Competition is intense and with the blurring of differences in service proposition and fares, it becomes imperative that airlines use their on-time performance for messaging and brand building.
Air India on Thursday increased the fuel surcharge component in fares on several routes.
Apart from IT and pharma, the lead spenders in travel are construction, automobile and metals and mining companies and together these sectors accounted for 82 per cent of business travel spend in India in 2015, up from 78 per cent in 2013.
With passengers flying Indian skies getting more and more unruly, day by day, airlines are forced to stock rope and handcuffs on board and use them as they did the other day on a Dubai-Delhi flight.
In his press conference on Wednesday, Trump targeted drug-makers and vowed to bring back production in the US.
'We feel EMI holidays should pick up now.' How travel companies are trying to win customers after demonetisation.
While the government's demonetisation move is aimed at curbing under-invoicing, the worry was that retailers would de-stock in the short term, impacting sales.
Congruence on terrorism, current disquiet on immigration, short-term visa would top the wish list.
The Cyrus Mistry camp is confident that independent directors will take their cue from their counterparts in Indian Hotels.
Cyrus Mistry had put in place a strategy that would have pulled most of the Tata group's 'legacy hotspots' out of the financial mess from legacy issues and helped turn around the group's finances.
"After sinking in Rs 6,000-7,000 crore in the Nano till date, what is the result?"
Mistry indeed followed standards of corporate governance so that it should not create any controversies at a later date
The plan was to sell off non-profitable businesses apart from focusing on four verticals: real estate, defence, financial services and retail
Major global airlines, including Gulf carriers, are keen to invest in this space.
Top 100 billionaires see their wealth rise 10%; top 20 account for half of total wealth of top 100.
The sale of Essar Oil was India's biggest deleveraging exercise undertaken by any debt-heavy group
At $12-bn valuation, this will be India's largest FDI; deal to be announced on Saturday, says Dev Chatterjee.
Declining interest rates, a near-normal monsoon leading to higher rural incomes and pay hikes for central government employees are key triggers, says Dev Chatterjee.
A comparison shows that for Delhi to Mumbai air travel, the lowest airfare price is in the range of Rs 2,755, while the surged price for second-AC comes at Rs 4,104, a 42 per cent increase from the current train fares
Accumulated sum Rs 31,500 crore in 2015-16
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