Aneesh Phadnis &Amp;Amp; Sharmistha Mukherjee

Stories by Aneesh Phadnis &Amp;Amp; Sharmistha Mukherjee

Jet freezes expat pilot hiring

Jet freezes expat pilot hiring

Rediff.com   7 May 2012

Also limits on-flight catering costs at foreign airports to save cost

MSOs welcome freedom to fix rate

MSOs welcome freedom to fix rate

Rediff.com   2 May 2012

MSOs are major cable operators who give feed to local cable operators.

Reliance-RTL JV to launch channel Thrill

Reliance-RTL JV to launch channel Thrill

Rediff.com   30 Apr 2012

RTL is part of Europe's largest media firm, Bertelsmann AG, and has a market cap of $15.5 billion (Rs 69,900 crore).

Reliance-RTL JV to launch channel Thrill

Reliance-RTL JV to launch channel Thrill

Rediff.com   30 Apr 2012

Hironori Kanayama to head Honda's India operations

Hironori Kanayama to head Honda's India operations

Rediff.com   26 Apr 2012

Japanese auto major Honda Siel Cars India (HSCI), which recently forayed into the intensely competitive small car segment with the Brio, has brought an old hand on deck to grow operations aggressively in the Indian market.

Airlines may import fuel jointly

Airlines may import fuel jointly

Rediff.com   12 Apr 2012

Aviation companies plan to join hands for importing aviation turbine fuel (ATF) in a bid to bring down their fuel bills.

India's airlines' cash flow to improve

India's airlines' cash flow to improve

Rediff.com   6 Apr 2012

IATA informed travel agents that they would have to remit the ticket sale proceeds to airlines every week.

Motown braces for wage revisions after three years

Motown braces for wage revisions after three years

Rediff.com   6 Apr 2012

After a year of industrial unrest, the big boys of the automobile industry in the Gurgaon-Manesar belt are set to initiate negotiations to settle wage agreements.

TV channels line up special programmes for counting

TV channels line up special programmes for counting

Rediff.com   6 Mar 2012

With the curtains finally set to go up on the results of the assembly elections across five states on Tuesday, news channels are lining up an array of special programmes to hook viewers on D-day.

Jet Airways to merge two low-cost carriers

Jet Airways to merge two low-cost carriers

Rediff.com   9 Jan 2012

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.

Maruti to develop global products with parent Suzuki

Maruti to develop global products with parent Suzuki

Rediff.com   6 Jan 2012

Suzuki Motor Corporation's Indian subsidiary, Maruti Suzuki India Ltd (MSIL), is going to play an increasingly important role in designing and developing global vehicles for the Japanese auto company in the coming years.

Govt to expedite Dharavi rehab plan

Govt to expedite Dharavi rehab plan

Rediff.com   3 Jan 2012

Maharashtra Cabinet changes norms to make present occupiers of slums eligible for rehabilitation.

Hero MotoCorp to launch its own bikes ahead of schedule

Hero MotoCorp to launch its own bikes ahead of schedule

Rediff.com   28 Dec 2011

Hero promoters, the Munjals, have an agreement for sourcing technology and two-wheeler models from Honda till 2014.

No-pay day for Jet's cabin crew every month

No-pay day for Jet's cabin crew every month

Rediff.com   22 Dec 2011

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.

Jet set for 'Konnect' with Gulf

Jet set for 'Konnect' with Gulf

Rediff.com   14 Dec 2011

The no-frills brand is poised for a big leap by debuting in some international routes as well.

Cash-strapped, but Air India to give pay parity to pilots

Cash-strapped, but Air India to give pay parity to pilots

Rediff.com   2 Dec 2011

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.

AI may cut business class seats on domestic flights

AI may cut business class seats on domestic flights

Rediff.com   22 Nov 2011

The government-owned airline has 63 narrow body planes from Airbus, including the A319 and A321.

Kingfisher considers hiving off engineering dept into new unit

Kingfisher considers hiving off engineering dept into new unit

Rediff.com   17 Nov 2011

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.

'Wasn't Bajaj the founder of Bombay Club?'

'Wasn't Bajaj the founder of Bombay Club?'

Rediff.com   16 Nov 2011

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.

What ails Maruti's Manesar plant

What ails Maruti's Manesar plant

Rediff.com   19 Oct 2011

Maruti chairman R C Bhargava tells Sharmistha Mukherjee that there won't be a reduction on its dependence on the facility in Haryana.