Rcs

The scheme has reduced airfare caps by up to 25 percent to make helicopter travel more affordable for passengers.

MC Explains | What is the RCS Protocol? Why is Google beefing with Apple: Here's a full breakdown

Vodafone, Orange, Deutsche Telekom, NTT Docomo, and other telecom companies in Europe, Asia, Australia, Canada, and Latin America have already joined the RCS universal profile.

Spam surge forces Google to turn off RCS messaging in India

Google said that abuse of anti-spam policies by Indian companies forced its hand

Google executive urges Apple to incorporate RCS into iMessage

Rich Communication Services or RCS is a communication protocol that will replace SMS and has a richer system and more features

A new pecking order among airlines at India’s busiest airport

Mumbai, the busiest single-runway airport in the world, has run out of slots. An analysis of the latest data on the airlines that gained and lost most at the airport.

A passage to India: Here’s how Indian MROs could end up servicing the world’s aircraft

The aircraft maintenance-repair-overhaul (MRO) industry is labour-intensive and requires skilled technicians. Like Information Technology, where India has become the back-office of the world, certain tweaks in taxation could see aircraft fly to India for MRO visits.

Why are Tier II and III cities seeing such a surge in air traffic?

While the government has limited the capacity of flights, the cap does not apply on routes that are operated under the RCS–UDAN scheme. Tier II and III cities are also more reliant on SMEs and MSMEs for economic activity and unlike the city-based services sector, WFH is not so prevalent in these segments

Analysis: UDAN yet to truly take off as several routes remain non-operational

The regional connectivity scheme, which envisions connecting Bharat to India, has no doubt helped people travel. But as with many other government schemes, the last thrust to make it a total success is lacking

Govt can look at options other than levy to fund RCS: SpiceJet

On a day when the government announced the final contours of the ambitious regional connectivity scheme, SpiceJet chief Ajay Singh on Friday said the government could look at other ways to fund it rather than impose "more of a tax on consumers".

Alliance Air to soon ink deal for 10 new ATRs

The state-owned regional airline is at the "final" stages of negotiations with lessors to lease these planes, a source close to the development said.