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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NEW DELHI: The craze for low-cost air travel has hit the pause button, with full-service airlines clawing back by narrowing the gap in tariffs. Read the rest of this entry »

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MUMBAI: Lufthansa flight LH 756 from Frankfurt, which landed in Mumbai on September 9, was unusually eventful for passengers as well as the cabin crew, who were kept busy throughout the journey by an inebriated passenger. Read the rest of this entry »

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NEW DELHI: As the Indian airline industry seemed to be succumbing under high fuel prices, a top airline official on Sunday said another 10 per cent hike in air fares was likely in the near future to enable the carriers maintain their financial bottom line. Read the rest of this entry »

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NEW DELHI: In a move that could set the ball rolling for further opening up of the aviation sector, civil aviation authorities from across the globe are meeting in Istanbul in October to discuss the modalities of a zero regulatory regime. Some of the key areas to be discussed during this ‘freedom summit’ are liberalizing the norms for foreign direct investment (FDI), simplifying cross-border consolidation in the sector and doing away with bilateral aviation service agreements. Read the rest of this entry »

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Chennai: Alliance Air, wholly-owned subsidiary of Air India, will re-link Chennai and Visakhapatnam from August 22. Read the rest of this entry »

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New Delhi: The Centre has decided not to increase the airfare of Haj passengers, allaying fears that the burden of increased aviation fuel cost will be passed on to the pilgrims also. Read the rest of this entry »

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New Delhi: The downturn in the aviation sector has affected the margins of online travel portals. From October, agents will earn no commission on air ticket bookings. To maintain profitability, travel portals are now offering online bus bookings. Read the rest of this entry »

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Toronto: A Winnipeg-based aviation school, which is first-choice training facility for Indian students aspiring to become pilots, will soon start its training programme in India where the aviation industry continues to soar. Winnipeg Aviation School, which along with another local Harv’s Air Pilot Training School, has trained hundreds of Indian students as pilots, is on the verge of signing memoranda of understanding (MoUs) with three Indian airports to commence pilot training. Read the rest of this entry »

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NEW DELHI/MUMBAI (Reuters) - Low-cost carrier SpiceJet and state-run Air India are raising fares following rising jet-fuel prices, while Jet Airways has set minimum airfares for certain routes, officials said. SpiceJet is increasing airfares by 300 rupees on the short sectors and by 550 rupees on the long sectors, effective June 20, Chief Financial Officer Partha Sarathi Basu told Reuters over the telephone. Read the rest of this entry »

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