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How about using this thread to post intesting stuff about the airlines of India? Will be easier to track instead of having it all over. HERE IS THE FIRST ONE.


 


Bangalore: Complimentary umbrellas from Kingfisher Airlines http://www.bellevision.com/newshead.asp?nhid=3375


JUNE 13, 2006 DHNS
 

Bangalore: Kingfisher Airlines will now provide complimentary umbrellas to all its passengers at the airports on bad weather days.


According to a release by the Kingfisher Airlines, the move is part of its measures to indulge its passengers even during the tough monsoon times.


The rainy season is when most airlines experience maximum flight disruptions, and Kingfisher Airlines has come up with various innovative ways to ensure its passengers are not discomforted by the monsoons.  


On days of heavy rains, valets will be employed at airports to carry big canopy size umbrellas and escort guests, states the release.


“King Mobile,” its service, enables a passenger to get the latest flight information on SMS.


SMS


Information on schedules, flight status and guest assistance numbers in various cities and flight schedules can be availed by typing “King” and sending an SMS to 6388.


Helpline and Call Centre numbers will be displayed at various touch points, with regular updates via tickers and scrolls on leading radio and TV Channels.




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-- Edited by Nimish on 28/Aug to change the title to Indian aviation - Trivia


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well they gave a cloth bag to all pax when mumbai police banned plastic bags

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Good to see the airline coming up with novel ideas to woo passengers. Such small things go a long way in catching the attention of the people.

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yes even a small thing like umbrella makes a difference in marketing


and more important to give something at the right time like umbrellas when monsoon is near and cloth bags when plastic bags are banned.


truely mallya is the branson of india.




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Smart move as an umbrella is permitted as hand luggage!!!!

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karatecatman wrote:

On days of heavy rains, valets will be employed at airports to carry big canopy size umbrellas and escort guests, states the release.


The article doesn’t say anything about giving them umbrellas to take home or check in?
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Will Kingfisher passengers boarding from BOM get umbrellas as well? Coz they use the aerobridge at Terminal 1A for boarding the aircraft


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: On days of heavy rains, valets will be employed at airports to carry big canopy size umbrellas and escort guests, states the release. The article doesn’t say anything about giving them umbrellas to take home or check in? eP007



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hehehe...good one vivek



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Awesome marketing strategy.


Imagine Bright Red Canopy umbrellas on dull rainy days with the Kingfisher logo on them, what an effect it will have in terms of marketing on pax of other airlines is unimaginable.


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New Alliance Air chief


Brara to hold charge of Alliance as MD


New Delhi, June 22 (PTI)


Mr Deepak Brara of Indian (Airlines) has been given additional charge as managing director of subsidiary company Alliance Air.


Mr Brara also holds the post of director for public relations in Indian.


After retirement of Indian’s commercial director Arun Goyal, who was holding additional charge of Alliance’s managing director, the post was being managed by Indian’s chairman and managing director Vishwapati Trivedi.



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India wants self service solution: AC Nielson survey


 New Delhi, June 20 (PTI) Indian consumer is keen to adopt new self-service technologies like self check-in at airports, an AC Nielson survey said.


 About 74 per cent of the respondents show clear likelihood to use technology like self service kiosk solutions for airline check-in for passengers, the study commissioned by NCR revealed.


 ‘‘As Indian airline industry matures, consumers will expect the experiences as well as the convenience seen in more developed markets. With the number of airlines growing and the increase in passenger traffic, self check in could be a significant means to reduce pressure at the check in counters,’’ NCR corporation (South East Asia) General Manager Shrihari Bhat said.



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Egypt approves visa on arrival for Indian travellers


 


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Egypt has approved a visa on arrival scheme for Indians wishing to travel around the country. Indian travellers could make use of the ’Urgent Visa’ at the Cairo International Airport provided they were in the country only for the purposes of business or tourism, Egyptian Tourist Authorities were quoted by news portal ’allafrica.com’ as saying. The visa would cost 20 US dollars. Egyptian authorities hope to capitalise on India’s outbound market, which was expected to grow at 15 - 20 per cent a year, the report said. India has the fifth fastest growing tourism industry in the world, it added.



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HAJ TERMINAL


Shamsabad airport to have separate Haj terminal: Minister


Hyderabad, Jun 22 


The upcoming International Airport in Shamsabad will have a separate Haj terminal for the convenience of Haj pilgrims.


Making this announcement here today, Andhra Pradesh Information Minister Md Ali Shabeer said, the Union Minister of state for Civil Aviation Praful Patel had cleared the proposal from the state government in this regard.


Mr Patel had said that a provision had been made for separate Haj facility in the master plan of the Greenfield International Airport. 



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Inclement weather, rain spoils PM’s trip to Mangalore


Mangalore, June 23 Inclement weather and heavy rain forced Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to cancel his visit to the coastal city today as his aircraft could not land at the Bajpe airport here.


After hovering over the Bajpe airport here for a few sorties, the IAF Boeing, carrying Dr Singh and his entourage, was re-routed to Bangalore.


The Prime Minister was originally scheduled to land here at 1135 hrs and proceed to Permude in Dakshina Kannada district by road to lay the foundation stone for the multi-crore refinery complex of the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation. He was then scheduled to go to Bangalore to take part in a couple of programmes during his two-day visit.


Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy and his Deputy B S Yediyurappa, who went to the the coastal city to receive Dr Singh, were rushing back to Bangalore by road.



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Bajpe airport???


maybe thats why the plane didnt land cos it carried Congressmen



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the_380 wrote:
Bajpe airport???
maybe thats why the plane didnt land cos it carried Congressmen


Bajpe airport is Mangalore airport.

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oh i found a similarity in its name and our ex-pm's name

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 Teen jaywalks onto IGI tarmac
Saurabh Sinha
[ Tuesday, June 27, 2006 12:33:20 amTIMES NEWS NETWORK ]
 
 
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/msid-1682600,curpg-1.cms


 
NEW DELHI: If you felt breaching the seemingly invincible security cover at IGI would be anything but child's play, think again.


On Sunday evening, a young school student went to the airport like any young aviation enthusiast to see planes take-off or land.


But in a major security breach, the boy entered the tarmac from a gate near the secondary runway used by vehicles to access technical areas. He managed to walk right up to the place in front of the domestic arrival terminals where planes are parked.


A Kingfisher spokesperson said: "Our security personnel noticed a seemingly unauthorised person loitering near one of our Airbus A-320 at around 5 pm. This plane was being prepared for take-off at 5.45 pm. We immediately informed some nearby Indian Airlines staff and then the boy was apprehended."


She added that the boy was not carrying any airport entry pass. Instead they found a school ID card in his pocket and then informed the CISF.


Sources said the boy aroused suspicion as he wasn't wearing the mandatory "visibility jacket"that authorised personnel are supposed to don while they are in the tarmac area.


The CISF has ordered an inquiry into this lapse. "Action will be taken against those found guilty. The boy is an 18-year-old student of Class XI,"said a senior official.



Ironically, the boy seems to have entered from a gate where a high-tech security system is being installed. "There is a lot of labour movement at this gate as it is being reconstructed. Maybe the boy entered the area unknowingly and since he wasn't stopped, he kept proceeding till the area right in front of the arrival terminal,"said sources.


While this may be a "harmless"student who entered by mistake, airlines are clearly worried."The CISF unit here has been doing a good job so far. It was recently declared the best airport unit in the country. But IGI is a super sensitive area, high on the hit list of militants.


The entry system needs to be very high-tech and should allow access only to authorised personnel. The system of having manual barriers or simple gates should be replaced immediately. Luckily it was only a harmless boy, had it been someone with ulterior motives, the result could have been disastrous,"said sources.


The CISF itself has realised the need for upgrading the security at Indian airports, especially at sensitive ones like IGI.


 
 



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Wow the security is really very tight


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ISKCON scheme to globally airlink Ujjain


Ujjain, MP, June 26


The International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) has forwarded for the Union Aviation Ministry’s approval a scheme to airlink this ancient temple town -- which is one the country’s dozen jyotirlingas -- with domestic and international destinations.


ISKCON will soon take over an airstrip, 14 km from here along the Ujjain-Dewas road, and set up a flight training institute. Official-level discussions are in the final stages.


The airstrip, laid a decade back, is rarely utilised. For a few years, it was used as a wheat storage area and thus sustained considerable damage. Repair has been unable to restore the airstrip to optimum conditions.


The scheme was drafted by ISKCON’s principal disciple Charu who said, ‘‘Pilots will be trained within six months and provided licenses,’’ he said


 



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