A five-day pilot strike combined with “a lean season and lower yields” dragged India’s Jet Airways to a INR4.07 billion ($86.6 million) loss in its fiscal second quarter ended Sept. 30, deepened 5.8% from the INR3.85 billion deficit reported in the year-ago period.
Revenue plunged 26.9% year-over-year to INR23.81 billion as the pilot work stoppage in [...]

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Jet Airways, India’s premier airline, has moved to a new home at London’s Heathrow Airport from Terminal 3 to Terminal 4, offering enhanced facilities and comfort for passengers. To celebrate the move, the check-in area was given a distinctly Indian flavour with staff in traditional dress and Indian sweets served by Jet Airways cabin crew.
The [...]

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Jet Airways to Partner the ‘A. R. Rahman Live in Concert’ in Hyderabad

GMR Hyderabad International Airport Ltd.(GHIAL), will be hosting Oscar award winner A.R.Rahman’s ‘Jai Ho’ Concert on Saturday, October 24th,2009. Over 50,000 people are expected to attend the event, which will be organized by Rapport Global Events and Wizcraft, and held at a specially [...]

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Flight delays ended late Saturday afternoon at Winnipeg’s airport after Friday’s storm stranded a jet to the side of a runway Friday night. Poor visibility from blowing snow caused the flight crew to miss a taxi-direction light at around 10:30 pm Friday. As a result, the plane taxied off the runway and got stuck in [...]

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Washington, Oct 10 (PTI) Expanding its operations in the US, Air India has announced the launch of its daily flight from Washington to Kolkata.
The Washington-Calcutta flight from December 1 would have stops in New York and New Delhi, with the New York-New Delhi being non-stop, thus saving several hours for passengers travelling from the US [...]

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Discussion on low-fare unit JetLite and all-economy class Jet Airways Konnect

Mumbai: Jet Airways (India) Ltd has initiated talks with Delhi-based low-fare carrier SpiceJet Ltd for an operational alliance in engineering and ground operations, said two executives from each airline.
The alliance will be for Jet Airways’ low-fare unit JetLite (India) Ltd and its all-economy class product [...]

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NEW DELHI — Residents in New Delhi reacted furiously Wednesday after authorities announced many major roads would be closed to give inspecting Commonwealth Games officials a smooth ride through the city.
One year ahead of the opening ceremony, Delhi is struggling to convince event organisers that it will be able to host a successful Games in [...]

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Irish parents struggling to buy schoolbooks and uniforms in the face of a deep recession may now have to worry about sending their children to school with a toilet roll as well as a packed lunch.
Pupils at a primary school in the southern county of Cork are being asked to bring their own toilet paper [...]

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Air India took two pilots and two cabin crew off-duty over allegations that they had a fist fight during an international flight with 106 passengers aboard, the state-run airline said Monday.

Faced with tough competition from private carriers, Air India has struggled with financial and image crises.

The scuffle allegedly took place on flight [...]

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Jet Airways, India’s premier  international airline,  was awarded the accolade of ‘Best Indian Airline’ at the prestigious Business Traveller Awards, on Monday September 21st, 2009 at a star-studded ceremony in London’s  Hilton on Park Lane.
This year’s awards were presented by British adventurer Sir Ranulph Fiennes, who conquered Mount Everest earlier this year at the age [...]

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