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Anjuli Bhargava

Anjuli Bhargava

Articles by Anjuli Bhargava

A flight plan for IndiGo’s future

An IndiGo flight lands at the Noida International Airport in Jewar. (HT Photo)

Updated on Jul 8, 2026 03:47 IST

A flight plan for IndiGo’s future

An IndiGo flight lands at the Noida International Airport in Jewar. (HT Photo)

Updated on Jul 8, 2026 01:15 IST

Why AAIB’s AI-171 investigation faces a major crisis of confidence

Wreckage of the crashed Air India plane AI-171 in Ahmedabad, Gujarat. (PTI File)

Updated on Jul 2, 2026 02:03 IST

Noida Airport’s promises and portents at take-off

The commencement of operations offers a much-needed distraction from the dire straits the aviation sector finds itself in at the moment. (Reuters)

Updated on Jun 14, 2026 17:02 IST

What will it take for this flight to take off?

After the West Asia troubles intensified, airlines requested the government for concessions on ATF pricing and other duties and levies. Although the Centre capped ATF price increases at <span class='webrupee'>₹</span>15 per litre for domestic operations, the price of fuel for international operations soared, making international operations unviable. (Reuters)

Updated on Jun 4, 2026 15:39 IST

Fuel switches and the competing theories in Air India Dreamliner crash probe

A fire offical stands next to the crashed Air India Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner aircraft, in Ahmedabad, India, June 13, 2025. (REUTERS)

Updated on May 30, 2026 24:56 IST

Fatigued pilots and a tired roster regulation

DGCA permits a pilot to be scheduled for 60 hours of duty per seven days but a 2021 WHO-ILO report finds that anything above 55 hours of flying per week elevates the risk of stroke by 35% and the risk of death from ischemic heart disease by 17%. (HT Archive)

Updated on May 9, 2026 08:09 IST

Amid the global churn, flying into turbulence

Updated on Apr 23, 2026 19:31 IST

Air India’s continuing saga of turbulence

Some industry watchers believe that SIA’s interest in Air India is driven more by a desire to look after its own. A few even argue that the SIA investment in Air India has more to do with ensuring that its own traffic — heavily dependent on Indian passengers — remains intact. (PTI)

Updated on Apr 13, 2026 15:19 IST

Swadeshi impulses in Indian civil aviation

India’s confidence in the aviation space, especially among the top talent, has grown. Many senior executives have contributed significantly to the country’s expanding airline business, making up with hard work and determination for what they perhaps lacked in credentials or overseas experience. (PTI)

Updated on Mar 19, 2026 15:25 IST

Civil Aviation: Never A Dull Moment

Rating agency ICRA had estimated that the domestic air passenger traffic would grow by 6-8% and touch 175-179 million passengers in 2026-27.

Updated on Mar 19, 2026 05:38 IST

India’s flying training organisations need reset

The last several weeks have seen several incidents involving India’s FTOs and smaller trainer-aircraft. In January itself, an IndiaOne Air Cessna Grand C208B aircraft with six on board crash landed in Odisha’s Rourkela. Thankfully, there were no fatalities. (Fire Department/ANI)

Updated on Feb 27, 2026 24:36 IST

A plea in SC is asking tough questions about air travel costs. Rightly so.

Aircraft parked amid dense fog at IGI airport in New Delhi. (ANI)

Updated on Feb 18, 2026 14:06 IST

Air India under Tatas: From high hopes to hard questions

A woman walks past an Air India display at Begumpet airport in Hyderabad. (PTI)

Updated on Feb 2, 2026 14:12 IST

India’s aviation sector needs a regulatory reset

Some aggrieved passengers, in the absence of an ombudsman for the sector, are planning to claim appropriate compensation in consumer courts. (REUTERS)

Updated on Jan 22, 2026 15:03 IST

IndiGo crisis: Turbulence to absurdity

Stranded passengers searching for their luggage near a counter after IndiGo cancelled more than 400 flights at the airport in Bengaluru on December 5, 2025. This was one of many airports where the mass mess unfolded in that week. (PTI file photo)

Updated on Jan 22, 2026 08:13 IST

Reimagining India’s civil aviation in 2026

What irked us the most in the aftermath of the accident is the lack of transparency in what was eventually communicated to the public. (HT Archive)

Updated on Jan 9, 2026 07:53 IST

The DigiYatra’s journey hasn’t been seamless. But the future beckons

While the adoption of DigiYatra has been robust, the hard part lies ahead: How does one get the remaining 140-odd million domestic fliers to adopt the app? (Shutterstock)

Updated on Jan 6, 2026 11:58 IST

Focus on smaller airports before building mega ones

Several smaller airports already handle large volumes of traffic but urgently need to be made more efficient or get upgrades to cater to growing traffic. The Hindon airport in the NCR is one such. (HT Archive)

Updated on Dec 25, 2025 15:26 IST

IndiGo meltdown: Humpty Dumpty’s Fall

Indigo Airline staff works to deliver delayed and misplaced luggage to passengers’ addresses after IndiGo cancels flights at Indira Gandhi International Airport, in New Delhi earlier this month. (ANI Photo/Naveen Sharma)

Updated on Dec 16, 2025 12:06 IST

IndiGo crisis exposes a broken regulatory system

Luggage piled up at Delhi’s IGI Airport amid the IndiGo flight cancellations and delays. (ANI)

Updated on Dec 8, 2025 22:18 IST

Airport chaos: Why the malaise may run deeper

Flying within India in the last month or so hasn’t been a party. (Sanjeev Verma/ Hindustan Times)

Updated on Dec 4, 2025 14:39 IST

Hindon and the case for efficient, low-cost airports

For budget-conscious fliers living in and around East Delhi and even Noida, Hindon is a lifeline. (HT Archive)

Updated on Nov 27, 2025 15:17 IST

The Cat with Ten Lives

A SpiceJet aircraft flies past a rainbow in Chennai. (AFP)

Updated on Nov 18, 2025 13:36 IST

A breather for pilots, better late than never

2023 in particular saw a number of incidents including a few commanders dying while on duty, creating a panic in the industry and a buzz on social media. (Representative photo)

Updated on Nov 13, 2025 05:59 IST

The promise of the Navi Mumbai airport

The NMIA constitutes a memorable milestone for India’s aviation sector. (HT Photo)

Updated on Nov 6, 2025 15:15 IST

An overlooked factor of flight safety in India

Well-trained and experienced staff shoulder the bulk of the workload, often handling 30-35 aircraft at a time in busy air spaces, instead of the five to 10 that is considered ideal. (HT Archive)

Updated on Oct 2, 2025 15:34 IST

100 days after the AI-171 jet crash, questions persist

File photo of the wreckage showing the tail section of the Air India Boeing 787-8 is pictured in a residential area near the airport in Ahmedabad on June 14, 2025, after the aircraft operating as flight 171 crashed shortly after taking off on June 12. Investigators recovered a black box recorder on June 13 from the crash site of a London-bound passenger jet that ploughed into a residential area of India's Ahmedabad city, killing at least 265 people on board and on the ground. (Photo by DIBYANGSHU SARKAR / AFP)

Updated on Sep 25, 2025 23:18 IST

What Akasa gets right about airline operations in India

The Indian flying public should rejoice that Akasa Air now shows promise of becoming a strong number three in a market that is veering towards a duopoly. (Shutterstock)

Updated on Sep 18, 2025 15:07 IST

A new licensing system that will shake up pilot training

The shortage of commanders and pilots to operate this fleet is already at around 15-20% as per industry estimates,

Updated on Sep 10, 2025 21:07 IST

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