Several bilateral economic agreements were expected to be signed on Thursday.
Jet Airways on Tuesday announced the introduction of direct flights between London and Ahmedabad.
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Most airlines have fattened their profits, turned the corner, or cut their losses, except AirAsia India.
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Fresh trouble seems to be brewing for liquor baron Vijay Mallya, with Mumbai International Airport(MIAL) deciding to sell a mid-sized corporate jet owned by his group company.
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Divers on Monday retrieved the crucial flight data recorder of the AirAsia plane from the Java Sea in a potential breakthrough to solve the mystery of the crash, as an Indonesian official said the jet 'exploded' on impact with the water due to rapid change in pressure.
Amid reports of sighting of more debris by a Russian search team, divers on Tuesday recovered two more bodies from choppy waters in the JavaSea, though there was still no trace of the crucial black box of the crashed AirAsia aircraft that crashed nine days ago.
'He proved it once again when he reportedly had beer -- and other kinds of liquor -- served on the A380, the big bird from Airbus Industrie on its first flight within India.'
If Vijay Mallya wants to buy the moon, I will only say, if wishes were horses...Even if Mallya wanted to acquire, Air Deccan is not up for sale. It has been built with a longer vision."
Jet Airways on Wednesday inked a deal with Canadian simulation and training solutions provider CAE for supply of Boeing and airbus simulators.
Air India is planning to introduce a new seating segment 'premium economy' on its domestic all-economy flights from the middle of this month at the cost of almost the lowest business class fare on a route.
Kuwait's new national airline, Jazeera Airways, will start direct flights to New Delhi and Mumbai from July 1.
This is also the highest ever profit recorded by the carrier, which was facing turbulent times a year ago.
The John Lethbridge, a privately owned deep-sea survey and recovery vehicle, is now headed to Alexandria to hand over the remains to prosecution and forensic authorities in the presence of members of the investigation committee.
The conglomerate, which has received environmental clearance for the project, plans to invest around Rs 1,500 crore in it.
For the first time in its history, state-run carrier Air-India will sell its six Airbus A310-300 aircraft to a European bank and lease them back to its fleet for operations, in a sale-and-lease back deal.
After Singapore Airlines and Emirates, German carrier Lufthansa on Saturday launched daily services of its super jumbo Airbus A-380s between Delhi and Frankfurt.
National carrier Indian and Air India will also introduce their summer schedules from March 26, 2006.
Air Deccan has opened bookings on all Airbus sectors for travel between July 1 to August 31.
European Aerospace major EADS on Tuesday said it will invest 2 bn (about Rs 11,000 crore) over the next 15 years in India.
Boeing said it expected the Indian market to generate demand for 676 single-aisle and 120 twin-aisle airplanes.
Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel has said that up to Rs 2 lakh crore investment is expected in the country's civil aviation sector in the next five years, higher than any other sector.
Non-metro routes get 73 per cent of its flyers -- a factor that has earned it double-digit share with only 19 planes.
UAE's international airline, Emirates on Monday announced an increase in its services to Kerala from February next with daily flights to Cochin and eight flights a week to Thiruvananthapuram.
Investigators said the system that helps control the movement of the aircraft's rudder had a cracked solder joint that malfunctioned four times during the flight.
The Directorate General of Civil Aviation will examine issues relating to domestic airlines tying up with foreign carriers and setting up companies abroad to start international operations.
Sources say the arilines has inducted a senior pilot from IndiGo to head its safety team.
All major airlines in the country are likely to hike the fuel surcharge by Rs 100 with effect from September 5, raising the total surcharge to Rs 750.
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Kingfisher Airlines, India's first full service low-cost carrier, will induct 11 new Airbus A320 aircraft to its fleet by January 2006, its chairman and managing director Vijay Mallya said on Wednesday.
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