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Cabin crew, guards among 1,600 Air India employees opting for VRS
Airline says it will reskill employees as expands terms of the scheme
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TMSEp198: Bird strike on planes, ex-servicemen jobs, markets, IPO vs FPO
What can be done to prevent bird hits on planes? How have ex-servicemen fared in finding govt jobs? Is there a silver lining for the markets? How is an IPO different from FPO? All answers here
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As air traffic increases, what can be done to prevent bird hits?
Recent freak incidents mid-air offered a moment of reckoning to the aviation sector in India, which is seeing steady rise in traffic. Find out why they happen and what can be done to avert recurrence?
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Will be happy if fare caps are increased: Vistara CEO Vinod Kannan
The civil aviation ministry had imposed lower and upper limits on domestic airfares based on flight duration on May 25, 2020
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Not easy for airline to turn profitable in India, says IATA official
Philip Goh, Regional Vice President for Asia Pacific of International Air Transport Association, made the remarks during a press conference at the 78th annual general of the global airlines meet
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Why India should have an informal ceiling on number of domestic airlines
India already has six airlines which is one too many if not two and economics suggests that either all will make losses or, even if some make profits, these will be low in relation to the investment
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Air India to restore grounded planes for capacity ramp up amid competition
Capacity expansion would be crucial in wake of increase in competition in domestic market, revival in international traffic
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IndiGo's Ronojoy Dutta on the airline's performance and the horizon ahead
In an interview with Business Standard's Aneesh Phadnis and Arindam Majumder, IndiGo CEO Ronojoy Dutta tells about the airline's performance and plans about long international routes
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Turbulences ahead for IndiGo, SpiceJet?
With Akasa Air and Jet Airways taking to the skies soon, the heated competition doesn't bode well for listed players IndiGo and SpiceJet. Then there is soaring fuel costs. What should investors do?
 "Turbulences ahead for IndiGo, SpiceJet?")
Why may Tata Sons have chosen Campbell Wilson to lead Air India?
Air India's new owners are on-boarding aviation veteran Campbell Wilson as the new chief. Who's Campbell Wilson? How can his 26 years of aviation experience help the turbulent airline? Let's find out.
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India, Canada discuss expansion of bilateral air service agreement
Union Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia, who is on a nine-day visit to the US and Canada, met Canadian Transport Minister Omar Alghabra on Wednesday
Will GAGAN navigation system be a game-changer for Indian aviation?
India took another leap towards self-reliance last week when an aircraft made a successful landing using indigenous navigation system called GAGAN. What exactly is GPS-aided geo-augmented navigation?
 "Will GAGAN navigation system be a game-changer for Indian aviation?")
Indian aviation in growth phase, to participate in larger manner: Scindia
Civil aviation minister Jyotiraditya Scindia has said the time is ripe for participation in the largest possible manner in the aviation sector
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Ethiopian Airlines to boost India flights, eyes higher traffic from BRICS
Ethiopian Airlines, the largest carrier in Africa, is allowed to operate 35 flights per week to Mumbai, Delhi, Bengaluru and Chennai.
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Aviation industry back to pre-Covid levels, govt continues 15-day fare cap
The aviation industry of India touched over four lakh domestic passengers in a day on Monday
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Kalrock-Jalan consortium gets 2 months more to meet Jet revival plan terms
The National Company Law Tribunal gave more time to ensure the revival of the grounded airline.
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Improper training of 90 pilots: DGCA issues show-cause notices to SpiceJet
Earlier this week, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) barred 90 SpiceJet pilots from operating Boeing 737 Max aircraft after finding them not properly trained
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Airbus expects Indian aviation mkt to grow in single digits for next 20 yrs
However,according to Airbus the Indian aviation market will grow faster than the global market
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Govt to release new policy framework to deepen air connectivity in country
To release policy to incentivise small aircraft and helicopter operations
TMS Ep125: Overseas flights, cyber-attacks, Chemical stocks, oligarchy
Will restart of overseas flights revive the aviation sector? Is India prepared for cyber wars? Why chemical stocks are facing crude shock? How's democracy different from oligarchy? All answers here
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