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Amritsar gets connected by air with Bangalore and Mumbai
31-Mar-2009
To give a boost to the tourism sector in Punjab, the Rajasansi international airport at Amritsar finally gets connected to Mumbai and Bangalore. The initiative has been done by low-cost domestic airline GoAir that has started its daily connecting flights between Delhi-Bangalore-Mumbai.
The Amritsar international airport has seen tremendous growth in domestic passenger traffic over the past five year. In the year 2003-04 the total domestic passengers registered with the airport were 6,249, while in the year 2007-08 the figure went up to 1,25,081.”
Vizag airport terminal is made operational
27-Mar-2009
Airport authorities said that the new terminal at the Visakhapatnam airport, built at a cost of US$ 18.9 million or (Rs 95 crore) and inaugurated on February 21 by the Chief Minister, Dr Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy, was made operational from the Telugu New Year day on March 27, 2009. The commissioning of the new terminal is expected to make international flights possible from here as it has night-landing facilities as well.
Rajiv Gandhi Int’l Airport enlisted in top 10 airports of the world
25-Mar-2009
The GMR Group promoted Rajiv Gandhi International Airport in Hyderabad has been rated as the fifth most service oriented amongst the world’s top ten airports. The airport, which completed its first year of commercial operations on 23-Mar-09, scored 4.41 on a 1-5 scale in overall passenger satisfaction.
This International Airport in Hyderabad also features as the second, most service oriented airport in the 5-15 million passengers per annum category of airports across the world.
The results were announced by the Airport Council International (ACI) - the Apex Body of Global Airports on the basis of a global survey undertaken as part of the Airport Service Quality (ASQ) 2008.
Hyderabad International Airport receives ISO-27001:2005 certification
13-Mar-2009
The GMR Hyderabad International Airport Limited (GHIAL) and the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport have received the ISO 27001:2005 (Information Security Management System) certification. The certification, which has been awarded by the auditors of BSI (British Standards Institute), is regarded as the highest certification from BSI for Information Security.
GHIAL’s Rajiv Gandhi International Airport is one of the first airports in South and South East Asia, to be certified as ISO 27001 compliant.
Cavotec MSL to supply ground support equipment to New Delhi airport
10-Mar-2009
Global engineering group Cavotec MSL has announced that it has recently signed an agreement of approximately EUR3.6 million to supply ground support equipment to several different airports around the world including New Delhi.
As per company details, the New Delhi airport agreement includes supply of 35 vault access covers with supporting equipment, which provide access to concrete vaults for operational and maintenance requirements of in-ground pit systems.
Pakyong Greenfield airport starts development work
02-Mar-2009
The Airports Authority of India (AAI) has started the groundwork for the development of the New Greenfield Airport at Pakyong and the New Terminal Building at Dibrugarh.
AAI has taken initiative to develop new Green field Airport at Pakyong, Sikkim for operation of ATR 72 type of Aircraft. The development will have an estimated cost of US$ 61.5 million (Rs. 310 crores).
On the other hand, the New Terminal Building at Dibrugarh Airport having an area of 10536 square meters will also receive development work to accommodate all modern passenger friendly facilities. The Terminal Building has peak hour passenger handling capacity of 500 passengers.
Jet Airways might lease out its aircrafts
29-Mar-2009
Jet Airways is considering the option of leasing out some of the narrow body Boeing 737 aircraft in its fleet. The Boeing 737 aircraft is primarily used by the airline on its domestic routes. With the current economic scenario and reduced number of local flight passengers, the option of leasing has been kept open by Jet Airways.
Routes Asia discussed economic woes
28-Mar-2009
The seventh edition of Routes Asia 2009, the conference of Asian Route Development Forum, was held on 29 March 2009. The two-day conference discussed the impact of economic crisis on airlines and airports.
The meet also discussed issues such as the need for further liberalization and the future roadmap.
Mallya seeks credit line for Kingfisher Airlines from SBI
27-Mar-2009
Kingfisher Airlines has approached State Bank of India for a credit line in the range of over US$ 298 million – US$ 596 million (Rs 1,500-3,000 crore) to meet its operational needs. The airline has been facing problems with various vendors over payment of outstanding dues. In January, it had to submit a bank guarantee and provide post-dated cheques to the Airports Authority of India to clear its dues.
Airbus plans to set up manufacturing unit in India
25-Mar-2009
European aircraft manufacturer, Airbus Industries announced that it plans to have a manufacturing base in India in the next three-four years. The company wants to have a strong presence in areas such as engineering, research, design and training.
The airplane maker is optimistic about the emerging market of India and sees a double-digit growth in the region in the long-run. Airbus expects an expenditure of about US$ 1 billion in India over the next 10 years provided it gets right partners and right projects.
Jet offers selection of fares to woo passengers
25-Mar-2009
As passengers are slowly returning to air travel, Jet Airways, the country's second largest private carrier, has structured airfares into five different categories depending on time of flights as it looks at propping up its falling passengers load factor.
This is the first instance of a full-service carrier offering such a wide-variety of fares.
Global capacity and flight volumes continue to decline: OAG reports
25-Mar-2009
According to the latest statistics from OAG, the world's leading aviation data business, the world's airlines have scheduled 4.9% fewer flights for Mar-09 compared with the same month last year, with a 3.3% drop in seat capacity.
This is the eighth successive month of declines, and represents a reduction of more than 122,000 flights and 9.8 million seats year on year.
SriLankan Airline reduces flights to India by almost half
25-Mar-2009
SriLankan Airlines has become the first international airline to reduce over 50 % of its flights to India. Over the last couple of months SriLankan has reduced 54 flights out of 100 to India, thereby closing down four stations in the country. The airline now flies to six cities from 11 earlier.
Air India makes Frankfurt its new hub
23-Mar-2009
State-owned carrier, Air India, is reorganizing its operations to Europe and the US by making Frankfurt its operational hub for its westbound flights.
This decision was taken as the London Heathrow airport is busy and not an easy airport to transit. The decision will come into effect this summer schedule starting March 29.
SpiceJet receives ICWAI award for excellence in Cost Management
20-Mar-2009
SpiceJet has received the coveted ICWAI award for excellence in Cost Management presented by The Ministry of Corporate Affairs, Government of India. SpiceJet was one out of three companies from the private sector who won this award. A distinguished jury comprising eminent people from Industry, Academia and Administration has selected the winners.
Air India commences new fleet and enhanced connectivity
17-Mar-2009
With over 60 years of experience in operating international flights, India's national carrier Air India announces to continue inducting new aircrafts in the next fiscal, notwithstanding the global slump in air travel market.
Air India is confident that the slump will be short-lived and traffic to/from India will once again witness an uptrend. With a fleet of over 150 aircraft, including 45 aircraft inducted in the past 18 months, Air India has been gradually expanding its network to cover new destinations in India and abroad.
Air Arabia announces service to Goa
11-Mar-2009
Starting from 16-Apr-09, Air Arabia announced to launch its services to the Indian city of Goa. Roundtrip flights will operate three times per week between Dabolim International Airport in Goa and Air Arabia’s hub in Sharjah.
With the commencement of this service, Air Arabia will be the only UAE-based international carrier to offer direct flights to Goa from the UAE.
Finnair temporarily suspends Mumbai route
10-Mar-2009
Due to the unfavorable economic conditions affecting both passenger and cargo sales in India and Europe, Finnair has announced the suspension of its route to Mumbai in India temporarily from May until mid-October.
GHIAL and MAE sign joint venture agreement to set up MRO Company
02-Mar-2009
GMR Hyderabad International Airport (GHIAL), and MAS Aerospace Engineering (MAE), a wholly owned subsidiary of Malaysia Airlines signed an agreement to set up 50:50 joint venture Airframe Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO) Company in Hyderabad.
The JV Company, known as MAS-GMR Aerospace Engineering Company Ltd., will be built on the eastern side of the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport, Hyderabad.
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