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Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/002690/civil_aviation) has announced the addition of the "Civil Aviation" report to their offering. The report provides an in-depth analysis of the Indian aviation industry, growth and trends, aviation infrastructure, future outlook, etc. It sheds light on various regulatory bodies that regulate the industry, various regulations and Government policy. According to International Air Transport Association (IATA), the total...

Indian private carrier Jet Airways has refuted media reports about a possible discussion it may be having with Reliance Industries for a stake sale in the airline, The Economic Times has reported. Reports claiming that Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Industries was in talks with the management of Jet Airways for a 6% to 7% stake in the private carrier were carried by a newspaper earlier. However, Jet Airways has said that the reports were incorrect and that there were no discussions between the...

By Li, Benjamin HONG KONG Jet Airways is looking to shift perceptions of Indian brands in Hong Kong as the airline makes its debut in the city. The launch came after the the Hong Kong and Indian Governments broke a longstanding deadlock on bilateral air traffic rights by agreeing to increase services between the two countries to 27 new direct flight services for each side on India-Hong Kong routes last December. Jet has tasked global agency-of-record M&C Saatchi, along with Starcom, with...

New Premium Airline Wataniya Airways Strengthens Its Senior Management Team CCO Paul Sies and CIO Chandrasekhar Nene bring additional international experience to the airline Wataniya Airways, Kuwait's new premium airline, has announced the appointment of two new executive staff, further strengthening the company's growing management team. Paul Sies was appointed as Chief Commercial Officer and Chandrasekhar Nene has joined as Chief Information Officer, adding more international expertise...

By Saibal Dasgupta SHANGHAI: Jet Airways is in talks with three major Chinese airlines over deals on exchanging seats and increasing connectivity between India and China. "We can offer the whole of India to Chinese carriers. Similarly, we expect them to offer us access to different cities in China," said Sudheer Raghavan, Chief Commercial Officer, Jet Airways. He was here to attend a function marking the launch of a Mumbai-Shanghai- San Francisco service. Jet is the first Indian carrier to...

By Saibal Dasgupta SHANGHAI: Jet Airways is working on plans to ambit in China by entering into code sharing deals with local airlines to connect Mumbai with more cities including Beijing. It is in talks with three major Chinese airlines on deals for exchanging seats and connectivity to different cities in India and China. "We can offer the whole of India to Chinese carriers. Similarly, we expect them to offer us access to different cities in China," Sudheer Raghavan, Chief Commercial...

By Tim Simmers, San Mateo County Times, Calif. Jun. 14--Jet Airways, India's largest domestic airline, is scheduled to launch daily service today from San Francisco International Airport to Mumbai, India. "The spending power of the Indian consumer is pushing our expansion," said Manish Dureja, assistant vice president of marketing at Jet Airways. The SFO-to-Mumbai service will go by way of Shanghai, China, where there'll be a two-hour stopover. Jet Airways will become the first Indian...

NEW YORK, July 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- XA, Inc., (XA) (OTC BB: XAIN.OB), a major national event marketing firm that serves many Fortune 500 companies, reports that its wholly owned subsidiary The Experiential Agency, Inc. was selected by Jet Airways in cooperation with The Boeing Company and GE Aviation, as the event production agency for their Gala Press Luncheon and Gala Reception marking the inauguration of their daily service from the USA to Mumbai. The Galas took place in New York...

By M.C. Govardhana Rangan and Surojit Gupta MUMBAI/NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Flights were canceled and state-run banks shut across India on Thursday as hundreds of thousands of people stayed away from work to protest against economic reforms. Trading volumes on the country's currency and bond markets fell to a trickle as bank workers and airport staff heeded the strike call by the ruling coalition's communist allies. In Kolkata, the capital of communist-ruled West Bengal state once known...

BOMBAY (AFP) -- Flamboyant British tycoon Richard Branson said his Virgin group's ambitious plans for commercial space flights are complete and the first fee-paying astronaut will fly with him into orbit in the next 30 months. "The plan for the new spaceship is complete and work on the project will commence in the next three months, with the first commerical space flight to take off in two-and-half years," Branson told reporters in Bombay, India's financial hub. Branson landed in...