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Malaysian budget airliner Air Asia to target two million passengers to India

January 28th, 2010 - 1:41 pm ICT by ANI -
Kuala Lumpur, jan.28 (ANI): Malaysian budget airliner Air Asia, which will soon start services to five other Indian cities, has targeted two million passengers to India by next year, said group chief ...

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Malaysia’s Air Asia to expand flights to five Indian cities

January 27th, 2010 - 2:51 pm ICT by ANI -
Kuala Lumpur, Jan.27 (ANI): Budget carrier Air Asia is expanding its "coverage" of India with flights to five more cities, including the capital, New Delhi, from April. According to The Star, the other ...

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New planes boost Air India passenger load, revenues (Lead)

January 2nd, 2010 - 6:18 pm ICT by IANS -
Mumbai, Jan 2 (IANS) Flag carrier Air India increased its passenger load by over 10 percent in 2009 and reduced costs by deploying new aircraft and rationalising routes, the airline said Saturday. Addressing ...

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Air India ups passenger load by 10 percent: Chairman

January 2nd, 2010 - 4:40 pm ICT by IANS -
Mumbai, Jan 2 (IANS) Flag carrier Air India improved its passenger load by over 10 percent and reduced costs in 2009 by deploying new aircraft and rationalising routes, the airline said Saturday. Addressing ...

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Spanish airline shutdown leaves Christmas travellers stranded

December 23rd, 2009 - 6:28 am ICT by IANS -
Madrid, Dec 23 (IANS/EFE) Thousands of travellers, many of them Latin American immigrants trying to head home for Christmas, remained stranded here after Spanish airline Air Comet shutdown its operations. The low-cost carrier, ...

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AirAsia plans more direct flights to India

December 18th, 2009 - 2:39 pm ICT by ANI -
Kuala Lumpur, Dec. 18 (ANI): Malaysia-based low cost carrier AirAsia is planning to expand its routes to India, particularly to destinations with no direct flights. The Star Online quoted AirAsia's regional head of ...

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AirAsia set to become most connected non-local airline in India

November 21st, 2009 - 6:41 pm ICT by ANI -
Sepang (Malaysia), Nov. 21 (ANI): With the launching of three new flights to Kochi, Kolkata and Trivandrum, Malaysia-based low cost carrier AirAsia is set to become the most connected non-local airline in ...

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Fog delays unlikely this winter as airlines train more pilots

November 21st, 2009 - 6:12 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, Nov 21 (IANS) Unlike previous years, flight operations at the Delhi airport will not be hit by fog during this winter as most domestic careers have enough trained pilots who ...

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AirAsia plans to spread in India, hub in Bangkok

November 20th, 2009 - 6:20 pm ICT by IANS -
Kolkata, Nov 20 (IANS) Malaysian low-cost carrier AirAsia is planning to make Bangkok a hub next year to expand connectivity to Indian cities, a senior company official said Friday. "We are looking at ...

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Six out of eight Indian carriers post losses: Patel

November 19th, 2009 - 9:44 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, Nov 19 (IANS) Six of the eight scheduled airlines in India have posted cumulative losses of Rs.2,025 crore with Kingfisher Airlines accounting for Rs.1,602 crore, parliament was told Thursday. Only two ...

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Malaysian airline sells 300,000 seats in 24 hours

November 12th, 2009 - 1:40 pm ICT by IANS -
Kuala Lumpur, Nov 12 (IANS) With India and China among its main targets, Malaysian budget airline Air Asia's campaign saw at least 300,000 seats being sold in less than 24 hours. The company's ...

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AirAsia to give away a million free tickets

November 11th, 2009 - 3:38 pm ICT by ANI -
Petaling Jaya (Malaysia), Nov. 11 (ANI): There is good news for Malaysian travellers, as the low-cost carrier AirAsia is giving away a million free seats to more than 70 destinations in China, ...

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Baby named after AirAsia after being born on plane!

October 28th, 2009 - 6:04 pm ICT by ANI -
Kuala Lumpur, Oct 28 (ANI): A Chinese baby boy, who was born aboard an AirAsia plane, has been named Asia Liew Ya Hang after the plane. His mother Liew Siaw Hsia said the ...

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Air Arabia announces low-fare festive bonanza for Indians

October 7th, 2009 - 3:16 pm ICT by IANS -
Mumbai, Oct 7 (IANS) Flying to the Arabian Gulf during Diwali or Christmas? You can do it for as low as Rs.3,037 ($60) per head with Air Arabia, the Sharjah-based low-cost carrier. "We ...

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GoAir denies move to sell stake to Paramount

October 4th, 2009 - 9:37 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, Oct 4 (IANS) Low-cost carrier GoAir Sunday said it wasn't looking at offloading stake as reported in the media, and that it was concentrating on fleet expansion. "The airline has been ...

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Air fares slashed by 50 percent till September 18

September 15th, 2009 - 7:23 pm ICT by ANI -
New Delhi/Mumbai, Sep.15 (ANI): All airlines have slashed their fares to 50 per cent till September 18. The airlines have made this move in the wake of Jet airways announcing a 50 ...

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Jet offers 50 percent fare discount for five days

September 13th, 2009 - 8:22 pm ICT by IANS -
Mumbai, Sep 13 (IANS) In a bid to lure back passengers, Jet Airways and Jet Airways Konnect have announced a 50 percent discount in fares for five days from Monday. An official spokesperson ...

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Number of air passengers dips in January-July

August 12th, 2009 - 9:56 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, July 13 (IANS) The number of air passengers dipped 4.9 percent to 2.48 crore during January-July this year as compared to 2.6 crore in the like period last year, official ...

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Air Arabia Q1 profit soars by 21%

August 10th, 2009 - 9:09 pm ICT by IBNS -
Kolkata, Aug 10 (IBNS) The net profit of Air Arabia (PJSC), the Middle East and North Africa’s first and largest low-cost carrier (LCC), for the first half of this year (ending June ...

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Air Arabia profits jump despite economic crisis

August 8th, 2009 - 9:03 pm ICT by IANS -
Sharjah, Aug 8 (IANS) Air Arabia, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) based low-cost carrier, has reported a 21 percent increase in profits in the first half of 2009, the WAM news agency ...

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Air India Express to start domestic operations in September (Lead)

August 7th, 2009 - 10:09 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, Aug 7 (IANS) Air India's low-cost carrier Air India Express will launch its domestic operations with 27 flights a day mid-September and increase it to 75 later, a top company ...

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Air India Express to start domestic operations in September

August 7th, 2009 - 7:52 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, Aug 7 (IANS) Air India's low cost carrier Air India Express will launch its domestic operations with 27 flights a day mid-September and increase it to 75 later, a top ...

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SpiceJet adds 23 more connections within existing network

August 6th, 2009 - 8:41 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, Aug 6 (IANS) Low-cost carrier SpiceJet, which currently flies to 18 cities, has added 23 more connections within its existing network, the airline said Thursday. Passengers can now travel to these ...

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Air India to increase number of flights Aug 18

August 2nd, 2009 - 4:14 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, Aug 2 (IANS) State-run national carrier Air India will push more flights into service Aug 18 following threats from private airlines that they would suspend operations the same day if ...

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AirAsia launches second daily flight from Kuala Lumpur to Tiruchirapalli

July 28th, 2009 - 4:41 pm ICT by ANI -
Petaling Jaya (Malaysia), July 28 (ANI): There is good news for frequent travellers from Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia to Tiruchirapalli district in India. Low-cost carrier AirAsia is launching a second daily flight ...

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Air India Express will be a low-cost carrier

July 14th, 2009 - 9:50 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, July 14 (IANS) Maintaining that low fare carriers were the need of the hour, Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel Tuesday said national carrier Air India will launch its own low-cost ...

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IndiGo most punctual carrier, Jet next

July 13th, 2009 - 7:27 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, June 13 (IANS) Low-cost carrier IndiGo was the most efficient in terms of sticking to flight schedules in June, beating bigger carriers such as Jet Airways, Kingfisher Airlines and Air ...

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Badal to Antony: help Chandigarh’s debut international flight

July 9th, 2009 - 1:49 pm ICT by IANS -
Chandigarh, July 9 (IANS) Hoping to put Chandigarh on the international flight map, Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal has written to Defence Minister A.K. Antony for his intervention in getting Indian ...

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Chandigarh to become international gateway

June 29th, 2009 - 10:43 am ICT by IANS -
By Alkesh Sharma Chandigarh, June 29 (IANS) Travelling abroad from Punjab and Haryana will not mean travelling to Delhi anymore with Chandigarh airport being upgraded to an international airport. The first flight for ...

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Air India, SpiceJet raise fuel surcharge by Rs.400 (Lead)

June 18th, 2009 - 8:29 pm ICT by IANS -
Mumbai, June 18 (IANS) National carrier Air India and SpiceJet joined Jet Airways and Kingfisher Airlines Thursday in hiking fuel surcharge on tickets by Rs.400. "We have decided to increase the fuel surcharge ...

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