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Air India, BPCL, Concor Divestments Unlikely This Fiscal: Govt official
The ministry has budgeted to garner Rs 1.05 lakh crore from divestments during the fiscal. The government has already breached the budgeted fiscal deficit gap and the extent of the gap stands at 115 per cent with four months to go.
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Air India Pays October Allowances To 16,000 Pilots, Says Source
Details about the amount paid as allowances could not be immediately ascertained.
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Hong Kong Posts Biggest Airport Passenger Number Fall In A Decade
There were falls of more than 12% in the three previous months, the Civil Aviation Department data showed.
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‘Air India Needs To Survive Till It Is Sold,’ Says Airline Chief In Facebook Post
According to the October data of aviation regulator DGCA, low-cost carrier IndiGo carried around 47 per cent of domestic passenger traffic.
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After Challenging Year For Aviation, Improvement Expected For 2020: IATA
The net profit margin is forecast at 3.4 per cent, up from 3.1 per cent for 2019, and overall industry revenues are forecast to reach 872 billion dollars.
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Vistara, Lufthansa Sign Codeshare Pact To Cement Interline Agreement
"As a growing global carrier, one of our key goals is to offer an extended international network to our customers through such strategic associations," said Vistara's Chief Strategy Officer Vinod Kannan.
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Aviation Minister's Statement On Air India Privatisation 'Highly Damaging': Union
Air India will have to be closed down if not privatised will have "massive financial implications”, said Puri.
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Boeing Says Timing Of 737 MAX Return In Hands Of Regulators
The FAA told its staff this week to take whatever time was needed to review the grounded plane after Boeing said it expected the FAA to certify the 737 MAX in mid-December.
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The Rise And Growth Of Airport Lounges
Airport lounges understand travellers with different cultures, behaviour, and needs. With comfort come accessible facilities like nursery rooms, kids’ rooms, prayer rooms etc.
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Qatar Airways Announces Direct Flights To Osaka, Japan From 6 April 2020
The operation will initially begin with a five times weekly service, increasing to a daily service from 23 June 2020.
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Aviation Regulators Free Up Mahindra's GA8 Planes To Fly
The GA8 is typically used for skydiving, tourism, air patrols, medical evacuations and humanitarian missions in remote locations
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Aviation Regulators Lift Grounding Order On Mahindra's GA8 Planes After Probe
The single-engine GA8 is manufactured in Australia by Mahindra Aerospace, a unit of India's Mahindra and Mahindra Ltd, and there are 228 of the planes worldwide, 63 of which are registered in Australia, according to CASA.
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Boeing To Make $50 Million In Payments To 737 MAX Crash Victims' Families
The 737 MAX, Boeing's best-selling jet, was grounded globally in March following the Ethiopian Airlines crash after a similar Lion Air disaster in Indonesia in October. The two crashes killed 346 people.
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Committed To Boosting India’s Aviation Space: Palash Roy Chowdhury, Managing Director, India, Pratt and Whitney
Pratt & Whitney is the world’s leading maker of aircraft engines, both fighter, and commercial. Its F 135 & F 119 engines are powering the fifth-generation fighter aircraft F 35 & F 22 Raptor. With India on the lookout for engine capability to leapfrog into the world of aerospace, Manish Kumar Jha of BW Businessworld caught up with Palash Roy Chowdhury, Managing Director - India, Pratt and Whitney during the Paris Air Show 2019 to discuss the possibilities of cooperation.
Read MoreNorwegian Air CEO Steps Down, Sees 737 MAX Flying In Oct
The jets have been grounded worldwide since March following two fatal crashes and Norwegian Air has said the disruption could scupper its plans to return to profitability this year.
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