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News18
6 days ago
- Entertainment
- News18
Ahaan Panday Can't Stop Blushing On Dinner Outing As Saiyaara Crosses Rs 100 Cr Mark
Ahaan Panday, riding high on Saiyaara's blockbuster success, was spotted at Bastian in Bandra, flashing a shy smile as paps called out to him. Ahaan Panday is clearly soaking in the success of his debut film Saiyaara. On Monday night, the actor was spotted outside Mumbai's popular restaurant Bastian, owned by Shilpa Shetty, after a dinner outing. Dressed in a vibrant blue hoodie with intricate detailing, paired with a black tee and black trousers, Ahaan looked casually stylish. The actor couldn't stop smiling and even blushed when paparazzi congratulated him on the film's roaring box office numbers. His relaxed yet trendy outfit and curly, slightly tousled hair perfectly captured his boy-next-door appeal. Ahaan also acknowledged fans and photographers with a wave before heading to his car. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Instant Bollywood Videos (@instantbollywoodvideos) The Mohit Suri directorial Saiyaara has turned Ahaan into an overnight sensation. The romantic drama, which also marks the debut of Aneet Padda, continues to rake in massive numbers even on weekdays. On Day 4 (Monday), it earned approximately Rs 22.50 crore, bringing its India total to Rs 106 crore, as per Released on July 18, Saiyaara took off with a staggering Rs 25 crore on opening day, setting a record for the highest debut for a film led by newcomers. According to YRF, nearly 9.75 lakh people watched the film on Day 1, surpassing the opening figures of Dhadak (Rs 8.76 crore). The film has also outperformed recent romantic dramas like Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani (Rs 11.1 crore), Teri Baaton Mein Aisa Uljha Jiya (Rs 6.7 crore), Tu Jhoothi Main Makkar (Rs 15.73 crore), and Kabir Singh (Rs 20.21 crore) in terms of opening day business. For director Mohit Suri, Saiyaara marks the biggest opener of his career, beating his previous hits like Ek Villain, Murder 2, and Aashiqui 2. What's more impressive is that the film achieved these figures with just 8,000 screenings across India — far fewer than the usual count for big releases. Globally, Saiyaara grossed $11.9 million in its opening weekend, placing it in the top 10 on the global box office chart, according to Comscore. First Published: July 22, 2025, 20:59 IST Disclaimer: Comments reflect users' views, not News18's. Please keep discussions respectful and constructive. Abusive, defamatory, or illegal comments will be removed. News18 may disable any comment at its discretion. By posting, you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.
Yahoo
11-07-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Delta hits record profits and airline stocks bounce as passengers trade economy for luxury
Delta Air Lines posted record revenues for the second quarter on Thursday. Falling demand for economy has led to capacity cuts, but premium seats continue to boom. Shares in Delta, United, and American have climbed sharply since major declines at the start of 2025. Airlines' fortunes are starting to turn around thanks to a boom in premium travel. Economic uncertainty and tariff announcements gave the industry a rocky start to the year, with Delta Air Lines losing a third of its share price by April. "If you look at any measure of consumer confidence, it certainly took a big dip in the early part of the year and then again in April after the Liberation Day announcements were made," CEO Ed Bastian said during a Thursday call to discuss its Q2 earnings. Airline stocks are strongly correlated with the economy at large because travel is one of the first things people cut when they have less spending money. However, Thursday also saw Delta post bumper earnings. Its revenue of $15.5 billion was a record for the second quarter, with pre-tax profits of $1.8 billion. The stock rose 12% after beating Wall Street estimates, extending a gain of more than one-third over the past three months, having plummeted in the first few months of 2025. This pattern is reflected by Delta's main competitors, United and American, which both saw shares surge on Thursday. This embedded content is not available in your region. Bookings for economy seats and from Europeans have suffered, but that fall has been offset by a rise in demand for premium. Delta's second-quarter results showed passenger revenue for the main cabin fell 5% compared to last year, but for premium products, this rose 5%. Since the pandemic, travelers have been more interested in shelling out for upgraded experiences. Bastian said on the call that Delta's target consumer has a household income of at least $100,000, representing about 40% of the US. "That cohort has accumulated a significant amount of wealth in the post-COVID era," he added. Meanwhile, airlines have slashed capacity for domestic flights. After rising about four percentage points through April, it's now expected to be down by 1% industry-wide come September, said Delta president Glen Hauenstein. "I've been in this business quite a long time, and I've really never seen that amount of capacity come out in a non-recessionary environment," he added. "So I think this is a really good indication that the industry is doing what it needs to do to restore profitability." On the other hand, Delta's transatlantic capacity has grown, and revenues here rose 2% since last year's records. That's despite Europeans losing interest in visiting the US since Donald Trump's election prompted stricter immigration rules. "We're seeing a little bit of reduction of inbound coming from Europe into the US, but that's only 20% of our mix," Bastian told CNBC. "To the extent we have some reductions, we offset that with more Americans going in." He added that while the weaker dollar makes it more expensive for Americans to visit Europe, the exchange rate also makes Europeans visiting the US more valuable to Delta. "Overall, it's going to be a really strong summer for us in the transatlantic," he added. Plus, Bastian said he expects the summer peaks to be less dramatic, as heatwaves and overtourism protests could prompt more Americans to postpone their trips to later in the year. In all, Delta's results suggested that the worst of this year's volatility could be in the past. United is scheduled to announce its results next Thursday, followed by American the week after. Read the original article on Business Insider
Business Insider
11-07-2025
- Business
- Business Insider
Delta hits record profits and airline stocks bounce as passengers trade economy for luxury
Airlines' fortunes are starting to turn around thanks to a boom in premium travel. Economic uncertainty and tariff announcements gave the industry a rocky start to the year, with Delta Air Lines losing a third of its share price by April. "If you look at any measure of consumer confidence, it certainly took a big dip in the early part of the year and then again in April after the Liberation Day announcements were made," CEO Ed Bastian said during a Thursday call to discuss its Q2 earnings. Airline stocks are strongly correlated with the economy at large because travel is one of the first things people cut when they have less spending money. However, Thursday also saw Delta post bumper earnings. Its revenue of $15.5 billion was a record for the second quarter, with pre-tax profits of $1.8 billion. The stock rose 12% after beating Wall Street estimates, extending a gain of more than one-third over the past three months, having plummeted in the first few months of 2025. This pattern is reflected by Delta's main competitors, United and American, which both saw shares surge on Thursday. Bookings for economy seats and from Europeans have suffered, but that fall has been offset by a rise in demand for premium. Delta's second-quarter results showed passenger revenue for the main cabin fell 5% compared to last year, but for premium products, this rose 5%. Since the pandemic, travelers have been more interested in shelling out for upgraded experiences. Bastian said on the call that Delta's target consumer has a household income of at least $100,000, representing about 40% of the US. "That cohort has accumulated a significant amount of wealth in the post-COVID era," he added. Meanwhile, airlines have slashed capacity for domestic flights. After rising about four percentage points through April, it's now expected to be down by 1% industry-wide come September, said Delta president Glen Hauenstein. "I've been in this business quite a long time, and I've really never seen that amount of capacity come out in a non-recessionary environment," he added. "So I think this is a really good indication that the industry is doing what it needs to do to restore profitability." On the other hand, Delta's transatlantic capacity has grown, and revenues here rose 2% since last year's records. That's despite Europeans losing interest in visiting the US since Donald Trump's election prompted stricter immigration rules. "We're seeing a little bit of reduction of inbound coming from Europe into the US, but that's only 20% of our mix," Bastian told CNBC. "To the extent we have some reductions, we offset that with more Americans going in." He added that while the weaker dollar makes it more expensive for Americans to visit Europe, the exchange rate also makes Europeans visiting the US more valuable to Delta. "Overall, it's going to be a really strong summer for us in the transatlantic," he added. Plus, Bastian said he expects the summer peaks to be less dramatic, as heatwaves and overtourism protests could prompt more Americans to postpone their trips to later in the year. In all, Delta's results suggested that the worst of this year's volatility could be in the past. United is scheduled to announce its results next Thursday, followed by American the week after.
Mint
30-06-2025
- Business
- Mint
Markets with Bertie: Does it really take 109 years of savings to buy a home in Mumbai?
Bertie highly values his eclectic circle of friends. Unlike his finance brethren who seem to be always hanging with their own tribe, Bertie loves the company of his artist, teacher and athlete friends. For starters, they dress better. They are enthusiastic about new adventures and know of cool places to eat and drink that aren't called Bastian or Yauatcha. But what Bertie loves the most are the conversations that almost always provide a different perspective or teach our old dog Bertie a thing or two. The only small irritant is that this crew relies on Instagram to get their financial news and then uses Bertie as a human ChatGPT to ask questions or seek opinions on matters of money. Three people from this cohort sent the same news piece to Bertie last week. It was about how it would take 109 years of savings for even the top 5% income-earning families in Maharashtra to afford an average-sized dwelling in Mumbai. Over time, Bertie has developed some standard responses to these Instagram forwards like 'It's Trump, man!' (with hands thrown up in the air emoji) or 'Stay invested for the long-term' (with a human in meditation pose emoji) or the most-used 'This sounds like a scam' (with a red cross emoji) but this 109 years of savings, Bertie thought, would deserve a deeper response. Now Bertie loves to rant about Mumbai real estate as much as the next guy in the local train; not just about prices but the soul-sapping experience of buying a house in the city. But Bertie also takes pride in the fact that he rants with data. So, over the weekend, Bertie went through the math behind the sensational '109 years of savings' news item. To estimate the savings potential of a household, the data used consumption expenditure as a proxy and multiplied it by the national savings rate of 30%. Now Bertie knows enough economics to know that the savings rate is to be applied to the overall per capita GDP number and not the consumption expenditure. The other issue, thought Bertie, was using the Maharashtra income levels to compare with real estate prices in Mumbai. Of all the states in the country, Maharashtra probably has the starkest difference between the per capita income of its capital city and the rest of the state. Various studies estimate that Mumbai's per capita GDP would be 3-4x that of Maharashtra. The thing that made Bertie go wide-eyed, though, was the estimate for the cost of an average dwelling unit in Mumbai. It was assumed to be ₹ 3.5 crore: a 1,184-square-foot house costing almost ₹ 30,000 per square feet. Even a permanently outraged news anchor would think twice before basing his outrage on this estimate. Bertie looked up recent Government data that showed that the average value of property transactions in Mumbai in recent months was just over ₹ 1.5 crore, and that too after the recent surge in the luxury end of the market. To be sure, not for a minute is Bertie arguing that Mumbai real estate is affordable, but 109 years is taking it a bit too far. Bertie is thinking whether he should send a long voice note to his friends explaining all this, or should he resort to his time-tested strategy of a one-liner. After some deliberation, Bertie did the predictable. He typed: 'It's the builder-neta nexus, man' (with the usual hands thrown up in the air emoji). Bertie is a Mumbai-based fund manager whose compliance department wishes him to cough twice before speaking and then decide not to say it after all.
USA Today
17-06-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
Gators land priority OF Jaden Bastian from transfer portal
Gators land priority OF Jaden Bastian from transfer portal Jacksonville center fielder Jaden Bastian has committed to the University of Florida baseball program, according to Baseball America's Jacob Rudner. Bastian is a five-tool talent that could start right away at Florida. He batted .302/.433/.552 and crushed fastballs as one of the ASUN's most dangerous hitters in 2025. Bastian hit 11 home runs and stole 36 bases, checking off the baserunning, power and speed boxes. He's held down center field at an elite level, too. He'll have to compete with Blake Cyr, Kyle Jones and Hayden Yost for a starting spot, but Bastian should contribute plenty. With Bastian and Jones now expected to make up two-thirds of the outfield, Florida has a chance to have one of the best groups in the country. It also gives the team some depth after injuries took out a chunk of the roster early on, including Jones. Florida Baseball 2025 Transfer Portal Movement Seven players have left Florida for the transfer portal this offseason. Left-handed sophomore Jacob Gomberg was the first to depart, followed by right-handers Alex Philpott (So.) and Carson Montsdeoca (Fr.). JUCO catcher Cole Bullen (Jr.) and right-handed freshmen Niko Janssens and Felix Ong made up the next wave of transfers. The most recent loss is freshman catcher Brock Clayton. Florida's early exit from the NCAA Tournament allowed Kevin O'Sullivan to make recruiting calls ahead of schedule, and the Gators have brought in four names. Notre Dame senior Ricky Reeth and UCF sophomore Russell Sandefer are the new right-handed arms, and JUCO catcher AJ Malzone rounds out the group headlined by Bastian. Follow us @GatorsWire on X, formerly known as Twitter, as well as Bluesky, and like our page on Facebook to follow ongoing coverage of Florida Gators news, notes and opinions.
