The market breadth, indicating the overall health of the market, was positive
Vistara has poor load factors currently, it needs to bring down fares a bit to improve flight occupancy.
Because of lack of pilots, airlines have been forced to cancel their flights and rework their schedules, constraining cash flows and delaying vendor payments.
Airline wants to fly to West Asia, Southeast Asia.
Having invested close to $15 billion in Indonesia, Indian firms have lined up further $15-16 billion investments.
Business executives are finally dusting off their long-unused suitcases to resume travel, thanks to a good vaccination rate, a drop in fresh cases, and an easing of travel restrictions. It comes as a huge relief for the ravaged aviation, travel and hospitality sectors. "We are witnessing a 40 per cent recovery on pre-covid volumes from our business travellers, signalling the return of corporate confidence in air travel," said Indiver Rastogi, president & group head, Global Business Travel, Thomas Cook (India) & SOTC.
Vistara was launched on January 9.
German carrier Lufthansa wants to fly its superjumbo A-380s to India and is studying the pros and cons of when and which Indian city to operate from, top airline officials said on Tuesday.
The US FOMC concludes its two-day meeting today while the Bank of Japan will start its two-day meeting today.
'People shouldn't be made to pay a bigger price for being eco-friendly.'
Vistara has fine-tuned strategies to tap the elite class and Jet Airways may lose out on market share in times to come.
US Secretary of State Micheal Pompeo and Secretary of Defence James Mattis will travel to New Delhi next month for the 2+2 dialogue.
The Indian Navy has a big role to play in support of our strategic objectives in the Indian Ocean. The increasing Chinese presence in the Indian Ocean is a matter of concern and need to be factored. Hence, the requirement of an Aircraft Carrier is a foregone conclusion, asserts Commodore Venugopal Menon (retd).
Investors engaged in profit booking in the recent gainers at attractive and higher valuations.
Mere shuffling of resources or cosmetic changes to prove a point would be counterproductive in the long run, observes Commodore Venugoptal Menon (retd).
Markets ended weak tracking the expiry of April derivative contracts.
'India's preference today seems to be to exploit the deepening chill in relations with China to breathe new life into its meandering partnership with the US,' argues Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar.
Has also sought permission to share with Virgin Atlantic for new routes in Britain.
No date has been announced for Air India's induction into the club of more than 28 leading carriers
IIP for November 2015 and CPI for December 2015 will be announced today.
An airport in Noida could lead to higher user fees and diversion of traffic from Delhi, which has huge unused capacity.
IndiGo's situation points to a deeper malaise where skill shortage can challenge India's status as the fastest-growing aviation market, say experts.
ITC, Sun Pharma, Cipla and Tata Steel were top gainers on BSE Sensex
Sources indicated defence and national security initiatives.
Malaysia on Friday defended the flight path taken by the crashed Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17, confirming that the plane's systems were functioning normally before it was shot down by a missile over Ukraine killing all 298 people on board.
Sensex, Nifty end lower on global concerns.
From Kudankulam to the Land Bill, the author takes the Twitter route to capture the infra action of 2013.
The two countries also asked all nations to stop cross-border movement of terrorists and asserted that a decisive collective response from the international community without 'double standards and selectivity' was required to combat the threat of terrorism.
SBI plunged over 3% after posting a 34.57% fall in net profit to Rs 2,538 crore for the quarter ended September 2016 on rise in provisions for non-performing loans.
Vijay Mallya has lost control of his companies.
Discovery Channel will soon telecast an inspiring program on people who have overcome physical handicaps.
'After many rudderless years, India and Japan have prime ministers with a sense of purpose and direction,' says Brahma Chellaney.
'The past year has yielded extraordinary results in the strategic, commercial, and people-to-people components of the India-United States partnership, US Ambassador to India Richard Rahul Verma tells Aziz Haniffa/Rediff.com in an exclusive interview.
The CMD's focus on raising employee morale and cutting costs is paying off. The airline's operating losses have shrunk and earnings are looking up
Modi, in an op-ed published in the Wall Street Journal, wrote that the US and India are forging a deeper and stronger partnership that extends far beyond the Beltway and the Raisina Hill.
In a strong message to China, India and ASEAN on Thursday called for a "full and effective" implementation of the understanding between the parties involved in the South China Sea dispute, while stressing on maritime security and freedom of navigation in the critical sea lanes.
The report authored by Ashley Tellis, the top American expert on India and South Asia, states that the IAF's fighter force is weaker than numbers suggest.
'India does not wish to remain silent in improving its strategic space so that its leverage to counter China's expansionist designs is maintained, besides enabling it to play a responsible role from a position of strength for peace and stability in Asia,' points out Dr Rajaram Panda.
Sensex ended strong, Tata Steel, HUL climb higher.