India’s Kingfisher Airlines has announced its plans for the next phase of its international route network, with two new routes from this September. The two new routes connect Mumbai with Singapore and Hong Kong with both slated as daily direct return services operated using Airbus A330- 200 aircraft. Kingfisher Airlines has also applied to the Ministry of Civil Aviation to commence operations on the New Delhi – London – New Delhi sector, also using the Airbus … [Read more...] about INDIA: Kingfisher announces new routes to Singapore/HK

The National Aviation Company of India (NACIL), government parent of Air India, will almost double its investment to US$1.7 billion in the current 2009 – 10 fiscal year, the Press Trust of India reported. … [Read more...] about INDIA: NACIL to double investment in Air India

Indian air cargo, hamstrung for a number of years by cost, cargo structure and infrastructure constraints, is set to take off within the next three to four years according to a new report by consultancy firm, Frost & Sullivan. An Indian economy on a solid growth trajectory and ongoing liberalisation of the aviation sector, will be the key drivers which will also see the country emerge as a cargo hub due to its geographic location between SE Asia and EU nations, according to the report. … [Read more...] about INDIA: India set to become key cargo hub say analysts

Air India and South African Airways (SAA) have signed a code share agreement on SAA’s route between Johannesburg and Mumbai, as well as on the domestic sectors between Johannesburg – Durban and Johannesburg – Cape Town. SAA in return will code share on Air India’s domestic operations between Mumbai and Delhi as well as operations between Bangalore, Chennai, Trivandrum and Hyderabad to Mumbai. The partnership was effective from 18 June. … [Read more...] about INDIA: Air India and SAA sign code share

Jet Airways has launched services to Dubai from Hyderabad, its fifth daily service to the Gulf city and second from Southern India utilising Boeing 737-800 aircraft. Jet Airways currently operates twice daily services to Dubai from Mumbai, and daily services from Delhi and Chennai. “With the growing popularity of Dubai as a leading business and leisure destination, there has been an increasing demand for enhanced air connectivity to the Gulf emirate from Southern India. We are … [Read more...] about INDIA: Jet Airways starts daily service to Hyderabad

Qantas Airways recently became the fourth carrier to be convicted in a four-year price-fixing conspiracy involving air cargo exported from Canada. The Australian carrier pleaded guilty to Canada’s Competition Bureau to illegally fixing surcharges between May 2002 and February 2006 on some cargo trucked from Canada to the US for through shipment to Australia and elsewhere. The Competition Bureau fined Qantas C$155,000 (US$133,300) for its role in the scheme. The bureau, whose … [Read more...] about AUSTRALIA: Qantas pleads guilty to Canadian price-fixing