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Liz Mathew and P.R. Sanjai 11:52 PM | October 20,2009
In a 25 July meeting, the committee of secretaries had suggested Nacil prepare a cost-reduction proposal, to justify an equity infusion or any soft loan grant
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Tarun Shukla 10:55 PM | October 15,2009
Airlines carried around 10.73 million passengers in July-September, compared with 8.61 million in the same period last year, according to data released by Directorate General of Civil Aviation
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01:15 AM | October 03,2009
With Jet Airways and later Air India on strike, flight schedules were dislocated, however few were stranded at airports. Most did manage to get tickets on some other airline
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09:58 PM | September 29,2009
With rumours of a lockout, there is nothing new in Air India hitting an air pocket. What is surprising is the new-found will of its management, one the government doesn’t seem to back
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PTI 10:00 PM | August 18,2009
Private airlines are saying appointing others to do the job would increase costs and delay flights
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Tarun Shukla 10:50 PM | August 13,2009
The country’s civil aviation sector grew 46.4% in 2006 and 32.5% in 2007, before shrinking in 2008 in the wake of a global economic downturn
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Tarun Shukla 10:41 PM | August 10,2009
Fuel accounts for 40% of a carrier’s operational costs. Jet fuel invites taxation by state governments, and could be as high as 30%
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PTI 04:35 PM | August 06,2009
Praful Patel also said that the foreign airlines had increased their operations by 85% in the last five years in the country
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09:42 PM | August 02,2009
In a situation where the government continues to exercise control, it is cheap for airlines to lobby government as an oligopoly for securing incremental favours instead of asking for serious deregulation
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PTI 03:53 PM | July 21,2009
Civil aviation minister Praful Patel said the government has zeroed in on some probable candidates with time and ideas for appointment as independent directors in Air India
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PTI 02:34 PM | July 21,2009
Economic slowdown and rising oil prices were cited as the main reasons for the losses by Civil aviation minister Praful Patel
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PTI 04:54 PM | July 10,2009
Praful Patel was a former non executive director in Auto Riders, a company which used to lease luxury cars
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Vipin V. Nair / Bloomberg 10:29 PM | July 07,2009
The aviation ministry has asked the airlines to negotiate with refiners to resolve the issue
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PTI 02:48 PM | July 06,2009
The Budget proposal to abolish the FBT will help airlines save substantial expenses as they were paying this tax for expenses on hotel accommodation of their cabin and cockpit crew
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Tarun Shukla 11:24 PM | June 28,2009
While efficiency and quality of customer service suffered, the way Air India chose to implement its merger with Indian Airlines resulted in diseconomies of scale
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