Airlines And Air Transportation

JET AIRWAYS
Jet Airways is India’s premier international airline which provides passengers with one of the finest experiences across the skies. Jet Airways’ high standards of service and reliability, efficient operations and focus on innovation has enabled it to become one of India’s favourite domestic and international airline. Jet Airways has been the most preferred domestic airline in India. It strives to be the first choice carrier for the travelling public and set standards, which other competing airlines will seek to match. Jet Airways aspires to be an airline which would upgrade the concept of domestic airline travel – be a world class domestic airline.

PAWAN HANS LIMITED
Pawan Hans Limited is a helicopter service company based in New Delhi, India. Pawan Hans is a Mini Ratna-I category PSU. It has cumulatively flown more than 7 lakh hours and has had 25 lakh landings on its fleet since its formation. The operations are based at the Juhu Aerodrome in Vile Parle (West), Mumbai. Other than providing helicopter services to ONGC to its off-shore locations, this public sector company is often engaged for providing services to various state governments in India, particularly in North-east India, apart from providing Inter-island ferry services in Andaman & Nicobar Islands.

INDIGO
IndiGo was set up in early 2006 by Rahul Bhatia of InterGlobe Enterprises and Rakesh Gangwal, a United States-based NRI. IndiGo is an Indian Low-cost airline headquartered at Gurgaon, India. It is the largest airline in India in terms of passengers flown with the highest market share in India. The airline offers more than 681 daily flights connecting 40 destinations including 5 international destinations with its primary hub at Indira Gandhi International Airport, Delhi. It presently operates a fleet of 101 aircraft belonging to the Airbus A320 family.

GOAIR (WADIA GROUP)
GoAir was founded in the year 2005 by Jehangir Wadia, the younger son of eminent Indian industrialist Nusli Wadia. The airline marked the entry into the critical aviation sector for the Wadia Group, an Indian business conglomerate famous for its companies like Bombay Dyeing and Britannia Industries. The Wadia group wholly owns the airline. GoAir launched its operations in November 2005 using Airbus A320 aircraft. GoAir launched its operations as a low-fare carrier with the objective of commoditizing air travel and offering airline seats at a marginal premium to train fares across India. The airline currently operates over 140 daily flights and approximately 975 weekly flights across 22 destinations.

SPICEJET
SpiceJet is an Indian low-cost airline headquartered in Gurgaon, India. It is India’s fourth largest airline by number of passengers carried, with market share of 12.3% as of July 2015. The origin of SpiceJet tracks back to February 1993 when ModiLuft was launched by Indian industrialist S K Modi, in technical partnership with the German flag carrier Lufthansa. SpiceJet currently operates over 290 flights daily to 34 Indian and 9 international destinations. The airline flies Boeing 737-800, 900ERs and Bombardier Dash 8 Q400s. Despite competition, it has held its brand position consistently through the years.

VISTARA
Vistara, a full-service airline, is a joint venture between Tata Sons Ltd. and Singapore Airlines (SIA). The name Vistara is drawn from the Sanskrit word Vistaar, which means limitless expanse. Just like the limitless expanse of the sky, the name also alludes to the limitless possibilities, which mirrors the company’s ambitions. Also ingrained in Vistara is the word tara, a star, which is depicted in the logo. Since its inception in January 2015, Vistara has innovated both flight experience and service quality to world-class levels, becoming the fastest growing airline of the past year. With its highly innovative strategies like offering premium economy seats, Vistara has very quickly achieved the most recognisable status.