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India’s Air Odisha secures scheduled operator permit

Air Odisha (Bhubaneswar) has received a scheduled air operator permit from India’s Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), allowing it to launch scheduled operations planned to commence on February 17. “We

Aviation

SpiceJet CMD Ajay Singh awarded ‘EY Entrepreneur of the year 2017 for Business Transformation’

SpiceJet Chairman and Managing Director Ajay Singh — widely acknowledged as a turnaround specialist — was named ‘Indian Entrepreneur of the Year 2017 for Business Transformation’ by Ernst & Young

Government

Overnight inter-city travel by trains could soon be at 250 kmph

Overnight intercity travel could soon get faster as railways plans to run trains at a speed of 200-250 kmph on new high speed corridors to be announced in April this year. Railways minister Piyush Goyal has

Travel Trade

Thomas Cook India honoured with Best Risk Management Award

Thomas Cook (India) Ltd. was honoured with the prestigious award for Best Risk Management Practices at the 4th edition of The ICICI Lombard-CNBC TV18 India Risk Management Awards 2018. Presented by

Cruise

Cruise terminal in Chennai to be ready in a month

Chennai’s status as a holiday destination for cruise ships is set to get a boost in two years. To lure tourist operators, the Union shipping ministry has offered them special

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Mumbai-Delhi Rajdhani train gets a makeover under Indian Railways Operation Swarn

Passengers on the Mumbai-Delhi Rajdhani Express are in for a delight as the Indian Railways has introduced new coaches for the superfast air-conditioned train under Operation Swarn. The new coaches

Destinations

Maldives tries to fight off travel alerts as tourists stay away

Tourists have been cancelling hundreds of hotel bookings in Maldives every day since the imposition of a state of emergency last week, tour operators say, despite government assurances things are

Government

Airlines liable to pay passengers for denying boarding: DGCA to HC

Aviation regulator DGCA has told the Delhi High Court that it does not permit the practice of overbooking of flights and the airlines are liable to compensate the passengers who

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Bird ExecuJet appointed as an authorized Aeroshell Distributor in India

Bird ExecuJet Airport Services Private Limited, a joint venture between Bird Group and ExecuJet Aviation Group, announced its strategic cooperation and appointment as the authorized distributor for sales and marketing

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India’s fastest Gatimaan Express Extends its Route to Gwalior-Jhansi

India’s fastest train Gatimaan Express route has been extended to Gwalior and Jhansi which will affect its speed. The train which runs at a speed of 160 Kmph will slow