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Cash strapped Air India has approached the government to recover Rs 1,222 crore dues towards operating VVIP and special flights over the last five years, and the state-owned airline may get Rs 800 crore.In the last five years, the ailing airline operated 47 VVIP flights for which the Boeing 747-400s were withdrawn from commercial services for a total of 313 days, sources said today.Though Air

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India's commercial airplane market will reach USD 150 billion over the next 20 years, Boeing said on Wednesday, as a burgeoning middle class is expected to drive demand in Asia's third-largest economy.Indian carriers have orders worth USD 40 billion in the pipeline, as an economy growing at nearly 9% is spurring business travel and the middle class, long accustomed to traveling by rail, is now

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A Jet Airways aircraft recently rammed into an aerobridge at IGI Airport's terminal-3 while it was being towed towards it. While the aircraft sustained some damage, airport management Delhi International Airport (P) Ltd (DIAL) has sent a bill of Rs 1 crore to the airline for damages. Airport sources said the accident occurred due to the airline technician's fault. "The aircraft was empty and was

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Chennai-based Paramount Airways has announced special fares for the monsoon season. According to a press release issued by the airline, the monsoon offer is available on select destinations only. Passengers can travel an all inclusive fare on as low as Rs 2,229 in Chennai-Coimbatore flight and a maximum of Rs 4,029 in Chennai-Delhi flight. Bookings would be open from today to July 4 for travel

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An Indian Airlines Delhi-Hyderabad flight made an emergency landing at Indira Gandhi airport this morning (June 29) citing a technical snag.Airline officials say the plane’s crew and passengers are safe. The flight is scheduled to take off again at around 12:40 pm, said officials.The Indian Airlines flight IC-942 had taken off from Delhi airport around 10:10 am. At around 11:40 am, the pilot

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he grounded Airbus A-320 aircraft of Kingfisher Airlines that threatened to block one of the only two parking bays at Bagdogra airport in north Bengal was towed to a section of the apron area that is currently being extended. The move has freed the two parking bays, thus removing a headache in the rescheduling of flights. Though there are only nine flights on Monday, they are all squeezed between

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Three unions have demanded Air India to defer fleet expansion in order to fight liquidity crunch. The representatives of the unions have put forward their demand to the firm’s chairman and managing director Arvind Jadhav on Saturday.They met Mr Jadhav a week after the state-run Air India had asked its senior executives to voluntarily forego salaries and productivity-linked incentives in July due

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As one of the worst sectors to be hit by the ongoing recession, Indian aviation industry is hoping for revival. And things are looking better. A quick glance at Mumbai airport’s passenger traffic figures for the first two months of the current fiscal shows a small but positive trend, though the numbers lag behind when compared to the past two years’.Moreover, a combined nationwide average of

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The Airport Authority of India’s (AAI) Regional Executive Director (RED), RC Chitkara, has asked the Mumbai International Airport Limited (MIAL) to re-deploy some of the AAI staff. “The RED has written to the company to consider some AAI employees who are well trained and experts in departments such as fire and engineering,” said an AAI official. “AAI has offered to pay their salaries,” he

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In a few months from now, passengers at the Mumbai airport can literally voice their complaints about that longer than usual queue at the immigration or check-in counter, rude staff or that too expensive a sandwich. Video-recording some of the passenger responses about their "airport experience'' is one of the initiatives that Mumbai airport will launch soon as part of a quality service

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City’s aerial entry into global circuit may be scheduled for next month, with Emirates Airlines’ beginning operations of its low-cost carrier Fly Dubai from here on July 23, but passengers would have to wait for a while before going truly international.For some months to come, Fly Dubai, or any other international carrier that decides to fly from the city would have to share space with domestic

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Kingfisher Airlines flight escaped a major disaster, when on Sunday, a New Delhi-bound Kingfisher Airlines flight IT-3334 as its wing hit a wall built on a grass-covered bunker shortly before take-off at Bagdogra airport.According to K.K.Bhowmik, Baghdogra Airport Director, the narrowly escaped Kingfisher aircraft, an Airbus 320 had 184 passengers and 6 crew members,the aircraft wing was badly

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After having signed up Kingfisher Airlines, travel services provider Optiontown is now talking to Jet Airways and Air India to offer their passengers the choice to upgrade from economy to first class at a fraction of the normal cost.Optiontown, which has developed proprietary software for the service 'upgrade travel option (UTo)', said the service can help save up to 75 per cent on the full

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Fliers willing to avail chartered plane services in Bihar have now an option. Private carrier Spirit Air has decided to launch charted flight services, christened `Indian Air Taxi' from Patna from July 1.To begin with, airlines sources said, the service would be offered to destinationshaving functional airports. "As it is a chartered service, destination is to be decided by the customer, but the

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Vijay Mallya, the UB group chairman, has reached out to Abu Dhabi's Al-Nahyan royal family for a possible investment in the debt-laden Kingfisher Airlines, people familiar with the development told ET. Mr Mallya is personally leading the talks with the family, which controls a number of sovereign funds with an estimated value of more than $500 billion, they added.Kingfisher Airlines has notched

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The proposed airport regulator would start functioning within two to three weeks, Mr M Madhavan Nambiar, secretary of the civil aviation ministry, said here today at a meeting organised by the Merchants' Chamber of Commerce. Mr YS Bhave has been appointed chairman of the regulatory body today, which will look into a host of issues, including determining tariffs at major airports and ensuring a

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There has been a drop in bookings after the recent hike in fuel surcharge by prominent airlines, say major travel portals.While MakeMytrip.com has reported a 15 per cent drop in bookings after more than a week of the hike, Cleartrip.com has seen a 5 per cent drop. Leading travel portal Yatra.com also reports an overall drop after the increase."We have seen a 15 per cent drop after the airlines

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The high profitability of the route, growing business ties, and the constant movement of labour between India and the Gulf region is helping airlines from both sides to steadily increase the number of flights being operated, lower fares — and make money from the operations.On the Bangalore-Dubai route, while Emirates is offering a return fare of Rs 15,100, on Kingfisher, a return fare costs

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Low-cost carrier, GoAir today announced launch of two direct flights from Bangalore to Delhi and Mumbai, as it inducts the eighth new aircraft into its fleet. With the addition of two new connections from Bangalore to Delhi and return, and Bangalore- Mumbai and return, the total number of weekly flights operated by the airline would be 377, an airline spokesperson said.The airline has recently

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Kingfisher Airlines has announced the commencement of services to Dubai marking its entry into the Middle East market. The airline said the Bangalore-Dubai service was part of its strategy to expand its global footprint.The flights are conveniently timed with the flight from Bangalore leaving at 6:15 pm and reaching Dubai at 8:55 pm, local time. The return flight will take off from Dubai at 10:10

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A co-pilot of a JetLite flight was found operating the plane from Hyderabad to Kochi without valid license, airport sources said here today.An Inspector in Director General of Civil Aviation office, who was in the same flight that reached the airport here this afternoon, verified the license of the co-pilot and found that it has expired on Wednesday, the sources said.The flight was detained and a

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A Mumbai-bound Spice Jet flight was delayed by two hours at Bengaluru International Airport (BIA) today due to a bomb hoax by a passenger, who came late and was not allowed to board the plane."The passenger, Dr Akshay who works for the IAF, came in five minutes after the boarding time and was not allowed to board the flight. He started arguing with airport officials but they stood their

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The government has got speed sensors of all Airbus A330s in service with Indian carriers replaced.Though investigations are still on, faulty speed sensors are believed to have been one of the reasons for the May 31 crash of Air France’s A330 over mid-Atlantic.Air France pilots are learnt to have reported problems with speed sensors like varying speed readings. Following the crash, the Directorate

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How fair would an investigation be if the investigating officials hand over the most crucial piece of evidence to one of the parties involved much before they examine it? That is exactly what has happened in the Cessna 172 case in which the aircraft with a trainee pilot on board plunged into Bargi dam in Madhya Pradesh in April this year.The pilot's parents got the wreckage retrieved a fortnight

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In a last-ditch effort to trim flab painlessly, crisis-ridden Air India has allowed its employees to go on leave without pay for two to five years. More importantly, it even allowed employees who opt for this scheme to work for rival airlines or associated businesses with AI management’s permission.This voluntary scheme is applicable to all employees, except aircraft engineers and pilots, but

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The Maharaja will have to give up his full-service carrier status and transform into a commoner — low-fare airline — on most domestic routes to survive.On Wednesday, PM Manmohan Singh spent 90 minutes with aviation ministry honchos on the cash-strapped airline's woes and its demands for a bailout from the government. While he is learnt to have promised support to the national carrier, it was made

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A middle-aged man who allegedly created trouble onboard an Air India flight from Saudi Arabia that landed here was arrested by police.Boban Daniel, 49, hailing from nearby Kollam District, was handed over to the police by CISF personnel based on a complaint from the flight commandant, official sources said.Daniel was stated to be in an inebriated condition and misused the flight security jacket

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Bookings are open for Flydubai, the first international airline scheduled to start operations from Chandigarh on July 23.The minimum ticket price on a Chandigarh-Dubai flight, including taxes, is Rs 3,700. This fare includes one hand baggage item, weighing up to 10 kg.“There is a huge Indian expatriate population living in the UAE and an even larger number of people keen to travel to the region

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The Prime Minister on Wednesday committed himself to throwing the “entire weight” of the government behind crisis-hit Air India, but set tough conditions for its help: asking the national carrier to undertake massive organisational, financial and manpower restructuring in return.AI was categorically told that it would be difficult for the government to give the airline unconditional support every

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Kingfisher Airlines has decided to start a new flight to Delhi from the capital’s Birsa Munda Airport from July 1.Kingfisher officials here have already been informed of the decision and have been asked to prepare themselves for the new venture. “We have been informed about the new Ranchi-Delhi flight service, which will start from July 1. However, we are yet to receive details of the schedule,”

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Oil refiner, Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd has sued Vijay Mallya promoted Kingfisher Airlines in the Bombay High Court to get back its dues worth Rs 300 crore. The oil company filed an arbitration petition in the Bombay High Court last week after all its attempts to get KFA to repay its dues failed, a source in the oil company said. The oil company has also asked KFA to lift fuel only after it

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Jet Airways (India) Ltd has deferred delivery of nine Boeing planes, meant for its low-cost subsidiary JetLite, on account of the current global downturn. Airline officials said the deferment was in line with company policy not to expand capacity this year."This deferment is part of our plan of not expanding capacity this year," an unnamed executive has been quoted as saying by media sources. The

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Ullal Sayyed Madani Dargah chairman Haji U K Monu has urged the centre and state governments to introduce a direct flight from the city to undertake Haj pilgrimage.In a press release Monu stated that at present the pilgrims from Dakshina Kannada, Udupi, Uttara Kannada and Kasargod districts depend on flight services from distant Bangalore, Mumbai and Calicut. The pilgrims from the region are

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A US district court in Washington State has issued summons to Air India in a multi-million dollar law suit filed by a former manager and senior instructor pilot of the Boeing Company.In his law suit filed before a district court in the Washington State, the former manager and senior instructor pilot of the Boeing Company, Anthony P Keyter, has sought restitution and amends from Air India for

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The Directorate General of Central Excise Intelligence or DGCEI, the agency responsible for monitoring evasion of excise and service tax, has issued a show-cause notice to Jet Airways (India) Ltd, the country's second largest private carrier, relating to a potential service tax liability of at least Rs400 crore, according to two agency officials familiar with the development.The service tax

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Air India employees across the country today showed their protest against the management's decision to defer the payment of their June salary by wearing black badges while at work."Agitating AI employees today wore black badges during work, as decided by the unions, to protest against the management's decision to defer payment of our June salary by a fortnight," George Abraham, general secretary

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American Airlines has announced the appointment of Philip Lewin as the country manager for India. As country manager, India, Philip will be heading American Airlines operations in India, including sales/marketing, airport operations and the accounting functions. Philip brings with him a rich and varied experience that spans across several reputed airlines around the globe and has worked

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Deccan 360, the recently launched cargo handling and express logistics firm has tied up with German-based Lufthansa Technik for maintenance and supply of components for its Airbus A310 freighter aircraft fleet. Additionally, Deccan 360 has also contracted Lufthansa Technik Services India for complete and end-to-end warehousing requirements, making it the first of its kinds in India, a company

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National carrier Air India has sought a Rs 10,000-crore bailout from the Union government.Air India’s top management is currently in a closed-door meeting with Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel in New Delhi.The officials are apprising Patel how much money they would need to get through the crisis to survive the cash crunch.But the airline is unlikely to get the amount, as the Government

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Indian immigrants, with permanent residency rights in the UK, have complained of being harassed and "treated like criminals" by British immigration officers on returning to the country from trips abroad, a forum representing highly skilled workers has claimed. "Migrants from India and other Non-European Economic Area countries are being treated like criminals by immigration officers at

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Aviation Minister Praful Patel told UTVi that there are no plans to demerge Air India and Indian Airlines.On the on-going liquidity crisis at Air India, Patel said concrete steps to improve the liquidity situation will be taken by the end of the week.Arvind Jadhav, chairman and managing director, Air India, met civil aviation secretary Madhavan Nambiar and T K A Nair, principal secretary in the

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The Bombay High Court has adjourned the tax dispute case between Jet Airways and Sahara India Commercial Corporation Ltd (SICCL) to July 2. The two companies have also indicated that they are willing to go in for an out-of-court settlement.The disputeSahara dragged Jet to court in March claiming that it had defaulted on the instalment relating to the acquisition payment. Sahara contended that

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Vibrations from aircraft flying near the Qutub Minar in the national capital are damaging the 12th century minaret; the Archaeological Survey of India has said and asked the airport authority to immediately change the flight path.The ASI last month wrote to the Airports Authority of India (AAI) to highlight how low flying aircraft could endanger the 72.5 metre red sandstone monument, one of the

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The Central Industrial Security Force's (CISF) proposal for a counter-terrorism squad at Chennai airport is awaiting a response nearly eight months after it was submitted to the the Union Ministry of Home Affairs. This delay in approval reveals the attitude of the centre in safeguarding security interests in the south, sources here told The Times Of India. The MHA has also paid scant attention to

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Thousands of pilgrims were left in the lurch when a leading airline cancelled their flight at the last moment.Jet Airways, which was supposed to start a low fare, special flight between Mumbai and Jeddah on June 14 for people travelling to Umrah (see box) had to cancel the flight after they failed to get clearance from the Saudi government.The abrupt cancellation meant that Muslims on their

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The Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) at high-level meeting on Monday took stock of the financial crisis facing Air India even as the national carrier is working on plans to reduce its employees’ cost by Rs 500 crore annually.Civil Aviation Secretary Madhavan Nambiar and Air India CMD, Arvind Jadhav discussed the financial mess of Air India with principal secretary to Prime Minister, T K Nair here.

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When overcharged for a food item purchased while flying a low-cost airline, most of us would forget about it once the flight landed. However, Jayesh Agarwal, director of a small-scale BPO in Pune, decided to fight for his rights as a consumer.On November 9, 2008, Agarwal was flying from Hyderabad to Pune via Mumbai on a Kingfisher flight. He bought a packet of chocolates for Rs 50, but later saw

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The Delhi High Court on Monday postponed the hearing in the case filed by captain RPS Panag — one among the many Jet Airways pilots who recently resigned — challenging the Directorate General Civil Aviation (DGCA) of India’s civil aviation requirement (CAR) norm stipulating a six-month notice period.“There was no judgement today. The next hearing will be on July 1,” said Panag. The pilot had

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The Bombay High Court on Monday asked Jet Airways and Sahara India Commercial Corporation Ltd (SICCL) to settle their dispute over the takeover of Sahara Airlines by July 2 or else it would pass an order.Justice Dhananjay Chandrachud deferred the ruling after both the parties informed the court that they were too eager to settle the dispute.Jet Airways had sought time till July 9, but the court

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Air India is working on plans to reduce its expenditure on employees by Rs 500 crore per annum, with a newly formed Committee re-examining wage and other agreements in consultation with the Unions.The cash-strapped airline's employee cost currently is over Rs 3,000 crore annually, a company spokesperson said, adding that the airline was now targeting a reduction in employee cost to the tune of Rs

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Twenty-four-year-old Navin Singh couldn't believe his luck when in August 2008 he received an interview call from Alliance Air, the low-cost wing of Air India, for the post of trainee pilot. Singh had spent over Rs 20 lakh in obtaining a commercial pilot's licence and was looking forward to a successful career. The interview went off successfully but then came the dark twist in the tale. Air

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A 23-year-old Jet Airways pilot was found dead in a swimming pool in the Kapashera area of Southwest Delhi on Sunday.Kunal Batra, a pilot with Jet Airways was at a farmhouse party at the house of the honorary consul of Togo, according to reports.His body was found in the water at around 0400 hrs IST. The post mortem report says death was due to drowning.Police are investigating several

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The Bureau of Civil Aviation has given security clearance to the city-based Silver Jubilee Traveller Limited to commence non-scheduled flight operations across the country.The clearance, which came on Wednesday, would now see the travel company begin the process of procuring the required aircraft for its commercial operations.It was in March this year that the ministry of civil aviation had

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Chennai may enjoy pride of place on the IT map and boasts of a higher level of internet penetration than other metros, but the city's airport does not even have a website of its own.While the websites of privately-run airports in Mumbai, Bangalore, Hyderabad and Delhi are live and user-friendly, online information about Chennai airport can only be accessed through the website of the Airports

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The Ministry of Forest and Environment has put a halt on the construction of the Navi Mumbai Airport as it wants to save the mangroves at the site.Union Forest and Environment minister Jairam Ramesh said, “International Airport doesn't have to be in prime ecological value land. In nine cases out of ten, alternatives can be found.”The minister has issued a directive to the Maharashtra government

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A housekeeping staffer of Biman Bangladesh stumbled upon a large number of cellphones in the washroom dustbin of the flight that landed in Kolkata from Dhaka on Saturday morning.Shocked and frightened, he informed his supervisor, who alerted the captain. On inspecting the washroom, the captain contacted Customs officials. They rushed into the aircraft and seized 75 cellphones and 424 1GB memory

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A reported technical snag grounded a Mumbai-bound Jet Airways flight for over five hours at the city airport on Saturday afternoon. The delay occurred after a technical snag developed in the avionics of the aircraft, forcing 145 passengers to alter or cancel travel plans.Scheduled to take off at 12.55pm, the flight finally left the airport around 6.30pm. Though the exact cause of the holdup could

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In a first move of its kind, state-run Airports Authority of India (AAI) has decided to disallow credit to Vijay Mallya's Kingfisher and put the airline on cash-and-carry mode (no credit, needs to pay in cash immediately for using airport facilities). The airline's current dues with AAI are learnt to have exceeded its bank guarantee of Rs 100 crore by Rs 53 crore."Till the airline clears these

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In a move that will cut down on waiting time at the IGI Airport, Haryana Urban Development Authority (HUDA) has decided to provide a site for installing check-in systems at Gurgaon for both domestic and international travellers flying out of New Delhi. Once in place, it will give passengers the luxury of getting their baggage checked in at the centre to come up on the Airport Express route hours

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Paramount Airways recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Airbus to buy ten A321 aircraft with an option for an additional ten. The agreement was concluded at the 48th Le Bourget air show outside Paris. M Thiagarajan, Managing Director, Paramount Airways said,” It is a strategic landmark in our expansion plans and in particular our goal to become a leading international carrier.

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Bagdogra Airport, about 15 kms west of Siliguri town in West Bengal was elevated to the status of international airport yesterday with the inaugural flight of Drukair carrying 79 passengers on board from Paro in Bhutan.The flight was flagged in Paro by S M Krishna, India's External Affairs Minister and landed at 10.30 hrs on the Bagdogra Airport. The Minister, who was to be one of the passengers

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Indian low-cost airlines's pioneer Captain Gopinath is set to launch his cargo air service to Gulf tomorrow. Called Deccan 360, the cargo airlines will connect Dubai from Delhi and Chennai with wide-bodied Airbus 310 cargo freighter.The airline currently operates a cargo service on Delhi-Hong Kong route."Our flights connecting Delhi and Chennai to Dubai will create stronger trade linkages

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About a fortnight before the environment minister of state, Jairam Ramesh, wrote to the chief minister asking him to shoot down the Navi Mumbai airport proposal, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) director general had stressed the urgent need for a secondary airport in Mumbai.Apart from the Navi Mumbai site, the state has no alternate location in consideration for the city's

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Avalon Academy, the aviation & hospitality training wing of Aptech Limited, a Global learning Solutions Company, today inaugurated its new state-of-the-art training center at AJC Bose road, Kolkata. The centre was inaugurated by former Miss World, Ms. Diana Hayden.Ms. Hayden, is not only Avalon’s Brand Ambassador but also a celebrity guest lecturer for training students in various aspects,

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Initiating the process further for the setting up of joint venture company for upcoming international airport in Mohali, the Greater Mohali Area Development Authority (GMADA) has forwarded the names of civil aviation secretary Vishawjeet Khanna and secretary housing Arun Goel to Airport Authority of India (AAI) to be inducted as directors in the project.According to official sources, after AAI

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Mr Arvind Jadhav, Chairman and Managing Director, Air India, has in a communication addressed to Corporate Directors, SBU Heads, Executive Directors and General Managers today, voiced concern over the financial situation of the Company. He has said that the top management needs to indicate to all employees in the organization that every single paisa which can be saved needs to be saved. As a

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Belgaum, touted as the state’s second capital, now has no airport. Civil aircraft have stopped landing at the airport at Sambra village, 13 km from the city since June 17 citing poor patronage.With this, businessmen, politicians and class-I government employees are bound to suffer.Kingfisher Airlines, which was operating flights between Belgaum and Bangalore four days a week, stopped services

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Air traffic controllers forced a US-chartered cargo plane carrying ammunition to Afghanistan to land at Mumbai airport after it violated Indian air space, officials said Saturday.The Russian Antonov-124 had taken off from the US base on the Indian Ocean island of Diego Garcia bound for Kandahar when it flew over western India late Friday without authorisation, the Press Trust of India news agency

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Paramount Airways has entered into a deal with Airbus Industrie to buy 10 A321 aircrafts for $1.5 billion. The Madurai-based company is planning to operate international flights to destinations in the Middle East, Africa, West Asia, South East Asia and Far East. The deal will be funded by the European Central Bank.Commenting on the deal, Paramount managing director M Thiagarajan said, ''These

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Captain RPS Panag —one among the 20 Jet Airways pilots who had recently put in their papers to join Qatar Airways — has moved the Delhi High Court challenging the Directorate General Civil Aviation (DGCA) of India’s civil aviation requirement (CAR) norm stipulating six-month notice period.The petition filed on June 10 is against the union of India, DGCA and Jet Airways. The next hearing of the

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No sooner did airlines hike the fuel surcharge than customer interest in air travel has waned.While MakeMyTrip.com reported a 5-10 per cent drop in bookings on Wednesday and Thursday, Cleartrip.com saw bookings back to the levels of the week starting June 1. Yatra.com, however, says the impact is limited to leisure travel.National carrier Air India and low-cost carriers SpiceJet and GoAir

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Express logistics company Deccan 360 is close to raising debt and dilute equity to expand its network in India, the Hindu Business Line reported, citing the company's chairman.The firm will raise 1.5 billion rupees via debt in a few months for working capital and another $25 million through equity dilution, the newspaper quoted Chairman G.R. Gopinath, without specifying how much stake would be

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Ahmedabad: Finally, the airport authority has some good news for passengers using the Sardar Vallabhabhai International Airport, Ahmedabad, for domestic flights. They will now no longer have to take bus rides from aircraft after deplaning, or to waiting planes to board a flight.The airport will soon be fitted with aerobridges which will take passengers directly to the airport building from a

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In a major security breach, an Air India flight strayed into Pakistan airspace for five minutes, creating a flutter at Amritsar international airport, around 7.30pm on June 5. However, the Delhi-Amritsar-London flight with over 150 passengers reached Amritsar on schedule.A senior aviation ministry official told DNA, "The pilot had been told to go around by the Amritsar control tower. But she

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Even as Jet Airways and Kingfisher Airlines hiked fares by Rs 400 on Wednesday, low-cost carriers (LCCs), such as SpiceJet, IndiGo, GoAir, are likely to raise fares by 8-10% from next week following a 33% rise in jet fuel prices since March this year.National carrier Air India and Chennai-based all business-class airline Paramount Airways, too, have decided to increase fares this week.A senior

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Flight operations were disrupted for nearly an hour this evening at Kolkata airport when heavy rain coupled with strong wind lashed the city. Airport sources said eleven flights had to keep flying for nearly 10-30 minutes due to the rain and wind.Fifteen flights, both domestic and international, could not take off from 6 to 7 pm and were delayed, officials said.The flight operations were normal

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The Minister for Civil Aviation, Shri Praful Patel held talks with the French Transport Minister, Mr. Dominique Brussereau today. In the meeting, France agreed to be a partner country in India Aviation Air Show 2010 to be held at Hyderabad in March, 2010.The French Minister has also assured Mr. Patel that he will take up the issue of the discriminatory treatment of Indian nationals in transit at

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Kingfisher Airlines has raised the fuel surcharge on tickets by 400 rupees across both long and short haul domestic routes effective June 17, a spokesman said on Wednesday.The move comes a day after state-run oil firms raised jet fuel prices by more than 12percent from June 16.Earlier on Wednesday, rival Jet Airways also raised ticket prices by a similar amount.Source

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Top officials of the low-cost IndiGo Airlines, at a press conference in Patna on Tuesday, announced the addition of Patna in its ever-growing list of cities currently being served by the company.Aditya Ghosh, IndiGo President, said that the travelers in Patna would now be able to take advantage of the no-frill flights to Mumbai, Bangalore, Kolkata, Lucknow, and Delhi starting July 4 with more

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Carrier Jet Airways on Wednesday said it has raised the fuel surcharge on tickets by 400 rupees across all domestic sectors effective June 17.The move comes a day after state-run oil firms raised jet fuel prices by over 12 percent from June 16, according to the website of Indian Oil Corp.'s, the country's biggest refiner.The increase "will be applicable on all flights of Jet Airways, Jet Airways

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The contractual workers of Air India and its management will meet the chief labour commissioner on Wednesday for another round of talks over the workers' demand of better pay and other facilities."We will be meeting the chief labour commissioner today in support of our demand. We expect the AI management to take a positive decision," said Jeet Singh, president of Indian Airlines Limited - Airport

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Reeling under heavy losses, country’s largest airline Jet Airways (India) is planning to prune the wings of its full-service carrier Jet Airways from next month.The company plans to almost halve the number of flights from the existing 334 flights, including international routes, according to senior company officials.The company, which reg- istered a loss of over Rs 961.41 crore on consolidated

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With three more cases reported in the country on Sunday, swine flu scare seems to be looming large. Taking the present situation into account, over 37,000 passengers coming from abroad have been scanned for H1N1 virus at the Ahmedabad airport. And, there have been no suspected cases from Gujarat so far.In India, 23 cases of swine flu have been reported so far. Thus, the surveillance has been

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Mumbai International Airport (MIAL), a joint venture between Hyderabad-based GVK group-led consortium and Airports Authority of India (AAI), has decided to sell around 200 acres in the western suburbs of the city.A person working with the GVK Group said the company has appointed a hospitality consultant to chalk out a blueprint of the sale. The consultant will guide the company on timing of the

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Even as full service carriers like Jet Airways and Kingfisher are implementing an agenda to trim down capacity, low cost carriers like IndiGo and SpiceJet are taking the lead in the market and hiring people.As a result, air hostess training academies and cabin crew training centers are back in business. Leading academies like Frankfinn, AHA (Air Hostess Academy) and Avalon are flying high as

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Kingfisher Airlines, which is actively looking for an equity infusion, is said to have received an expression of interest from Indigo Partners, a US-based airline investor. According to sources close to the development, Indigo Partners has submitted a term sheet to Kingfisher Airlines. The term sheet is said to have come with certain conditions, which airline owner Vijay Mallya may have to abide

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Nearly 220 passengers, many of them with small children, were subjected to hours of ordeal at the Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA) here Monday night after Hong Kong based airline Cathay Pacific suddenly cancelled its New Delhi-Hong Kong flight (CX-752). All the passengers had checked in for boarding and were waiting to board the aircraft when the airline staff arrived to say that the

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Japan Airlines Tuesday announced reduction in the number of flights it operates on several international routes, including to Delhi, as part of its strategy to improve profitability by adjusting capacity."Till June-end, we will have four flights a week to New Delhi. After that, we will fly only three flights," an airline official based here said.The airline had earlier this year reduced its daily

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Jet Airways Konnect, an all economy service run by Jet Airways (India), has increased the number of flights by over 60 per cent within a month of operation to 100 per day.The increased frequency kicks in with effect from Monday. Konnect was launched with 62 flights on May 8, this year. On June 12, the Naresh Goyal-promoted carrier increased the flights further to 92. The steady month-on-month

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The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) is being revamped. With open house sessions having started from June 4 and 700 more staff being added, this top regulatory body is getting revitalised. With a crucial US Federal Aviation Authority (FAA) inspection soon, Nasim Zaidi , D-G, tells Shobha John how he's keeping a finger on the pulse of the system:Airlines in India are in a bad shape,

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There was a time when a career in aviation and hospitality was considered as high-flying as one could get. And then came the economic slowdown, which not only floored the Sensex but also brought down many a flying aspiration crashing to the ground. However, if one is to believe the aviation academies in Nagpur, that period is over, and the boom that is catching back is almost audible.As if that

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The Bangalore International Airport Limited on Monday announced the winners of the mega shopping festival held over a month at the Bengaluru International Airport. The participation came in not only from the passengers but also visitors to the airport. Over the past four weeks, over 40 prizes were announced. Lucky winners went home with international return air tickets, exotic holiday packages

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A man from Chennai was detained at Calcutta airport on Monday on the charge of trying to smuggle out 15.6kg Ketamine Hydrochloride, often used to make a banned psychedelic drug.The powdery substance, allegedly hidden in four ice cream-making machines, is worth Rs 1.5 crore in the international market. In the rave party circuit, Ketamine Hydrochloride is often loosely referred to as date rape

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With oil price ruling above the USD 70 per barrel mark, the Indian aviation sector is feeling the pinch. So, will the rise in crude oil prices force Jet Airways to hike prices soon?Saroj Datta, Executive Director, Jet Airways, said sooner or later the increase in fuel prices will have to be passed on either as a hike in fares or as a fuel surcharge. “The rise in crude it is leading to increases

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SilkAir, the regional wing of Singapore Airlines, commenced its operations to Hyderabad from today.The company's inaugural flight MI 478 arrived from Singapore's Changi airport to Rajiv Gandhi International airport Hyderabad at 1900 hrs, the airline said in a statement.The airline will operate five flights a week between Hyderabad and Singapore and the flight frequency will be stepped up to daily

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State-run oil firms on Monday hiked aviation fuel prices by over 12 per cent following the rise in crude oil prices in the global market.Aviation turbine fuel (ATF) will now cost Rs 3,949 more in Delhi at Rs 36,252 per kilolitre, while in Mumbai it will rise to Rs 37,367 per kilolitre from Rs 33,260.8, a senior official of Indian Oil Corp (IOC) said.The three state retailers - IOC, Hindustan

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An Air India flight operating in the Mumbai - Kochi - Mumbai sector was cancelled after a catering vehicle dashed against the stationary aircraft at the Nedumbassery airport near here today.The mishap occurred when the catering vehicle was being aligned with the aircraft to offload foot items. The aircraft suffered partial damage near the rear service door, airport sources said.The flight,

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Employees of flag carrier Air India Monday threatened to go on strike if the management delays their salaries next month.National Aviation Co of India Ltd (NACIL), which owns Air India, had Saturday said it would pay the June salaries of its around 31,000 employees two weeks into July due to a cash crunch.'This has never happened in Air India. We are not going to accept this at any cost. If our

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With the Airport Authority of India (AAI) all set to start work on runway expansion from July, flight operations are expected to be crippled in Chennai for over two months when the main runway will be closed between 11 am and 5 pm.After much deliberation over the issue, AAI chairman and his committee decided to stick to its original plan, which was highlighted in the Express issue dated March 16

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Authorities have taken up the expansion work of the Imphal Airport without obtaining mandatory environmental clearance from the Union Ministry of Environment and Forest.This may caused hindrance in the further expansion move, a highly reliable source informed Hueiyen Lanpao.As per the Environment Protection Act, prior to take up any developmental works, environment clearance should be obtained by

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