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Chennai’s airport game must take off post-haste

India’s airports have seen a dramatic makeover in almost all metro cities and several tier-II towns, largely due to the entry of the private sector...

17.07.2026 20

hindustantimes

Anjuli Bhargava

Amid the global churn, flying into turbulence

Over the past few weeks, several news reports have detailed the position in which SpiceJet finds itself. It desperately needs capital infusion, is...

24.04.2026 20

hindustantimes

Anjuli Bhargava

Why Goa is Goddess' own country

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22.04.2026 20

The Economic Times

Anjuli Bhargava

Air India’s continuing saga of turbulence

Campbell Wilson’s recent resignation as Air India chief executive officer (CEO) can be seen as an admission of the failure to turn the airline...

13.04.2026 30

hindustantimes

Anjuli Bhargava

Swadeshi impulses in Indian civil aviation

The Air India crash and the Indigo mass cancellations and delays that shook India’s aviation space last year have caused churn in the country’s...

19.03.2026 40

hindustantimes

Anjuli Bhargava

India’s aviation sector needs a regulatory reset

23.01.2026 40

hindustantimes

Anjuli Bhargava

Reimagining India’s civil aviation in 2026

09.01.2026 40

hindustantimes

Anjuli Bhargava

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

07.01.2026 30

hindustantimes

Anjuli Bhargava

Focus on smaller airports before building mega ones

There are many issues with the airport ecosystem that need fixing before India moves on setting up more mega airports

26.12.2025 40

hindustantimes

Anjuli Bhargava

Hindon and the case for efficient, low-cost airports

Even though the Hindon airport is a far cry from the fancy private airports India’s fliers have got accustomed to, people are appreciating its...

28.11.2025 30

hindustantimes

Anjuli Bhargava

The promise of the Navi Mumbai airport

It would not be an overstatement to say that India’s aviation sector and airlines have paid a very high price for the failure of successive Indian...

07.11.2025 30

hindustantimes

Anjuli Bhargava

An overlooked factor of flight safety in India

While fatigue among commanders and crew has been facing scrutiny for some time now, the life and travails of ATCs often go unnoticed by the media

03.10.2025 40

hindustantimes

Anjuli Bhargava

What Akasa gets right about airline operations in India

If Akasa airline continues determinedly on its current path path, India’s flying public can hope for light at the end of the duopoly tunnel

19.09.2025 30

hindustantimes

Anjuli Bhargava

Flight safety regulation needs reform at the top

From financial and administrative autonomy to hiring practices, there are many areas where DGCA needs a serious rethink

29.08.2025 40

hindustantimes

Anjuli Bhargava

Air India must tackle its inner demons first to regain public trust

A lot needs to happen before the Tata-run airline can hope to take a leading position in India’s aviation landscape.

22.08.2025 60

hindustantimes

Anjuli Bhargava

Airlines’ push for speed: Is safety becoming a casualty?

Even though flying today is much safer than five or six decades ago, the entire ecosystem now seems set to a frantic pace, making the whole experience...

08.08.2025 40

hindustantimes

Anjuli Bhargava

Questions that arise in the wake of AAIB report

Amid the investigations, officials of AAIB and the government who can be held accountable, from Air India to GE company representatives, have all...

22.07.2025 30

hindustantimes

Anjuli Bhargava

In Air India’s flight path: One airline, many legacies

With distinct cultures and systems of functioning, the merged entity that emerged suffered from a deep identity crisis and was somewhat doomed from...

15.07.2025 30

hindustantimes

Anjuli Bhargava

Opinion | That Prized American Degree Isn't What It Used To Be

18.06.2025 40

NDTV

Anjuli Bhargava

Akasa: On Terra Firma

Three years after it took to the skies, India’s youngest airline is on firmer ground even as it chases the elusive break even

11.06.2025 40

hindustantimes

Anjuli Bhargava

How to ease migration pressure on India’s cities

Despite the Smart Cities Mission, many of the metros and larger cities are reaching their breaking point.

30.05.2025 30

hindustantimes

Anjuli Bhargava

Air India's flight plan, and its hits and big misses

Those vested in the airline say that the top management seems more preoccupied with fighting the perceptions battle rather than taking the bull by its...

16.05.2025 30

hindustantimes

Anjuli Bhargava

Airlines must avoid getting grounded by pilot burnout

The situation in India, airline executives say, is already at alarming levels with many pilots being declared unfit

02.05.2025 30

hindustantimes

Anjuli Bhargava

Why industry-driven, tailored courses are an alternative to bachelor’s degrees

As the worth of the time-tested bachelor’s degree becomes questionable, a bevy of newbies is luring students with new and attractive propositions

29.04.2025 30

hindustantimes

Anjuli Bhargava