Archive for January, 2009

Offer: SpiceJet – Book Two Air Tickets, Pay for One

SpiceJet Airlines SpiceJet yesterday launched an innovative promotional offer- ‘SpiceJet Happy Hours’. To kick start the ‘SpiceJet Happy Hours’, there is a Two for One offer available on SpiceJet.com. The booking to avail the offer started yesterday and is open till today. Under this offer, if a ticket is booked for two or more people in a single transaction, every second passenger gets to fly free. Passenger on free ticket will have to pay Passenger Service Fee (PSF) ranging between Rs 200 and Rs 233. There will be an additional charge of Rs 350 on flights from Hyderabad. Read the rest of this entry »

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InterGlobe Technology Solutions frontrunner for Air India ticketing deal

Air India MUMBAI: InterGlobe Technologies, which also operates the domestic airline IndiGo, has emerged as the front-runner for Air India’s ticketing and package booking services tender. Read the rest of this entry »

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Mumbai Airport to get new taxiway N10 by Jan End

MUMBAI: The city airport is all set to inaugurate its new taxiway N10 this month. The taxiway, which would be located at the end of runway 27, has come up in place of taxiway Delta, which was discontinued a couple of years ago. The work was almost over and the taxiway would be ready for use soon, officials said. Read the rest of this entry »

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Airline industry losses will be manageable in 2009

Losses in Indian Aviation NEW DELHI: There’s a silver lining behind every dark cloud. This holds true for the aviation sector too as the turbulence which hit it in 2008 is likely to clear up a little this year. But that’s likely only in the third quarter of this year, says Policy Outlook 2009, a report by the Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation (CAPA). The demand for the first half of 2009-10 will be weak, but improve later. Though there will be airline losses this year too, the magnitude will be manageable. Over the last three to four years, the industry has lost over $3 billion. Read the rest of this entry »

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Indian Aviation stocks up on foreign stake buzz

Aviation Stocks MUMBAI: Aviation stocks were flying high Wednesday on reports that India may allow foreign airlines to buy stakes in local carriers. Read the rest of this entry »

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Offer: Book Air Tickets on Cleartrip and Get 50% Cash Back on SpiceJet Airfares

Cleartrip India’s favorite online travel portal Cleartrip has teamed up with SpiceJet to offer instant 50% cash back airfares. The offer is valid on all credit cards. Apart from the cash back customers will also receive a guaranteed gift voucher of Rs 250 from holihop.com Read the rest of this entry »

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Airlines sue FAA over crew resting rules

FAA Several of the America’s largest airlines have joined in a lawsuit to block stronger federal rules on crew rest during the longest international flights. The airlines say that the Federal Aviation Administration bypassed usual rule-making procedures and denied them the right to comment before it notified American Airlines and Continental Airlines Inc. of the new rules in late October. Read the rest of this entry »

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Vijay Mallya’s Kingfisher Airlines to walk extra mile to boost Kashmir Tourism

Kingfisher Airlines India’s liquor baron Vijay Mallya, chairman and managing director of the UB Group, said that his Kingfisher Airlines would announce attractive tour packages to boost Kashmir tourism in 2009. Read the rest of this entry »

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Domestic Airlines had fewer passengers in 2008 as air fares rose

Turbulent time: Airlines carried 40.77 million passengers in 2008 compared with 42.85 million in 2007.Mumbai: More passengers kept away from domestic airlines in 2008 than the previous year as ticket prices increased because of rising jet fuel costs, nearly halting years of low-cost flying. Passenger growth crashed by 17.17% in December to 3.32 million from 4.01 million a year ago. Read the rest of this entry »

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FDI in domestic airlines may be allowed

NEW DELHI: The Central Government may allow foreign airlines to pick up a minority stake in domestic airlines in a bid to shore up the civil aviation sector which is reeling under the impact of global economic slowdown and low volume of passengers. Read the rest of this entry »

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