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| AI told to rework revival plan with help of staff | 7th Apr, 10 , The economics times |
The board of Air India has asked the loss-making national carrier to completely rework its turnaround plan and seek feedback from its
employees in order to minimise opposition from them. The board also decided that the plan’s implementation would be overseen by a group of four newly-appointed independent directors, industrialists Anand Mahindra and Harsh Neotia; Amit Mitra, the secretary general of industry body FICCI and a former chief of the Indian Air Force, Fali Major.
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| Etihad Holidays offers new deals to Malaysia throughout April-May 2010 | 7th Apr, 10 , Travel Biz |
Etihad Holidays, a division of Etihad Airways, has announced a new cooperative agreement with Tourism Malaysia to promote holiday packages to Kuala Lumpur, Penang, Langkawi and Kota Kinabalu.
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| Travel agents hope for better deal from foreign airlines | 6th Apr, 10 , The Financial Express |
The travel agents' community is in a state of flux over the quantum of commission from the airlines, as they prepare to table their demands to the 16 foreign carriers which had resorted to zero commission. The agents on Monday said that they will be approaching the airlines, despite carriers maintaining silence on the issue.
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| Flying to US? Security check just got stricter | 3rd Apr, 10 , Economic Times |
The US government is requiring airlines at foreign airports to add a new layer of security on direct flights to the US that includes
intelligence data in an effort to prevent a breach such as the attempted bomb attack on an airliner near Detroit on Christmas Day.
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| Airfare hike on hold as govt defers service tax plan | 3rd Apr, 10 , financial expess |
The Centre has delayed the decision to impose 12% service tax on economy class fares from April 1, as proposed in the Budget 2010-11. Airline operators say a fare hike, if it comes along, could be effective only from June 1, as per government orders.
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| Delhi outpaces other metros in hospitality | 2nd Apr, 10 , The economics times |
Two years ago, Bangalore was the most preferred hotel destination in the country. It boasted of room rates that exceeded rates in Mumbai and Delhi by nearly 50% at the height of the IT boom in 2004-06. India’s Silicon Valley witnessed a spate of new hotel openings as investors and hotels majors rushed in to make the most of the growth opportunity.
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| Airlines to seek recast of Rs 50,000-cr debt | 2nd Apr, 10 , Hindu business line |
The Ministry of Civil Aviation has decided to ask the Ministry of Finance to lend a hand to the airline industry. It wants the Finance Ministry to ask banks to reschedule the debt of the domestic airline industry. The debt of Jet Airways, Kingfisher Airlines and Air India together is estimated at more than Rs 50,000 crore, according to the Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation (CAPA).
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| International carriers increasing flights | 2nd Apr, 10 , The Hindu Business Line |
International carriers operating to India are not only re-instating some of the frequencies that had been cut during the recession, but are also changing the configuration of the aircraft cabin to meet market demand.
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| Low-cost goes foreign: SpiceJet and IndiGo cleared to fly abroad | 1st Apr, 10 , Indian express |
Over a month after they applied, the decks have been cleared for an in-principle approval to low-cost carriers IndiGo and SpiceJet to fly abroad.
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| World Travel Awards unveils 2010 Grand Tour destinations | 1st Apr, 10 , Travel Biz |
World Travel Awards (WTA), which is celebrating its 17th anniversary, has unveiled 2010 Grand Tour Destinations. Dubai (UAE), Johannesburg (South Africa), Orlando (Florida, USA), Antalya (Turkey), New Delhi and Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) have been selected by WTA for the same.
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