Mar 06, 2017: Jet Airways and Fiji Airways has announced a codeshare partnership which offers guests travelling on both carriers convenient and seamless connectivity between India and Fiji via Singapore and Hong Kong. The codeshare agreement, a first-of-its-kind between the airlines of the two…

Mar 04, 2017: Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT) participated in a workshop on “Direct Port Delivery at Indian Ports-Challenges & Opportunities”, organised by Bureau of Research on Industry & Economic Fundamentals (BRIEF) in New Delhi recently. JNPT participated in the technical session in the…

Mar 04, 2017: Air India recently operated a flight around the world with an all-women crew setting a new world record, ahead of International Women’s Day. The AI 173 flight which departed from India on February 27 for San Francisco, returned at the Indira Gandhi International airport on Friday after…

Mar 02, 2017: The regional arm of Air India , Alliance Air is looking at spreading its wings abroad. Plans are afoot to connect cities like Dhaka, Kathmandu, Colombo and Male from various Indian cities. Alliance has already applied to the authorities for permission to start international operations…

Mar 02, 2017: Dubai-based flydubai has announced its second Air Travel Hackathon in association with Hyderabad-based tech startup HackMania. The Hackathon, which is supported by the e-Cell of IIIT-Hyderabad, will be held at the IIIT campus in Hyderabad. In addition, flydubai will for the first time…

Mar 01, 2017: Vistara has inaugurated its daily direct service to Amritsar from Delhi, making it the fifth destination in Northern India on the airline’s network. Vistara will commence operations between Amritsar and Mumbai with daily direct flights, starting March 8, 2017, which would make it the…

Mar 01, 2017: Continuing its strong focus to expand and penetrate further in the Southern region, IndiGo has announced its entry in Madurai with the launch of two flights. Effective today, IndiGo will operate a maiden flight from Delhi to Madurai via Chennai and return Madurai to Delhi with a…

Feb 24, 2017: Airports Authority of India (AAI) has declared an Interim Dividend of Rs 560 crore for the year 2016-17. AAI has earned a revenue of Rs 10,824 crore (previous year Rs 9,285 crore), Profit Before Tax of Rs 3,697 crore (previous year Rs 2,791 crore) and the Profit After Tax of Rs 2,537…

Feb 23, 2017: Vistara has announced the launch of two new routes to cater to growing customer demand. Starting March 26, 2017, Vistara will fly direct daily between Kolkata and Pune, and starting April 15, 2017, will also fly direct between Delhi and Port Blair (Andamans) on Saturdays and Sundays…

Feb 24, 2017: Jet Airways and Hong Kong Airlines have entered into a codeshare partnership in a move that will help them significantly enhance connectivity between India and the Asia-Pacific region. The codeshare flights will open for both sale as well as travel on February 27, 2017, subject to…

Feb 23, 2017: Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has approved the signing of Air Services Agreement (ASA) between India and Greece. The Agreement has the potential to spur greater trade, investment, tourism and cultural exchange between the two countries bringing it in tune with…

Feb 20, 2017: Scoot and Tigerair have come together to offer the perfect getaway for Indian families this summer. Singapore’s leading budget carriers has announced the #YaadeinBanao campaign for travellers across their India network with attractive all-in one way fares starting from as low as Rs…

Feb 23, 2017: The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has given its approval for signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between India and Australia for promotion and development of cooperation in civil aviation security. The MoU will provide an opportunity to Indian…

Feb 20, 2017: Continuing to strengthen its domestic network expansion beyond metro cities, IndiGo, has announced Amritsar as its 44th destination. Effective March 16, IndiGo will operate a daily non-stop flight between Amritsar and Delhi and Amritsar and Mumbai. In line with company’s growth…

Feb 20, 2017: Jet Airways has launched a global campaign, ‘The Billion Miles Festival’, rewarding its frequent flyer program members across the globe for their loyalty with bonus JPMiles worth more than a billion miles, by booking and travelling during the offer period i.e. February 21 – March 31,…

Feb 18, 2017: From January-September 2016, there was a growth in tourism receipts across Singapore’s top ten source markets. For the second consecutive year, China (+41 percent) ranked top in tourism receipts, followed by Indonesia (+14 percent) and India (+37 percent). Tourism receipts from China…

Feb 18, 2017: A direct weekly service of HMM’s (Hyundai Merchant Marine) ACS Service was flagged off, from Krishnapatnam Port Container Terminal (KPCT) yesterday. Inauguration of the maiden vessel call by “M V Hyundai Prestige”, as part of ACS’s Service, has written a new chapter in the EXIM trade…

Feb 17, 2017: Singapore Airlines has launched of its fourth weekly flight from Ahmedabad to Singapore, starting from March 26, 2017. All flights will be operated by the Airbus A330-300 wide-body aircraft. David Lim, General Manager India – Singapore Airlines, commented, “Travel to and from Ahmedabad…

Feb 16, 2017: A few days ago, Lufthansa flew the brand-new Airbus A350-900 from Munich to the Indian capital Delhi. On flight LH762 on 14 February, the youngest member of the fleet also had a special surprise on board: A donation cheque from help alliance for over 30,000 euros for the “Sunshine”…

Feb 16, 2017: Air India has become the latest A320neo operator after taking delivery of the first of 14 aircrafts leased from Kuwait headquartered ALAFCO Aviation Lease and Finance Company , becoming the first CFM powered NEO operator in India. The delivery is also the first NEO for ALAFCO from an…

Feb 15, 2017: SpiceJet has announced results for quarter ending December 31, 2016, posting 24.5 percent year-on-year drop in profits to Rs 181.1 crore compared to Rs 239.9 crore in quarter ending December 31, 2015. SpiceJet reported operating revenue of Rs 1642.4 crore in the quarter. On an EBITDA…

Feb 14, 2017: Low cost carrier, AirAsia India has launched its new training facility ‘Anaz Red Wings’ in Bengaluru. S Ramadorai, Chairman of AirAsia India inaugurated the training centre. At this new training centre, together with advanced coaching equipment and practical scenario-based trainings,…

Feb 14, 2017: HHLA consultancy company Uniconsult is providing assistance to India’s transport authority to search for solutions to ease the country’s road and rail traffic. The aim is to conduct more journeys by inland water vessels. In order to decongest the roads and railways that have been…

Feb 14, 2017: Logistics Solutions provider, Ecom Express has expanded its services with the launch of its largest warehousing facility in Bilaspur, Haryana. ‘INDIA-1’, the state of the art facility spread across over 500,000 square feet houses a fulfilment center, pick up processing centre and a…

Feb 14, 2017: After the bid process being deferred twice, GVK-led Mumbai International Airport Ltd (MIAL) has finally won the bid to build International airport at Navi Mumbai. GVK Power & Infrastructure, which runs the Mumbai and Bengaluru airports, has won the right to build Mumbai’s second…

Feb 11, 2017: The Lufthansa A350-900 has begun its regular scheduled service from Munich to Delhi. At 12:20 pm the newest member of the fleet took off almost fully occupied with passengers from its home base in Munich and arrived in Delhi at 00.10 am. The first flight was officially opened with a…

Feb 13, 2017: Air India SATS Airport Services Pvt. Ltd. (AISATS), launched “AISATS COOLPORT”, India’s first integrated on-airport perishable cargo handling centre, at Kempegowda International Airport, Bengaluru (KIAB). The 11,000 sq. meter state of the art facility built at a total project cost of…

Feb 13, 2017: Regional airline, Zoom Air will start its commercial operations starting February 15 from New Delhi to Durgapur via Kolkata. Promoted by Zexus Air Services, Zoom Air, India’s new full service commuter airlines will operate to multiple cities in India. According to Zoom Air website, the…

Feb 13, 2017: Low-cost carrier, IndiGo has announced the expansion of its network by adding 20 new flights to cities with high demand and expanding potential. With growing demand from the Southern India region, IndiGo has reoriented its focus by introducing additional to and fro flights connecting…

Feb 10, 2017: In a bid to penetrate in the international market, low-cost arm of national carrier Air India , Air India Express will start Delhi-Dhaka service February 16. There would be four weekly flights on the route. The flight would operate from Delhi on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and…

Feb 10, 2017: Air India has acquired 23 ‘Dreamliners’ progressively from September 2012 to January, 2017. The Dreamliner aircraft have experienced technical reliability issues, since induction into Air India fleet. These issues, however, do not adversely affect the safety of the airplane due to the…

Feb 10, 2017: Delhi International Airport (Pvt) Ltd (DIAL) is seeking environmental clearance to start working on its ambitious expansion plan of laying a fourth runway , expand existing terminals, construct a new one and build supporting infrastructure. According to sources, these plans are likely…

Feb 10, 2017: Ernst & Young (EY) in association with Andhra Pradesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry Federation released a detailed research report on India’s maritime sector. The report was released on the occasion of the East Coast Maritime Business Summit. Backed with credentials, the report…

Feb 10, 2017: In order to boost tourism and trade between India and Britain, India and UK have signed a MoU to ease restrictions on the number of scheduled flights between the two countries, following successful talks in India this week. Limits on flights from key Indian cities including Chennai and…

Feb 09, 2017: In a bid to transform the face of Indian Railways , Minister of Railways, Suresh Prabhu launched the first phase of the world’s largest Station Redevelopment Program comprising 23 major Railway Stations on Indian Railways network. Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment…

Feb 06, 2017: Logistics sector plays a crucial role in keeping India’s economic activities rolling. But when 60 percent of the total freight traffic depends on roads for reaching their destination, the tremendous pressure leads to congestion, delays and eventually higher costs and lower…

Feb 04, 2017: Transport Corporation of India Ltd. (TCIL) has announced its financial results for Q3 FY17. The company’s total revenue for the quarter registered a growth of 16.2 per cent over corresponding quarter last year. The Profit After Tax for nine month ended in December 2016 increased by…

Feb 06, 2017: Directorate General of Shipping has instituted a statutory inquiry under the Merchant Shipping Act to ascertain the causes and contributory factors leading to the collision of two ships off Kamarajar harbour. Both the ships have been restrained from leaving the Port. Two vessels…

Feb 06, 2017: Agility has opened the first temperature-controlled life sciences storage and handling facility in the Hyderabad Airport Zone. Agility’s 6,000-square-foot Life Sciences Excellence Center (LSEC) at Rajiv Gandhi International Airport is strategically placed to serve pharma manufacturers…

Feb 06, 2017: Accelya , a leading provider of financial and commercial solutions to the airline industry, and Mercator , a global provider of product-enabled solutions to the travel and transportation industry, have decided to merge, in a bid to create a leading global technology-enabled solutions…