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AIRLINES
Jet Airways to introduce daily
non-stop flights from Mumbai-Johannesburg
Jet
Airways will be commencing daily non-stop flights from Mumbai to
Johannesburg from April 14, 2010. The airline will introduce services to
Johannesburg using a new state-of-the-art Airbus 330-200 aircraft. The
launch of this new international route will mark the airline’s entry to
Africa on its international route network. Johannesburg will be the
twenty-second destination in the airline’s international network.
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Qatar Airways begins operations to
Bengaluru
Qatar Airways embarked on its 2010 global expansion programme with the
launch of flights to Bengaluru. With excellent connectivity to Europe,
Middle East, Africa and the United States, the new route is expected to be
popular among expatriates returning to Bengaluru and the international
business community having strong commercial links with the city. The launch
of daily flights to Bengaluru takes Qatar Airways’ Indian capacity to 71
services a week, spread across 11 key points – Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai,
Ahmedabad, Hyderabad, Trivandrum, Kochi, Kozhikode, Goa and Amritsar.
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Kingfisher Airlines set to join
oneworld
Kingfisher Airlines, is lining up to join oneworld after signing a
memorandum of understanding as its first step towards full membership of the
world’s leading quality airline alliance, subject to Indian regulatory
approval. Kingfisher Airlines has applied to India’s Ministry of Civil
Aviation for authority to proceed with its membership of oneworld. The
agreement was concluded at a meeting between Kingfisher Airlines’ chairman
Vijay Mallya and chief executives from oneworld’s 11 existing member
airlines. The process to bring any airline on board normally takes around 18
months to complete. Therefore, Kingfisher Airlines could be expected to
start flying as part of oneworld during 2011.
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AGENTS
HTT Holidays appoints four GSAs in
India
HTT Holidays and Incentives has
appointed a GSA each in four cities across India in a move to attract more
Indian MICE and high-end travellers to the destinations it manages. HTT has
appointed Raja Rani Travels as GSA in Mumbai, Om Holidays as GSA in
Ahmedabad and SGL Tours and Travels as GSA in Bengaluru. For Delhi, the GSA
is yet to be finalised.
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UK-based VOSAIO Travel Group starts
operations from India
VOSAIO Travel
Group, a UK-based tour operator company has started its operations in the
Indian market. To begin with, it has appointed Veena Bhatia as its sales
director for India, and started functioning from Mumbai and Delhi. The
company is also keen on developing its penetrations in the tier-II cities of
India. Concentrating on products within Europe, VOSAIO brings over 50 years
of expertise to its programmes for leisure groups, independent travellers,
specialist tours, events, meetings and incentives.
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AVIATION
Ministry of Civil Aviation makes its
website more informative
In view of the
changing scenario in the aviation industry in India and to be more focussed
on the information that helps the industry people, the Ministry of Civil
Aviation is upgrading its website www.civilaviation.nic.in. Addressing a
conference on Indian Business Aviation in New Delhi on February 25, Prashant
Sukul, joint secretary, Ministry of Civil Aviation informed that the new
features will be added to provide more information on policies, rules and
regulations and status of applications regarding clearances. He also invited
suggestions from the aviation industry in this regard.
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InterGlobe General Aviation introduces
seaplanes in India
InterGlobe General Aviation, a group
company of InterGlobe Enterprises, recently added seaplanes to their
aviation portfolio and introduced them in the Indian market.
Nigel Harwood, president & CEO, InterGlobe General Aviation informed that to
begin with, the company is planning to introduce 10 seaplanes in India over
the next two-three years. Travelling between islands and coastal cities in
India will be made quicker and hassle-free with these seaplanes. The
seaplanes will be marketed in both corporate as well as leisure tourism
sectors. The new fully certified all composite, twin-engine Seastar CD2 from
Dornier is the most advanced seaplane in the world, providing the fastest
cruise speeds and greatest reliability of any amphibious aircraft available.
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RAILWAYS
Indian Railways plans to launch special
tourist trains, Bharat Tirth
Indian Railways will launch special tourist trains called ‘Bharat Tirth’
connecting popular tourist sites in different parts of the country. This
step has been taken by the Indian Railways to support the government’s
effort of promoting tourism in the country.
Union Minister of Railways, Kumari
Mamata Banerjee disclosed this plan in the Railways Budget for 2010-11. She
said that to emphasise the country’s ‘Unity in Diversity’, these trains
would be run from the Himalayas to Kanyakumari, from Dwarka to Vindhya
Parbat, from Ajmer Sharif to Gangasagar, and from Madurai to Patna Sahib.
These trains have been proposed on 16 circuits.
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