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| Diwali signals a new takeoff for beleauered airlines | 15th Oct, 09 , Hindustan Times |
A year ago, Diwali dreams were grounded by the economic downturn. This time, the flights are taking off.
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| Festive rush sends air fares to cloud nine | 15th Oct, 09 , Times of India |
It’s not a goodweek to book a last-minute air ticket and every seasoned flier knowsthat.With the festive season whipping up the demand on
domestic routes, singleway air fares for last-minute tickets to destinations like Delhi, Kolkata, Chennai etc have crossed the Rs 10,000-mark. On Wednesday afternoon, airfares for late evening tickets on the Mumbai-Delhi sector began at Rs 6,300 on low-cost airlines.
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| Tourists flows drop 4.1%,but earnings move up | 14th Oct, 09 , Economic Times |
The number of foreign tourists visiting India dropped by 4.1% at 3.17 lakh in September 2009 due to the global economic downturn and the fear of Swine flu, a tourism ministry official said.
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| Interpol seeks visa-free travel for its sleuths | 14th Oct, 09 , Business Line |
The global police organization Interpol began issuing special passports on Wednesday to its senior investigators, aimed at allowing them to enter any of the group’s 188 member countries to accept the new documents and three more will follow soon, the Interpol Secretary-General, Mr. Ronaid K.Noble, said during the organization’s general assembly here. He said he is sure the remaining member countries will also honor these passports.
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| Kuwait AIrways to fly less, Emirates more to India | 13th Oct, 09 , Business Line |
The airline winter schedule, which rolls out on October 25, will be a mixed bag of surprises for passengers. While Kuwait Airways joins a list of airlines that will be reducing services to India, the Dubai-based Emirates Airlines plans to increase weekly flights here.
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| Airlines set new fuel efficiency goals | 12th Oct, 09 , Business Standard |
The world’s airlines have agreed to new fuel efficiency and carbon emission targets which go much further than the levels required through regulation, an industry group said on Saturday.
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| Time for a safe exit from current levels | 12th Oct, 09 , Economic Times |
It’s been a turbulent phase for India’s aviation industry. The disruption in operations of two airlines, Jet and Air India apart, the industry is facing a double whammy — sliding load factor and high ATF prices.
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| Anil for investment in Uttarakhand tourist circuit | 12th Oct, 09 , Business Standard |
Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group (ADAG) Chairman Anil Ambani today said he was keen to invest in the industrial, power and tourism sectors in Uttarakhand.
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| Less taxiing time for domestic fliers | 12th Oct, 09 , Times of India |
The long taxiing time taken by domestic flights using the new runway will hopefully see an end soon. The mixed mode use of runways, under which domestic flights will use the main runway and international flights will use the new runway. Will be fully implemented probably by October 23, bringing an end to the extra 25-30 minutes that domestic passengers spent on ground before their flights took off.
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| US F1 student visas fall 25% | 11th Oct, 09 , Economic Times |
It’s official. There were less F1 student visas for the US issued across India in financial year 2009 (Oct 08-Sep 09) than the previous Where Re comes from & goes NRI investments in India Forex Converter FY08. In fact, 25,860 issuances in FY09 actually translates into a whopping 25% decline over 34,510, which was the number issued last year.
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