Mysore's Mandakalli airport is almost set for operating ATR charter flights in about two months' time and will be ready for regular ATR flights by February 2009, by when the Rs 70 crore (Rs 700 million) first phase works will have been completed, a delay by two months.
While the number of operational airports in the country will rise to 131, other smaller towns too are seeing a surge in connectivity.
The Indian classical music industry is stuck in a rut, and topmost on everybody's blame list is the record label.
A Delhi court on Saturday directed the Delhi Police to file a detailed action taken report on a plea for lodging FIR against Anna Hazare and his former team members for allegedly cheating over four crore people by selling them 'Anna SMS cards', whose service was discontinued before the promised one year time, which earned them Rs 100 crore.
He said these opinions could be incorporated in the ATR.
Zubair refuted the allegation as 'an absolutely frivolous complaint', and AltNews backed him, saying his work 'hurts those who have weaponised misinformation to subvert the Indian democracy'.
He was known for his work in Mumbai Dinank, which was his first novel, and the book Simhasan, which was adapted into a Marathi film.
Jet has about 1,200 pilots operating Airbus, Boeing and ATR aircraft.
The NHRC had in its detailed report indicted the Gujarat government for failing to protect riot witnesses.
Airline to deploy around 50 planes in the next seven months
Six new airlines, three national and three regional, are set to join the market even as the sector remains dogged by massive losses.
The operation of Alliance Air's small ATR-42 aircraft to North-East remained suspended for the second day on Wednesday with its pilots abstaining from duty to protest the non-fulfillment of their pending demands.
Bollywood gets felicitated at an awards ceremony.
The government will initiate fresh action against Walmart if an ongoing 'foreign corrupt practices' probe by US authorities reveals any violation in India by the global retail giant.
Air Deccan has introduced two new schemes, the Super Flier and Super Flier Plus.
The apex court lashed out at the law enforcing agencies for allowing the 'instigators of violence' to get away and said they should act as per law without waiting for somebody's nod.
Jet Airways on Wednesday said it would offer about 31,000 seats daily by operating 255 flights to 40 destinations in its new winter schedule with immediate effect.
'The need for added safety has bolstered demand for charter flights in the last year and is expected to continue.'
The airline has two operating permits and offers both full service and no-frills service in the domestic market.
The pilot-turned-airline owner and his partner Biraja Jena plan to launch FlyBig, which has secured 16 routes under the fourth phase of UDAN, the government's regional connectivity programme.
When the move was first thought of it was at the behest of Jet Airways, IndiGo, SpiceJet and Air India. Only Vistara and AirAsia were opposing it as they were doing the poaching, says Anjuli Bhargava.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the Centre and Uttarakhand government to step up rescue operations to evacuate people caught in flash floods in the state.
Reader Zubair Nisar sends us some photographs.
Move after the North Eastern Council failed to make viability payments to the carrier.
IndiGo's share sale will raise the company's retained earnings to Rs 2,680 crore.
The Service Tax Department here has impounded an aircraft of the grounded Kingfisher Airlines for defaulting tax dues amounting to Rs 63 crore (Rs 630 million), officials said on Tuesday.
The state-run carrier will shortly invite bids to replace its fleet of 11 ATR-42s and Bombardier CRJ planes with newer fuel-efficient turbo prop planes to improve its operating result.
Hyderabad-based Turbo Megha Airways takes off, promising affordable fares and other benefits.
The flights include Mumbai-Chennai, Mumbai-Mangalore and Mumbai-Khajuraho.
The airline has been operating so far on the assumption that the funds would soon be available.
A section of pilots of Kingfisher Airlines on Tuesday went on a strike over non-payment of salary and other dues for the past five months, forcing cancellation of five flights.
A memorandum of understanding was signed by the AAI and the Jharkhand government for establishing airports in both the cities in the presence of AAI Chairman and Jharkhand Chief Minister Arjun Munda.
Thirty-one people were killed on Monday when a Russian passenger plane crashed while trying to make an emergency landing shortly after take-off near the western Siberian city of Tyumen, officials said.
DGCA rules require pilots to service a six-month notice.
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