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SpiceJet's Inaugural Bangalore to Bangkok Run

On board SG 91, SpiceJet's first flight from Bangalore to Bangkok on 27 October 2013: the crew, the route, the load sheet, the weather, the cabin and the welcome at Suvarnabhumi.

Radu BalasUpdated 18 Oct 20269 min read

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First Photo of an Air Costa Aircraft with an Indian Registration

The first good public photo of an Air Costa Embraer 170 in Indian markings: VT-LSR, caught at Bangalore on 18 October 2013 by a young photographer, Karthik Kumar.

Radu Balas · 18 Oct 2026

By Radu Balas1 min read

Updated 18 Oct 2026

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The 747-8: Lufthansa-Boeing's Mistake

A 2013 look at the Boeing 747-8: how Lufthansa and Boeing worked together, why only 100 orders came in, and how the A380 and 777 took its markets.

Radu Balas · 18 Oct 2026

By Radu Balas2 min read

Updated 18 Oct 2026

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Indian Aviation Sector Going to Be Better

What IndiGo president Aditya Ghosh said about the airline business at the NASSCOM India Leadership Forum 2013, from penny pinching to why India needs more aircraft rather than more airlines.

Radu Balas · 18 Oct 2026

By Radu Balas2 min read

Updated 18 Oct 2026

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Air Costa: Set to Fly with Embraer E170 Jets

(I so badly wanted to title this: "India's second ERJ 170 series operator: Air Costa". But we've learnt our lessons of a volatile industry, the hard way.) Air Costa, the Vijayawada based operator that

Radu Balas · 19 Oct 2026

By Radu Balas5 min read

Updated 19 Oct 2026

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India Aviation 2012: Exhibitors

A page about the exhibitors at India Aviation 2012, the civil aviation show held at Begumpet Airport, Hyderabad, in March 2012. The original exhibitor list was not preserved.

Radu Balas · 18 Oct 2026

By Radu Balas1 min read

Updated 18 Oct 2026

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