Finally, the Municipal Corporation (MC) has started recarpeting the caved-in portion of the Mall Road due to which the road has been lying closed for the last six months. Over 400 sq yard portion of the road, near the MC Commissioner’s office, had caved in due to heavy rain on September 23. Some of the […]
Day: April 1, 2019
Cut in Delhi-D’sala airfare sought
The Kangra Travel Agents’ Association on Sunday appealed to Union Civil Aviation Minister Suresh Prabhu to reduce airfare between Dharamsala and New Delhi, which it said was beyond the reach of the common man at present. Members of the association said since the tourist season was about to begin, the Centre should implement the new […]
Dharamsala-Jaipur flight introduced
Dharamsala today got connected with Jaipur by air as Spicejet introduced a flight between the two cities. The one-and-a-half-hour flight between the two tourist cities will operate on a daily basis. The 90-seater SpiceJet aircraft took off from the Jaipur airport at 6.05 am with full passenger capacity and landed at the Dharamshala airport at […]
Jet pilots defer till April 15 ‘no flying’ decision
A major crisis at the struggling carrier Jet Airways was averted Sunday after its pilots’ body, National Aviator’s Guild (NAG), deferred till April 15 its call for halting operations. The decision was taken at an open house meeting of NAG members which took place in both Mumbai and Delhi on Sunday afternoon, NAG president Karan […]
Jet Airways’ pilots defer strike, set April 15 deadline to clear dues
NEW DELHI: Jet Airways’ pilots on Sunday deferred their decision to go on a mass strike a day after the debt-laden carrier said it will soon pay the remaining December salaries + to its employees. The cash-strapped airline’s pilots’ body held an emergency meeting in Mumbai today where it decided to give more time to […]
A K Purwar likely to chair Jet Airways’ interim management committee
New Delhi, Mar 31 () The consortium of lenders to Jet Airways is considering roping in former SBI chief A K Purwar as chairman of the interim management committee as the cash-strapped airline looks for a new investor, a senior official said. The official of the State Bank of India (SBI) also said the lenders […]
SpiceJet launches 14 flights connecting metro with non-metros
CHENNAI: SpiceJet on Sunday launched 14 direct flights connecting metro cities with non-metros. They include a daily flight from Chennai to Patna. The Chennai-Patna flight (SG 735) will depart at 6.25pm and reach Patna at 8.50pm. In the return direction, the flight (SG736) will depart from Patna at 9.20pm and reach Chennai at 11.45pm. The […]
‘BJP attempts to drop North South corridor project’
Congress core committee member and senior Congress leader Randeep Singh Surjewala on Sunday opposed the attempts to cancel the north south corridor road project and described it as an exposure of the true anti-people face of the BJP Government. In a statement issued here, Surjewala said that the Congress Government had approved a multi-dimensional north […]
Flights begin from Jharsuguda airport
Finally, the SpiceJet started direct flights from the Veer Surendra Sai Airport here on Sunday. The first commercial flight took off from the airport to New Delhi at around 3:40 pm. Later, the second flight to Hyderabad took off at 4:10 pm and last flight to Kolkata departed at 8: 40 pm. “It is a […]
Airlines responsible for their financial performance; govt can’t interfere in day-to-day ops: Prabhu
Efficient operations and financial performance are individual responsibilities of carriers, and the government cannot interfere in their day-to-day operations, Civil Aviation Minister Suresh Prabhu said amid Jet Airways crisis and turbulent times of the domestic airlines industry. In view of intense competition, rising costs, shortage of pilots and grounding of planes hurting many domestic carriers, […]
AK Purwar likely to chair Jet Airways’ interim management committee
The consortium of lenders to Jet Airways is considering roping in former SBI chief A K Purwar as chairman of the interim management committee as the cash-strapped airline looks for a new investor, a senior official said. The official of the State Bank of India (SBI) also said the lenders are in the process of […]
Airlines responsible for their financial performance: Prabhu
Efficient operations and financial performance are individual responsibilities of carriers, and the Government cannot interfere in their day-to-day operations, Civil Aviation Minister Suresh Prabhu said amid Jet Airways crisis and turbulent times of the domestic airlines industry. In view of intense competition, rising costs, shortage of pilots and grounding of planes hurting many domestic carriers, […]