Air India will increase the frequency of its Amritsar-London-Toronto flight from April 25. The airline will be running the fight on a daily basis from the Rajasansi International Airport. The flight currently runs thrice a week. Read the rest of this entry »

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It is important to convert our operations to eco friendly operations as an airline and we are planning to covert all our flights to environmental friendly flights within two years, CEO SriLankan Airlines Manoj Gunawardena said at the launch of first SriLankan Green Flight to Frankfurt. Read the rest of this entry »

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MUMBAI: Want a cheap holiday abroad? Beat the April rush of summer vacation planners by booking your tickets now, while flights to destinations like New York, Dubai, London and Bangkok are going cheap. Prices are lower right now than they were for most of last year. Read the rest of this entry »

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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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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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NEW DELHI: Air travel may soon cost less as agents are planning to withdraw transaction fee of Rs 350-500 on each domestic and Rs 1,200-10,000 on international ticket, after facing protests from the passengers. Read the rest of this entry »

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NEW DELHI: India and Malaysia on Monday decided to increase the number of flights in a week operating between the two countries from 2009, officials said here on Monday. Read the rest of this entry »

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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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New Delhi: Contrary to the job cuts initiated by Indian air carriers, Dubai-based international airline Emirates today said it would hire more staff and would be happy to recruit more Indians as cabin crew in its international operations. Read the rest of this entry »

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MOSCOW: A series of bankruptcies that have hit some leading air carriers and tour operators in the past month suggest that a serious crisis is brewing in global civilian aviation. Over the last six months about three dozen strong players have stopped or suspended operations. Among them are Russia’s AiRUnion, Britain’s XL Airways UK and Italy’s Alitalia. Read the rest of this entry »

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