The escalating cost of oil globally is set to result in more expensive air tickets in the coming days, Chief of The International Air Transport Association (IATA) Willie Walsh has said. . Oil is the single most expensive cost for an airline, Walsh said while speaking to BBC Sunday Morning programme. Flying will be more expensive for consumers, “without doubt”, he said. Walsh, the Director General of IATA said that it’s inevitable that high oil prices will be passed on to the consumers in higher ticket prices. Surging oil and gas prices, exacerbated by Russia’s military offensive in Ukraine leading…
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The National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) has begun a nationwide survey of passenger cable cars and ropeway systems to find out possible security flaws in them and to prepare a structural blueprint that will help it launch effective rescue operations in case of an emergency, reports Agencies. The federal contingency force has also decided to train its rescuers in specific ropeway rescue skills apart from purchasing an assortment of tools like pulleys and carabiners to be used for transporting the salvager and evacuating stranded people from the car hanging in the air. The move comes as at least four ropeway-related…
The ongoing turmoil and fuel shortage in Sri Lanka have boosted aviation turbine fuel (ATF) sales in South Indian airports like Thiruvananthapuram, Cochin and Chennai, reports PTI. Several flights of Sri Lankan Airlines, Air Arabia, Jazeera Airways, Gulf Air, and Air AirAsia Malaysia are halting at Indian airports for ATF since May. This is giving additional revenue to oil marketing companies (OMCs), airport operators and respective state governments. With the crisis intensifying in the island nation, more players have informed OMCs that they will start landing in Indian airports. Etihad Airways plans to start landing in Cochin from July 15.…
The travel market in India is projected to reach USD 125 billion by FY27 from an estimated USD 75 billion in FY20. India’s tourism industry in 2020 accounted for 31.8 million jobs, which is likely to grow to 53 million jobs by 2029 and international tourist arrivals are expected to touch 30.5 billion by 2028. All these are findings of a new report by FICCI. According to the latest UNWTO World Tourism Barometer, which the FICCI report cited, international tourism saw a 182% year-on-year increase in January-March, with destinations worldwide welcoming an estimated 117 million international arrivals compared to 41…
In a planned initiative to give fillip to travel to Turkey in the high potential India market, Thomas Cook (India) Limited, and its Group Company, SOTC Travel, have recently signed an agreement with Turkey Tourism. The collaboration will focus on building awareness and boosting visitations to the destination. Thomas Cook & SOTC’s internal data reveals that with strong pent up demand and easing of entry/restrictions, Indian travel sentiment is at an all-time high. Destinations like Turkey that offer an added advantage of a simple and easy visa process are seeing significant interest. To inspire Indians and catalyse demand, Thomas Cook…
Dubai Tourism continues to remain upbeat about the potential of the Indian market. Issam Kazim, CEO, Dubai Corporation for Tourism and Commerce Marketing in an conversation with TravelBiz Monitor spoke about the tourism strategy post Covid for the Indian market, and regional tourism opportunities in the Middle East region. Post pandemic, how is Dubai geared to tap the Indian market? The Indian has always firmly stood behind us. A good number of Indian tourists visited Dubai even during the pandemic. The only unfortunate part is that India has fallen to number 2 position in terms of overseas tourist ranking. I…
AirAsia India has launched special Splash Sale with fares starting INR 1,497, for routes like Delhi-Jaipur, in addition to discounted sale fares across its network. The offer is applicable on bookings made between July 7 and 10, 2022 for travel between July 26 and March 31, 2023. The airline has extended this offer for bookings made on its website www.airasia.co.in, AirAsia India mobile app and other major booking channels. AirAsia India has led the On Time Performance charts, as reported by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), in April and May 2022 and continues to promise fast bookings, fab…
China has started permitting international flights after a two-year ban due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but there is no word yet on the resumption of air services to India, even after Beijing lifted a visa ban for Indian professionals and their families last month. China is further streamlining procedures for those arriving into the country after reducing the quarantine time to 7 days in designated hotels followed by 3-day isolation at home from the previous 2-day isolation for inbound travellers, official media reported on Tuesday. The policy has prompted a huge increase in flights connecting China with other countries, especially…
G Kamala Vardhan Rao, Director General, Ministry of Tourism, Government of India has emphasized on the need to develop and showcase newer tourist destinations to attract more travellers from both domestic and international countries. “We should collectively work to ensure that new destinations come up with basic infrastructure,” he added. Addressing the ‘7th National Tourism Investors Meet 2022’, organised by FICCI, Rao invited the investors to invest in the tourism sector. “India is going to host the G-20 meetings next year and it will be organized across various states and cities. The states are also investing heavily to build infrastructure.…
Finnair will finally be starting non-stop flights between Mumbai and Helsinki next month. Finland’s flag carrier, which started flying to Delhi from 2006 and currently has a daily on this route, had briefly launched Mumbai flights in 2008. But the global economic meltdown forced the airline to suspend the same soon after launch, reports Saurabh Sinha for TOI. The Mumbai service will now start as a thrice weekly — ironically during yet another global economic downturn— and go up to four times a week from this November. “India is the number one growth market of Asia at the moment. We…
