Indian to command world’s first commercial double-decker aircraft A380
MUMBAI: The world’s first double-decker aircraft A380 may not have had its maiden commercial flight in India, but it sure does have an Indian commander in its cockpit. The super jumbo completed its first anniversary of commercial flying recently and a few months before that, Capt Cyrus Cama, a former resident of Mumbai’s Bandra became the first Indian to be a commander on the A380. Read the rest of this entry »
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CHANDIGARH: A team of police personnel from Canada on Tuesday held talks with the top brass of Chandigarh police and CBI here in connection with the bombing of 
New Delhi: At a time when several domestic airlines are looking to prune their staff strength, the Delhi-based low cost airline, 
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NEW DELHI and LONDON, Nov 11, 2008/PRNewswire via COMTEX/ — Frost & Sullivan bestows its prestigious award “2008 Emerging Company of the Year Award for Indian Commercial Aviation” on SpiceJet. As a low-cost carrier that commenced operations in 2005, SpiceJet has built a reputation for low fares with high customer value offering, achieving a revenue growth of 121 per cent in 2007 and capturing a sizeable market share of 10.5 per cent in 2008. 
MUMBAI (Reuters) – India’s loss-making carriers are swallowing a 37 percent cut in jet fuel prices in relief, but wary about sparking demand through another round of fare cuts, are instead offering discounts and freebies to attract fliers. State-run oil companies have slashed aviation turbine fuel (ATF) prices by up to 2,100 rupees per kilolitre and a 5 percent customs duty was scrapped. 
The next time you get dropped off at the airport tell your driver to wait till you’ve got a boarding pass. For, a ticket you had bought from an airline counter weeks before the flight may not be good enough. This is what Mumbai-based Swapnesh Mehta learnt the hard way on Sunday morning. The lesson caused him a day’s delay and cost him Rs 39,000 for three fresh tickets. He had bought the original tickets for Rs 14,625 on August 29 at Mumbai airport. 
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