You do not have to pay your flight tickets cost at one go anymore. While the EMIs, also called the equated monthly installments, were generally associated with the buying of a range of products, it is for the first time that the Indian aviation market has seen their introduction on a wide scale. ... Views: 947
An airline decides on the routes it wants to fly depending on a number of considerations. Quite naturally, it is not possible for any airline, howsoever big it may be, to operate flights on all sectors and especially on those routes which are not having much of demand at present. For this ... Views: 847
The codeshare flights have many advantages for the airlines but for the passengers it often comes as a shocker that the airline which booked the flight is not operating the same. The passengers often get surprised since they are not aware of the codeshare agreements between the airlines. The ... Views: 1062
There are a number of articles flooded with tips and suggestions on getting cheap air tickets or best holiday deals from service providers. Simply put, there are far more tips and suggestion than what you can utilize. And, if you do go on implementing all of these, right from the stage of ... Views: 784
The rate of rupee has depreciated from Rs 48 to Rs 55 in a short period of a few months. Since February, there has been a depreciation of about 11 percent in the exchange value of the rupee which has meant that all the remittances which have to be done in dollars have got more expensive. This is ... Views: 1316
For those who do not know much about the Indian aviation sector, it would be disappointing to learn that all the scheduled domestic airlines, whether the network or the budget carriers, have remained in losses for most part of their post-deregulation history. This has led many to term the ... Views: 1163
What makes IndiGo Airlines the most efficient airline in the Indian aviation market? Well, there are many reasons that give it this distinction, such as the use of highly fuel efficient aircraft and the operations model which ensures that the aircraft take the least turn-around times, are highly ... Views: 4431
Spicejet, one of the budget airlines of India, has a long history that began with the era of deregulation of the civil aviation industry in India, about 20 years ago in 1993. Then known as ModiLuft, this airline arose as a result of joint partnership of the Modi group from India with the ... Views: 2002
Have you ever thought what makes intermediaries work in every field? Or, why is it that the intermediaries are able to carve out a niche for themselves? Why is it that the buyer and the seller take to the intermediary route to transact the deals rather than doing it themselves? The same ... Views: 966
To lay your hands on cheap air tickets, you might have tried doing a number of things such as making internet searches on airlines and agencies to find which is offering the lowest fares, negotiating with them and even using the tactical maneuvers of making the advance bookings or waiting till ... Views: 915
To lay your hands on cheap air tickets, you might have tried doing a number of things such as making internet searches on airlines and agencies to find which is offering the lowest fares, negotiating with them and even using the tactical maneuvers of making the advance bookings or waiting till ... Views: 576
It is not surprising to find that the low-cost or the budget carriers make a beginning on the domestic turf of their respective countries and then move on to the international routes that just fit into their business model. Normally operating on sectors of a few hours duration, the LCCs seek to ... Views: 783
To meet the demand of more fuel efficiencies in the airplanes, the manufacturers adopt a holistic approach and a multi-pronged strategy. The most common areas which have been focused upon are: body of the aircraft, the development of better and fuel efficient engines and the alternative fuels. ... Views: 798
Reducing the airfares is one of the most important ways of garnering market shares. The airlines all over the world prefer to buy those airplanes which have a good operational efficiency in terms of fuel consumption. When it comes to reducing the airfares, the most commonly applied methods are ... Views: 911
The basic difference between the airlines and the travel agencies is that the latter offers a range of travel products while the former generally offer only domestic and cheap international flights. However, with the airlines venturing out in the domain of the travel agencies and beginning to ... Views: 1042
The low-cost carrier (LCC) business model is largely dependent on the operation of the short-haul flights by the airlines. The short-haul flights of up to three or four hours duration are considered ideal for LCC since the airlines can save itself the costs associated with the passenger services ... Views: 948
Low Cost Airlines operate in niche segment and fly with many restrictions and limitations maintaining a crucial balance between the customer requirements and efficient operations which makes it possible for them to provide cheap air tickets. Nowadays, countries in almost all the continents have ... Views: 1442
Everyone would agree that there is a need to prevent the damage to environment. Precisely how it shall be done is the point of disagreement and contention among the countries. Any change will have its own costs and the burden of these costs needs to be apportioned justifiably and reasonably. The ... Views: 623
Airlines are the perfect examples of the owner not having much of control over the distribution of its product, i.e. the seats. For any airlines to operate profitably it is important that its seat distribution is done highly effectively and to maximize the revenues. The elaborate mechanism of ... Views: 698