Airfares are set to rise with the government deciding to levy up to Rs 8,500 per flight on major routes to fund the regional air connectivity scheme.
The fares are valid for only 20 days starting Friday. The total fare, after adding taxes and surcharges, would come close to above Rs 30,000. Meanwhile, full-service carrier Jet Airways increased its London special return base fares from Rs 9,900 to Rs 11,900. Travel industry sources said airlines like Virgin Atlantic were expected to follow BA and go for a reduction in fares.
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British Airways on Thursday announced a promotional scheme offering a basic fare of Rs 9,990 for London from major Indian cities like New Delhi and Mumbai, instead of the usual basic fare of about Rs 22,000.
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While petrol and diesel meeting the stringent Euro-IV specifications is to be supplied in seven metro cities of Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata, Bangalore, Hyderabad and Ahmedabad from April 1, 2010, Euro-III grade fuel is to be supplied in rest of the country from that date. Doubts had been expressed about meeting the April 1, 2010 deadline after an industry representation by IOC, Hindustan Petroleum and Bharat Petroleum sought postponement of the schedule.
In view of high prices of apartments in cities, India Inc on Tuesday asked the RBI to raise the priority sector home loan limit from Rs 20 lakhs to Rs 40 lakh at least in metros- Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai and Kolkata.
This proposal is a part of the comprehensive aviation policy that the ministry has submitted to the Cabinet and which has now been referred to a Group of Ministers.
Pollution levels in Delhi and satellite towns shot up again on Sunday morning, with the air quality bordering the 'severe plus' category at several places.
It would offer 15% discount to its premium economy class passengers bound for the US from India.
The Dubai-based airline will commence six-times weekly non-stop services to Ahmedabad from October 28, providing a first direct link between India's sixth largest city and Dubai.
A meeting chaired by Cabinet Secretary Rajiv Gauba reviewed India's preparedness to deal with the virus amid mounting global concern over increasing number of cases in China and several other countries.
IT firm Hexaware Technologies has opened its second development centre in Saltillo, Mexico, and plans to hire about 1,000 employees from the South American country in the next three years. Hexaware launched its operations in Saltillo with the acquisition of FocusFrame in 2006. FocusFrame is a specialized testing services firm and has over 100 employees located at the centre.
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Lufthansa would resume passenger services connecting Frankfurt and Kolkata from December 2, after 35 years with three weekly flights, a top airline official said.
'Villages are much better prepared than towns as far as COVID-19 is concerned.'
Buoyed by the growth of Indian travel market, Oman's national carrier -- Oman Air -- will start its direct flight from Muscat to 'Pink City' Jaipur from June 1.
Meanwhile, India has cancelled all visas issued to foreign nationals coming from China as it stepped up efforts to combat the spread of novel coronavirus after 150 passengers were identified with symptoms of the deadly virus and sent to isolation units.
Malaysian Airlines will be launching its operations in the Kochi-Kuala Lumpur sector from November this year. \n
Reliance Communications on Thursday applied to the department of telecommuications for radio frequencies in the 1800 MHz band for operating mobile networks in 14 circles all over the country.
British Airways is offering special return airfares from Delhi/ Mumbai/ Chennai/ Kolkata/ Bangalore to London/ Europe/ USA.
Singapore Airlines' Super Deals offers economy class return tickets to Beijing/ Shanghai/ Nanjing in China at Rs 18,299, plus taxes.
German airlines Lufthansa will after a gap of 35 years resume passenger services between Frankfurt and Kolkata from December 1 this year, with three weekly flights.
The first private FM radio started airing its programmes in Srinagar on Monday.
CISF is planning to purchase the gadgetry from the US or France and the acquisition would run into crores of rupees.
The RBI also allowed banks to levy ATM charges beyond 5 transactions for the same bank's account holders.
The National Security Guard crack commando strength has been almost doubled to 460 personnel each stationed at select hubs in Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata and Hyderabad to undertake quick and swift counter-terror or counter-hijack operations.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the launch of the new flight at the SAP center cheering up thousands of Indians.
Singapore Airlines' Midnight Escapades offers economy class return tickets to Australia at Rs 20,000, plus taxes.
The Indian wine market currently stands at 4.6 million litres in volume terms and Rs 450 crore in value terms.
Ruling out extension of July 31 deadline for filing income tax returns, IT authorities said on Monday special counters will be opened from July 28 in major cities to meet the eleventh hour rush.
Private carrier Air Sahara, has cancelled all its flights between Mumbai and Chennai till December 5 due to 'operational reasons'.
US-based global technology giant IBM expressed keen interest in participating in India's newly-launched initiatives like Smart Cities and Digital India.
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