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Articles 121 through 220 of 366:
- Jet-Sahara Deal May Take Off Again (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 11, 2007)
Ten months after he tried to back out of his offer to buy Air Sahara for $500 million (Rs 2,200 crore), Jet Airways chief Naresh Goyal is set to buy the airline at a lower price. However, Sahara will get to keep the interest on the Rs 500 crore down . . .
- Jet Air-Sahara Deal Is On; Final Word Likely Today (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 11, 2007)
Only the signing ceremony needs to be gone through for Air Sahara to become a part of the Naresh Goyal-promoted Jet Airways.
- Jet-Sahara Deal On Again (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 11, 2007)
India’s largest private sector airline, Jet Airways, and Sahara Airlines Ltd, the parent company of airline Air Sahara, have finally decided to revive their failed mega-deal wherein Jet Airways will buy out Air Sahara. Jet Airways . . .
- Flight Of The Phoenix: Jet-Sahara Deal Set For Take Off Again (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 11, 2007)
Nine months after calling it off, Jet Airways is understood to have struck a deal to revive the takeover of Air Sahara, but at a lower price than the 500 million dollar offered in January last year.
- Jet Readies To Take Sahara At Lower Price (Pioneer, Rakesh Bihari Jha, Apr 11, 2007)
Faced with the options of compensation or buyout of Air Sahara, Jet Airways has gone for the latter. The country's leading private domestic carrier is reported to have reached a commercial agreement with its smaller rival whereby Jet will buy out . . .
- India Airline Merger Talks Resume (British Broadcasting Corporation, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 11, 2007)
India's largest private airline, Jet Airways, has revived talks to buy out its smaller rival, Air Sahara, after the deal collapsed last year.
- Royal Treatment In King's Flight (Pioneer, Rakesh Bihari Jha, Apr 06, 2007)
In a very short span of less than two years Kingfisher Airlines has carved out a niche for itself in Indian firmament on the back of quality services.
- Jet Airways Hamstrung By Top Level Resignations (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 05, 2007)
Jet Airways has been thrown into a crisis with a series of resignations of its top management personnel over the last few months. At least five top management officers have put in their papers in the last five months reportedly citing . . .
- New Flights May Lower Us Fares (Express India, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 27, 2007)
The India-US sector is likely to witness a price war with Jet Airways and Kingfisher Airlines planning to introduce non-stop daily flights to USA.
- Jet To Launch Us Flight By July-August (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 24, 2007)
Jet Airways, the country's top private airline, will launch its long-planned maiden flight to the US via Belgium by July-August this year and make Ahmedabad the fourth Indian city in its network to have direct flights to London's Heathrow airport . . .
- Airlines Told To Withdraw Congestion Fee (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 21, 2007)
The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has asked all scheduled airlines to withdraw congestion surcharge, Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel said in Parliament on Tuesday. The carriers have been asked to respond by March 21.
- Goa It Alone: Away From The Crowds In India's Party State (Independent (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 21, 2007)
Escaping Goa's busy tourist resorts is easy - if you know how. Sophie Lam heads off the beaten track in search of solitude, and finds restored heritage homes and wild, deserted beaches
- 7-Month Ban On New Flights To Delhi, Mumbai Airports (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 20, 2007)
There will be no new flights to and from Delhi and Mumbai over the coming seven months.
- Stuttgart Airport Woos Indian Carriers For Direct Flights (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 13, 2007)
Stuttgart is gunning for direct international flights from India in a bid to boost its commercial and tourism ties with the country.
- Can't Forget Kathmandu! (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 10, 2007)
If there is any destination that truly offers value for money, it has to be Kathmandu
- Can't Forget Kathmandu! (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 05, 2007)
A few days ago, while flipping through novels at a sale in a bookstore, I happened to cast my eyes on "Forget Kathmandu," that popular tome on contemporary Nepal by the young Nepalese writer, Manjushree Thapa. Her book paints a dismal picture of . . .
- Jet Airways And Hutch Launch Mobile Ticketing (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 04, 2007)
Jet Airways and Hutch cellular service provider have announced the launch of M-Ticketing initiative for Airline Bookings.
- Cabinet Gives Nod; Indian, Air India Mega-Merger Takes Off (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 02, 2007)
The government on Thursday gave the final approval for the mega-merger of state-run carriers Air India and Indian, setting in motion the process to create South Asia's largest airline and enable the combined entity to leverage their assets to take . ..
- Indian, Ai Merger Takes Off (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 02, 2007)
It is official now. Indian and Air India merger has taken off as the Government on Wednesday gave the final approval for the mega-merger of the two state run airlines.
- Budget Paves Way For Ai, Indian Fleet Expansions (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 01, 2007)
The budget makes an allocation of Rs 6337.01 crore for AI in the new budget, up from Rs 490.84 crore of the current fiscal while IA gets Rs 2507.7 crore compared to Rs 350 crore.
- So Far, So Goody (Telegraph, Amit Roy, Feb 27, 2007)
Jade Goody, who gave Shilpa Shetty a hard time on Celebrity Big Brother, offered her first interview today to Sky Television after arriving suddenly in India on what she claimed was a “private visit”.
- India: 2 Leading State-Owned Airlines To Be Merged (Singapore Times, Anand Kumar, Feb 26, 2007)
India's civil aviation sector, which has taken off on a high-growth trajectory, last week heralded the era of consolidation, with a ministerial committee endorsing the move to merge the two state-owned giants, Air India and Indian.
- Air India, Indian Airlines Will Merge To Gain Muscle (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 22, 2007)
The stage is set for the merger of Indian Airlines and Air India. An empowered group of ministers on Wednesday cleared the proposal to create a single national carrier — a move first mooted more than 20 years ago for providing muscle to the . . .
- Indian-Ai Merger (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 22, 2007)
The empowered Group of Ministers (eGoM) today paved the way for creating the country’s largest airline by clearing the merger of the two public sector airlines, country’s flag bearer Air-India (A-I) and Indian.
- Finmin Rejects Sops For Private Airline M&as (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 18, 2007)
The revenue department in the finance ministry has ruled out tax sops for mergers and acquisitions between private airlines.
- Slow Progress In Merger Of Air India, Indian Airlines Despite Cabinet Nod (Hindu, V. Jayanth , Feb 18, 2007)
Airlines considering special business units that should become the real profit centres
Staff interests and seniority will be protected
Government will retain its holding in the new airline
- Bandh Brings Life To A Standstill (Hindu, K.V. Subramanya , Feb 13, 2007)
No major incidents of violence; buses, autos stay off the road in Bangalore
700 people arrested for different violations
Train and air services partially affected
- Return To India: 20 Years Of Change In The Sub-Continent (Independent (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 02, 2007)
India appears to be booming. But behind the huge economic shift, how much has life there really changed? Twenty years after he last visited the country, Jeremy Warner goes back to discover a society being shaped by dramatic new forces . . .
- Return To India: 20 Years Of Change In The Sub-Continent (Independent (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 29, 2007)
It was almost exactly 20 years ago. Two months of backpacking around India was coming to an end.
- Happy Beach Hopping (Hindu, ANAND SANKAR, Jan 28, 2007)
You really haven't seen the sun, sand and surf till you hit the Andamans.
- Tough Times For Domestic Airlines (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jan 25, 2007)
India’s domestic airlines had handled a total of about 21 million passengers during 2005-06.
- The Spice Of Real Life (Independent (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 23, 2007)
Farming communities in northern India are opening their homes to tourists. Not only does this help villages survive, but at the end of a hard day's walking, the locals' personal touch made Rebecca Baker feel genuinely looked after
- Higher Equity Clause To Propel Airlines (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 21, 2007)
Seeking to make airline operators financially stronger, the government has decided to increase the subscribed equity capital required to set up a scheduled airline with five large aircraft from Rs 30 crore to Rs 50 crore.
- Indian State Airlines In Merger (British Broadcasting Corporation, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 17, 2007)
India's two main state-owned airlines are to merge in an effort to compete more effectively with private carriers.
- Indian State Airlines In Merger (British Broadcasting Corporation, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 16, 2007)
India's two main state-owned airlines are to merge in an effort to compete more effectively with private carriers.
- Long Wait, Chilled To Bone (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 03, 2007)
Shobha Rani Sinha chilled to the bone, but didn’t budge from the departure lounge this evening. Family members ran from one counter to another trying to confirm whether their 1.35 pm Air Sahara flight for Calcutta would take off. The efforts failed.
- Pick Your Seats (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 29, 2006)
India has introduced a host of passenger-friendly services. Passengers can now request their preferred seats by notifying their travel agent or Indian’s reservation office. Young passengers who are travelling alone will be escorted and personally . . .
- Brand India's Image Issue (British Broadcasting Corporation, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 27, 2006)
The concept of advertising a nation may seem baffling, but the idea is the same as advertising a firm or its products.
- Jet Reschedules Flights For Christmas Season (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 23, 2006)
Jet Airways has cancelled and combined some of the flights on its network from December 24 to 26
- Nuclear Deal Changes Way The World Sees India: Sen (Hindustan Times, Nilova Roy Chaudhury, Dec 22, 2006)
At the end of the 90 minutes he spent at the Hindustan Times House on Thursday morning, it was apparent why India's Ambassador to the United States, Ronen Sen, has been called India's most successful envoy abroad.
- More Private Carriers May Be Allowed To Fly Abroad: Praful Patel (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 22, 2006)
Government to set up high-power committee to review norms, says Praful Patel
- Flight Delays At Airport In Delhi Due To Wind Change (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 22, 2006)
Change in the direction of wind led to severe traffic congestion over Delhi airport late on Wednesday night and early hours of Thursday morning. This, in turn, led to delays in the departure of several flights and arrivals as well.
- Marketing India Abroad Faces High-Flying Problem (British Broadcasting Corporation, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 20, 2006)
The concept of advertising a nation may seem baffling, but the idea is the same as advertising a firm or its products.
- Let More Private Airlines Fly Overseas (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Dec 19, 2006)
The government’s reported willingness to relax the eligibility criteria for domestic airlines looking to fly overseas is welcome.
- Airlines Approach Defence Min For Airports (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 16, 2006)
Private airlines have approached Defence Ministry with a request to open Defence airports in Agra and Gwalior in case of disruption of flights in Delhi owing to fog.
- Congestion Surcharge By Airlines? (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Dec 13, 2006)
The congestion surcharge being charged by a clutch of Indian airlines, including ours, is something we have been forced into. This cess has been necessitated by the additional costs that airlines have been incurring due to the extra flying we do on . . .
- Fog In Delhi Disrupts Flights In Mumbai (Singapore Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 13, 2006)
This winter’s first fog at Delhi on Tuesday disrupted flight operations at the national capital causing flight cancellations and delays for more than three hours and in some case five hours.
- Mumbai Reckoning (Indian Express, Sucheta Dalal, Dec 10, 2006)
It is another sign of India's growing attractiveness as an investment destination that editors of The Daily Reckoning, a well regarded US based investment webzine made their maiden trip to Mumbai last week.
- Govt May Probe All Public Offers Made Since 1999 (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 30, 2006)
The government has been asked to investigate all public offers made since 1999 to ascertain which ones have seen irregularities in allotment of shares.
- Dispelling Myths About Bogus Ipos (The Financial Express, PRITHVI HALDEA, Nov 29, 2006)
There is no deluge, nor are small investors suffering losses from ‘overpricing’
- Time To Face Truth: 'Nitish Was Killed Because Of Bharti' (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 27, 2006)
What if Bharti Yadav during her testimony before the court on November 29 states that she did not know Nitish Katara or that she did not have an affair with him?
- Arbitration Can Be Better Value For Money (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Nov 23, 2006)
Flexibility of procedure, enforceability of awards, privacy and neutrality are some of the reasons why organisations are choosing international arbitration over litigation.
- Jet Gets Us Security Clearance (Hindustan Times, Gaurav Choudhury, Nov 18, 2006)
Jet Airways may finally get to fly to the US. The US Department of Transportation is understood to have given a security clearance to Jet Airways, paving the way for the Indian carrier to launch flights to the US. Jet Airways, however, refused to . . .
- Jet Clears A Us Hurdle (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 17, 2006)
Jet Airways has been given economic clearance to fly to the US, but more approvals are needed for the service to get off the ground.
- Us Clears Jet Flights (Asian Age, Sridhar Kumaraswami, Nov 17, 2006)
After months of delay, the United States on Thursday finally granted permission to leading domestic airline Jet Airways to start operating flights to the US.
- U.S. Gives Security Clearance To Jet (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 17, 2006)
Jet Airways has finally received a green signal from the United States Government for launching flights to America.
- Jet Gets Nod To Launch Flights To Us (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 17, 2006)
The US State Department has given security clearance to India’s Jet Airways, enabling the private carrier to launch flights to America.
- Flying Against Logic (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Nov 15, 2006)
Will someone please explain what ‘security’ means in official India’s dictionary? Some in the security establishment are paranoid about foreign investment from certain countries.
- India, Us Sign Aviation Pact (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 14, 2006)
The Ministry of Civil Aviation on Monday signed a memorandum of agreement with the US Federal Aviation Authority (FAA) that provides for assistance by the latter to the civil aviation sector here in developing and modernising infrastructure in the . . .
- Yes, Minister (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Oct 30, 2006)
The customer is king, but it helps when he is also a minister. When Praful Patel, the Union minister for civil aviation — who was to fly Air-India to Mumbai from London after a private trip — found recently that the London-Mumbai flight wasn't ready . . .
- On Cloud 9 (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 29, 2006)
For the Indians, Nepal would seem like a home away from home.
- Air Passengers’ Ordeal (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 23, 2006)
For 338 passengers of the New York to New Delhi flight via London it was an ordeal that Air-India could have minimised even if it had no control over the bird-hit which grounded the unfortunate plane at Heathrow airport.
- In Trouble (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 23, 2006)
Jet Airways took off just over a decade ago; soon it made a reputation as an airline of quality.
- Indian Restaurant In Washington Among 20 Best (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 23, 2006)
An Indian restaurant in Washington is among the 20 best new restaurants in the US in 2006 named by leading men’s magazine Esquire.
- Cartel In The Air: Airline Ceos To Confabulate (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 15, 2006)
The CEOs of Indian carriers are meeting in Mumbai on October 16 to address several issues facing the aviation sector including the regulation of fares and placing entry barriers for new airlines.
- A Marriage Of Inconvenience (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Oct 10, 2006)
Civil aviation minister Praful Patel had announced plans for a formal merger of the two state-owned airlines. To justify it, he had cited the coming together of Jet Airways and Air Sahara, and of KLM and Air France.
- Beyond The Files (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Oct 06, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had heard so much about Sanjay Dutt’s ‘Gandhigiri’ that he couldn’t avoid referring to it in one of his recent addresses in South Africa.
- Greening And You (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Sep 27, 2006)
Everytime one flies Jet Airways, one is approached by a member of the cabin crew giving one an opportunity to contribute to a child relief fund.
- Bottomline Turbulence (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Sep 27, 2006)
Vigorous competition for market share is impacting the operating margins of domestic airlines.
- Jet Says Competition, Costly Fuel Are Tough (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 21, 2006)
India's largest domestic carrier, Jet Airways Ltd., said on Wednesday that increased domestic competition and high fuel prices posed a major challenge.
- Home Ministry Go-Ahead To Greenfield Airport Operators (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 12, 2006)
The Union home ministry wants to strictly keep out independent ground handling agencies as well as foreign airlines from ground handling operations at airports but is okay with the entry of greenfield airport operators and private domestic . . .
- Why Did I Go To India? (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Sep 10, 2006)
Sept 3: I'm going for a simple reason: India matters so much in the modern world…and is an incredibly diverse society... People are free to be Indian and Muslim, or Indian and Sikh, or Indian and Hindu, without any contradiction.
- Sensex Perks Up 65pts; Rel Comm Zooms 5% (Business Standard, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 09, 2006)
The Sensex opened marginally higher at 11,859. After moving up in the morning session the index slipped into red in the noon deals to touch a low of 11,825.
- Why Did I Go To India? (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Sep 09, 2006)
Sept 3: I'm going for a simple reason: India matters so much in the modern world…and is an incredibly diverse society... People are free to be Indian and Muslim, or Indian and Sikh, or Indian and Hindu, without any contradiction.
- Why Discriminate Against Exchanges? (Business Standard, Editorial, Business Standard, Sep 08, 2006)
One of the most important vehicles of growth in any economy, emerging or developed, has been vibrant and sophisticated exchange marketplaces.
- The Whole Thing Was A Bit Of A Scrum’ (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Sep 08, 2006)
While Tony Blair was skating on thin ice in the UK, his main (non-Labour) rival David Cameron, the leader of the opposition, was riding autos in India. Here’s an account of Cameron’s India visit, extracted from his blogspot dcindia06.blogspot.com
- Bomb Scare On Kochi Flight, Two Detained (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 07, 2006)
Two passengers, including a doctor, of the Mumbai bound Jet Airways flight from here were taken into custody on Tuesday, following a bomb scare from one of them.
- Heavy Rains Lash Madhya Pradesh, Alert Sounded In Bhopal (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 02, 2006)
Flight operations affected in the State capital as water inundates part of the runway at Raja Bhoj airport; death toll mounts to 134.
- On Jet Plea, Case Transferred To Bombay High Court (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 29, 2006)
Order restraining airline from demanding escrow account money will continue
- Uk-Bound? Brace Yourself (Times of India, Byas Anand, Aug 26, 2006)
Security norms on flights to UK just for tougher. The British authorities now want advance information on personal details of all air travellers arriving in UK as part of a security profiling measure.
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