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Indigo Airlines the best among low cost airlines
Jul 2nd
Indigo airlines keeps collecting the awards for aviation industry and praises on the customers. Anyone who flies of Indigo will agree to their claim of ontime performance.
Nowadays, the passengers also get to hear the remarkable achievement that the Airline is about to make. The airlines is all to set to start its international operations in September 1, 2011.
At the time when government run Air India is struggling, Indigo management is showing the industry how to run the show. Their achievements are result of sheer hard work and discipline.
Tourism May Take a Hit with the Proposed service tax on room rates
Mar 11th
The government’s Budget proposal to impose 5% service tax on rooms charging over 1,000 per night is likely to Foreign tourists arrival. In states like Kerala and Goa, the state governments levy a luxury tax on room charges which is as high as 12.5%.The new proposed service tax would amount to a multiplicity of tax as both the proposed service tax (levied by Centre) and luxury tax (levied by states) are on the same base amount.
Kerala and Goa, two of the favourite destinations for foreign tourists, the total tax on room rents would go up to 17.5% on levy of the newly proposed tax.
States like Delhi and Tamil Nadu also charge a luxury tax of 10% and 12.5%, respectively. Proposed service tax on room rates of over 1,000 per night to make stay costlier.
Indian Army Ski Expedition 2010-11
Mar 2nd
Congratulations to Indian Army on the successful Skiing expedition to the South Pole. The team comprised of:
Col Anand Swaroop, SM (Corps of Engineers)
Col Anand Swaroop was the leader. Qualified in Basic and Advanced Mountaneering courses from HMI (Darjeeling) and NIM (Uttarkashi), he has participated in numerous mountaneering expeditions namely Everest, Cho Oyu, Annpurna-1, Kalindi, Nanda Devi, Panchachuli, Mana etc.
Capt R Bala Karthik, SC ( Special Forces)
Capt R Bala Karthik was the deputy team leader. He is an alumnus of Sainik School, Amaravathinagar, NDA and IMA. He is a gallant paratrooper, who has earned a Shaurya Chakra for bravery.
L/NK Khilap Singh (Garhwal Rifles)
L/NK Khilap Singh hails from district Chamoli, Uttarakhand. He has excelled in mountaneering the courses at High Altitude Warfare School and participated in various mountaneering expeditions. He was also the official photographer of this expedition.
L/NK Arjun Kumar Thapa (Gorkha Regiment)
L/NK Arjun Kumar Thapa is a hard working Gorkhali, who kept the team pondering with his questions on history and geography. He has climbed Mt Lea Pargial and Kinner Kailash.
L/NK Parsuram Gurung (Para Field Artillery)
L/NK Parsuram Gurung is an astute gunner, who hails from Arunachal Pradesh, He has also summitted Stok Kangri in 2009.
RFN Tsewang Morup (Ladakh Scouts)
RFN Tsewang Morup hails from Ladakh, to whom mountaineering comes naturally. Humourous and dedicated, he remained the underutilised doctor of the team.
RFN Ram Singh (Garwal Rifles)
RFN Ram Singh is a tough Garwali, who has excelled in the High Altitude Warfare School courses. He was the communication expert during the expedition.
RFN Showkat Ahmed Mir (Jammu and Kashmir Light Infantry)
RFN Showkat Ahmed Mir is a Kashmiri, who was a member of the Ski Team and has participated in the National Alpine Ski Championship in 2006 and 2009.
Amitabh Bachchan on Gujarat Tourism Advertisements
Oct 3rd
The new Gujarat Tourism Advertisements featuring Mr. Amitabh Bachchan has been launched targeting the CWG 2010 games. All the Ads hav really come out good and Amitabhji’s acting makes it a wonderful experience to watch.
This is definitely going to increase the tourism to Gujarat. The Ad with Lions does make every wildlife traveller attracted to itself. There is one shot in which Amitabh Bachchan acts like clicks a lion’s photo, unfortunately he has forgot to opens the camera’s shutter while giving that shot.
I wonder if anyone else noticed that? Gujarat is difinitely an unexplored destination and its high time when celebrities like Mr. Amitabh to contribute to its promotion.
Dilli Haat, Pitampura
Oct 3rd
Dilli Haat at Pitampura is a descent place to visit and defintely one good option for the people living in west Delhi. For long time west Delhi was missing somthing like this. At the this time of high prices, a descent place with only Rs 10 per adult entry fee for family man to spend the weekend comes as a blessing for Delhi.
Parking – Good parking with a low fee of Rs 15 for 3 hours. The parking guys are bit tricky, they charge you Rs 20 upfront and tell you to get Rs 5 if you are exiting within 3 hours. The guy at the exit will not return this balance until you ask for it, as he did with us. He made us wait in the side for few minutes when we insisted on getting the balance to check his reaction.
Ticket Counter – Tickets were easily accessible at a low fee of Rs 10 for adults and Rs 5 for kids.
Toilets - Toilets are neat and clean. There are even pay toilets, if someone looking for more luxury experience.
Stalls – Stalls from various craftsmen who have comein from different parts of the country are showcased over here. There are beautiful stalls for Indian crafts and food bazaar.
Update on British Airways cabin crew strike
Mar 27th
Good news for British Airways travellers as BA officials have announced that they have beeen able to expand their flight schedule up to 30th March 2010 because of the increased numbers of their cabin crew now wishing to work as normal.
The website claims that BA would fly more than 75 percent of customers booked to travel during this period despite unjustified strike action.
BA has now published the shorthaul flying schedule for 31 March and 1 April and are expecting to operate a normal shorthaul schedule from 2 April.
For latest updates it is recommended that you regularly check the status of your flight on ba.com
Following flights will operate normally and changes to bookings on these flights are subject to the original fare rules:
•All flights to and from London City
•All flights to and from London Gatwick
•All flights operated by our subsidiary, franchise, alliance and codeshare partners
Jet Airways Special Offers for women travellers on International Womens Day in March 2010
Mar 10th
JetViva ( Jet Airways, India’s premier international airline ) will offer its women travelers special benefits and offers in March 2010 to celebrate International Women’s day.
As part of the same, customers will enjoy a 10% discount on base domestic fares and a 5% discount on base international fares (excluding applicable taxes and surcharges) for every group with at least 1 woman traveler that makes bookings on the airline’s website at jetairways.com, for First Class, Premiere or Economy travel on all routes operated by Jet Airways or Jet Airways’ Konnect service.* The offer effective March 1 to March 31, 2010.
Additionally, all women Jet Privilege members who travel on Jet Airways, Jet Airways Konnect and/or JetLite from March 5 to March 15, 2010, both within India or overseas (with the exception of code share services), will earn an additional 500 bonus JP Miles.*
For more details, guests may visit the JetViva section on jetairways.com.
Knife scare on Delhi – Colombo flight
Feb 14th
A 12cm knife was found in the toilet of the Kingfisher flight flying from Delhi to Colombo. As per the latest information, the knife was found in the toilet during a stop-over at Chennai this afternoon.
Flight took off towards its destination Colombo after it was checked and cleared. Meanwhile, both Airline and Airport authorities are probing the incident.
Mumbai Airport : 6hour Maintenance on Tuesdays till March 2010
Oct 27th
Mumbai airport begins a major upgrade today. One of the Mumbai airport runway to remain cloased for 6 hours today for maintenance.
The runway will stay closed for 6 hours on every Tuesday starting today for next 22 weeks. Maintenance will continue till 8th of March on 2010. Over 100 flights is set to be effected by this maintenance. This maintenance will increase the flights handling capacity of the airport.
Jet Airways and Jetlite has already announced rescheduling of its to and fro flights for Tuesdays from Mumbai Airport.
Air France plane crashes into Atlantic
Jun 2nd
Air France confirms the Airbus A330-200 with 228 people (214 passengers & 12 crew) on board has almost certainly crashed into the Atlantic. Plane hit heavy turbulence over the Atlantic. Plane could have been hit by lightning.
Several of plane’s mechanisms malfunctioned and the Plane sent out automatic signals for the electronic faults. The Air France Flight 447 lost contact within 4hrs from its take and it couldn’t contact Paris airport.
Planes from Brazil & France searching for the wreckage site. 2 each from Spain, France, England & Morocco on board. French President Sarkozy has said, there is no hope of any survivors and he couldn’t believe this mishap has happened.
Air France has established following toll-free numbers for the relatives & friends of on board passengers
0800 800 812 in France,
0800 881 20 20 in Brazil,
and + 33 1 57 02 10 55 for calls from all other countries.
