Taxes on ATF in India are among world's highest, and are seen as key reason for mounting losses of airlines.
While e-commerce operations for these firms are small at the moment, it is slated to grow in the next 3 to 4 years.
Inter-ministerial group to meet on Thursday to finalise model concession pact.
This is the first market where the newest entrant to Mondelez's global chocolate portfolio will be launched, Siddharth Mukherjee, director, chocolate category & media, Mondelez India Foods Ltd, said in an exclusive conversation with Business Standard.
If the drop in sales over the past two years is anything to go by, India's dream of putting seven million electric vehicles on road by the end of this decade has come a cropper.
Anticipation of weak sales this festive season due to deficient monsoon, especially outside big cities.
The company has dismissed 194 cabin crew and 11 pilots over past year for unauthorised absence and such reasons.
Get ready to walk into an airport minutes before a flight, check in your own luggage, walk on to the tarmac to board a plane.
Phee Teik Yeoh, the recently anointed chief executive officer of the airline, speaks to Business Standard on his aim of changing the rule of the game in the aviation sector by redefining service and operational experience for travellers accustomed to mere functionality.
Singapore Airlines has given new brand names to two carriers it controls - SilkAir (short-haul) and Scoot (low-cost, long-haul.
Spends by e-commerce players have now touched Rs 1,000 crore.
Rakesh Gangwal's holding is considered FDI even though the majority stake in Caelum is held by NRIs
The airline has launched a series of discount offers since January this year.
Indian airlines currently are required to have a minimum fleet of five aircraft and five years of operational experience for starting international services.
Operators developing greenfield airports (built from scratch on undeveloped land) are likely to face increased competition, with the Ministry of Civil Aviation considering tweaking the norms to allow such airports to be developed within 150-km radii of existing ones.
The Bombay High Court has directed four office-bearers of the Aviation Industry Employees' Guild to resume duties by July 7, in a move that supports Air India's drive against absenteeism.
Health Minister Harsh Vardhan's recent request to Finance Minister Arun Jaitley - for an increase in tax on cigarettes from 45 per cent to 60 per cent in the coming Budget - seems to have had a serious impact on cigarette smokers' pockets.
The report analysed product launches of 2011, their success over three years, and reported 31 of the 14,509 products introduced that year were received well by consumers.
Relaunched and indigenous brands fare better in India.
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Such direct import was formally allowed in February 2012 but the aviation companies lack the infrastructure to do so.
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