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AVIATION
"Srinagar-Dubai flights not viable," says Vayalar Ravi, Minister for Civil
Aviation
In a written answer to a question
raised in the Rajya Sabha on the possibility of resuming flights from
Srinagar to Dubai, Vayalar Ravi, Minister for Civil Aviation responded that
the Srinagar-Dubai sector was economically not viable. The question was
raised by Saifuddin Soz, Jammu & Kashmir State Congress Chief and Member of
Parliament. The Srinagar-Dubai flight from Srinagar international Airport
was started with a fanfare in February 14, 2009 but was grounded a year later. J&K
Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah last month had blamed Pakistan for stopping the Srinagar-Dubai
International flight saying that Islamabad had refused overflight permission. Further, Soz suggested that the flight can be a
lucrative proposition for Air India if Srinagar-Dubai flight is extended to
Jeddah as a sizable number of people from Kashmir will take the route for
Umrah.
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Kingfisher Airlines to start 4 new routes connecting Male and Colombo with
Indian cities from September
Currently operating on 8
international routes, Kingfisher will add Male to its international network,
connecting it from Mumbai. The airline will also connect Colombo with
Trivandrum, Trichy and Cochin with daily flights. It currently operates a
daily Chennai-Colombo flight. This information was shared by Vijay K Arora,
Executive Director – Global Sales, Kingfisher Airlines. Kingfisher currently
flies to Bangkok, Dubai, London, Hong Kong, Singapore, Kathmandu, Dhaka and
Colombo.
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SkyTeam invites Air India to join their 14 carrier alliance
The meeting of Air India with
SkyTeam comes close on the heels of a virtual collapse of Air India’s
attempts to enter the largest aviation alliance, Star Alliance late last
month. SkyTeam is the second largest aviation alliance in the world with the
portfolio of 14 carriers serving
close to about 920 destinations. Prominent SkyTeam members include Dutch
carrier, KLM, AeroFlot, Delta, Alitalia, Air Europa and Vietnam Airlines.
Star Alliance had called off Air India’s induction into the grouping late
last month on the grounds that the carrier had failed to comply with some of
the conditions to join the alliance.
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China-based Hainan Airlines to start Kolkata-Shenzen, a twice-weekly service
from September 27, 2011
China-based Hainan Airlines
recently announced the launch of a twice-weekly service on Kolkata-Shenzen,
a 45-minute drive from Hong Kong starting September 27, 2011. The
twice-a-week service may be increased to thrice weekly from the winter
schedule that commences on November 1. The airline will operate on a Boeing
B-737-800 series which will offer 8-business class and 154-economy
class seats.
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Enhanced air-connectivity to Mangalore with Kingfisher, SpiceJet and Jet
Airways
To ease the passenger congestion,
major airlines are going to start flights connecting Mangalore to cities
like Hyderabad, Mumbai and Chennai. SpiceJet will introduce daily flights on
Mangalore – Hyderabad route from September 30 while Kingfisher will resume
its Mangalore – Mumbai services from October 25. Jet Airways will operate a
third flight between Mangalore and Mumbai in the winter schedule (October –
March) from October 25.
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Mangalore Airport expansion of up to 10,000 sq ft proposed by AAI with a
Rs 80
crore budget
Airports Authority of India has
proposed development of Mangalore Airport for Rs 80 crore. The airport which
currently has a runway of 8,100 sq ft requires to be extended up to 10,000
sq ft
to accommodate large aircraft to land and receive an international status.
The parallel taxi track and ATC tower automation is also under the plans.
Provision of cargo terminal will be made in the old airport and the domestic
cargo transport may kick off by December but the international cargo
transport may take some time as discussion on custom duty is underway.
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ASSOCIATIONS
ESOI (Ecotourism) to conduct workshops in Srinagar (September 26) and Leh
(September 30)
The Ecotourism Society of India (ESOI)
in partnership with J&K Tourism and WWF India, with the support of the
Ministry of Tourism has lined up two sustainability workshops in Srinagar
and Leh in September. The first two day Srinagar workshop that opens on
September 26 will also commemorate the World Tourism Day on September 27
with a strong signal of responsible tourism becoming the only vehicle to
ride on for a Sustainable Tourism Industry. The Leh workshop will be
conducted from September 30 till October 1, 2011.
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‘Domestic Tourism Unifying Incredible India’ theme for ADTOI annual
convention on November 25-26, 2011
The theme for the Association of
Domestic Tour Operators of India (ADTOI) fifth annual convention cum
exhibition is
‘Domestic Tourism Unifying Incredible India’ which is to be held on November 25-26, 2011.
With expectations of a strong turnout at the annual convention of the
Association, the Managing Committee members had approached Madhya Pradesh,
Kerala, Gujarat, DONER, J&K and other states for partnership to make the
convention a success. It has also nominated IndiGo as the airline partner
and Fortune Group of hotels as the hospitality partner, while advance talks
are underway with other airlines and hospitality players.
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HOTELS
"Indians among top business travellers in
Asia-Pacific," says Accor Asia Pacific Business Travel Research 2011
Accor presented the key findings of
the first Accor Asia Pacific Business Travel Research 2011. The survey
divulges that Indians have taken some of the highest number of trips on an
average in the first half of 2011 vis-à-vis their Asian counterparts and
plan to hit the road almost as frequently in the remaining year. Male Indian
business travellers were more price conscious than the females and ranked
price competitiveness as the second more important factor in the selection
of a hotel. Another observation is that
the majority of Indian business travellers in the sample prefer to book
their business travel accommodation directly online with the hotel brand,
while usage of online travel agents is in the minority. This result is
substantiated by the finding that 62 per cent of Indian business travellers believe
that hotel branded websites provide the most competitive rates, whereas only
33 per cent of them think independent websites offer the cheapest prices.
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Taj Hotels to provide incentives to agents till
September 30, 2011 who book through ITQ
InterGlobe technology Quotient (ITQ)
has entered into a partnership with Taj Hotels to provide incentives for
travel agents who book for Taj Hotels through GDS like Travelport Galileo
and Travelport Worldspan till September 30, 2011. The prizes have been
organised in slabs, keeping in mind the requirements of frontline staff of
travel agencies.
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MOT
The Southern Regional Conference of Tourism Ministers pushes for the
development of infrastructure and sustainable tourism
Union Tourism Minister, Subodh Kant
Sahai inaugurated the Second Southern Regional Conference of Tourism
Ministers on August 20 in Kollam, Kerala. The participant states were Andhra
Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Kerala and Union Territories of Puducherry,
Lakshadweep and Andaman & Nicobar Islands. The strong presence of the
private sector representing various trade bodies and associations like FICCI,
CII, ADTOI, IATO, HAI, FHRAI, ITTA reinforced the commitment of all the
stakeholders for the development of tourism. Presentations made by the State
Governments highlighted issues relating to development of the infrastructure
through integrated planning, public-private partnership, convergence of
resources and manpower development. Other discussions revolved around
strategies for promoting interstate domestic tourism and implementation of
Code of Conduct for sustainable tourism.
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