Mumbai: The Rs 2,058 crore deal between Jet Airways and Etihad Airways will benefit passengers, as increased competition will bring down air fares, aviation sector experts said on Wednesday. According to Captain Gopinath, the founder of erstwhile Air Deccan, the increased competition will lead to low airfares, besides bringing about improvement in the passenger amenities.
Jet promoter Naresh Goyal and Etihad President and CEO James Hogan on Wednesday announced a strategic equity alliance in Abu Dhabi under which the Indian private carrier would sell 27.26 million shares in a preferential offer to Etihad at Rs 754.74 apiece.
"The deal may be good from the passengers' point of view as it would offer an enhanced connectivity, but at the same time too much access into the domestic market may result in Abu Dhabi becoming another Dubai which has today become a hub for the West-bound traffic," an expert said....
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07:35 AM, Apr 25, 2013
New Delhi: So how exactly was Kingfisher Airlines killed? The airline company was Chairman Vijay Mallya's muse. He chose to run it himself, even deciding to interview air hostesses, pilots and other staff members himself. So did this obsession lead to the company's decline? Apart from Mallya, few others were allowed to run the show. Smallest decisions had to wait for the Chairman's go-ahead, say management insiders. However, the real...
09:17 PM, Oct 22, 2012
From pilots to the DGCA, everyone is being questioned - to reveal just how were licenses given to candidates holding fake documents. ...
09:09 PM, Mar 15, 2011
New Delhi: The fake pilot controversy exposed by CNN-IBN has had a much needed impact. From pilots to the DGCA, everyone is being questioned - to reveal just how were licenses given to candidates holding fake documents. Just a day after CNN-IBN exposed Arjun Giare - an Air India pilot who got his flying license on the basis of fake documents - an embarrassed Civil Aviation Ministry is scrambling for...
08:38 PM, Mar 15, 2011
New Delhi: Airline heads are divided on the fake pilot controversy. Air Deccan CEO Captain GR Gopinath wants tough action against all the alleged fake pilots and people involved in helping them acquire forged licence. He demands that all those found found guilty should be put behind bars. However, Kingfisher Chairman Vijay Mallya claims such incidents are rare. There are individuals either in the flying schools or regulatory authorities who...
03:02 PM, Mar 15, 2011
Capt Gopinath wants to take express cargo to small towns, far flung farms. ...
07:50 PM, Oct 14, 2009
The Jet Airways crisis continued for the third day on Thursday. ...
02:07 AM, Sep 11, 2009
Captain Gopinath will be trying his luck as an independent candidate. ...
03:30 AM, Mar 27, 2009
He is expected to make an announcement later on Thursday. ...
02:08 PM, Mar 26, 2009
A Pune-Delhi flight was cancelled at the last minute in January 2007. ...
12:49 PM, Oct 30, 2008
The Indian aviation industry will suffer a loss of about $2 billion in 2008-09 ...
10:51 AM, Oct 16, 2008
Kingfisher's Mallya bought 26 per cent stake in Deccan for Rs 550 crore in May 2007. ...
12:12 PM, Oct 15, 2008
Johannesburg: South Africa's 2-0 win over England in a three-Test series which took them to the top of the ICC rankings was 'bitter-sweet', former wicketkeeper Mark Boucher said here on Wednesday. "It was difficult watching the match from the sidelines, but when I saw the guys with the messages on their shirts come onto the field, it was a very special moment for me," Boucher told the Afrikaans daily Beeld....
05:39 PM, Jun 18, 2008
Pune: Having cruised to a seven-wicket win against Pune Warriors India on Tuesday, Rajasthan Royals skipper Rahul Dravid said that he told his players to not look at the points table and concentrate on playing good cricket. I've been telling the team to not look at the points table, and look to play good cricket, Dravid said after the match. That's what we would look to do over the next...
10:21 PM, May 20, 2008
Canberra: India's pace spearhead Zaheer Khan says the bowling unit will depend on swing against the struggling Australian batting that has proved vulnerable to the moving ball in recent times. Zaheer said that it was encouraging for Indian bowlers to see that the Australia's batting top-order has been asked to attend a batting camp in Melbourne to fine tune their skills ahead of the Boxing Day Test. It is definitely...
12:11 AM, Mar 31, 2008
Islamabad: After making a controversial statement that a close eye is being kept on the Pakistan team before their high-octane World Cup semifinal game against India, Pakistan interior minister Rahman Malik has now backtracked from his earlier statement. The minister sought to explain his remarks as a way of saving Pakistani players. I want to save my children (Pakistan players) and my request would be to not take the statement...
06:33 PM, Jan 09, 2008
New Delhi: South Africa cricket captain Graeme Smith is keeping his fingers crossed on the nature of the fresh pitch and the dew factor at the Feroze Shah Kotla, ahead of the team's tournament opener against the West Indies here on Thursday. Smith's concern was understandable as the tie will be the first international match at the venue after it was suspended by International Cricket Council (ICC) in January 2010....
08:09 PM, Dec 20, 2007
Ahmedabad: Australia will use injury-prone Shaun Tait in short, sharp spells to help him stay fit right through the World Cup, captain Ricky Ponting said. The fiery speedster, one of the fastest bowlers in contemporary cricket, has grappled with injuries throughout his career, which even forced him to take a sabbatical from the game in January 2008. His slinging bowling action, which helps him generate the extra bit of pace,...
01:21 PM, Dec 20, 2007
Mumbai: The website selling just 1000 tickets for the Cricket World Cup final in Mumbai's Wankhede Stadium on April 2 crashed seconds after they went on sale on Monday sparking furious complaints from fans. Tickets were put on sale at 1300 (IST) via the International Cricket Council's (ICC) official ticketing partner Kyazoonga.com but the website buckled under the pressure of huge traffic. Of the 31,000 seats at the Wankhede Stadium,...
09:03 PM, Dec 19, 2007
The two carriers have a combined fleet of 71 aircraft and a 33% market share. ...
07:03 PM, Nov 28, 2007
