AIRLINES

Jet Airways ties up with Virgin Atlantic for Mumbai-London route
Jet Airways and Virgin Atlantic recently announced a code-share agreement on the Mumbai-London route. With effect from May 6, 2009, the code-share agreement provides guests with the exclusive option of booking tickets with Virgin Atlantic to travel with Jet Airways on their double daily service between Mumbai and London’s Heathrow Airport.

Meanwhile, Jet Airways has initiated special return economy, premier and first class fares to London from selected Indian cities, effective from May 11, 2009 to June 30, 2009. To avail these fares, passengers must complete their bookings by May 31, 2009. One of the legitimate reasons for the introduction of these new fares at this time of the year is the holiday season, which is just round the corner. This is another of the bright strategies of Jet Airways to further the surge in passenger figures.
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SpiceJet introduces 8 additional flights to important Indian cities
To enhance connectivity on its existing network, SpiceJet recently introduced new additional flights on a daily basis out of key cities like Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Kochi and Ahmedabad. The introduction of the new additional connections has benefitted the passenger with convenient timings and better connectivity. With these new flights, SpiceJet at present has added eight more flights and will have a total of 125 daily departures effective May 10, 2009.
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Air Arabia increases frequency to 9 flights a week from Sharjah to Delhi
Air Arabia continues to demonstrate and speak of its unmatched commitment to the Indian market with the latest introduction of nine direct flights a week Delhi to the UAE, an increase from its earlier frequency of seven flights a week. With a total of 99 flights a week from 13 destinations in India to UAE and in addition to daily flight services to the UAE; customers can now avail the exclusive additional flight services available on Friday and Sunday.
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Jet Airways launches all-economy service 'Jet Airways Konnect' on ATRs
Starting May 9, 2009, Jet Airways will launch a new all economy class service designed to meet the needs of the low-fare segment. The new flight service will compliment Jet Airways’ full service product, by providing a service that is better suited to the market of the low-fare segment. Guests will be offered value-for-money fares on specific routes like Chennai-Coimbatore, Chennai-Madurai, Chennai-Kochi, Mumbai-Ahmedabad, Mumbai-Bhopal, Mumbai-Udaipur, Bengaluru-Pune and Bengaluru-Mangalore. The only catch here is that the passengers will have to buy their meals onboard.
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ASSOCIATIONS

TAAI organises destination workshop
 Travel Agents Association of India (TAAI), recently organised a workshop called 'TAAI Destination Europe/ Americas Workshop' in the national capital. TAAI's newly formed 'Tourism Council' has been working actively recently to spur its member to sell tourism products along with traditional ticketing. The workshop, an extension of the same endeavour, witnessed participation from accredited representatives of TAAI gaining insights on various tourism products that destinations in Europe and America have to offer. National Tourist Offices (NTOs) like VisitBritain, Switzerland Tourism, Tourism San Francisco & Niagara Falls along with MSC Cruises, Air India and Globus & Cosmos made detailed presentations of their offerings and apprised the agents on potential products that can be sold in order to create enhanced scope of revenue generation.
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