Behind every novel concept there is always perseverance and determination. The new initiative from the government of Kerala to provide better connectivity to domestic and international tourists visiting Kerala in the form of seaplane services embarks on a landmark decision to boost the tourism ind...

The five-city road show conducted by the Turkish Tourism board in association with the Turkish Hoteliers Federation was concluded in Delhi recently. As part of the road show, 12 leading Turkish Hotels and Turkish Airlines, travelled to Mumbai, Bangalore, Chennai and Hyderabad before reaching Delhi...

Travel Food Services (TFS), India’s leading operator of restaurants, cafes, food courts and lounges at airports, has entered into a joint venture with Gate Gourmet, world’s largest independent provider of airline catering and provisioning services, to foray into in-flight catering business. The jo...

The ever increasing fuel cost has forced the airlines to take a slew of stringent measures to control expenses, to stay alive in the business. It is learnt that several airlines are following procedures such as low-emission operations, recycling on-board waste and reducing cabin weight, to cut...

The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), the regulator of aviation in India has issued Fresh norms mandating correct landing procedures and occupying of the cockpit in the backdrop of the recent Air India Express mishap in Mangalore, Karnataka in IndiaDGCA has instructed directives on Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) to all scheduled, non-scheduled and general aviation operators to go for ‘correct landing’ procedures that is made at the correct point on the runway with ...

“Survival of the fittest”, is the famous Darwin’s Theory about evolution. It is applicable to the current Airline marketing scenario also. Government of India’s open sky policy has opened up the market with more capacity of airline seats on domestic as well as international sectors. Coming to the basic economics of demand and supply, at the moment the market has more supply and less demand. Prices are decided by the buyers. If supply is less and demand is more, seller w...

Malaysia Airlines (MAS) has entered into a long term contract with IBS Software, a leading supplier of IT solutions for the global travel, transportation and logistics industry, for deploying its crew management system, AvientCrew. The deal, set to provide MAS with increased efficiency and reduced...

Chennai based Paramount Airways, One of India's leading domestic premium airlines, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to buy ten A321 aircraft with an option for additional ten. The agreement was concluded at the 48th Le Bourget air show outside Paris. The deal will be funded by the Eu...

Kuwait Airways Corporation (KAC) will be fully privatised by year end, Kuwait's Minister of Communications, Dr Mohammed Al-Busairi, has said.  According to Act No 6, 2008 that was adopted by the country's government last July, an investor may acquire a 35 per cent stake in new company's capital, the government 20 per cent and the staff of the company 5 per cent, while the remaining 40 per cent of shares will be available for the public to buy.Kuwait Investment Authority will run the KAC p...

Kerala Tourism and Jet Airways have announced the launch of 'Jet2Kerala', a new domestic travel initiative at the Trident, Nariman Point, Mumbai recently. The move is part of its ongoing effort to boost tourism within India to withstand the effects of the global economic meltdown which directly af...

Paramount Airways, India's first premium service, all business class airline has announced a second daily service from Chennai to Kolkata following the high demand on its recently launched Kolkata flight. The new daily return will offer increased flexibility and convenience making it ideal for bus...

Paramount Airways, the Coimbatore based “all-business class airline”, is planning to launch operations in the eastern region in June with two-three daily flights between Chennai and Kolkata, said M. Thiagarajan, Managing DirectorSpeaking to newspersons in Kolkatta, he said, “We a...

Royal Jet, the international luxury flight services company headquartered in Abu Dhabi,  has launched another ‘world-first’ by becoming the only private jet charter company to offer its guests a personal chef, providing them with bespoke gourmet dining based on their own individua...

Preliminary traffic results for 2008 show that for the full year, worldwide passenger traffic remained flat, thanks to strong growth in the first quarter which balanced the year-end Decemberline, whereas year-end results in the freight sector, which did not benefit from any significant surge in traffic during the year, retracted in 2008 (international freight -3%, domestic -7% and the worldwide average -4.5%).For the month of December 2008, global passenger traffic growth fell by 6 percen...

Paramount Airways  recently introduced another scheme, "Smart Flyer APEX Fares" which offers passengers to travel on all sectors in the South and West by booking tickets fifteen days ahead of travel. The lowest fare on the APEX Fare Scheme starts from INR 1825/- inclusive of all taxes, varying from sector to sectorThe Chennai-based all-Business class airline has outlined some ambitious expansion plans for 2009, after last year recording just a 1.1% increase in passenge...

Bird Group, India's fastest growing travel  conglomerate has announced an exclusive marketing agreement with VistaJet Holding S.A. headquartered in Switzerland and the fastest growing business jet company outside North America. The agreement was signed by Ankur Bhatia, Executive Director, Bird Group and Ira Trivedi from VistaJet at Aero India 2009, BangaloreAs per the agreement, Bird Group will be in charge of the marketing of VistaJet in the Indian subcontinent which includes India, Bang...

IBS Software, one of the leading providers of new-generation software solutions to the travel, transportation and logistics (TTL) industries, has launched the iFly, the next generation airline passenger services solution suite, which address the entire gamut of Passenger Service functionalities for airlines, including passenger reservations, airport departure control, loyalty & CRM, holidays & tours, and distribution management. iFly has the functional breadth and depth to support all ...

The Government of India has inducted four non-officio Directors to the Board of Airports Authority of India and with this restructuring AAI can now exercise its Miniratna Powers which was already been accorded to it last month. The non-official Directors include Deepak Parekh, CEO and Executive Ch...

Singapore Airlines yesterday announced special New Year promotional offer to popular destinations this season. The new scheme offers customers to travel to select destinations as Singapore for Rs 16,830, South East Asia (Kuala Lumpur, Penang, Bangkok, Denpasar, Langkawi and Kuching) for Rs 23,980 and Australia (Perth, Brisbane, Adelaide, Sydney, Melbourne) for Rs 41,350, said a release issued in New DelhiThe bookings for this offer can be made till January 15, 2009 and will be valid for travel...

Delegations representing the Governments of India and Malaysia met in New Delhi to discuss and revise air services between the two countries. The two countries have agreed that the designated airlines of each country shall be entitled to operate 20,410 seats per week in each direction on the routes specified in the respective Route Schedule with effect from Summer 2009, which include 5,620 to Delhi, 3,770 to Mumbai, 4,740 to Chennai, 1,000 to Kolkata, 2,730 to Bangalore, 2,550 to HyderabadOthe...