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DHL Global Forwarding, a unit of DHL India, is in talks with Jet Airways for cargo bookings in the leftover space in their passenger aircraft flying overseas, its top official said.
"We already have a pact with other international carriers like Air India. We are in talks with Jet Airways for cargo bookings in their international flights" said Mr Madhav Thapar, Sub-Regional Air Freight Director-South Asia, DHL Global Forwarding here on Tuesday.
DHL, which unveiled their first of its kind bonded warehouse at new Bangalore International Airport, is interested in replicating the model at other aiports in the country. "It, however, depends upon space availability at airports and regulatory agencies", he said. - PTI
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The National Aviation Company India Ltd (NACIL), formed after the merger of Air India and Indian, is forming strategies to enhance the airline's operations and turn it into a profitable venture.
NACIL's major focus areas currently are rationalising commonly-operated routes, pricing structures and flight schedules. In addition, the merged entity is also rationalising accommodation facilities for cabin crew and staff, handling charges on commonly-operated routes, and general sales agents as well as fuel.
According to PK Gupta, NACIL executive director - sales and marketing, routes common to both carriers such as Singapore, Dubai, Kuala Lumpur, Bangkok and Muscat will be operated by a single carrier through better schedules and improved frequencies.
"By restructuring routes, excess capacity can be effectively deployed on other routes resulting in increased revenue. For example, prior to the merger, Air India used to fly Delhi-Shanghai via Bangkok. However, post merger, the Delhi-Shanghai flight becomes a direct flight, while the Bangkok flight is operated by Indian," Gupta told IANS.
Further, the airline has adopted a strategy whereby all differential pricing on commonly operated sectors will also be rationalised and brought to one uniform fare. "By doing so, there will be no competing price factor between the two carriers," stated Gupta.
For passengers, through check-in facilities will be introduced for both carriers. A passenger flying the domestic sector on Indian and the international sector on Air India can be checked right through till his/her final destination. "Everything has been streamlined so passengers can have more travel options and facilities," Gupta said. Passengers can also avail seamless internal transfers within the airport.
Alessandro From Sweden, joined Sep 2001, 4766 posts, RR: 0 Reply 2, posted (1 month 3 weeks 6 days 1 hour ago) and read 8837 times:
Saw that Port Blair airport been flooded with 1,5 feet of water after heavy rain and the traffic stopped obviously.
I thinking of going there again (was there in august 2004) in july, how often has this happened?
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The time has come for the government to intervene and help the growing civil aviation industry in the wake of skyrocketing prices of aviation turbine fuel (ATF), Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel said here on Friday. “High prices of jet fuel have dealt a severe blow to the airlines. Air travel is no more a luxury but just another mode of travel. The aviation industry is an important contributor to the economic growth. All States and the Centre should pay urgent attention to the industry,” Mr. Patel told reporters here.
Favouring rationalisation of sales tax, excise and customs duty structure on ATF, he said that at Rs.61,000 a kilo litre, the ATF in India was costlier than in Singapore, where it cost Rs.32,000 a kilo litre. The ATF price constituted 15 to 20 per cent of the total cost of operation of an airline abroad. But in India, it had zoomed to 40 to 45 per cent.
Cricket From India, joined Aug 2005, 2041 posts, RR: 2 Reply 4, posted (1 month 3 weeks 5 days 11 hours ago) and read 8701 times:
Quoting Alessandro (Reply 2): Saw that Port Blair airport been flooded with 1,5 feet of water after heavy rain and the traffic stopped obviously.
I thinking of going there again (was there in august 2004) in july, how often has this happened?
LAXDESI From United States, joined May 2005, 2726 posts, RR: 5 Reply 7, posted (1 month 3 weeks 5 days ago) and read 8570 times:
Customs seeks its pound of flesh from new airports. I don't see anything wrong with asking the airport operators--or the flying public--to foot the bill for immigration/custom/security services. http://avindia.blogspot.com/
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For the first time in Indian aviation history, new airports at Hyderabad and Bangalore are being asked to pay for federal services such as customs.
Customs is a sovereign function and no airport developer has had to pay for it in the past. But, this may be because a majority of all airports operational in the country have been developed by the state-owned Airports Authority of India.
Today, new airports are being developed by private operators and many new airports are coming up across the country.
The Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC) is seeking payment of salaries for its staff to be deployed at the new airport as well as expenses on fittings and fixtures, housing and transport for these people. As per existing policy, no airport operator is permitted to conduct certain operations (including security of the airport, customs and immigration) on its own so it has no choice but to approach the designated central agency for the purpose.
The demand for availing these sovereign facilities on payment is a tad embarrassing for the civil aviation ministry, which is keen to see the new airports come up.
AirIndia From United Arab Emirates, joined Jan 2001, 751 posts, RR: 3 Reply 8, posted (1 month 3 weeks 4 days 12 hours ago) and read 8444 times:
Quoting Cricket (Reply 6): Looks quite dilapidated, I saw it when I flew into NAG in 2006 December, don't think it is in flying condition
i used to be in NAG when it had been parked there initially. There was quiet a lot of local media coverage with pictures of the 707 and comparison with other smaller planes that served NAG (732 of IC and EastWest).
Aviationbuff From India, joined Mar 2008, 250 posts, RR: 0 Reply 10, posted (1 month 3 weeks 4 days 11 hours ago) and read 8425 times:
Business Jets: Next revolution in Indian aviation
Quote: Indian entrepreneurs can no longer afford to fly First Class on commercial airlines, not because of increasing costs, but because of delays in flights and security routine which takes up a lot of time. This is one of the main reasons, that they are now buying big birds to fly as and when they want to for business or leisure.
Praful Patel, Civil Aviation Minister, Government of India predicts that India will at least have more 500 corporate and private jets in the next five years, which means almost a ten times increase from now. From six aircraft in the 1990s, there are about 230 aircraft, at present owned by Indian business entrepreneurs and non-aviation companies. The number of small aircraft owners has increased from 36 in 2000 to 76 in this financial year.
Cricket From India, joined Aug 2005, 2041 posts, RR: 2 Reply 11, posted (1 month 3 weeks 4 days 10 hours ago) and read 8406 times:
Quoting LAXDESI (Reply 7): For the first time in Indian aviation history, new airports at Hyderabad and Bangalore are being asked to pay for federal services such as customs.
While I agree that the new airports should provide sufficient space and proper facilities for these people, asking them to pay means asking the Indian citizen to pay even more and we already for their salaries through our taxes.
Anyone know what this prop plane is doing in the middle of nowhere.. actually this is part of Delhi airport.. it must have been removed by now, this is the space for the new runway. This location is about a km south of the Centaur.
Quote: Emirates is going all out in their expansion plans for India. Apart from announcing the launch of their six-weekly non-stop services to Kozhikode, starting July 1, 2008, the airline will also be ramping up their Delhi services. Talking to TravelBiz Monitor, Salem Obaidalla, Sr. Vice President – Commercial Operations – West Asia and Indian Ocean, Emirates mentioned, “India is a growing market for us. Considering the growth, we will be increasing our Delhi connections to 10 flights a week thereby taking the service to a double daily from July 1, 2008. We will also consider increasing frequency to Mumbai by four additional flights.”
Kozhikode will be the third city in Kerala to be served with non-stop connections by Emirates from Dubai, after the airline introduced services to Kochi in 2002 and Thiruvananthapuram in 2006. The airline will initially operate its Boeing 777-200 and Airbus A330-200 aircraft, offering over 4,000 business and economy class seats and close to 200 tonnes of cargo capacity per week in both directions.
Elaborating on the airline’s plans for India, Obaidalla added, “We will launch the chauffeur drive service for our First and Business Class passengers in Mumbai by end of the month or in June. On the global routes, we will be starting the Dubai - Los Angeles flight on September 1, 2008 followed by Cape Town. We will also be commencing our San Francisco services from Dubai by December 1, 2008 and another destination in China by July, this year.”
Ojas From India, joined Mar 2008, 251 posts, RR: 0 Reply 15, posted (1 month 3 weeks 4 days 7 hours ago) and read 8355 times:
Air India Moves From Terminal 3 to Terminal 1 at YYZ
Effective May 16, 2008 Air India is moving all of its flight operations from Terminal 3 to Terminal 1 in Toronto. All Air India arriving & departing flights to/from UK & India, will operate from Lester B. Pearson International Airport -Terminal 1, effective Friday May 16, 2008.
The primary check-in counters for Air India at Terminal-1 will be on the Departures Level 3 at Aisle N of the Terminal building. Flight information display screens located throughout the Departures Level will provide passengers with exact check-in counter locations. Check in counters for all passengers including First and Business Class will close 1 hour prior to departure of the flight.
In our new home at Terminal-1, Air India passengers will benefit from reduced transfer times when connecting on flights within Canada and USA. Terminal-1 offers world class amenities to the travelling public as well as to the greeters. We hope that passengers travelling on Air India will now find their travels more convenient and comfortable at the new Terminal.
Why is that we drive in a parkway and park in a driveway?
Himmat01 From India, joined Dec 2004, 984 posts, RR: 2 Reply 16, posted (1 month 3 weeks 4 days 7 hours ago) and read 8339 times:
@ Cricket
It's an IL-14. It belonged to VIP squadron and was used by Mr.Nehru, the first PM of India. There is one more IL-14 preserved in a much better condition at the IAF museum.
You can see a picture of this aircraft here.
Aviationbuff From India, joined Mar 2008, 250 posts, RR: 0 Reply 17, posted (1 month 3 weeks 4 days 5 hours ago) and read 8308 times:
Disaster averted at Jaipur airport
Quote: A Jet Lite aircraft Boeing 737-700 today damaged a Kingfisher Airlines aircraft that was parked at the Sanganer airport in Jaipur today (May 12).
The Jet Lite aircraft under the command of Captain Alok Verma and the Kingfisher Airlines ATR aircraft operating flight IT 2343 on Jaipur-Indore-Jabalpur-Nagpur-Hyderabad route was parked on bay number 4 at Jaipur Airport.
At around 12.20 pm today, the JetLite aircraft which was taxing out on to the taxiway apparently gave a high power thrust and the jet blast caused the windshield of the parked Kingfisher Airlines aircraft to crack.
The cracks were detected well before the 50-seater plane was to take off on a scheduled flight to Jabalpur via Indore, Airport Authority Director Anju Agarwal told news agencies in Jaipur.
The aircraft has been grounded and investigations are on to ascertain the cause of the cracks, Agarwal said, adding that the damage might have been caused by a "jet blast" of another plane.
Nimish From India, joined Feb 2005, 2512 posts, RR: 4 Reply 18, posted (1 month 3 weeks 4 days 5 hours ago) and read 8307 times:
Quoting LAXDESI (Reply 7): Customs seeks its pound of flesh from new airports
This is double standards at their best - the GoI is free to charge all sorts of levies and revenue sharing on the operators (as per the terms of the agreement), but the airport operator is not allowed to charge a UDF from passengers (once again as per agreement). When will we learn that cheating of any kind will come back to bite you in the end!
Cricket From India, joined Aug 2005, 2041 posts, RR: 2 Reply 19, posted (1 month 3 weeks 4 days 5 hours ago) and read 8297 times:
Quoting Himmat01 (Reply 16):
It's an IL-14. It belonged to VIP squadron and was used by Mr.Nehru, the first PM of India. There is one more IL-14 preserved in a much better condition at the IAF museum.
You can see a picture of this aircraft here.
I doubt it is there anymore since that space will become the the runway/taxiway complex for the expanded DEL airport. I heard there was a major fire drill at DEL recently I wonder if this was the aircraft used.
Why is the report blaming the S2 pilot.. there was no physical contact between the aircraft, this is due to the airport authorities not having adequate parking space or badly allocated parking on the tarmac.
I was just curious is anyone had any further info on the Tu-154 that crashed at
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