In a bid to attract the increasingly mobile traveller, the Ministry of Railways’ undertaking, the Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC), has started a mobile website to facilitate bookings via mobile phones. The Corporation has also tied-up with mobile payment service providers for mobile phone applications that can be used to book tickets viz. [...]

Bloated, bleeding and on life support, Air India is trying to hire Aamir Khan, the country’s costliest celebrity brand ambassador. Air India sources said though the decision has been taken internally, the airline is yet to approach the actor; so, issues about compensation are yet to be finalised. Officials said the aim is to regain [...]

Air travellers across the country may soon have their boarding passes sent directly to their cell phones. SITA, an air transport communications and IT solutions provider, is in talks with airlines and other agencies concerned for implementation of their PassengerWeb check-in application that allows people to check-in via electronic boarding passes sent directly to their [...]

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Indian full service airlines, buffeted by high fuel costs and intense competition, face new headwinds on their lucrative international routes as budget carriers launch services with rock-bottom fares. Budget airline IndiGo, which in June firmed up a $16.2 billion order for 180 single-aisle Airbus aircraft, has received government approval to fly to Singapore, Bangkok, Dubai [...]

iXiGO.com, has announced “Fly & Win,” a special promotion in association with Delhi Duty Free Services Pvt. Ltd (DDFS), India’s largest duty-free retail space at T3 at IGI Airport in New Delhi. The “Fly & Win” promotion entitles international travelers who book their international air tickets using iXiGO.com to avail special shopping/discount vouchers for up [...]

The month of May saw three airlines – Jet Airways, Kingfisher and IndiGo – fly a record one million passengers each, whereas national carrier Air India slipped to the fifth position in terms of market share. Air traffic data for May, released by aviation regulator Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), shows that the six [...]

Beginning 26 April, India’s largest airline by passengers flown, Jet Airways (India) Ltd will introduce an eight-seater semi-business class cabin on all of its Jet Airways Konnect flights that until now had been all economy planes. The new seats, branded Konnect Select, will have a 40-inch reclining position compared with 44 inches in regular business [...]

The ash cloud across Europe has left more than 41,000 passengers stranded at Mumbai and Delhi international airports. Flights to Europe remain grounded though leading Indian international airlines Air India and Jet Airways have started flying to North America using Cairo and Athens respectively as interconnection hubs instead of airports in Europe.

TripAdvisor and Yatra.com have formed an alliance which will allow Yatra.com customers to get access to the unbiased hotel reviews posted by travellers on TripAdvisor, including those posted on its India website, www.tripadvisor.in. This will enable them to make the best possible choice of hotels based on their needs. Sharat Dhall, Managing Director, TripAdvisor India [...]