Virgin Trains plans airline partners for Orlando airport link

Virgin Trains USA plans to partner with airlines to offer seamless connections to travellers when its extension to Orlando International airport opens, the country’s first in-terminal long-distance rail connection at an airport. The private rail operator, previously known as Brightline, plans to enter into interline agreements with JetBlue Airways and other major airlines via Orlando […]

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On Holi Day BJP Candidates’ List Announced for Lok Sabha polls 2019

As the nation celebrated Holi…… The BJP on Thursday fielded Prime Minister Narendra Modi from Varanasi constituency and its president Amit Shah from Gandhinagar in place of L K Advani as it announced its first list of 184 candidates for the Lok Sabha elections Senior party leader J P Nadda told a press conference that […]

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​PICTURES: British Airways 747-400 in Negus retro-livery

British Airways has unveiled its fourth and final retro-livery – a Boeing 747-400 in the airline’s original red, white and blue design dating from 1973. James Mellon/FlightGlobal The 747-400 (G-CIVB) is adorned with the airline’s original “Negus” livery, featuring full “British airways” titles, which was employed until 1980. This scheme was adopted in 1973/74 when […]

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​PICTURES: British Airways 747-400 in Negus retro-livery

British Airways has unveiled its fourth and final retro-livery – a Boeing 747-400 in the airline’s original red, white and blue design dating from 1973. James Mellon/FlightGlobal The 747-400 (G-CIVB) is adorned with the airline’s original “Negus” livery, featuring full “British airways” titles, which was employed until 1980. This scheme was adopted in 1973/74 when […]

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PODCAST: Airline Business team on 737 Max, KLM, Saudia and A380

The new edition of the Airline Business Podcast is now available. Join premium news editor Graham Dunn and Airline Business managing editor Lewis Harper as they discuss the grounding of the Boeing 737 Max, the biggest talking points from the A4E Aviation Summit – including Air France-KLM tensions – and Etihad’s latest financial results. FlightGlobal’s […]

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PODCAST: Airline Business team on 737 Max, KLM, Saudia and A380

The new edition of the Airline Business Podcast is now available. Join premium news editor Graham Dunn and Airline Business managing editor Lewis Harper as they discuss the grounding of the Boeing 737 Max, the biggest talking points from the A4E Aviation Summit – including Air France-KLM tensions – and Etihad’s latest financial results. FlightGlobal’s […]

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Government looks at providing Jet Airways’ unused airport slots to other domestic airlines

New Delhi: The government plans to provide unused airport slots of Jet Airways to other domestic airlines on an interim basis, a senior official said Wednesday, amid efforts to minimise flight disruptions.

Cash-strapped Jet Airways, which is looking to raise fresh funds, has grounded at least 47 planes due to non-payment of lease rentals. Besides, many aircraft are on the ground due to other reasons.

Against this backdrop, the civil aviation ministry officials on Wednesday held a meeting with representatives of various domestic airlines.

Civil Aviation Secretary Pradeep Singh Kharola said that domestic capacity should be increased when the season starts in April.

“We have to sit with Jet (Airways) and ask them what all are their requirements… At the airports slots are limited and they (Jet Airways) should tell us how many slots they will be using and how many they will not be using,” Kharola said.

The slots that are not being used can be offered for the additional aircraft, he added. It would be do as an “interim arrangement” at congested airports.

According to Kharola, domestic carriers would be able to add around 20-25 planes in by April end.

“Basically, (it is) a contigency plan for peak season traffic during the summer… and that we should be able to provide good service to passengers,” he noted.

Among others, representatives of Air India, SpiceJet, GoAir and IndiGo attended the meeting on Wednesday.

Augmentation of fleet and utilisation of existing planes were among the issues discussed during the meeting.

“Our concern is about operations (of flights), safety and comfort of passengers,” Kharola told reporters here.

Regarding Jet Airways, DGCA chief B S Bhullar said the summer schedule for the airline is yet to be approved.

In a tweet, the ministry Wednesday said it was working with all airlines to provide sufficient capacity and is monitoring safety as well as compliance levels on a daily basis.