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AIRLINES According to the audit of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) of the United States of America, India is fully compliant with the international safety standards. FAA conducts audit of the concerned country’s civil aviation authority like DGCA in India to ensure its capability for providing safety certification and continuing oversight on its international carriers. In 1997, FAA had conducted an audit of DGCA and awarded Category 1 status to India. This year, in March 2009, FAA, based on the report of an audit conducted by ICAO in October 2006, conducted a reassessment of DGCA. FAA raised concerns over some issues and gave DGCA 5 months’ time to take remedial measures. On September 23, FAA declared that India is fully compliant with the international safety standards and will enjoy Category 1 status. For more details click here Top
TAFI’s Chiang Mai Convention has received an excellent response and is close to achieving the target of 1000-plus delegates. “We have already crossed 550 numbers in registration and are still counting. We have only 750 seats ex-india onboard Thai Airways and this should be completed without a hitch,” informs, Promod Kohli, chairman, Convention Committee, Travel Agents Federation of India (TAFI). A large number of overseas delegates especially from Thailand are also expected to participate in the convention. As the registrations are open till October 7 only, the association is apprehensive of a situation where they might have to turn back late entries. For more details click here Top
A latest FICCI Survey on Hotel Industry: Putting the Tourism Downturn Behind reveals that the Indian hotel industry, which was hit badly due to the economic slowdown, is now on a recovery path. While nearly 40 per cent of the participants in the Survey mentioned that the current performance of their industry is ‘moderately to substantially better’ vis-ŕ-vis the last six months, nearly 75 per cent feel that the hotel industry’s performance would improve in the next six months. For more details click here Top
The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) with the support of the Ministry of Tourism (MOT) will be organising a first-of-its-kind capacity building workshop for a select few representatives of the travel trade in India on sustainable tourism. The workshop will present the best practices on sustainable tourism, various opportunities to alleviate poverty and environment conservation, along with the Indian experience on the subject. The 1-1/2 day workshop will be held in New Delhi from 12-13 October. For more details click here Top
RAILWAYS The Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation Limited (IRCTC), a public sector enterprise under the ministry of railways has recorded a growth of 17.3 per cent in total income during the year 2008-09. The total income of the company increased from Rs 527.66 crore during the previous year to Rs 618.77 crore during the year. IRCTC has reported a profit after tax (net profit) of Rs 46.50 crore for the fiscal 2008-09 as against Rs 20.75 crore in 2007-08 due to enhanced revenue and control on expenditure.For more details click here Top |
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