Saudi Arabian Airlines (SV) will commence flight operations to three new destinations in India during the coming week. This comes as part of the Airline’s strategic plan to expand its route network to include high traffic destinations with potentially higher yields.
SV will commence operations to Lucknow with three flights per week, effective the 28-Mar-09.
It will commence operations to Bangalore with two flights per week, effective the 30-Mar-09. And, it will commence operations to Calicut with four flights per week, effective the 31-Mar-09. All flights operating to these stations will utilize Boeing B757 aircraft.
The number of destination that SV will be operating to between the Kingdom and India, will now include 8 stations in total. The station additions affirm the continuous increase in air travel to this sector, which occupies a prominent segment of the Airline’s international route network.
This came as a statement from Mr. Abdullah Bin Mushabbab Al-Ajhar, VP Public Relations, who verified that Saudi Arabian Airlines is keen on fulfilling all operation and traffic requirements on this, and on any other international sector as seen viable by marketing studies.
Source://indiaaviation.aero
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Sunday, March 22, 2009
Singapore’s Silk Airlines to start operations from Amritsar
Singapore’s Silk Airlines plans to start operations from Amritsar next month, much to the relief of tourists and business community who had been facing hardships after the cancellation of Singapore’s national carrier last month.
Punjab Council of CII Chairman Gunbir Singh told The Tribune that they had been pressing upon the Singapore Airlines to reconsider its decision to operate its no-frill economy class airline to fill the void created by the termination of its own thrice-a-week flights to Singapore from Amritsar.
He said during the last visit of the Singapore Ambassador to India, the CII had mooted the proposal in view of the demand of a large number of NRIs settled in South-Asian countries, New Zealand and Australia. Now the final nod was being awaited for the resumption of flights.
Gunbir Singh said there was a tremendous scope for lifting of export cargo from here, including hand tools, hosiery, fresh vegetables. He said the operations would become economically viable even as the Singapore Airlines were operating flights choco-block during its last four years of operation.
Source: http://sikhsangat.org/
Punjab Council of CII Chairman Gunbir Singh told The Tribune that they had been pressing upon the Singapore Airlines to reconsider its decision to operate its no-frill economy class airline to fill the void created by the termination of its own thrice-a-week flights to Singapore from Amritsar.
He said during the last visit of the Singapore Ambassador to India, the CII had mooted the proposal in view of the demand of a large number of NRIs settled in South-Asian countries, New Zealand and Australia. Now the final nod was being awaited for the resumption of flights.
Gunbir Singh said there was a tremendous scope for lifting of export cargo from here, including hand tools, hosiery, fresh vegetables. He said the operations would become economically viable even as the Singapore Airlines were operating flights choco-block during its last four years of operation.
Source: http://sikhsangat.org/
Monday, March 16, 2009
Virgin Atlantic to scrap Mum-London flights
Three years after Richard Branson's Virgin Atlantic launched its Mumbai-London flights, the airline has decided to pull out of this sector from May 3 onwards. Termination letters have been issued to its ground staff and cabin crew based in Mumbai. What remains to be seen is whether Virgin's exit would impact fare prices on the Mumbai-London route this summer.
Call it the cumulative effect of economic slump, overcapacity and cut-throat competition , its one option down for Mumbaiites flying to London . "Our Mumbai-London daily flights will be terminated from May 3 onwards. As and when the economy looks up and the sector turns profitable, we will come back,'' said Neha Lidder Ganju, senior marketing manager (India) for Virgin Atlantic. It is not known how many employees would lose their jobs. Virgin, however, will continue its flights to London from Delhi.
It was after 10 years of lobbying that British billionaire Branson's Virgin Atlantic finally launched its Mumbai-London flights in March 2005 with an Airbus 340-600 . Around this time, flying the Mumbai-London route turned cheap as three more airlines-Jet Airways, Air Sahara and BMI- launched flights on this route to compete with Air India and British Airways.
Even as Virgin increased its frequency from three flights a week to daily services by 2005 end, cut-throat competition led to a drastic reduction in launch fares. When they launched, the economy fare for a Mumbai-London return was Rs 27,000. When Virgin went daily in December 2005, the return fare came down to Rs 17,777.
BMI pulled out a year later but that did not soften the competition. The fare has now come down to Rs 9,990 for a Mumbai-London return ticket on airlines like British Airways and Jet Airways. (All fares given above do not include taxes and other charges).
Globally, to meet with the decline in demand, airlines have been cutting capacity.
Source:http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Call it the cumulative effect of economic slump, overcapacity and cut-throat competition , its one option down for Mumbaiites flying to London . "Our Mumbai-London daily flights will be terminated from May 3 onwards. As and when the economy looks up and the sector turns profitable, we will come back,'' said Neha Lidder Ganju, senior marketing manager (India) for Virgin Atlantic. It is not known how many employees would lose their jobs. Virgin, however, will continue its flights to London from Delhi.
It was after 10 years of lobbying that British billionaire Branson's Virgin Atlantic finally launched its Mumbai-London flights in March 2005 with an Airbus 340-600 . Around this time, flying the Mumbai-London route turned cheap as three more airlines-Jet Airways, Air Sahara and BMI- launched flights on this route to compete with Air India and British Airways.
Even as Virgin increased its frequency from three flights a week to daily services by 2005 end, cut-throat competition led to a drastic reduction in launch fares. When they launched, the economy fare for a Mumbai-London return was Rs 27,000. When Virgin went daily in December 2005, the return fare came down to Rs 17,777.
BMI pulled out a year later but that did not soften the competition. The fare has now come down to Rs 9,990 for a Mumbai-London return ticket on airlines like British Airways and Jet Airways. (All fares given above do not include taxes and other charges).
Globally, to meet with the decline in demand, airlines have been cutting capacity.
Source:http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Monday, March 2, 2009
Qantas to Boost Services to India
Qantas has confirmed it is to launch Australia-Mumbai services from 2 June 2009. The airline, including Jetstar, will offer flights from seven Australian cities to Mumbai via Singapore.
“Customers will now be able to fly to Mumbai from Adelaide, Brisbane, Cairns, Darwin, Melbourne, Perth and Sydney, further opening up access to the Indian sub-continent from Australia,” said Qantas Executive General Manager, Mr John Borghetti. “India is an important market for Qantas. We will now offer 21 flights from Australia each week which will connect to our three-flights-per-week service between Singapore and Mumbai.”
QF51, originating in Brisbane, will operate flights to Mumbai from Singapore on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays.
The return QF52 service from Mumbai will operate on Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays.
In addition to its own services from Australia, Qantas also codeshares on Jet Airways flights between Delhi and Singapore, and Mumbai and Singapore, offering customers access to an additional 40 Indian destinations across Jet Airways’ extensive domestic network.
Source:asiatraveltips.com
“Customers will now be able to fly to Mumbai from Adelaide, Brisbane, Cairns, Darwin, Melbourne, Perth and Sydney, further opening up access to the Indian sub-continent from Australia,” said Qantas Executive General Manager, Mr John Borghetti. “India is an important market for Qantas. We will now offer 21 flights from Australia each week which will connect to our three-flights-per-week service between Singapore and Mumbai.”
QF51, originating in Brisbane, will operate flights to Mumbai from Singapore on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays.
The return QF52 service from Mumbai will operate on Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays.
In addition to its own services from Australia, Qantas also codeshares on Jet Airways flights between Delhi and Singapore, and Mumbai and Singapore, offering customers access to an additional 40 Indian destinations across Jet Airways’ extensive domestic network.
Source:asiatraveltips.com
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