India

The US carrier is resuming service to India’s capital for the first time in almost a decade.

Routes profiles IndiGo, the Indian LCC and Routes Reconnected attendee.

Seven new routes are being launched under a government scheme which seeks to enhance connectivity to remote and regional areas.

The carrier is growing its footprint in the Indian market with a new route to Mumbai.

The Indian carrier plans to add 66 new flights across its domestic network, including additional services on existing routes.

The carrier, trying to restart its network, has been grounded for too long to receive old slots, government rules.

IndiGo’s domestic network is set to extend to 67 destinations from April.

Vistara becomes the latest airline to add flights to the Maldives.

The two carriers are set to introduce more than 20 new routes in India over the coming months.

Jaipur is the focus for SpiceJet’s latest domestic expansion.

Canada’s flag-carrier intends to begin serving India’s capital from Montreal in April, ahead of launching a seasonal route between the Canadian city and Cairo.

IndiGo’s domestic network will grow to 63 destinations once the route launches.

SpiceJet is restoring service to Pakyong Airport in India, which has been without any commercial routes since June 2019.

The airport's CEO expects BOM's domestic traffic to fully recover to pre-pandemic levels by the end of 2021 or early 2022.

The carrier plans to start flying to the UAE’s third most populous city.

The Indian airline will rival Air India and Lufthansa in serving the Delhi-Frankfurt market.

Connectivity is being enhanced from Jharsuguda and Hyderabad, while the Indian airline is also starting a new route to Ras Al-Khaimah.

As SpiceJet adds new services, Routes looks at the top airports, airlines and routes in India this week.

Routes to Mumbai and Delhi will not go ahead as planned although the carrier has begun flights from Manchester to Pakistan.

The grounded Indian carrier could resume domestic and international routes by next summer.

The service to SFO will become the airline’s farthest route and the longest flight to and from India.

UK government funding makes airline's launch possible.

The pair of routes will add capacity to a market that has been unserved nonstop since Jet Airways suspended flights 18 months ago.

Routes analyzes some of the services returning as well as new routes being launched. This week we look at Qantas resuming trans-Tasman flights; Air India expanding with a new Canadian service; and Air Arabia Abu Dhabi’s latest network addition.

Located 80 km south of Delhi, the new airport will handle at least 12 million passengers annually.