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SriLankan Airlines has made significant progress in its efforts to become a sophisticated customer-centric airline intent on achieving financial success, by implementing a wide-ranging Turnaround Plan under the leadership of its Board of Directors with the unstinted support of its employees across all divisions.   Following the appointment of a …

Anupriya Bishnoi The four-month-long runway re-surfacing work at Kochi Airport has begun and there would be no flights from 10 AM to 6 PM till March 28, 2020. Since almost all services have already been re-scheduled between 6 PM and 10 AM, the project period would see cancellation of only …

Anupriya Bishnoi To cater to growing travel demands, India would need around 2,400 aircraft in the next 20 years and around 85-90 per cent of them would be narrow-body, a senior executive of global aerospace giant Boeing said recently. Indian airlines currently have around 600 aircraft in their fleet. While …

Anupriya Bishnoi KLM Royal Dutch Airlines is launching services to three new destinations with the start of the winter schedule on 28 October: St Maarten, Guanacaste Liberia (Costa Rica) and Bangalore (India). KLM will continue to operate services to the new destinations of Boston, Las Vegas, Naples and Wroclaw, which …

According to the data released by Directorate General of Civil Aviation, the domestic air traffic last month consisted of 11.79 million passengers compared to 11.35 million passengers in the same month last year, a jump of 1.18 per cent. Indicating further slowdown in the aviation sector, the domestic air passenger …

Anupriya Bishnoi Israeli carrier Arkia Airlines expanded its network in India with the launch of a flight service to Goa from Tel Aviv. Goa is the second Indian destination for the West Asian airline, which forayed in the domestic market last month by launching twice weekly operations to Kochi from …

Virgin Atlantic is relaunching flights between London Heathrow and Mumbai, India. The first service is set to commence on 27 October 2019 and will complement the airline’s long established route between London and Delhi. The Mumbai flights will be operated on Virgin Atlantic’s Boeing 787-9 aircraft, offering customers its Upper …

Anupriya Bishnoi The first of Qantas’ upgraded A380s welcomed its first passengers recently, delivering a new level of comfort. The multimillion-dollar upgrade of 12 aircraft includes new seating across expanded Business and Premium Economy cabins and a refresh of the aircraft’s First and Economy seating. The on-board lounge has also …