MUMBAI: India’s two largest private airlines, Kingfisher Airlines and Jet Airways, are likely to cut ticket prices by up to Rs 1,000 on domestic routes by December. Read the rest of this entry »

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New Delhi: With the onset of the festive season budget carrier GoAir has announced a special ‘Buy 5 Get 1 Free’ offer, which will enable customers to get a free ticket against the base fare on booking five tickets. Read the rest of this entry »

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Airline companies under the Federation of Indian Airlines (FIA) plan to make a presentation to the civil aviation ministry saying they will be forced to axe 8,000 employees if the government implements the new ground handling policy from January 1, 2009. About 29 per cent of the 28,000-odd employees working in the private carriers are involved in ground handling. 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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HYDERABAD: Bad news is coming in a flurry these days. Even before one got over the shock of Jet Airways handing out pink slips to its staff, the loss-making state-owned carrier Air-India has decided to introduce a voluntary leave scheme to cut operational costs. Read the rest of this entry »

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MUMBAI: It was a night of high drama for India’s aviation industry. Bowing to the considerable political backlash, an emotional Naresh Goyal, chairman of Jet Airways, announced the rescinding of the decision to sack 1,900 employees. Read the rest of this entry »

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Mumbai: Jet Airways has decided to lay off 1,100 additional employees in the next few days, a top official said on Wednesday. Earlier in the day, Jet said it has retrenched around 800 flight attendants and suspended its expansion programme, adding that it will also cut flights because of a slowdown in demand. Read the rest of this entry »

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Mumbai: Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray on Wednesday warned he wouldn’t allow Jet Airways flights to take off from Maharashtra if the airline does take back the services of 850 employees. "If they are adamant about the issue then I too will ensure that no Jet Airways flight takes off from Maharashtra,” said Thackeray. Read the rest of this entry »

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MUMBAI: State-owned air carrier Air India is expected to post half of the domestic aviation industry’s losses this fiscal, at Rs 3,000 crore, Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel said on Friday. Read the rest of this entry »

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Terming it as "hard decisions that are inevitable" in the difficult market conditions, Jet Airways today said that it was terminating the services of around 800 flight attendants that were recently recruited as part of the planned expansion programme. Read the rest of this entry »

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