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| 'Grumpy' immigration staff to get an image makeover | 27th May, 10 , The Times of India |
Scruffy and often rude immigration officers may get a crash course in politeness and etiquette, a la Swiss finishing school, if the government has its way. After training tourist guides and cab drivers, the tourism ministry has set its sights on immigration officers manning international airports.
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| Ayurveda and Tourism Industry gearing up for the Monsoon | 27th May, 10 , The Times of India |
Gearing up for the South West Monsoon, which is not far away, Ayurveda and Tourism industry in Kerala are all set to woo tourists with rejuvenation packages and never before offers to beat the lean rainy season.
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| Regional airlines set to give Gujarat wings | 26th May, 10 , The Times of India |
Gujarat’s skies will become one of the busiest in the country in the next couple of months with at least two airlines starting operations to connect various cities of the state. Eight flights daily will connect Bhuj, Rajkot and Jamnagar to Ahmedabad and Surat, making it the only state in the country with such connectivity.
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| SpiceJet to garner $75 million through GDR, follow-on issue | 26th May, 10 , The financial express |
Having failed to raise fund through preferential allotment of shares, no-frills carrier SpiceJet is considering global depository receipts (GDR) and follow-on public offer (FPO) to raise up to $75 million.
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| SpiceJet turns corner, net profit at Rs 27.5 cr | 25th May, 10 , Indian express |
SpiceJet has declared a net annual profit of Rs 61.4 crore for the fiscal year 2009-10 against a loss of Rs 352.5 crore during the previous fiscal year. For the Jan-Mar quarter, the profit was Rs 27.5 crore against a loss of Rs 7.8 crore for the same period last year. In FY 2009-10, it saw a 44 per cent increase in traffic whereas the total air traffic increased only by 16 per cent.
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| PM sees 5-6% inflation by Dec, 8.5% growth this fiscal | 25th May, 10 , The economic times |
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh exuded confidence that inflation would come down to 5-6% by December adding that the economy is likely to
grow at about 8.5% in the current fiscal. “Price continues to be a matter of deep concern.
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| 60 hrs after crash, no black box yet | 25th May, 10 , The economic times |
The Black Box eluded the DGCA's search team for the second day running despite efforts made to locate it on Monday. The box, a vital
missing link to the last couple of minutes of Air India Express' descent into Bajpe airport in Mangalore, stayed buried and untraceable under the debris a full 60 hours after the disaster.
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| How govt upgrades old airports rather than build new | 25th May, 10 , The economic times |
When the Bajpe airport at Mangalore was built in 1951, it was designed to handle small aircraft like the Dakota that carried 21-28 people. By the 1980s, larger aircraft entered operation and Avros with over 40 seats started landing at the table-top airport. Over the decades, the airport was upgraded to handle even larger aircraft.
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| Short runway a 'penalty' for airlines | 25th May, 10 , The Times of India |
Airlines operating flights from the city face a unique problem during summer months. Known as `load penalty', it means booking seats less than the availability. The `penalty' is aimed at ensuring safe take-off at short runways.
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| Airport 'flouts' global norms | 25th May, 10 , The Times of India |
Though international flights started operating from Sanganer Airport a decade-and-a-half years ago, the airport is still running on provisional licence from the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) for not complying with the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) norms and regulations. The prime concern is that Sanganer Airport is surrounded by residential colonies.
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