Page 60 - Airlines
Airlines focus on customer grievances, image revamp even as traffic doubles
Under fire from policymakers and fliers, SpiceJet, Air Asia, Vistara are getting their wheels upon consumer awareness and employee training
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On a crash course
Airlines need a higher level of passenger management skills
What's stopping airlines from squeezing in more seats
Competition and courts may soon provide relief to flyers
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Airlines will need 637,000 new pilots over next 20 years: Boeing report
Its latest estimate of the pilot requirements is up 3.6 percent from last year's report
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US issues revised security directive to airlines worldwide
Directive includes technical adjustments, agency officials said, declining to release the text
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Airlines should be allowed to overbook seats: IATA
Overbooking refers to airlines allowing passengers to book seats in excess of available capacity
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Gulf airlines will suffer: For fliers, laptop ban makes for a bumpy ride
Airlines like Emirates, Etihad Airways and Qatar Airways stand to lose market share
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Letters: Punish reasonably
The punishment can't be based solely on the complaints lodged against them by an airline
Airlines woo fliers with cheap fares, free tickets
AI offers one ticket free for each premier booking, SpiceJet will offer tickets priced at Rs 777
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There's no free lunch at 40,000 feet: How you are paying for airline food
Airlines are bringing back complimentary meals as you pay for them in other ways
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No fixed limit for viability gap funding in regional air connectivity plan
The scheme seeks to connect unserved and under-served airports
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Now, govt wants aceess to airlines passenger reservation data in advance
This is for improved surveillance and risk assessment of travellers leaving and entering the country
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Flying for time
SpiceJet, IndiGo, Air India spar over data as price is no longer a brand differentiator
Is it a crime to take away in-flight articles like life-jackets?
Yes it is, as in the West. Trouble in India is that such thefts, though common, are rarely punished
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Airlines don't dump waste mid-air, say experts
Modern aircraft have vacuum toilets and suction pumps drain the waste from toilets
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Airlines to pay Rs 50K fine if they empty human waste on air
Although waste is disposed of by ground handling personnel once the plane lands, there have been cases where lavatory leaks occurred in air
Make Aadhaar mandatory for booking tickets: Airlines to govt
Their request stems from the fact that they can't reach passengers as portals refuse to share contact details
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Chinese airlines are flooding the world with super-cheap airfares for long-haul flights
Delivering a hammer blow to the foreign carriers trying to keep up
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Airlines stare at shortage of engineers
Faced with a severe shortage of fresh talent, AIESL decided to rehire 150 retired Aircraft Maintenance Engineers
Why airlines have done poorly on regional routes
While Indian carriers have focused on business within the country, foreign airlines have captured most of the regional traffic to and from India
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