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Airlines of the Past-Here come the Jet's
As an aviation fanatic, one thing that fascinates me more than anything about aviation is how, with its advent, one can travel between...
Maanav Parikh
Mar 174 min read
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IndiGo's Growth Gambit: -Riding on India's Travel Boom
Indigo seems to be having a time of its life. The airline is recording record profit and passenger numbers and expanding like no other,...
Maanav Parikh
Mar 63 min read
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Airlines of the Past-Air Deccan
Picture via AirHex.com In today's day and age, low-cost, no-frill airlines like Indigo and SpiceJet seem to be the preferred choice for...
Maanav Parikh
Feb 243 min read
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Airlines of the past-East West Airlines
If I were to ask you what the first private airline was in India, what would your answer be? When posed with this question, many...
Maanav Parikh
Jan 272 min read
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Project 2025-The Indian Airline Edition
With this year coming to a close seeing the highest of highs and the lowest of lows, Indian Aviation is all ready to enter 2025. Not only...
Maanav Parikh
Dec 24, 20244 min read
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Airlines of the past-Indian Airlines
Picture via Air Tickets History If I were to ask you what airlines operated during the pre-liberalization era in India, one might assume...
Maanav Parikh
Oct 1, 20246 min read
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Airlines of the Past-Air Sahara (Sahara Airlines)
Picture via air tickets history "Emotionally yours", Does that slogan ring a bell in your head. Maybe not! but for Avgeeks specially my...
Maanav Parikh
Aug 30, 20244 min read
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Indigo Event- The highlights
Hello everyone, your extremely regular aviation blogger is back :) but jokes aside, here comes another August with another event. Last...
Maanav Parikh
Aug 10, 20243 min read
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Indigo's A350 order- A game changer for the industry?
On the 25th of April, the aviation world was shocked when India's largest airline, Indigo, placed an order for 30 Airbus A350-900s with...
Maanav Parikh
Jun 9, 20242 min read
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Are mergers the worst decision that an Indian airline can make?
There goes a famous saying in the business world which says, "If you cannot beat them, join them". The same could be applied for an...
Maanav Parikh
Apr 10, 20243 min read
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Aircrafts you didn't realize were operated by Indian airlines!
In the ever-changing landscape of Indian aviation, there has always been a need of airplanes. Despite airlines placing hundreds of...
Maanav Parikh
Apr 1, 20242 min read
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2023- the most important year for Indian Aviation?
2023 was a good year for aviation overall with airlines not only recovering from the slump of the COVID-19 pandemic but also saw record...
Maanav Parikh
Mar 13, 20242 min read
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Why Are Air rage incidents on aircrafts on a rise? An Avgeek Parikh analysis
On the 14th of January 2024, A video went viral of a man slapping a pilot on a delayed Indigo flight. The incident occurred on a Delhi to...
Maanav Parikh
Feb 4, 20243 min read
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Homecoming! A Christmas return adventure on SQ EWR-SIN
Background After a great fall 2023 semester, it was time to go home. Since my return ticket was already booked in August, it was time for...
Maanav Parikh
Jan 10, 20245 min read
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Air India Express rebranding- My views and what's next for them.
After the grand reveal of the Air India livery, it was time for its subsidiary, Air India Express. Started in 2005 with the intention of...
Maanav Parikh
Oct 21, 20233 min read
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Indian Airlines, Where to Next? An AvGeek Parikh Analysis
India and Indian airlines are, at this point, witnessing a tremendous growth. Having said that, there has been an increase in demand to...
Maanav Parikh
Oct 16, 20234 min read
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Soaring High, Sailing Far-The top 10 longest routes out of India (By Distance)
India, in recent years, has been experiencing a massive economic growth and a strong presence on the world stage. Not only this but it's...
Maanav Parikh
Sep 13, 20234 min read
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India to Usa, The Wrong Way! Singapore Airlines AMD-SIN-JFK In J Part 2 (Longest Flight Ever)
Link to Part 1-India To USA, The Wrong Way! Singapore Airlines AMD-SIN-JFK IN J Part 1 (avgeekparikh.com) Before I start, if you want to...
Maanav Parikh
Sep 6, 20236 min read
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India To USA, The Wrong Way! Singapore Airlines AMD-SIN-JFK IN J Part 1
After a lovely 2-month vacation back home in India, it was time to return back for my junior semester of college. For a person alike me,...
Maanav Parikh
Sep 2, 20235 min read
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Air India Rebranding – My views and what is next for them.
The Livery Phew! What a day it has been. With bated breath, Avgeeks around the world including myself waited for what might be one of the...
Maanav Parikh
Aug 16, 20233 min read
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