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.
Major global airlines, including Gulf carriers, are keen to invest in this space.
This equity capital infusion is the country's largest-ever FDI.
Sunil Bharti Mittal, bottom, left, says he is fond of Bill Gates' famous quote: "Success is a lousy teacher." Back from a long foreign business trip, the founder-chairman of Bharti Enterprises talks to Malini Bhupta and Kiran Rathee about the challenges posed by Reliance Jio and how he is determined to come out on top once again. Mittal says , today, Airtel is as ready as Jio in pure-play 4G operations.
Jio says it has completed mobile number portability testing and is certified MNP-compliant
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
Big three telecom companies term Jio's free voice calls predatory pricing
Trai calls both Jio and incumbents for a meeting to discuss the issue
Federation of Indian Airlines has appealed to DGCA to extend notice period of flyers from 6 months to a year
Telecom Secretary J S Deepak has resolved the toughest issues facing the sector, but his real test will be in delivering on the govt's Digital India dream
RIL is also set to file its tariff plans, which will mark the company's intent to commercialise Jio's operations, with the regulator this week
Govt's decision to allow in-flight Wi-Fi doesn't take off with budget airlines, full-service carriers enthused
After the transaction with Temasek, Singtel will hold 47.39 per cent in Bharti Telecom.
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