8 mins read 5 Jun 2026
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Tarun Shukla
Senior Editor, ET Prime
Award-winning journalist and author of Sky High: The Untold Story of IndiGo (Harper Collins). Tracks aviation. Past work in Mint, WSJ, and The Pioneer. Winner of SOPA gold award for investigative rep ...
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To cut or not to cut: What happens to Air India free-meals as losses swell
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When flight costs more than cure: Air ambulance becomes an Iran war casualty
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Crashes, chaos: A nightmarish fiscal Air India, IndiGo and govt may like to forget
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After Go First horror, can à la Dublin at GIFT City comfort aircraft lessors?
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Why new law to avoid a Go First repeat fails to calm global aircraft lessors
8 mins read 11 Mar 2026
How IndiGo-Air India duopoly is causing turbulence at MakeMyTrip, peers
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A tale of two events: How IndiGo-Air India power balance changed in 6 months
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Go First fix: Rules for grounded aircraft eased. Enough to protect lessors?
8 mins read 3 Feb 2026
Fly91’s bumpy climb mirrors why genuine airline startups struggle in India
9 mins read 21 Jan 2026
Why Dec chaos will weigh on IndiGo’s Q3 results; SpiceJet to remain shaky
8 mins read 14 Jan 2026
Air India crash, IndiGo chaos: The year that left people, and govt, helpless
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Cost fixation, leadership style: Why IndiGo chaos is not just about pilot hiring
16 mins read 15 Dec 2025
India’s newest airline is quietly prepping for IPO. Can it pull it off?
9 mins read 9 Dec 2025
How IndiGo’s billions didn’t save it in hour of need as it made enemies of staff
12 mins read 8 Dec 2025
Ageing tech, missed upgrades: Delhi airport system crash was waiting to happen
6 mins read 12 Nov 2025
How Akasa plans to get its share of the sky despite IndiGo-Air India duopoly
8 mins read 11 Nov 2025
Aircraft with no seats! Akasa, Air India are stuck in a US regulatory logjam
10 mins read 7 Nov 2025
Air India wanted to create an IndiGo rival, instead it landed in an INR6k crore mess
13 mins read 22 Oct 2025
How GMR Airports rose from the ashes to become an INR1 Lakh crore company
13 mins read 13 Oct 2025
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7 mins read 17 Sep 2025
With red ink all over its balance sheet, has the countdown begun for SpiceJet?
7 mins read 11 Sep 2025
Gangwal exited ‘paan ki dukaan’ IndiGo With INR30k cr. Did he see this coming?
12 mins read 9 Sep 2025
Late salaries, rising dues, cash crunch: Why is SpiceJet again flying dangerously low?
13 mins read 28 Aug 2025
IndiGo’s GIFT City unit: Simple expansion or is there more to it than meets the eye?
8 mins read 18 Aug 2025
3 years on, Akasa’s next challenge: Staying in the air against IndiGo’s dominance
9 mins read 11 Aug 2025
Why Air India could loom large on its biggest rival IndiGo’s Q1 results
5 mins read 25 Jul 2025
Just before the Air India crash, did India avert another deadly mishap?
9 mins read 7 Jul 2025
