Niche portals like Jewelsnext.com, Caratlane.com and Suratdiamonds.com are making the best use of it, apart from the traditional e-commerce players.
Jet Airways, the largest domestic airline, will merge its no-frills brands JetLite and Jet Konnect and operate under the brand name of the latter.
Maharashtra Cabinet changes norms to make present occupiers of slums eligible for rehabilitation.
The 3,000-odd cabin crew of Jet Airways cabin has been asked to take a day's leave without pay each month as a cost-saving exercise.
One effect of the globalisation of Indian business has been the rise in the grant by companies to staffers of employee stock options.
Communication has instilled a sense of trust and belief among the employees.
The no-frills brand is poised for a big leap by debuting in some international routes as well.
Most companies see the next few quarters as a period of uncertainty and are trying to shift costs from fixed to variable.
The Air India management has reached an agreement with pilots from the erstwhile Indian Airlines on the contentious issue of pay parity. Fearing another agitation from the Indian Commercial Pilots Association (ICPA), the airline's management has agreed to the union's demands for fixed allowances each month.
The government-owned airline has 63 narrow body planes from Airbus, including the A319 and A321.
Kingfisher Airlines is exploring hiving off its engineering department into a separate maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) unit. This is one of several measures being considered by the airline management to tide over its current financial crisis.
His debt woes may continue and losses double, but the King of Good Times was clearly in a defiant mood at a press meet in a packed venue in a suburban hotel in Mumbai on Tuesday.
Indian CEOs already have most of the skills to take on the world.
The negotiations will be held in Mumbai on Tueday at the International Civil Aviation Negotiations Conference which will be inaugurated by President Pratibha Patil.
The London campus of Pune-based TASMAC School of Business suddenly closed down on October 6. Although the exact reason for its abrupt closure remains unknown, the move comes in the wake of UK's efforts to tighten norms in tier-4 student visas.
AI Express operates 195 weekly flights, mostly from Kerala.
Low-cost carriers (LCCs) like Air Asia and Ryan Air are among the best because they are frugal, have flexibility in operations and certain standardisation of aircraft and operations.
Jet Airways is pushing web sales to increase its revenue and cut distribution costs. The airline is selling 100,000 seats at a discount to drive this strategy.
The companies are integrating the latest innovations into their system for attracting customers.
Helicopter operations were shifted to Juhu in January after Mumbai airport authorities banned chopper movements.
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