Singapore Airlines plans to operate A380s daily to both Mumbai and New Delhi from May 30, replacing daily flights that currently serve each city using Boeing 777-200s. SIA will continue to operate a second daily flight on each of the routes with Boeing 777-200s.
Read moreAir Costa’s firm order is for 25 Embraer 190-E2s and 25 Embraer 195-E2s. Its purchase rights are for an additional 25 Embraer 190-E2s and 25 Embraer 195-E2s, bringing the total potential order to up to 100 aircraft.
Read moreEtihad to Spend $599 Million on Buying into and Partnering with India’s Jet Airways
Airlines April 24, 2013
Abu Dhabi-based Etihad Airways has agreed to pay $379 million to acquire a 24 per cent shareholding in the Indian carrier Jet Airways. Additionally, a wider overall commitment to Jet Airways by Etihad Airways includes the UAE-based airline injecting $220 million to create and strengthen a wide-ranging partnership between the two carriers.
Read moreAbu Dhabi’s Etihad Airways will add Addis Ababa, Ethiopia’s capital, to its rapidly growing network in November and will also launch service from its hub to the Indian city of Ahmedabad in the same month.
Read moreAmerican Airlines and British Airways have received approval from the Indian government to place American’s ‘AA’ flight code on British Airways’ flights from London to Bangalore, Chennai, Delhi, Hyderabad and Mumbai.
Read moreAccording to Qatar Airways, the new service provides U.S. travelers flying from New York, Houston, or Washington, D.C. with convenient connections at Qatar’s capital Doha to Kolkata, India’s third-largest city.
Read moreThe agreement between GoAir, which bills itself as ‘The Fly Smart Airline’, and Airbus was signed on June 23 at the 49th Le Bourget Airshow in Paris.
Read moreIncluding Singapore Airlines’ three flights each week to the Indian city, the two airlines will operate a total of seven round-trip services per week.
Read moreCarlson Sets 2015 India Target of More Than 100 Hotels
Hotels October 13, 2010
Carlson is planning to have more than 100 hotels in operation in India by 2015, according to Hubert Joly, Carlson’s president and chief executive officer, who announced the target during a signing ceremony for two new hotel agreements in India.
Read moreTerrorism Damage Repaired, Palace Wing of the Taj Mahal Palace Re-Opens
DestinationsHotels August 13, 2010
The world-famous Taj Mahal Palace hotel in Mumbai has re-opened its Palace wing following a complete restoration, which was begun after terrorist attacks in Mumbai from November 26 to November 28, 2008 caused substantial damage to the 107-year-old hotel.
Read moreCarlson Expands to 30 Hotels in India with Opening of Radisson Hotel Indore
DestinationsHotels July 26, 2010
Carlson has expanded its India portfolio with the opening of its 30th hotel in the country, the 201-room Radisson Hotel Indore.
Read moreIndia’s Kingfisher Airlines became a member-elect of the oneworld Alliance on June 7 after completing a formal membership agreement with the alliance.
Read moreCarlson Hotels has signed agreements to open 75 Radisson, Country Inns & Suites By Carlson, Park Inn and Park Plaza hotels in the Asia Pacific region by 2013 and will launch 18 new hotels in the region this year. Six of the new hotels opening this year will be Radissons in India.
Read moreEtihad Airways Launches Service to Indian Film Center Hyderabad
AirlinesAirportsDestinations November 4, 2009
United Arab Emirates-based Etihad Airways has launched a new service to Hyderabad in India from its hub at Abu Dhabi International Airport.
Read moreFour Points by Sheraton Hotel to Open in India’s Jaipur
DestinationsHotels September 21, 2009
The first Four Points by Sheraton hotel in the Indian city of Jaipur will open in October. The 115-room Four Points by Sheraton Jaipur, City Square, is also JHM Interstate Hotels India’s first managed hotel in India.
Read moreOrganic cosmetics company Surya Brasil is holding a World Dance Festival in New Delhi, the capital of India, from September 10 to September 13.
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