issue an official statement on this development. Wilson is currently serving his notice period, according to reports. The Tata Group airline has not made any public statement yet. A query sent to airlines was not immediately answered. It is also unclear if the company has found a replacement. The board was scouting since last ...Read More >
New Delhi, April 7 (SocialNews.XYZ) Multiple reports on Tuesday said that Air India Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Campbell Wilson has resigned before his term ends. The airline was yet to issue an official statement on this development. Wilson is currently serving his notice period, according to reports. The Tata Group airline has not made any public statement yet. A query sent to airlines was not immediately answered. It is also unclear if the company has found a replacement. The board was s ...Read More >
New Delhi: Air India Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Campbell Wilson has resigned, sources said on Tuesday. Campbell Wilson was appointed on a five-year contract. His tenure as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Air India is scheduled to conclude in July 2027. Campbell Wilson was appointed as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Managing Director (MD) of Air India in 2022. With over 30 years of rich experience in the aviation industry, he has worked across both full-service and low-cost carriers. Pri ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], April 7 (ANI): Air India Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Campbell Wilson has resigned, sources said on Tuesday. Campbell Wilson was appointed on a five-year contract. His tenure as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Air India is scheduled to conclude in July 2027. Also Read | Weather Forecast Today, April 7, 2026: Check Weather Updates, Rain Predictions for Mumbai, Delhi, Chennai, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Kolkata and Shimla. Campbell Wilson was appointed as Chief Executive Officer ...Read More >
New Delhi: Low-cost carrier IndiGo announced Wednesday that it will raise fuel charges on both domestic and international flights for all new bookings made from 12.01 a.m. April 2, due to the sharp increase in aviation fuel prices. The airline said the move follows a steep increase in jet fuel costs in the wake of supply chain disruptions due to the Middle East conflict. According to the International Air Transport Association (IATA) Jet Fuel Monitor, prices have risen by more than 130 per cen ...Read More >
New Delhi: Low-cost carrier IndiGo announced on Wednesday that it will raise fuel charges on both domestic and international flights for all new bookings made from 12.01 a.m. on April 2, due to the sharp increase in aviation fuel prices. The airline said the move follows a steep increase in jet fuel costs in the [...] New Delhi: Low-cost carrier IndiGo announced on Wednesday that it will raise fuel charges on both domestic and international flights for all new bookings made from 12.01 a.m. on A ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: Jazeera Airways, the Kuwait-based low-cost carrier, announced on Wednesday that it is expanding its India network to four new destinations: Kozhikode, Tiruchirappalli, Mangalore, and Kannur, under Project Vande Bharat. These flights, like all other Kuwaiti commercial flights, will be operating via King Fahd International Airport in Dammam and Qaisumah Airport in Saudi Arabia as inbound and outbound civilian flights remain suspended at Kuwait International Airport (KIA) due to ongoing ...Read More >
NEW DELHI (Reuters) -- Indian low-cost carrier IndiGo named Willie Walsh, the current director general of the International Air Transport Association, as its new chief executive on Tuesday. Walsh's tenure as head of the global airline industry body comes to a close on July 31, and he is expected to ... ...Read More >
NEW DELHI, March 31 (Reuters) - Indian low-cost carrier IndiGo (INGL.NS), opens new tab named Willie Walsh, the current director general of the International Air Transport Association, as its new chief executive on Tuesday. Walsh's tenure as head of the global airline industry body comes to a close on July 31, and he is expected to join IndiGo no later than August 3, the airline said in a statement. Walsh's appointment comes weeks after Pieter Elbers abruptly stepped down as IndiGo's CEO foll ...Read More >
New Delhi, March 31 (SocialNews.XYZ) InterGlobe Aviation Limited, the parent company of IndiGo, on Tuesday appointed William Walsh as Chief Executive Officer, subject to regulatory approvals, after Pieter Elbers resigned as the CEO of the low-cost airline earlier this month. Walsh's tenure at IATA (International Air Transport Association) comes to a close on July 31, 2026, and he is expected to join no later than on August 3, 2026, the airline said in a statement. Walsh (popularly known as Wil ...Read More >
IndiGo has overtaken Air India and Air India Express in international travel. This shift occurred in the July-September 2025 quarter. Air India reduced flights after a recent crash. IndiGo carried more passengers during this period. The airline also maintained its international services during recent disruptions. Future changes are expected as Air India upgrades its fleet. IndiGo has, for the first time, carried more international passengers than the combined Air India and Air India Express net ...Read More >
At a valuation of ₹3.2 lakh crore, Deepinder Goyal of Eternal (formerly Zomato Ltd) has topped the list of self-made entrepreneur in the IDFC FIRST Private & Hurun India's Top 200 Self-made Entrepreneurs of the Millennia 2025. Eternal's valuation has gone up by 27% from last year's report. Radhakishan Damani of Avenue Supermarts (DMart), last year's No. 1, has slipped to second place with a valuation of ₹3 lakh crore, down 13% from last year. Estranged co-founders Rahul Bhatia and Rakesh Ga ...Read More >
New Delhi: In a direct fallout of the June 12 AI 171 crash, IndiGo has for the first time flown more international passengers than Air India group (AI plus AI Express).DGCA data for July-Sept 2025 shows the two Tata Group airlines flew 41 lakh international passengers, while IndiGo was at 41.36 lakh. This was because of the 15% reduction in AI flights -- mostly on wide body international routes -- after the Ahmedabad Dreamliner crash and a general reluctance from flying AI among travellers for s ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: India's aviation watchdog has rolled back its new policy of weekly rest for pilots, reports said Friday (Dec 5), after chaos caused by hundreds of flight cancellations by the country's biggest airline, IndiGo. Airports across India have been in disarray since Monday, with the private carrier blaming the disruption on "unforeseen operational challenges". On Thursday, IndiGo admitted to aviation regulators that "misjudgment and planning gaps" in adapting to new rules led to the operat ...Read More >
New Delhi: Varun Berry, chief executive, managing director and vice-chairman of Britannia Industries, stepped down on Monday after over a decade of helming the company, a sudden exit at one of India's most prominent consumer goods companies. The Nusli Wadia-owned biscuits and dairy maker said in a regulatory filing on Monday that Berry's resignation has been accepted with immediate effect. The development is sudden, even more so as Britannia had announced Rakshit Hargave, formerly chief execut ...Read More >
Air India Express had taken the delivery of the first B737-Max in 2023. Mumbai: Air India's low-cost arm, Air India Express, is expecting to induct 20 to 24 aircraft in the fleet in the next calendar year, a top airline executive said on Tuesday. Air India and Air India Express together currently have a fleet of 282 aircraft, of which as many as 110 planes, comprising Airbus 320/ 321, Boeing 737 and 737 MAX, are with the low-cost arm. "We are looking at about 20 to 24 aircraft in the next ca ...Read More >
Hyderabad: IndiGo, India's leading low-cost carrier, has announced that its existing Hyderabad-Madinah service will increase from four-times-weekly to daily flights from November 16, strengthening its operations to Saudi Arabia. The inaugural service on this route started in February this year aimed at providing convenient travel options for pilgrims undertaking Haj and Umrah, as well as other travellers. The airline also confirmed the launch of a new daily direct service between Mumbai and Ma ...Read More >
Gurugram (Haryana) [India], September 29 (ANI): SpiceJet has announced the launch of daily non-stop flights to Phuket, Thailand largest and most popular island, from Delhi and Mumbai, marking its second destination in Thailand after Bangkok. Flights from Delhi to Phuket are set to commence on October 31, 2025, while services from Mumbai will begin on November 6, 2025. The move strengthens SpiceJet growing international network and offers Indian travellers more direct access to Thailand renowned ...Read More >
Gurugram (Haryana) [India], September 29 (ANI): SpiceJet has announced the launch of daily non-stop flights to Phuket, Thailand's largest and most popular island, from Delhi and Mumbai, marking its second destination in Thailand after Bangkok. Flights from Delhi to Phuket are set to commence on October 31, 2025, while services from Mumbai will begin on November 6, 2025. The move strengthens SpiceJet's growing international network and offers Indian travellers more direct access to Thailand's re ...Read More >
Gurugram (Haryana) [India], September 29 (ANI): SpiceJet has announced the launch of daily non-stop flights to Phuket, Thailand's largest and most popular island, from Delhi and Mumbai, marking its second destination in Thailand after Bangkok. Flights from Delhi to Phuket are set to commence on October 31, 2025, while services from Mumbai will begin on November 6, 2025. The move strengthens SpiceJet's growing international network and offers Indian travellers more direct access to Thailand's re ...Read More >
Delhi/Gurugram: Expanding its Thailand network, Gurugram-based low-cost carrier SpiceJet on Monday announced the launch of daily non-stop flights to Phuket, Thailand's largest and most celebrated island, from Delhi and Mumbai. With this addition, SpiceJet will now operate flights to two of Thailand's most popular destinations - Phuket and Bangkok. Flight services from Delhi to Phuket will kickoff on Wednesday (October 31, 2025), while services from Mumbai will start on November 6, 2025. Debojo ...Read More >
Gurugram (Haryana) [India], September 26 (ANI): SpiceJet on Friday announced that it has signed a lease agreement to induct a wide-body Airbus A340 aircraft into its fleet by the end of September, marking a major step in the airline's expansion strategy. According to the airline, the aircraft is expected to arrive in India later this month and begin operations in the first week of October, subject to regulatory approvals. Initially, the A340 will operate on a wet lease model before transitionin ...Read More >
Mumbai: Low-cost airline SpiceJet is again in the news for delaying salary payments to a large part of its workforce. While junior employees earning up to Rs 55,000 per month received their August salaries on time, senior staff, especially those at the Assistant Manager level and above, are facing delays of 10 to 15 days. This delay affects a major portion of SpiceJet's workforce, which includes 6,484 employees, out of which 4,894 are permanent staff, according to the company's FY25 annual repo ...Read More >
New Delhi, Sep 14 (SocialNews.XYZ) SpiceJet has delayed salary payments for a significant portion of its employees and according to the budget airline on Sunday, it follows a "phased disbursement schedule" during lean periods that continues over a few days. According to people familiar with the matter, those earning up to Rs 55,000 are being paid on time while senior staff are facing delays. A spokesperson for the airline said like in some other industries, during lean periods, SpiceJet follow ...Read More >
NEW DELHI - A preliminary report into the Air India crash that killed 260 people in June showed three seconds after taking off, the plane's engines' fuel cutoff switches almost simultaneously flipped from run to cutoff, starving the engines of fuel. The Boeing 787 Dreamliner immediately began to lose thrust and sink down, according to the report released on July 12 by Indian aviation accident investigators. One pilot can be heard on the cockpit voice recorder asking the other why he cut off th ...Read More >
NEW DELHI (Reuters) -Indian investigators of the deadly Air India airliner crash that killed 260 last month told a meeting of lawmakers that the plane's black boxes were not damaged, two people familiar with the discussions said. The revelation about the devices critical to reconstructing the events leading up to an air crash, comes after Indian media said they were damaged when the London-bound Boeing Dreamliner crashed on June 12, to erupt in a massive fireball. The Aircraft Accident Investi ...Read More >
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