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Akasa Air finally gets some wind in its tail
The Vinay Dube-led airline is now the third-largest in terms of revenue and on course to hit a major milestone, although some concerns remain.
11 Sept 2025
The rise and rise of Saudi Arabia in the Middle East aviation landscape
Sanjiv Kapoor, the aviation veteran who moved to the kingdom in 2023, speaks about the country’s ambition in aviation and how this could change the regional dynamics of a sector till now dominated by the UAE and Qatar.
27 Aug 2025
Wizz Air bows out of Abu Dhabi
Six years after entering the Gulf, the airline is pulling back to focus on Europe.
14 Jul 2025
The Middle East is ground zero for the air-taxi phenomenon
As regulatory hurdles slow the growth of the nascent eVTOL business worldwide, the region is quietly becoming the proving ground for the futuristic mode of transport.
09 Jul 2025
Air India is Chandrasekaran’s cross to bear
The AI171 crash has handed the Tata Sons chairman the biggest crisis of his career. What he does from here on will define his and the group’s legacy.
24 Jun 2025
Riyadh Air makes new moves at the Paris Air Show
Saudi ambition soars, UAE’s oil is moving overseas and the latest in real estate.
18 Jun 2025
Budget IndiGo finds business class to be a ‘Stretch’
A premium offering from India’s largest airline has not evoked the expected response from flyers and just goes to show that breaking away from its low-cost DNA isn’t easy.
21 May 2025
Emirates posts record revenue, profit in FY25
The airline saw its revenue jump to AED 127.9 billion while its profit after tax came in at AED 19.1 billion
08 May 2025
IndiGo’s Rahul Bhatia may have another winner—in hospitality
The partnership between his InterGlobe Hotels and French multinational Accor poses a serious challenge to the leadership of Tata’s IHCL and American multinational Marriott in the hospitality business.
28 Apr 2025
Why it's too soon to say SpiceJet has made a comeback
The Ajay Singh-led airline may have claimed it has turned profitable, or has a positive net worth for the first time in a decade, but a closer look suggests otherwise.
04 Mar 2025