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IndiGo reported a Q2 FY27 loss of Rs 1,879.1 crore, against Rs 2,582.1 crore a year earlier, as fuel costs and rupee depreciation hit profits. CEO Willie Walsh said fares are likely to stay elevated and the airline will focus on short haul.
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CEO Willie Walsh said IndiGo must consider higher fares to offset jet fuel prices, after fuel expenses rose 67 per cent to Rs 9,967 crore in the September quarter from Rs 5,962 crore a year earlier, the New Indian Express reports.
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Willie Walsh says IndiGo is looking forward to adding widebodies, with its first Airbus A350s expected in 2028, but the low cost carrier remains laser focused on its short haul operations, FlightGlobal reports.
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In his first results as CEO, Willie Walsh reaffirmed IndiGo's aircraft commitments and said it would adjust capacity and utilisation to manage cost pressures, with capacity growth in the low single digits for the year to March 2027, Aviation Week reports.
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Indian airlines are projected to lose Rs 36,000 to 38,000 crore this fiscal because of slower traffic growth, high fuel prices, rupee depreciation and rising lease rentals, the ratings agency says. It doubts fare hikes can pass on all the costs.
Read more at The Economic Times →India's domestic passenger traffic fell 6.49 per cent month on month to 1.18 crore in September, DGCA data shows, the seventh straight month of year on year decline in 2026, Swarajya reports. Year to date numbers have turned negative.
Read more at swarajyamag.com →SpiceJet's domestic share fell to 0.6 per cent in September, below regional carrier Star Air's 0.7 per cent for the first time, DGCA data shows. It carried 730,000 passengers, down from 5.92 million in January, Mint reports.
Read more at Mint →Foreign airlines have yet to agree to move international operations from Mumbai's T2 to Navi Mumbai International Airport ahead of MIAL's 3 November deadline for transition plans, the Indian Express reports. MIAL wants five million annual passengers moved by March 2027.
Read more at The Indian Express →IHCL and Adani Airports will develop eight hotels with about 2,000 rooms in Mumbai, Ahmedabad, Lucknow and Guwahati, across Taj, Vivanta, Gateway and Ginger brands. Adani will build them and IHCL will operate them, Urban Acres reports.
Read more at Urban Acres →The civil aviation ministry, in a review chaired by Secretary Samir Kumar Sinha, told airlines and airports to strengthen low visibility procedures, flight updates and passenger help for the fog season expected from 15 December to 15 February, with qualified crew available.
Read more at Hotelier Buzz →Air India's Maharaja Club and SBI Card announced on 28 October a new co branded travel credit card on Visa's network, rewarding everyday spending and travel, Live From A Lounge reports. The two have had a card since 2013.
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The Latvian Aviation Union says about 300 airBaltic staff will start learning from 31 October whether they keep their jobs, AeroTime reports. airBaltic said on 5 October that 500 to 700 jobs could go to secure its future.
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AAPA figures show Asia Pacific carriers flew 30.4 million international passengers in September, up 0.7 per cent and ending five straight months of declines. Cargo demand picked up, though results varied widely by market, AeroTime reports.
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Air Transat began nonstop A330-200 flights between Montréal Trudeau and Istanbul on 29 October, its second route to the city, weekly at first and twice weekly from December. It also announced five new European routes for summer 2027.
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Lufthansa will put its first A350-1000, named Deutschland and painted in a 100th anniversary livery with Allegris cabins, into service on 3 December from Munich to Tokyo Haneda after delivery in mid November, Simple Flying reports.
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Alaska Airlines' new Anchorage to Tokyo Narita route on a Boeing 737 MAX 8 will be its longest MAX flight by duration, though not by distance, Simple Flying reports, as the carrier expands overseas.
Read more at Simple Flying →American, the world's third largest Boeing 787 operator with 70 aircraft, has stopped eight long haul nonstop routes, according to Simple Flying's comparison of schedules up to October and plans from November.
Read more at Simple Flying →American and United are bringing in Airbus A321XLRs to replace ageing 757s, but Delta does not want to compromise its premium long haul service by downsizing aircraft, Simple Flying reports.
Read more at Simple Flying →With unrest disrupting Middle East airspace, Etihad announced six African destinations in April, including Accra, and a string of airline partnerships, positioning Abu Dhabi as a bridge between Africa and Asia, Business Traveller reports. More routes follow in March 2027.
Read more at businesstraveller.com →The Faroese carrier signed a firm order for two A320neos on 27 October, completing its switch to an all A320neo fleet. It currently flies two older A320ceos and two A320neos, and delivery dates were not disclosed, Aviation Direct reports.
Read more at aviation.direct →South Africa's Competition Tribunal has approved private equity firm Harith General Partners' acquisition of a 100 per cent stake in FlySafair, the country's largest airline, Aviation Week reports. The deal was signed on 10 February.
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Airbus' adjusted EBIT fell 9 per cent in Q3 to €1.77 billion, as A330neo and A321neo issues slowed deliveries, AeroTime reports. The planemaker kept its full year delivery target unchanged despite the slowdown.
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Boeing reported a net loss of $551 million for the first three quarters of 2026 on 27 October, with Commercial Airplanes still unprofitable despite a $745 billion backlog and 300 net new orders in Q3, and its shares fell over 10 per cent.
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In its first full quarter as an independent company, Honeywell Aerospace's sales rose 2 per cent to $4.64 billion and net income 13 per cent to $737 million, but mechanical parts shortages held back deliveries. Unfilled orders reached $19.3 billion.
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Prime Minister Andy Burnham visited Rolls-Royce in Derby on 29 October after plans for a 10 year, £2.5 billion research programme on gas turbine technology, which would see Rolls-Royce re enter the narrowbody engine market for mid to late 2030s aircraft.
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GE Aerospace has qualified NYCO's Turbonycoil 600 synthetic oil for the GEnx 1B, which powers most Boeing 787s, after more than three years of in flight evaluation with Air France, AeroTime reports.
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A review by Captain Amit Singh's Safety Matters Foundation found 63 of every 100 Indian pilots could be sleepy starting the final landing after a legally permitted night duty, questioning whether duty time rules keep pilots alert, CNBC TV18 reports.
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DGCA has extended a special exemption from flight duty time limitation rules until 31 March 2027. The Federation of Indian Pilots has written to the ministry opposing it, saying a temporary measure risks becoming a lasting safety weakness, Urban Acres reports.
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The NTSB issued a safety alert urging general aviation pilots to inspect and replace seat restraints, as many small aircraft carry belts and harnesses rated below the latest FAA requirements, Flying reports.
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The FAA has proposed safety requirements for Embraer's Enhanced Takeoff System on the E195 E2, which handles rotation and initial climb once pilots set takeoff thrust while the crew steers along the centreline, AeroTime reports.
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The FCC voted 3 to 0 on 29 October to let drones use the 800 MHz cellular band for command, control and payload links, ending a 1991 airborne ban. Routine beyond line of sight flight still waits on the FAA's Part 108, DroneXL reports.
Read more at dronexl.co →Matternet will sell its M3 drone delivery system through Swisslog Healthcare's TransLogic, whose pneumatic tubes run in more than 2,300 North American hospitals, starting in California, Florida and Arizona, DroneXL reports. The FAA has not yet cleared the drone.
Read more at dronexl.co →Signature Aviation's new Signature Access programme combines FBO charges into one price based on aircraft size, ramp time and location, with an online calculator, nearly a decade after AOPA complaints, AeroTime reports. It also limits special event surcharges.
Read more at AeroTime →An Azimuth Sukhoi Superjet 100 declared an emergency 20 minutes after leaving Yerevan and returned to Zvartnots, Simple Flying reports. The Russian airline has had several such incidents in recent years.
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BAA Training is running an 18 month integrated ATPL course with multi crew cooperation for two groups of Jazeera Airways cadets. The first group began in August at Lleida Alguaire, Spain, as the Kuwaiti low cost carrier adds narrowbodies, Halldale reports.
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European Aviation School, one of Spain's leading pilot schools, has renewed its Exail FMST A320 licences. The flight management trainer is part of its multi crew cooperation course, giving cadets hands on experience with flight planning and FMS programming.
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ALSIM has installed an AL42, an exact replica of the Diamond DA42 VI with a Garmin G1000 NXi, at FTEJerez's UK base at London Oxford Airport to support students through CPL and instrument rating training.
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Akasa Air will raise pilot salaries by up to 20 per cent from 1 January 2027, with higher guaranteed monthly pay, more annual leave and new work patterns, as the four year old airline grows its 737 MAX fleet, Aviation A2Z reports, citing PTI.
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A new AW139 Level D full flight simulator, built by Leonardo and CAE's Rotorsim venture, is operating at Bristow's training centre in Dyce, near Aberdeen, adding pilot training capacity for North Sea offshore and search and rescue work.
Read more at airmedandrescue.com →one G simulation has installed a Swiss12 advanced aviation training device, based on the Pilatus PC 12, at Air Bravo Corp's facility in Thunder Bay, Ontario, marking its entry into the Canadian market, Halldale reports.
Read more at halldale.com →Cadet pilot programmes first, then aviation and aerospace roles, checked today. Every listing links to the original page. The medical is your own affair.
Air shows and aviation conferences coming up, each checked against its own page this morning. Arrive early, out of habit.
Flight, propulsion and air-traffic research that landed recently. Preprints say so on the card. Findings stay where the source put them.
Scientists have demonstrated a remarkable new antenna that resembles a lightsaber, using a laser to create a tunable beam of plasma capable of transmitting radio waves. The technology could revolutionize wireless communications by allowing antennas to change their size and direction on demand, with promising applications in satellites.
Talks on flying and aerospace. Each one was still up on YouTube this morning.
Mentour Pilot, 33 min.