So should airlines play the keening, trance-like Siddi folk music from the Kutch peninsula? The Sufiana Kalam of Kashmir? Carnatic music? Rabindra Sangeet? Bihu melodies? Classical music from the Hindustani gharanas? Ghazals? Bhajans? Bollywood hits?... asks Kanika Datta.
Commercial operations of the largest aircraft, Airbus A-380, will begin in India from May 30, with Singapore Airlines on Monday announcing it would start daily flights of the superjumbo to Mumbai and Delhi from then.
In their new venture, Tata SIA Airlines Ltd, Tata Sons would hold 51 per cent stake and Singapore Airlines 49 per cent.
Malaysia Airlines, the operator of Flight MH370 that went missing en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing on Saturday, has established a record as one of the Asia-Pacific's best full-service carriers in terms of safety and service.
Ajit Singh represented a bridge between a constituency that represented a more traditional era in politics and a modern, forward-looking, India, remembers Aditi Phadnis.
The SIA A-380s can fly 471 passengers in a three-class configuration of first class suites, business class and economy.
According to the bid document, as part of the strategic disinvestment Air India would also sell 100 per cent stake in low cost airline Air India Express and 50 per cent shareholding in joint venture AISATS. The management control of the airline would also be transferred to the successful bidder.
Jet Airways remains the number one airline serving foreign routes.
This is the first time that AirAsia chief has raised concerns about the dual airline strategy of the Tata group, his partner.
Giving an idea of the scale of its ambitions, the four-month-old airline recently placed an order for 50 aircraft even as the sector is struggling.
In the previous decade, the government, with Praful Patel as the civil aviation minister, saw the introduction of an irrational 5/20 policy.
Industry sources say the demand for premium traffic on the route has shown a dip over the last few years and yields too have fallen.
Vistara has expanded its network of agents.
The city will be the 10th destination for Vistara.
Earlier, budget carrier SpiceJet said it would hire 500 from Jet, including 100 pilots. Air India Express has also inducted around 25 commanders from the grounded airline.
Increases seats in the premium segment, scraps loss-making domestic flights
We live in hope that India and its airlines might finally grow up, notes Anuli Bhargava.
Salt-to-software conglomerate Tata group was among "multiple" entities who on Monday put in preliminary bids for buying the government's stake in loss-making carrier Air India.
The Tatas are rather overwhelmed with some facets of the airline they have discovered, but even more unnerved by what they may not have yet uncovered, reveals Anjuli Bhargava.
With the launch of Tata AirAsia and Tata-SIA, the added capacity will bring down fares considerably, say observers.
Ajit Singh says will seek cabinet nod to scrap 5-year, 20 aircraft rule.
From limousine pick-ups to on-board chefs, Asia's premium airlines are investing hundreds of millions of dollars on luxury services.
There could be a fare war in the Indian skies to beat competition from Vistara.
With respect to the cancelled flights, customers can opt for a full refund or alternative travel dates free of cost.
Tatas and Singapore Airlines have assured the government that control of their proposed airline venture would always remain in Indian hands, while seeking approval to offer passenger services on both domestic and international routes.
AirAsia is expanding its distribution network and increasing its offline travel partners.
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.
Currently, Vistara has more than 22 planes and operates around 850 flights every week.
The airline would offer access to in-flight connectivity only on Dreamliners and Airbus 321 aircraft on international routes.
It will start its operations through an arrangement with Singapore Airlines.
With introduction of double-decked Airbus A380, the whole first class space has undergone transformation.
The interiors of the world's biggest passenger airline, the Airbus A 380 resemble a luxury hotel.
Ghosh said the Tata Trusts Cancer Care Initiative is one of the largest health care programmes in the world
Foreign carriers leveraged the sixth freedom rights to grab Indian market share.
Five decades ago, 87 plane crashes took away the lives of 1,597 people.
With Air India's July 31 deadline to join Star Alliance approaching, senior officials of the global umbrella body of airline and those from the national carrier would soon meet Indian government officials to discuss the progress made in this direction.
Air India, IndiGo, and SpiceJet have suspended flights to China and Hong Kong.
'I wanted my life back. I want to enjoy the things that I wanted to do.'
The Tata group may have to deploy upwards of $1 billion to improve the airline's passenger reservation system, upgrade and refurbish Air India's fleet, primarily the wide-body aircraft which are the mainstay for the airline's international operations, people in the know said. While the group has not yet decided on how it intends to integrate Air India with its existing airlines AirAsia India and Vistara, sources said the first task will be to refinance Air India's existing loans, upgrade its aircraft gradually, and rewrite multiple business contracts with vendors and suppliers. "They will have to do 100 things to stabilise the airline and will have to put in a lot of money," DIPAM secretary Tuhin Kanta Pandey said, confirming that many aircraft are grounded.
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