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IndiGo Posts a Loss of INR 100 Crore for Q2 FY15, Expands Fleet with Tigerair Aircraft

IndiGo lost INR 100 crore in the July to September 2014 quarter while passengers grew 21 percent. This piece compared its costs and strategy with SpiceJet's.

Radu BalasUpdated 18 Oct 20263 min read

Airlines

AirAsia India: Q2 FY15 Performance and Outlook

AirAsia India lost INR 28.8 crore in its first full quarter, July to September 2014, with two A320s, five destinations and 128,089 passengers. A look at the numbers, the plans, and where words and actions parted ways.

Radu Balas · 18 Oct 2026

By Radu Balas5 min read

Updated 18 Oct 2026

Airlines

Q2 Results and Prof. Sanjiv Kapoor's Introductory Class on Airline Economics

SpiceJet COO Sanjiv Kapoor turned the Q2 FY2015 results briefing into a lesson on RASK, CASK, load factors and pricing, while hinting at a recapitalisation. The Flying Engineer took notes and did its own per ASK sums.

Radu Balas · 18 Oct 2026

By Radu Balas10 min read

Updated 18 Oct 2026

Airlines

IndiGo Receives Its 100th Aircraft, Fleet Size Touches 84

On 3 November 2014 IndiGo took delivery of VT-IAY, the 100th A320 from its 2005 order, completing the first order and leaving an active fleet of 84 aircraft.

Radu Balas · 18 Oct 2026

By Radu Balas4 min read

Updated 18 Oct 2026

Airlines

SpiceJet in Q2: Great Performance in Testing Times

How SpiceJet's commercial team lifted Q2 FY2015 load factors to a record 82.5% through planned fare sales and new ancillary products, and why a cash crunch still kept the airline from a profit.

Radu Balas · 18 Oct 2026

By Radu Balas9 min read

Updated 18 Oct 2026

Airlines

AirAsia India: Aircraft utilisation crosses 10 hours with double daily Kochi, Hyderabad next?

AirAsia India added a second daily Bangalore to Kochi flight from 14 August 2014, pushing its single A320 past 10 hours of use a day. The gap in its schedule pointed to Hyderabad as the next city.

Radu Balas · 18 Oct 2026

By Radu Balas3 min read

Updated 18 Oct 2026

Airlines

IndiGo May Lease Airplanes on Short Term from Tiger Airways

In July 2014 IndiGo was understood to be looking at Tigerair A320s on short term lease, with nine ex Tigerair Mandala aircraft sitting in storage at Kuala Lumpur.

Radu Balas · 18 Oct 2026

By Radu Balas3 min read

Updated 18 Oct 2026

Airlines

TATA-SIA Airline's First A320 Gets Ready

TATA-SIA's first A320-232 with sharklets flew at Toulouse in July 2014 as F-WWDT, due to become VT-TTB, as the airline waited on its AOP and chose IAE engines.

Radu Balas · 18 Oct 2026

By Radu Balas2 min read

Updated 18 Oct 2026

Airlines

Could SpiceJet have been profitable in FY2013-14?

Our June 2014 study of SpiceJet's record INR 1,003 crore loss: load factors, utilisation, maintenance, commissions and the Q400, plus what the new team under Sanjiv Kapoor was changing. The airline's response is included.

Radu Balas · 18 Oct 2026

By Radu Balas9 min read

Updated 18 Oct 2026

Airlines

AirAsia India Proving Flights: Day 2

On 2 May 2014 AirAsia India flew its second day of proving flights with VT-ATF, including Chennai to Kolkata, bringing the total to seven sectors before the DGCA decided on the Air Operator Permit.

Radu Balas · 18 Oct 2026

By Radu Balas1 min read

Updated 18 Oct 2026

Airlines

AirAsia India's Proving Flights Take Off

On 1 May 2014 VT-ATF flew AirAsia India's first proving flights, Chennai to Cochin to Bangalore to Chennai, with DGCA officials on board. What proving flights test, and the timeline to the AOP and launch.

Radu Balas · 18 Oct 2026

By Radu Balas2 min read

Updated 18 Oct 2026

Airlines

A Start-up's Hiccups: Air Costa Cancels 22 Flights

Six months after launch, Air Costa cancelled the 22 daily E170 flights in its summer schedule because it had only 22 pilots for four Embraer jets. Why the shortage happened and how the airline handled it.

Radu Balas · 18 Oct 2026

By Radu Balas3 min read

Updated 18 Oct 2026

Airlines

Air Costa to Commercially Fly the First Embraer E190 Flight Today

On 30 March 2014 Air Costa put an E190, VT-LBR, into service on Hyderabad to Jaipur, the first commercial E190 flight in India, after an E170 developed a cracked windshield.

Radu Balas · 18 Oct 2026

By Radu Balas1 min read

Updated 18 Oct 2026

Airlines

Air Costa gets approval to fly the Embraer E190s

On 27 March 2014 the DGCA cleared Air Costa to fly its two Embraer E190s, VT-LBR and VT-LVR, making it the first Indian airline to operate the type.

Radu Balas · 18 Oct 2026

By Radu Balas2 min read

Updated 18 Oct 2026

Airlines

Airborne: AirAsia India's First Aircraft, A320-216SL MSN6015 VT-ATF

Live coverage of the 21 March 2014 ferry flight of VT-ATF from Toulouse to Chennai via Ankara, with 18 updates tracking the aircraft across Europe, Turkey and the Arabian Sea to a water cannon welcome.

Radu Balas · 18 Oct 2026

By Radu Balas3 min read

Updated 18 Oct 2026

Airlines

AirAsia India's First A320 to Leave Toulouse Today for Chennai

On 12 March 2014 sources in Toulouse said VT-ATF, AirAsia India's first A320-216SL, would ferry to Chennai via Ankara, clearing the way for route proving flights and the Air Operator Permit.

Radu Balas · 18 Oct 2026

By Radu Balas1 min read

Updated 18 Oct 2026

Airlines

AirAsia's Airbuses, and Those Who Wish to Fly Them

In February 2014 AirAsia India cleared a DGCA objections review, its first A320 (MSN 6015, later VT-ATF) was flying at Toulouse, and 35 pilots were on strength. What crew who switch airlines were looking for.

Radu Balas · 18 Oct 2026

By Radu Balas3 min read

Updated 18 Oct 2026

News

2013 Orders and Deliveries: Airbus, ATR, Boeing, Bombardier, Embraer

How the five big commercial aircraft makers closed 2013: Boeing ahead of Airbus, Embraer ahead of Bombardier in regional jets, and ATR well ahead of the Q400.

Radu Balas · 18 Oct 2026

By Radu Balas1 min read

Updated 18 Oct 2026

News

General Aviation: Flight Safety Beyond Regulations

India's rules did not require flight recorders on single engine aircraft. This piece showed how Garmin G1000 data logging can still support flight data monitoring.

Radu Balas · 18 Oct 2026

By Radu Balas3 min read

Updated 18 Oct 2026

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