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Vistara prepares to take off, operates trial flight

The carrier has two Airbus A320 in its fleet and is expected to launch in January

New airlines to take wing in 2015

Air Pegasus set to join AirAsia and Vistara among India's newest airlines. Air One and Premier Airways to begin flights in mid-2015

Air Seychelles launches Mumbai flight

The airline said it will connect India with Tanzania, South Africa and Madagascar with its one stop flights via Seychelles

Pune family's land claim makes Navi Mumbai airport lose ground

CIDCO moves Supreme Court against Rs 1,200 cr compensation order for land parcel

AirAsia India slows down capacity addition

The low-cost carrier had planned to induct six planes till Dec-end but now will add only two more this month that will increase its fleet size to four

ATF price cut to help airlines save big

Domestic carriers' fuel bill to fall by Rs 1,200 cr in second half of 2014-15

New Zealand rolls out easy visa route to encourage Indian tourists

The US has already eased the procedure for issuing visa to attract a million Indian tourists by 2015

Jet Airways to switch to single full service model from Monday

To introduce 'Guest First' programme to attract corporate customers; its market share and load factor lower than rivals

India rolls out visa-on-arrival carpet for 43 countries

Temasek, Capital International eye Avantha's consumer biz stake

Avantha Holdings directly owns 40.84% stake with the rest held by other investment entities

Online portals reduce losses on improved margins

Yatra.com, Cleartrip halve losses in FY14, Makemytrip loss shrinks from $27.6 mn in FY13 to $20.9 mn in FY14

Sky is the limit for customised holidays

Demand from the new Indian traveller are forcing travel operators to overahul product designs

CIDCO pores over 200-yr-old land records to challenge HC's compensation order

Cidco is poring through 200-year land records to challenge recent order, which it feels could make the project unviable

Lufthansa to start A380 services from Mumbai next summer

The German carrier had earlier this week launched Airbus 380 flights between Frankfurt and Delhi

Etihad to infuse Rs 1,800 cr in Jet Airways via debt

Will make the investment in debt of pref shares to shore up Jet's financial health

Low-cost onward journey key to flydubai

But its sales pitch will remain muted till India opens up more seats on the route

Easier visa norms lure Indians to travel more

United States has already eased visa issue procedures to attract a million Indian tourists by 2015

Jet fuel price down 7% but fare cuts unlikely

Air India ruled out immediate reduction in fares while Jet Airways is in wait-and-watch mode

'flydubai to launch four new services by next March'

Interview with CEO and senior VP of commercial operations, flydubai

UBI to inform EU market regulator on DRT's order against Airbus

Airbus recently bagged large orders from Indian airlines such as Indigo and Go Air