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Air India, Jet Air face EU ban over excessive emissions
May 18, 2013 at 17:32 | Source: DomainB
India is preparing to strongly oppose prospective fines to be imposed by the European Union on national carrier Air India as well as private carrier Jet Airways for not complying with EU emission norms. The European Commission said at its Brussels h...
DGCA reprimands IndiGo for preferred seat charges
May 18, 2013 at 09:11 | Source: FirstPost
New Delhi: Looks like IndiGo has been reprimanded for its preferred seat charges.The Ministry of Civil Aviation today directed domestic airlines to limit the number of seats on their flights for which they charge passengers a fee which is over and ab...
India may oppose EU threat to fine AI, Jet Airways
May 18, 2013 at 08:56 | Source: Business Today
India may oppose the reported European Union threat to impose fines on Air India and Jet Airways for not accepting EU's Emissions Trading Scheme (EU-ETS) and not reporting their emissions over European sky.Only these two Indian carriers, which fly t...
Civil Aviation Ministry asks airlines to limit number of 'privileged' seats
May 18, 2013 at 00:21 | Source: Economic Times
NEW DELHI: The Civil Aviation Ministry today asked all airlines to limit the number of 'privileged' seats for which they could charge a fee, with a few carriers imposing price tags on a very large number of them. At a meeting with top officials of a...
Domestic airlines told to limit number of privileged seats
May 18, 2013 at 00:17 | Source: The Hindu BusinessLine
New Delhi, May 17: The Ministry of Civil Aviation has directed domestic airlines to limit the number of seats on their flights for which they charge passengers a fee, over and above the cost of the ticket. Earlier this month, the Government had allo...
Fuel efficiency claim: Air India to seek higher compensation from Boeing
May 18, 2013 at 00:17 | Source: The Hindu BusinessLine
Mumbai, May 17: Air India is negotiating for higher compensation from Boeing for failing to meet the fuel efficiency claim for the Dreamliners, a senior airline official said. According to Boeing, the Dreamliner uses 20 per cent less fuel per mile t...
Air India wants compensation for Boeing 787 Dreamliners not delivering fuel savings
May 18, 2013 at 00:17 | Source: Financial Express
National carrier Air India has sought compensation from Boeing for Dreamliners not meeting the 20 per cent fuel efficiency claims as the airline could achieve only a tad over 17 per cent fuel economy by its six 787s, an AI source said here today. "W...
Air India seeks compensation over 787s fuel-economy claim
May 17, 2013 at 23:46 | Source: Business Today
National carrier Air India has sought compensation from Boeing for Dreamliners not meeting the 20 per cent fuel efficiency claims as the airline could achieve only a tad over 17 per cent fuel economy by its six 787s, an AI source said."We have alrea...
Air India wants compensation for 787s not delivering 20% fuel savings
May 17, 2013 at 22:01 | Source: Economic Times
MUMBAI: National carrier Air India has sought compensation from Boeing for Dreamliners not meeting the 20 per cent fuel efficiency claims as the airline could achieve only a tad over 17 per cent fuel economy by its six 787s, an AI source said here to...
Boeing says Air India can redeploy all Dreamliners this month
May 17, 2013 at 22:00 | Source: NDTV Profit
Mumbai: Boeing said on Friday that it will ready the remaining four grounded Dreamliners of Air India within this month and also deliver the seventh 787 to the national carrier by end of the month. After grounding all the six Dreamliners on January 1...
Air India wants compensation for 787s not delivering claimed fuel efficiency
May 17, 2013 at 22:00 | Source: NDTV Profit
Mumbai: National carrier Air India (AI) has sought compensation from Boeing for Dreamliners not meeting the 20 per cent fuel efficiency claims as the airline could achieve only a tad over 17 per cent fuel economy by its six 787s, an AI source said on...
European Union to fine Indian, Chinese airlines over emissions?
May 17, 2013 at 21:26 | Source: Economic Times
BRUSSELS: The European Commission said Thursday that Air China and Air India were among 10 Chinese and Indian airlines facing the prospect of fines and exclusion from airports in the European Union for refusing to comply with rules aimed at regulati...
Govt may oppose EU threat to fine Air India, Jet Airways
May 17, 2013 at 20:20 | Source: Economic Times
NEW DELHI: Govt is likely to oppose the reported European Union threat to impose fines on Air India and Jet Airways for not accepting EU's Emissions Trading Scheme (EU-ETS) and not reporting their emissions over European sky, officials said today. On...
AI wants Boeing to compensate for not delivering fuel efficient dreamliners
May 17, 2013 at 20:01 | Source: FirstPost
Mumbai: National carrier Air India has sought compensation from Boeing for Dreamliners not meeting the 20 percent fuel efficiency claims as the airline could achieve only a tad over 17 percent fuel economy by its six 787s, an AI source said here toda...
Ajit Chandila: a useful player with dangerous ambition
May 17, 2013 at 12:26 | Source: DNA India
Earth provides enough to satisfy every man s needs, but not every man s greed. Mahatma Gandhi Greed. This is perhaps what has made Ajit Chandila get involved in spot-fixing to earn a few more extra rupees. No matter how much one earns, the greed for...
Why airlines are stonewalling govts ombudsman proposal
May 17, 2013 at 11:36 | Source: FirstPost
The Ministry of Civil Aviation is pushing for an ombudsman - a key person who would look to address passenger complaints - but private airlines have been resisting any such move for more than three years. As of today, if an airline loses your bags, m...
Indian carriers may face ban in EU airports
May 17, 2013 at 09:42 | Source: Financial Express
The European Commission has said that Air China and Air India were among 10 Chinese and Indian airlines facing the prospect of fines and exclusion from airports in the EU for refusing to comply with rules aimed at regulating greenhouse emissions. Th...
BSE Sensex gains 21 points in early trade
May 17, 2013 at 09:42 | Source: Financial Express
BSE Sensex opens in green, up 21 points continues to trade up 20,000 mark at 20,268. NSE Nifty also traded above 6000 mark GLOBAL MARKETS ROUNDUP * Nifty futures on the Singapore Exchange are 0.46 percent up and the MSCI-Asia Pacific index excluding...
‘Chandila’s landing in IPL always grabbed eyeballs’
May 16, 2013 at 16:32 | Source: The Hindu BusinessLine
New Delhi, May 16: Before taking a hat-trick against Pune Warriors in the last edition of IPL, there wasn’t much information available on Ajit Chandila’s cricketing credentials save that he was a ‘club-level’ off-spinner who ...
Air India resumes Dreamliner flights
May 16, 2013 at 16:32 | Source: Financial Express
After being grounded for four months, Air India (AI) resumed its Dreamliner service today with regular commercial flights from Delhi to Kolkata and Bangalore. The planes were called back after they developed a technical snag. �There were issues wi...
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