Shorter layovers, new lounges, better jets: Air India’s revival takes flight

Shorter layovers, new lounges, better jets: Air India’s revival takes flight

India’s flag carrier is investing heavily to lure back passengers, promising faster connections and upgraded cabins.

Air India Revamp Targets Refitting Completion By Early 2027, Aims To Cut Layover Time—Here’s All About Airline’s Turnaround

Air India Pushes Jet Upgrade to Lure Back Disgruntled Passengers

Air India long languished under government ownership while cash-rich Middle Eastern rivals siphoned off travelers. Now the airline is trying to even the score with cheaper fares, fresh cabins and lounges as well as shorter layover times.

SpiceJet's resilience and growth strategy

Keynote Interview with Ajay Singh, Chairman & Managing Director of SpiceJet, at Aviation Festival Asia 2025: “Resilience in the midst of fierce competition.”   In 2015, SpiceJet teetered on the edge of bankruptcy. Now, although the airline’s stock has dipped 30 per cent since October, it has a bold expansion plan capitalising on India’s unique market potential. During the keynote interview in February, Ajay Singh, Chairman & Managing Director of…

Air India Express to become all-economy airline by 2Q26

Air India Express (IX, Delhi International) is set to reconfigure the cabin of its two- and three-class aircraft to an all-economy layout by April 2026, managing director Aloke Singh said during a media briefing at the company's headquarters. "Certain B737-8 aircraft will be reconfigured and converted into all economy," the news outlet Mint reported Singh as saying. The aircraft in question were delivered as white tails originally earmarked for …

Air India’s decade old widebody fleet to get a luxury upgrade to woo passengers

With a legacy of Maharaja charm and a vision set firmly on global skies, Air India is in the thick of a bold transformation—one it hopes will silence critics, ...