NEW DELHI: A section of Air India pilots, technicians and employees on Thursday marched to Parliament demanding immediate government action to save the cash-strapped national carrier. The employees, holding Air India CMD Arvind Jadhav responsible for the present condition of the airline, also demanded his removal and regularization of the payment of their due salary and productivity linked incentive. Read the rest of this entry »

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NEW DELHI: Wrongly blocking passengers with confirmed tickets who reach on time from boarding will now cost airlines dear, as per new rules to be imposed shortly by the Directorate-General of Civil Aviation. Read the rest of this entry »

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DUBAI: An Indian Ocean airline is planning the first regular flights for more than 800 passengers after buying a no-frills budget version of the Airbus A380, the world’s largest airliner, with economy seating throughout. Read the rest of this entry »

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An Air Deccan flight, which was grounded because of a bird hit at the Visakhapatnam airport. Bird hits have proved especially expensive to airlines this year.

Cash-strapped airlines have been pounded on another front suffering a loss of at least Rs 7 crore this year on account of bird hits. As of October, 241 bird-hit cases were reported. Read the rest of this entry »

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A possible merger between low-cost carriers SpiceJet Airlines and Wadia Group-owned GoAir has hit a roadblock after the two sides failed to arrive at a consensus on valuation and branding related issues, two persons familiar with the development, told The Economic Times, a popular new service. Read the rest of this entry »

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Air India is to again start the process of negotiations on productivity-linked incentives (PLI) in pay with the staff unions. Earlier meetings held to agree on an amount to cut from salaries have not yielded satisfactory results. Read the rest of this entry »

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SALEM: After a 16-year wait, the airport at Salem in western Tamil Nadu became operational again, with Kingfisher Airlines kicking off its Chennai-Salem services on Sunday. Puducherry is the only airport that does not have commercial services in the southern region. Read the rest of this entry »

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NEW DELHI: Private carrier Jet Airways on Wednesday launched a service to enable passengers learn of the lowest prevailing fares on its network from mobile phones on any given day of travel. Read the rest of this entry »

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Hong Kong, Nov 11 (DPA) Hong Kong’s Cathay Pacific airline was ordered Wednesday to compensate a group of pilots sacked during a 2001 industrial dispute. Read the rest of this entry »

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State carrier Air India on Wednesday said that it has incurred a loss of Rs 5,550 crore in the fiscal year 2008-09. The Air India board, which met in Chennai, said the losses were primarily due to global economic slowdown, resulting in fewer passengers travelling and lower load factor. Read the rest of this entry »

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