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Akasa, Air India Express or SpiceJet: plenty on offer for Adani’s airline play
A regulatory easing could see the billionaire’s conglomerate move from running airports to owning an airline—an idea he is warming up to, with multiple options open.
23 Jul 2026
FLY91 tastes breakeven. Now it must scale
The Manoj Chacko-led regional airline has had a promising start. Will the lessons of the past keep it on course while it expands?
24 Jun 2026
The next chapter for the UAE, after the Iran war
Peace talks bring relief to the Emirates, but there’s still a ways to go before full-scale recovery.
17 Jun 2026
IndiGo’s cost puzzle points to a deeper pilot problem
A drop in employee costs, despite the need to hire pilots under the new DGCA norms, raises fresh concerns about IndiGo’s staffing, and its vulnerability to a December 2025-scale disruption.
08 Jun 2026
Why Air India is cracking under pressure
From airspace closures to fuel shocks, external factors expose deeper vulnerabilities at the Tata Sons-Singapore Airlines carrier.
13 May 2026
Air India peegate’s unintended victim
Nearly four years after the unsavoury incident that created a national furore, the alleged offender’s life has come undone. He has been defeated by a system that does not deem him worthy of transparency or a chance at finding closure.
07 May 2026
Can Jeet Adani’s airports ride out Iran war?
The Adani group plans to spend Rs 1 lakh crore over the next five years to develop its airport business. While everything—including the funding—is sorted, a prolonged war could disturb the math.
07 Apr 2026
How Gulf aviation is navigating the Iran war
The most profitable airline carriers are having to contend with the new realities of flying in the face of missiles and drones.
25 Mar 2026
Iran war: New attacks engulf the UAE, as the conflict drags on
Dubai International Airport and Fujairah port were once again disrupted on Monday. Separately, there is a new warning that this conflict could result in the region’s worst crises in decades.
16 Mar 2026
Rahul Bhatia is IndiGo’s good, and bad, news
Investors have backed the founder’s move to ease out the airline’s CEO and take charge in the interim. But they should be worried about the airline’s dependence on him.
11 Mar 2026
