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Airlines
violate Aircraft Rules, 2004: TAFI
TAFI has once again taken the legal route to resolve issues
relating to dual pricing and fuel surcharge. According to
federation sources, the airlines were warned from time to
time to look into the matter but nothing was done and seeking
legal action was the last option.
EVA
Air temporarily suspends passenger operations from Mumbai
Taipei-based EVA Air has decided to temporarily suspend its
operations from India's financial capital of Mumbai to Taipei
starting June 1, 2008.
Airspace
biggest challenge facing aviation growth
At a special session during the fourth Arabian Hotel Investment
Conference held from May 3 to 5, 2008, Dubai Airport's CEO
Paul Griffiths mentioned that in order to complete the growth
in hotels and tourism infrastructure, there was a pressing
need to increase airspace capacity across the Gulf region.
Thai
Airways ups frequency, works on domestic code-sharing
Star Alliance member, Thai Airways has increased frequencies
from Delhi and Chennai to Bangkok and is on its way to subsequently
increasing frequency from Mumbai
Singapore
Airlines eyes Delhi double daily by year-end
As passenger traffic from India continues to grow year on
year, Star Alliance member, Singapore Airlines aspires to
increase frequencies from India's capital city of Delhi
Kolkata
airport modernisation faces 6-month delay
Work on the modernisation programme for Kolkata airport is
being delayed by over six months following objections raised
by the Planning Commission over its scale and size despite
the fact that the project was cleared last year by the Committee
on Infrastructure (CoI) headed by the Prime Minister himself.
'India
is one of our strategic growth markets in Asia Pacific'
With planned capacity expansion of the existing group fleet
of around 500 aircraft, Lufthansa now has approximately 170
new aircraft, noted for high fuel efficiency as well as low-emission
and noise levels and valued at over 14 billion euros (list
price), on order. Werner Heesen reveals the airline's plans
for India. By Jyoti Koul
Korean
Air optimistic about upcoming bilateral talks
Seoul-based Korean Air is looking upbeat about the upcoming
bilateral talks between the Indian and South Korean governments.
Lufthansa
BOM-MUC non-stop to be daily by October
Following Lufthansa's launch of its thrice weekly non-stop
services between Mumbai and Munich early May, Heesen announced
that these flights will turn into dailies by end-October once
the winter schedule sets in.
Changing
altitudes and attitudes
With climate change becoming a growing matter of concern,
the spotlight is on aviation for its contribution to environment
pollution. Nevertheless, some of the international airports
are accelerating the implementation of initiatives that will
minimise this impact - emissions, noise and air quality being
top priorities. By Amal Tewari
Headway
on the runway
For the first time an Indian airport, Mumbai Iinternational
Airport (MIAL), will be included in SITA's annual Passenger
Self-Service Survey which is fast-becoming the bellwether
survey for tracking customer satisfaction with the efforts
of the world's leading airports to exploit IT to process more
passengers, eliminate congestion and maximise limited resources.
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