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NEW DELHI : Akasa Air is a long-term investment for Rare Enterprises and the Rakesh Jhunjhunwala family, the airline’s founder and chief executive officer Vinay Dube said, pointing to the lengthy investment horizons of the late legendary investor. “If you look at Rakesh’s average holding time, I believe you will see the average holding time from his equity investments is over nine years. Whatever chatter (about dilution of stake) is so inconsistent with decades of investment that Rakesh has made.

A small missing part forced pilots of a FedEx cargo plane to make an off-balance emergency landing

Akasa Air is «well capitalised» with adequate funds to place a three-digit aircraft order by the end of this year and has the potential to grow at a much faster pace, according to the airline's chief Vinay Dube. The airline is set to complete one year of flying next month, and in the words of Dube, «we have exceeded our expectations». Currently, the carrier has 19 aircraft and the 20th aircraft is expected to be inducted this month, which will also make it eligible for international operations.

Less than six months after it began operating, Bonza says it will cut five routes from its schedule while it waits for new planes to arrive after they finish operating in the northern hemisphere summer later this year.

By David Randall

New Delhi: Indian airlines face a potential capacity shortage during the peak December quarter travel season, as aircraft induction plans of major carriers are progressing at a sluggish pace, according to data from aircraft tracking site Flightradar24 . Since the suspension of low-cost carrier Go First, domestic airlines’ fleet size has risen by just 0.9% to around 680. Only three major scheduled carriers, including market leader IndiGo, Tata Group’s Air India and startup carrier Akasa Air have added airplanes to their fleet since May.

₹500 crore from its promoter Ajay Singh, offering a lifeline to the financially-beleaguered budget airline. Singh will infuse the funds by subscribing to fresh equity shares and/or convertible instruments. The decision was made at SpiceJet’s board meeting on Wednesday to consider various options to raise funds either by selling shares or convertible securities on a preferential basis or both.

interest rates over the past year and a half, but it will take time for the full impact to feed through, the Bank of England said on Wednesday. The Bank last month raised rates to 5%, up from 0.1% at the end of 2021, raising concerns about a hit to households, businesses and the broader financial sector that could push the economy into a recession.

Investigators say a broken part inside the nose landing gear of a Delta plane forced pilots to make a skidding, nose-down landing last month in Charlotte, North Carolina

By Amanda Cooper

dollar sank to a two-month low against its major peers on Wednesday in the lead-up to a key U.S. inflation reading, while sterling scaled a 15-month top on expectations the Bank of England (BoE) has further to go in raising rates. U.S.

British wages rose at the joint fastest pace on record but official data also showed signs that the inflationary heat in the labour market is cooling, offering the prospect of relief for the Bank of England.Sterling edged up but yields on two-year British government bonds, which are sensitive to speculation about interest rates, fell sharply, suggesting investors were dialling back their bets on how much higher the BoE would go with its run of rate hikes. «There were some tentative signs that the labour market may be turning… But this has to be balanced against still persistently strong wage growth,» Ellie Henderson, an economist with bank Investec, said. «The Bank will likely want to see an easing in the wage growth numbers before it can think about declaring an end to the fight against inflation.» The 7.3% surge in basic earnings in the three months to May compared with the same period a year ago was the joint highest alongside April's growth — which was revised up on Tuesday from an initial 7.2% — and the second quarter of 2021, according to data which goes back to 2001.

The Australian International Pilots Association has told the Federal Court that Qantas should have to pay its pilots if it bypasses them to hire from outside the company to fly its biggest planes, saying the pilots “reasonably” considered the airline’s request before declining it.

LONDON (Reuters) -British wages excluding bonuses hit their joint highest growth rate on record, rising by 7.3% in the three months to May from the same period a year earlier, according to official data that are likely to reinforce the Bank of England's inflation worries.

By Tim Hepher

Godrej Aerospace said on Monday it will pitch to manufacture modules of GE 414 engines and become part of the supply chain to manufacture engines that will power the country's next generation indigenous fighter jets. Under the deal announced during Prime Minister Narendra Modi's state visit to the U.S.

LONDON (Reuters) — Pay pressures in Britain's labour market cooled further in June, according to a survey of recruiters published on Monday that could help ease some of the Bank of England's (BoE) concerns about inflation pressure.

Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey rejected the need for an inflation target higher than 2%, warning that changing the goal would «unpick expectations.» He told a conference in Aix-en-Provence in France that the BOE has flexibility built into its remit that can give the central bank longer to bring price growth down but that it was «critical that flexibility isn't confused with not pursuing 2%.» The BOE is grappling with inflation at 8.7%, over four times its remit. It raised rates by a surprise half point to 5% last month.

BoE Gov Bailey Speaks (on July 09): Bank of England (BOE) Governor Andrew Bailey (Mar 2020 - Mar 2028) is to speak. As head of the BOE's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) which controls short term interest rates, Bailey has more influence over sterling's value than any other person. Traders scrutinize his public engagements for clues regarding future monetary policy.

Virgin Australia chief executive Jayne Hrdlicka says there is “no pressure” when it comes to timing the airline’s plan to go public, dismissing the arrival of aviation’s super profits era as the upshot of typically cyclical airline earnings.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board is probing an engine fire that occurred last week on a Boeing (NYSE:BA) 737 Max plane operated by United Airlines at Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey, the agency said in a report on Friday.