Cruising Heights - July 2022

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Cruising Heights’ July, 2022 issue mainly focusses on global air passenger traffic resuming and picking up pace rapidly in the post-Covid era. The edition analyses the story of Delhi and Bengaluru airports emerging as Vistara’s new hubs. The issue also carries a detailed article on the rapidly booming India-Vietnam sector with operationalisation of many direct flights between the two countries. The edition also carries a comprehensive report on the 78th Annual General Meeting of IATA, held recently in Doha. A Panorama presentation on sleeper berths in economy class of Air New Zealand take the issue to an interesting conclusion. The July, 2022 edition of the magazine is a must-read for everybody

Vistara's emerging hubs

Mumbai airport was the largest airport in the country by passenger traffic until 2008-2009. The title shifted to Delhi airport, and Delhi has been going strong since then, with the gap with Mumbai increasing with every passing year. No wonder then that the new airlines which started since then, focused more on Delhi and in some cases even Bengaluru.

6 mins

The India-Vietnam connection

The India-Vietnam tourism sector is flourishing in the post-pandemic era with many airlines entering the fray.

6 mins

There is nothing like getting on a plane

After two years of Covid restrictions and grounded fleet, airlines and airports worldwide are scrambling to cope with the growing number of travellers. While it will mean a remarkable turnaround for the industry, it has brought in its wake a desperate effort to hire staff, manage employees, and ramp up operations. An insight into the worldwide impact of the growing passenger numbers.

8 mins

Sleeping in 'economy'

For the first time, economy class passengers are going to have the option of stretching out for some sleep on actual beds during their flights.

1 min

IATA's post-Covid call

The 78th Annual General Meeting of IATA in Doha (June 19-21, 2022) was a celebration that aviation is back with a bang. The first full meeting in the post-Covid era, there was renewed enthusiasm, and the industry reviewed the past two years and set new objectives for the global aviation industry to achieve over the next few years.

10+ mins

Superjet's Russian engine readies for flight

Russia's United Engine Corporation has completed ground testing of the PD-8 turbofan and has begun preparing it for flight trials on the Ilyushin-76LL testbed later this year.

1 min

Blue Dart signs UNFCCC Climate Neutral Now Pledge

Blue Dart has signed the 'Climate Neutral Now' (CNN) pledge by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). The pledge highlights the organisation's commitment to ambitious CO2 reduction targets.

1 min

IndiGo awarded 'Indian Air cargo Transport Leader of Covid Vaccine'

IndiGo has won the Indian Air cargo Covid Transport Leader of Covid Vaccine award at the recently held CarGo India Conference in Mumbai.

1 min

Mumbai Airport declared India's 'Cargo Airport of the Year'

Mumbai's Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (CSMIA) has won the title of 'Cargo Airport of the Year-Region India' at the Air Cargo India-2022 Exhibition & Conference, for excellence in Air Cargo for the fifth time in a row.

1 min

SpiceJet gets certifications for cargo delivery to EU & UK

SpiceJet has announced that it has acquired two essential certifications that would allow the company to move mail and cargo of other airlines through SpiceJet effortlessly.

1 min

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Cruising Heights Magazine Description:

CRUISING HEIGHTS is India's best known monthly aviation magazine with equal interests in air cargo, travel and tourism. In its four years of existence, Cruising Heights has received accolades from the Minister of Civil Aviation, Aviation CEOs, Airport Developers, Travel Agents Associations and others for its path-breaking stories.One of the first true aviation magazines of the country, Cruising Heights was started with the idea of supporting professionals in the airline business to make informed choices on a variety of subjects from ground handling to cargo to airport development-all of which are transforming the Indian aviation scene in mind-boggling ways. Later, due to the interest it generated and in response to demands from the travel and tourism industry stakeholders we have targeted the general reader-the educated Indian who is keen to be an informed Indian-to know what's happening in the business.