Articles by Anjuli Bhargava
Lessons for aviation sector from IndiGo’s new financial results
IndiGo's ₹1894 crore profit challenges myths of India's airline sector's inherent losses, highlighting mismanagement as a key issue for struggling airlines.
Updated on Oct 03, 2024 01:04 AM IST
Looking beyond the DGCA and the CAA
The aviation sector in India needs an independent regulator focused on safety and safety alone
Published on Sep 27, 2024 08:13 PM IST
Who will safeguard the interests of fliers?
In a country where the number of fliers is growing by the day and the choice of airlines shrinking by the year, we urgently need an empowered body or ombudsman that can exclusively safeguard passenger interests on a daily basis.
Updated on Sep 17, 2024 08:53 PM IST
Curbing the suicide contagion
The media plays a critical role in influencing fence-sitters who might be contemplating taking the drastic final step
Published on Sep 16, 2024 09:21 PM IST
Vistara’s promising run grounded at take-off
Vistara's merger with Air India evokes nostalgia for Jet Airways as loyal passengers express concern over service quality and uncertainty post-merger.
Updated on Sep 09, 2024 09:16 PM IST
Making India truly NIPUN needs more ammunition
Just like an element of competitiveness has crept in among the states over the SBA, so should happen in the case of NIPUN
Published on Aug 26, 2024 08:59 PM IST
Mind the gap
As a scramble to train and create talent in the skies picks up, who will bridge the most critical gaps
Published on Aug 21, 2024 04:38 PM IST
DGCA grounded by graft, incompetence
What India needs is not one DGCA trying to regulate everything and failing, but two new aviation regulatory bodies
Updated on Aug 15, 2024 09:27 PM IST
Goa: Killing the golden goose
Unless the political-business nexus is broken, India’s tiniest state will continue its inexorable decline
Published on Aug 15, 2024 08:00 AM IST
DGCA, airlines should ease pilot fatigue to ensure 100% passenger safety
Post-pandemic, the work-life balance of pilots, especially for a low-fare airline pilot, appears to have worsened.
Published on Jul 27, 2024 08:00 AM IST
Forgotten 5%, India's well-heeled flier, set to be back on airline radar soon
The premium segment is estimated to be around 5% of the total pie of US $16 billion in annual ticket sales for all airlines in India.
Published on Jul 26, 2024 08:00 AM IST
Studying abroad: When one size doesn’t fit all
Indian parents tendency to follow the herd is leading to many not so happy tales in its aftermath along with success stories
Published on Jul 01, 2024 11:55 PM IST
Reaching for the sky on a wing and a prayer
The history of aviation in India has been littered with such examples, where the abilities, financial worthiness, intentions, credentials and antecedents of the founders of various aviation-related businesses have been more than suspect and which led to many failed ventures
Published on Jun 26, 2024 09:13 PM IST
Why Air India’s overhaul plan has hit an air pocket
What is wrong with Air India and now, by proxy, the Tata group’s handling of it?
Published on Jun 11, 2024 11:14 PM IST
An aunt speaks up to seek justice for nephew
One night before Diwali, my 18-year-old nephew was injured in a serious car accident near the DND Expressway. He was in a car with six children, the driver being a minor, when their car rammed a stationary truck. My nephew sitting next to the driver in front took the brunt of it. He was critical for the next 10 days.
Updated on Nov 27, 2012 01:15 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Anjuli Bhargava