To woo more and more tourists to India, the concerned authorities constantly endeavor to come up with unique promotional ideas. After Bollywood favorite Aamir Khan, the Indian tourism ministry has now roped in the Singapore Airlines to give fillip to its multi-pronged Incredible India campaign. ...

The Jet Airways has introduced 14 new flights to international destinations from August onwards as part of its global expansion plans. This has upped the total number of international destinations it presently serves to 20. 'Since August five, we have added 14 international routes. We have 20 ...

Aviation industry has badly been hit by soaring prices of ATF (Aviation Turbine Fuel); airlines have been asking aviation ministry to lower down prices of the same, but their demand has not been fulfilled. Now, airliners may raise their fare to meet out their break even point. According to the Jet ...

UB Group chief Vijay Mallaya has sought permission from the directorate general of civil aviation (DGCA) for offering India’s first in-flight mobile services. Currently, DGCA rules do not permit use of mobile phone once the aircraft gets ready for take- off.
 
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India’s LCC SpiceJet has disclosed economic pact with US-based private equity company WL Ross & Co LLC wherein the latter will invest $100 million in earlier company. The impact of the news was visible in share market where shares of SpiceJet reacted sharply to this news and soared as ...

At a time when airlines across the globe are cutting down flights due to rising fuel costs, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Etihad Airways has introduced two new flights to Chennai and Kozhikode in India. The launch of Etihad’s new services now connects the region to a ...

Lufthansa Airlines, the German aviation group, is going to expand its operation in all respects in India. The Lufthansa Airlines has already launched from Munich to Pune its first, continuous, all-business class six-day a week flight. Now this German Airlines is going to increase its flights from ...

There could happen one more round of merger in the Indian aviation sector as the Vijay Mallya-owned Kingfisher Airlines has entered the final leg of acquiring a stake in the low cost carrier SpiceJet. The chief of United Breweries, Vijay Mallya reportedly wants a 26 per cent stake and therefore is ...

Jet Airways, one of India's prominent private air carriers recently launched its flights to the holy town of Tirupati and Rajahmundry from Hyderabad, the capital of Andhra Pradesh.
The Jet Airways Tirupati flight departs from Hyderabad at 1345 hrs and arrives at Tirupathi, the abode of Lord ...

The number of flights operating between India and Japan has now been doubled to 42. But this alteration will become effective from March 2010 onwards. As per the fresh agreements, the Japanese flights will be allowed to increase their presently seven services each on Tokyo-Delhi and Tokyo-Mumbai ...

Jet Airways has become the first Indian private carrier to launch its services to China. Mr. Naresh Goyal spearheaded Jet Airways on Saturday, June 14, 2008 launched its Mumbai-Shanghai-San Francisco flight. Jet Airways, which currently operates to 60 destinations across India and overseas, with ...

The clinching of exclusive catering rights by the SkyGourmet in the Lufthansa flights operating from Pune to Frankfurt has boosted the morale of the in-flight catering business in the city. As per the contract signed, the operation will initiate from July 1 onwards. SkyGourmet happens to be a ...

Jet Airways on Tuesday, June 10, 2008 announced that it has signed a codeshare agreement and frequent flyer partnership with UAE’s Etihad Airways. Mr. Naresh Goyal, Jet Chairman told media persons on Tuesday that Jet’s tie up with Etihad will create value and synergy for both the ...

Amidst the global air fare hike and consequently plummeting figures of air travelers, this perhaps should bring a smile to the anxious faces in the aviation industry of India and also the European Union. A recent data points out that the air passenger traffic between the European Union and India ...

The Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani group (ADAG) has once again started pursuing its ambitions of entering the aviation sector. The company has initiated buoyant talks with low-cost carrier SpiceJet. Last year, Anil Ambani lost the battle to acquire the country’s largest low-fare carrier Air ...

The cost of jet fuel in India has been slashed by the oil companies by over four per cent. A five per cent deduction in Customs duty on jet fuel has caused the Aviation Turbine Fuel (ATF) to become cheaper in Delhi by Rs 3,000 per kilolitre (kl) for domestic airlines and $54 per kl for foreign ...

The High Court of Delhi on Wednesday 4 June supported a judgment passed by one of its Single Benches which had accepted the decision made by the Indian Airlines (now called Indian) to ground its overweight flight attendants from duty. The affected cabin crew members and air hostesses of the Indian ...

Major airlines in the country have decided to raise the prices of air travel by hiking fuel surcharge, owing to oil companies raising aviation turbine fuel (ATF) prices by 18 percent. Though airlines are expected to announce the hike on Tuesday, Air India has already announced that travel by the ...

The budget airline from Middle East, Air Arabia commenced daily service to the Indian city of Kozhikode. It has now become the first Middle Eastern airline which offers flights to Kozhikode. It started its service back in the month of February with three flights in a week.
 
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The government of India is ready to issue new refund rules after a host of complaints from the travelers. Domestic airlines will no longer be able to hold passengers who cancel their tickets to ransom by asking them to fly again instead within a given time or by delaying funds. The new rules will ...

Two important airlines of the United States, which only a couple of months ago, had won federal consent for introducing new flight services on much sought-after routes to China are now deferring the move due to rising fuel costs. The request to do so from these airlines has come at a time when ...

To deal with the problems of rise in fuel prices as well as a dip in air travel due to a weak economy in the United States at present, the American Airlines (AA) on Wednesday 21 May announced that it plans to slash jobs, discard old planes and cut down domestic flying capacity by about 11 per cent ...

American Airlines (AMR) revealed on Wednesday, May 21, 2008 that it will soon start charging the passengers $15 to check their first bag each way, or $30 for round-trip, if they are flying on a discounted fare. The airlines adding charges on top of the rising airfares is a move adopted by them to ...

If everything goes right, then shuttling between India and Dubai by air will soon become more convenient. This is because there is a good possibility that the request of various private Indian airlines such as Jet Airways, JetLite and Air Deccan will soon get an official go-ahead signal. Both India ...

Officers from India will fly down to Finland coming August to ink a bilateral air service deal that will result in boosting the capacity between the two nations. Presently, it is the Nordic carrier Finnair that connects Finland to India. As per the information provided by a reliable source, it is ...

Though the US’s Continental Airlines has rejected the offer of a merger with United Airlines, it is now busy deliberating with the carrier about striking up an alliance. A source who is aware of the negotiations has said that the board of directors of United will be discussing all the options ...

Mobile Service Provider, Vodafone said on Tuesday, May 6, 2008, that it has signed a deal with Apple to sell Apple iphone in India. According to a statement by Vodafone, its customers in nine countries namely Australia, Czech Republic, Egypt, Greece, India, Italy, Portugal, New Zealand, South ...

Nordic carrier Finnair is adding one more flight to India from June, although it is still waiting for permission from the Indian government to add more destinations apart from Mumbai and Delhi. Taina Tomstrom, director for Indian subcontinent for Finnair said that at present they have 12 flights a ...

There is more good news for all air passengers. From October 2008, budget airline , AirAsia will fly daily from Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia) to Trichy (South India) and back for just $125(Rs 5000) which includes airport tax.
 
Tony Fernandez, the CEO of AirAsia while speaking to a Tamil Daily ...

Flying is going to become expensive in the coming few months. Because of the growing crude oil prices, the oil companies have raised the price of jet fuel by 10% on Wednesday. Following the rise in the price of jet fuel the domestic airlines too have announced an increase in fuel surcharge by Rs ...