The Centre-run Alliance Air on Thursday launched a flight between Dibrugarh in Assam and Tezu in Arunachal Pradesh using its Dornier 228 aircraft, a statement said. The 17-seater aircraft, which has been made in India, will be used to operate the flights on the Dibrugarh-Tezu route thrice per week, the airline’s statement noted. The duration of the flight will be of 35 minutes, it said. “Flight 9I405 will depart from Dibrugarh at 0825 hrs and arrive in Tezu at 0900 hrs. Flight 9I406 will depart from Tezu at 0920 hrs and arrive in Dibrugarh at 1000 hrs. An all-inclusive one-way…
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BLS International has been authorized by the Royal Thai Consulate-General, Mumbai recently. BLS will be accepting visa applications on behalf of Royal Thai Consulate-General, Mumbai from June o nwards. Commenting on this, Shikhar Aggarwal, Joint Managing Director, BLS International said, “We have been working with the Thai Embassy in Delhi and this authorization is a testimony of our quality services. Thailand is one of the favourite international tourist destinations for Indians and we are confident that our best-in-class visa application services will be able to provide faster and simplified customer service overall. We continue to deliver impeccable services and make…
While 80 per cent of work for the new airport at Abdullapuram along the Chennai-Bengaluru National Highway is complete, the Airports Authority of India (AAI) still needs 10.72 acres of private land for the project. An AAI official on Wednesday told The New Indian Express, “We have made a request to the district administration to acquire that land, which is mandatory for getting license to fly.” The land is required at the end of the runway to prevent overshoot and/or undershoot of aircraft, which affects safety of passengers, the official added. According to the official, only the acquisition process is…
Singapore Airlines Ltd. is committing to a strategy of working with international partners and establishing overseas hubs after the pandemic exposed the financial dangers of not having a domestic air travel market, reports Bloomberg. The airline is open to opportunities and will evaluate potential synergies, CEO Goh Choon Phong said in an interview with Bloomberg News on Tuesday. “We realized that without a domestic market has its challenges,” Goh said. “That’s why we have the multi-hub strategy. We establish an external hub, whereby we hope we can then participate in the growth from that market.” Goh, a 58-year-old industry veteran…
OYO has added more than 1,250 corporates since March 2022. The recovery is led by small and medium enterprises, traditional business houses & conglomerates, startups, travel management companies as well as film production houses which have emerged as a key customer category for OYO in recent times. The list of top cities searched and booked by corporates includes Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Mumbai, Chennai, Ahmedabad, Kolkata, Pune and Delhi. Small and medium businesses continue to contribute significantly to the business travel bookings as more and more people from this segment opt for physical interactions; still a key factor for them to expand…
Cordelia Cruises is planning to pump in excess of USD 1 billion by 2025 for acquiring at least three cruise ships as it aims to target the domestic market, which has world’s third-largest coastline of 7,500 kms, a top company official said. The company’s bullish outlook is in line with the government’s projection of a 10-fold growth for this industry over the next decade, reports PTI. “India will do extremely well in the cruise sector. I am confident that in the next 5-7 years India will be one of the top five cruise destinations of the world, similar to China…
In continuation with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision of equipping airports with additional services or people with reduced mobility, the Airports Authority of India (AAI) under the aegis of the Union Ministry of Civil Aviation has been endeavouring to accomplish the objective of making airports a barrier-free facility. And today, one can see ramps, railings, water facilities and other public utilities being brought about at airports’ premises with a special focus on the convenience of such people. At Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport in Kolkata, right from the entry point, passengers with mobility issues are rendered special attention by…
The Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corp Ltd’s (IRCTC) net profit in the March quarter doubled on year to INR 2.14 billion, and revenue surged twofold to INR 6.91 billion. Sequentially, the net profit rose 2.4% and revenue rose 27.9%. The company’s other income rose to INR 258.33 million from INR 194.65 million year ago. In January-March, total expenditure, including finance cost, was at INR 4.3 billion compared with INR 2.16 billion a year ago. Finance cost declined to INR 29.76 million from INR 37.38 million a year ago. The company incurred one-time loss of INR 40.05 million during the…
The Genting Dream, flagship vessel of Resorts World Cruises, arrived at the Marina Bay Cruise Centre Singapore (MBCCS) yesterday evening, in preparations for its first commercial sailing on June 15, 2022. As the first resort cruise ship to homeport in Singapore, the Genting Dream will provide vacationers with a personalised cruising lifestyle experience, filled with diverse international offerings. Resorts World Cruises will deliver the ultimate cruise adventure aboard the Genting Dream, the first ship of a planned fleet that are “Resorts Cruising on High Seas”, expanding the Resorts Brand from land experiences – 46 properties, 8 countries, 4 continents and…
Bangladesh State Minister for Planning Dr Shamsul Alam on Sunday called for a visa-free travel facility for students in the BBIN (Bangladesh, Bhutan, India and Nepal) countries, as the country plans to become illiteracy-free by 2041. “Let us open up the doors of the countries for students,” he said while addressing the valedictory session of the two-day ‘Natural Allies in Development and Interdependence’ Conclave in India, reports The Print. “I am not talking about government centers or scholarship programmes. I am talking about the private sector, too,” Shamsul Alam added. The renowned economist also stated that the country will become…
