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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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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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10:18 PM | April 27,2009
The government’s order, that airlines that do not fly unprofitable routes could lose their operating licences, is bad for creating competitiveness in our skies
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P.R. Sanjai 10:23 PM | March 08,2009
Cost-cutting move due to overcapacity and high jet fuel charges; Nacil, however, has no plans to lower wages
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Tarun Shukla 09:30 PM | February 17,2009
The increase will add to costs of India’s carriers that are already making losses due to fewer passengers
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P.R. Sanjai 12:55 AM | February 17,2009
Carriers have stopped flying on loss-making routes and lowered frequency in sectors with low demand
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Tarun Shukla 12:55 AM | February 17,2009
The zero expansion was reported despite all carriers dropping airfares by as much as 50% in December and January as demand for tickets waned after the Christmas and New Year holidays
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04:36 PM | October 23,2008
Domestic airlines jointly owe $630 million to state-held petroleum firms
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10:47 PM | September 04,2008
Airlines feel measures such as ramping up cargo services will continue to earn profits after the downturn ends
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P. R. Sanjai 12:01 AM | July 12,2008
Allied facilities planned when the going was good take a back-seat, as carriers struggle to run core businesses
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P.R. Sanjai 09:46 PM | June 15,2008
The business model, followed in the US, combines the strong points of full-service and low-fare carriers
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P.R. Sanjai 12:12 AM | May 17,2008
Carriers say they are merely passing on to customers the uniform price increases in jet fuel by oil firms
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P.R. Sanjai 12:03 AM | March 05,2008
Jet and Kingfisher have signed such pacts that allow passengers to travel on different carriers with one ticket
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By P.R. Sanjai 11:08 PM | January 27,2008
Higher profit margins, yearly 20% growth in passenger traffic, lower operating costs are attracting airline firms
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Tarun Shukla 11:52 PM | January 15,2008
Kingfisher Airlines saw its share increase by 3.5 percentage points in 2007 while Deccan, an airline Kingfisher owner UB Group controls, lost 1 percentage point in the same period
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