On the move
Jet Airways in code share pact with Kenya Airways
Friday, July 16th, 2010Jet Airways Ltd, India’s top private carrier, said it entered into a code sharing agreement with Kenya Airways, in a move aimed at increasing air traffic between India and Africa.
Air Works Appoints Vivek Gour as Chief Executive Officer
Monday, July 5th, 2010Air Works India Engineering Pvt. Ltd. today announced that its Board of Directors has appointed Vivek N Gour to the position of Chief Executive Officer.
‘Asia-Pacific to drive global aviation’
Saturday, June 19th, 2010Global airlines, which posted USD 2.8-billion loss last year, are expected to turnaround and achieve a profit of USD 2.5 billion this year, of which the Asia-Pacific carriers would account for USD 2.2 billion, the global airlines body IATA said here today.
National Aviation signs $190 m deal with SITA
Thursday, April 29th, 2010The National Aviation Company of India (NACIL) announced on Thursday that SITA, a company specialising in IT solutions for the aviation industry, has been selected to provide its hosted Horizon passenger services system (PSS) to Air India on a turnkey basis. The selection process followed a global competitive tendering process. NACIL, in a statement, said [...]
New domestic terminal opened at Mumbai
Thursday, April 29th, 2010India’s civil aviation market is today the ninth largest in the world from being a virtual non-entity some years ago and it can be among the top five in the world in the next few years, according to Union minister for Civil Aviation Praful Patel. Speaking at the unveiling of the new domestic passenger terminal [...]
Jet Airways Leases Out Three Boeing Aircraft To Thai Airways
Saturday, March 27th, 2010In a bid to cut costs and rationalize capacity, India’s largest airline by market share Jet Airways said it has leased three of its wide-bodied B777-300 ER aircraft to Thai Airways for three years with immediate effect.
Global aviation cos’ India hub plans may create 6 lakh jobs over 10 years
Tuesday, December 1st, 2009As top aviation companies such as Boeing and Airbus intensify efforts to leverage India as their maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) hub, experts say it will create around 600,000 new jobsfor skilled professionals in the country over next 10 years.
India’s Jet Airways says CEO resigns, names acting CEO
Monday, October 12th, 2009Indian airlines operator Jet Airways on Thursday said its Chief Executive Officer Wolfgang Prock-Schauer has resigned, effective Oct 15.
Air India headhunts for a COO
Tuesday, September 29th, 2009Air India has begun a global hunt for a chief operating officer to streamline operations and help it come out of the financial mess that has led to accumulated losses of over $4 billion.