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MANILA, Nov 8, 2006 (UNI) 


Scores of Philippine air force fighter pilots have left the service to fly for higher-paying commercial airlines despite the risk of criminal prosecution, the military said Wednesday. Many are heading to India as well.


A general court martial on Tuesday sentenced two pilots to jail terms for taking unauthorised leave to fly for commercial airlines.


Air Force Captain Hilario Pine was sentenced to 30 days in prison and Captain Roberto Solis received a 60-day jail term for unauthorized leave and indiscipline, air force spokesman Major Augusto de la Pena said Wednesday.


He said the two officers were found moonlighting as pilots for local commercial carriers which he did not name.


Despite the risk of prosecution, de la Pena said Philippine air force pilots have been quitting their military jobs to fly for commercial airlines, where they are paid up to three times their monthly military pay of about 30,000 pesos (600 dollars).


Fifty-four of the 1,085 military fliers resigned their commissions this year alone, said Colonel Joel Marayag, air force assistant chief of staff for personnel.


‘‘Generally, (their resignation) is because of financial considerations. They want to seek greener pastures,’’ Marayag told reporters.


‘‘It’s not that they’re disheartened of the organization’s capability because we are actually happy at the air force. They just really want to provide more for their families,’’ he said.


The air force retired its last Vietnam War-era F5 fighters last year. Of the more than 130 aircraft on its inventory, most are helicopters and only around 70 percent are operational, Marayag said.



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Gulf Air staffer held on charges of molesting 10-year-old on flight 
 
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New Delhi, November 8: Delhi Police have arrested a 48-year-old senior Gulf Air crew member for allegedly molesting an 11-year-old Delhi girl on the Bahrain-New Delhi flight GF 130 early yesterday.


An FIR has been lodged at the Indira Gandhi International Airport police station.


The complaint lodged by the girl's parents says she was sleeping on her seat some seats away from them when cabin crew member Faizal Alumullah Maki Ibrahim allegedly tried to molest her.


"He was trying to lean over the child around 5.30 am on Tuesday... the girl woke up and complained to us," the parents said in the complaint. The girl's father is an East Delhi businessman.


The parents and other passengers confronted Ibrahim, who is believed to have said he was trying to fasten the seat belt on the sleeping girl since the flight was experiencing turbulence.


Police were called in after the flight landed and Ibrahim was arrested. The Bahrain Embassy was informed since the crew member is a Bahraini citizen. “He was produced in the Patiala House courts yesterday and was released on bail,” a senior police official said.


Reem Antoon, Head of Corporate Affairs at Gulf Air in Bahrain, told Newsline in a written communique: "Gulf Air can confirm that a passenger has filed a case with the Indian police in Delhi... As the matter is now in the hands of local authorities we are unable to comment further at this time."


 



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I can't believe this incident. Maybe he was trying to put her seat belts as mentioned

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Leased aircraft rent up 20%



BS Reporter / Mumbai November 11, 2006





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Airlines are facing a new cost crunch due to rising aircraft lease rentals, which have gone up by 20 per cent due to shortages in the international market.

 

Rentals for aircraft with a basic configuration have shot up by 33 per cent to reach $400,000 a month from $300,000 a month for popular models such as Airbus A320 and Boeing B737. Lease rentals for higher configuration (for full service airlines) are as high as $550,000.

 

“There is a shortage of bigger jets following the delay in the A380 production schedule,” an Air-India executive said.

 

Aviation industry experts said lease rentals were moving northwards mainly due to an increase in the London Interbank Offered Rate (Libor).

 

“Libor is hovering around 5.12-5.25 per cent compared with 2.50-2.75 in 2004,” they added. The aircraft shortage is mainly because of a boom in aviation, resurgence of tourism, and a high rate of economic growth in countries like India, China and South-East Asian countries.

 

“Our company has a locked lease agreement for eight aircraft when the Libor was between 2.75 per cent and 3.25 per cent. The current increase will only impact start-up airlines or existing airlines that want to add capacity,” said Mohan Kumar, director (finance), Air Deccan.

 

An Indian Airlines executive pointed out that popular models were not available in the market. The response to the tenders floated for leasing aircraft by Indian Airlines and Air-India was weak. http://www.business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&bKeyFlag=BO&autono=264501&chkFlg=

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Now calling at all towns
Friday November 10 2006 16:07 IST


Raghvendra Rao


Taking a train to small towns may soon become a matter of choice rather than compulsion. With private airlines flying out to a host of new destinations, regional connectivity has finally arrived.


The facts lie in the figures. Though all major airlines ran losses this year, domestic passenger traffic registered a growth of 48 percent in the first quarter of the current fiscal. And this boom in passenger traffic has been behind the host of new regional destinations.


Take the case of low-cost carrier Air Deccan. From operating 90 flights a day to 32 domestic destinations till March 2005, the airline had strengthened its network in just a year by taking the number to 250 flights a day to 52 destinations. The airline is currently operating 300 flights a day to 59 destinations. Air Deccan has recently added two new destinations— Kandla and Bellary — on its own network as well as on the country’s civil aviation map. It now plans to connect Pathankot shortly.


Jet Airways too increased its daily domestic flights from 275 last year to 310 this year. Other private airlines have
followed suit. Kingfisher Airlines, Air Sahara and Spicejet have added about 14 destinations. In fact, according to latest figures released by the Civil Aviation ministry there has been a growth of 32.2 per cent in the total domestic aircraft movement in the first quarter of the current fiscal. Between April and June this year, a whopping 1,91,150 aircrafts movements were recorded in the domestic sector.


It’s been no secret that breaking the ‘‘big cities-centric’’ air-traffic patterns to ensure regional connectivity has been high on civil aviation minister Praful Patel’s agenda. But even as his ministry mulls sops like free landing, parking and route navigation to encourage airlines to operate to smaller cities and towns, the fact that many private airlines have already sniffed a great business opportunity here has come as a welcome surprise to the government.


There’s been good news for other destinations as well that had air connections but very few flights in the past. Now that’s being set right (see Back in the Loop). Places like Jammu, Srinagar, Chandigarh, Varanasi, Bhopal, Gwalior, Rajkot, Aurangabad, Belgaum, Kolhapur, Calicut, Bhavnagar, Jamnagar, Jabalpur, Mangalore, Tirupati, Tiruchirapalli, Madurai and Port Blair too now have more flights than ever before.


The northeast has also finally got connected. Agartala, Aizawl, Imphal, Dibrugarh and Baghdogra now have daily flights from Kolkata. Jet Airways has recently started flights to Jorhat, the first private carrier to do so. In September, Indian Airlines increased its frequency to Silchar, Imphal and Agartala to seven days a week and started 14 flights a week between Kolkata-Guwahati. The airline also resumed the Guwahati-Agartala airlink with a daily flight.


Meanwhile, in response to an increased demand for seats on some routes, many airlines have upgraded their aircrafts. Jet Airways, for instance, has upgraded from ATR to Boeing 737 on routes touching bases at Indore, Bhopal, Chandigarh, Kochi and Mangalore. Places like Leh, Vadodara and Amritsar too have additional frequencies of Jet Airways flights. Coimbatore has been upgraded from ATRs to Airbus aircraft operated by Air Deccan. From June 2006, Indian Airlines has started daily Airbus flight between Delhi-Bhopal-Indore-Mumbai offering 1,000 seats per week in each direction.


Experts have been asking for an expansion of the country’s aviation network for long. ‘‘Aviation in India has always been Delhi-Mumbai centric. But in order to grow as an industry, aviation will have to go tier II and tier III cities. You cannot just operate in only metros any longer. Regional connectivity is critical in the long run and it is good to see that airlines like Air Deccan are connecting a lot of smaller destinations,’’ says Kapil Kaul, CEO (Indian subcontinent), Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation (CAPA).


Aviation analysts also feel that with most of the metro routes already saturated, flying to smaller places also makes tremendous business sense.


‘‘Already there are talks of several new airlines contemplating region-specific operations in the north, south and the northeast. If the government provides some sops on fuel taxation, parking and landing charges and navigation charges, more airlines would be willing to go to regional centres,” Kaul adds.


The government, meanwhile, is apparently working out a detailed policy to promote airlines interested in operating smaller aircraft, 80-seater and fewer, flying from a single metro within a region. This is being done to restart operations at airstrips that are currently not operational.


Back in the loop


Gorakhpur now has thrice-a-week flights from Delhi, Kolkata, Hyderabad, Bangalore, Indore and Allahabad
Tuticorin gets connected to Chennai with a daily flight
Rajahmundry has daily flights connecting it to Chennai, Hyderabad and Vijaywada
Hubli is connected with daily flights to Bangalore and Mumbai
Bhubaneswar is now connected to 20 cities daily with 21 Air Sahara flights
Deccan has two flights daily to Bhubaneswar from Kolkata and six flights a week from Delhi
Dehradun is also connected to Delhi with two flights a day
Dibrugarh now has daily flights from Kolkata and Guwahati
Daily flights connect Raipur to Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai and Ranchi
Indore has daily flights from Delhi and Gwalior. It is also connected to Bangalore, Kolkata, Hyderabad, Ranchi, Lucknow and Chennai



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AI gives transit passenger new life
Manju V
[ 11 Nov, 2006 0147hrs ISTTIMES NEWS NETWORK ]
 
MUMBAI: A 40-year-old transit passenger who suffered a brain stroke minutes after his Air India Jeddah-Mumbai flight landed on Friday nearly lost his life as immigration authorities were reluctant to let him enter the city to be hospitalised. Being a transit passenger, he did not have the requisite travel documents to enter India, which made the immigration authorities wary of his complaint. In such instances, the passenger has a right to medical treatment/hospitalisation, said an aviation source.


Citing national security as a reason, the immigration authorities said that they could not take a chance. Security at airports in south India has been increased following threats from militant outfits.


It was only after the airline intervened and gave an undertaking, that the passenger was rushed to KEM Hospital in Parel. The entire process took over an hour.


"He suffered an intra-cranial bleed, but his condition is now stable," said a KEM doctor. His condition had been analysed by a team of doctors from the neurosurgery department. "He does not require any surgical interventions and is likely to be discharged in two days," said the doctor.


Airport sources said that Shahidula Abdula Khasem, a Bangladeshi national, flew on an Air India flight to Jeddah yesterday but did not have the required permit to enter the city. In such instances, the airline has to bear the cost of flying the passenger back to his home country.


He was put on the AI-864 Jeddah-Mumbai flight which landed in Mumbai at 10.30 on Friday morning. Khasem was to board the AI-111 Mumbai-Delhi flight on Saturday and the AI-520 Delhi-Dhaka flight on Sunday.


But minutes after he landed in Mumbai, he suffered a stroke and the airport doctor on duty suggested hospitalisation. "The immigration authorities, however, refused to let him go apparently because he was a deportee from Jeddah," said the source.


"If they were worried about national security, why haven't they posted their officials in the hospital as well?" said an airport official.


Since the well-being of the passenger is the responsibility of the airline, Air India had to step in and give a written undertaking on his behalf to the immigration authorities. "It had to be done on humanitarian grounds. Only after the surety was given, was the passenger released," added the source. Khasem was rushed to KEM Hospital but AI's troubles were far from over. The airline posted two officials from the commercial department to stand guard by his bed.


DCP immigration Deven Bharati was not available for comment.



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Kuwait Airways flight moves towards no-fly zone


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Monday, November 13, 2006  13:31 IST


NEW DELHI: A Kuwaiti Airways aircraft on Monday inadvertently deviated from its flight path after take-off from the IGI Airport and moved towards the no-fly zone, causing scare among the security establishment as the plane approached the Prime Minister's House.


However, the pilot soon corrected course following warnings by the air traffic control, official sources said, adding that the airline had tendered an apology for the inadvertent mistake.


The sources said the aircraft, which took off at 6:15 am, turned left instead of right which was its scheduled flight path.


"The chapter is closed", the sources said, adding that the Directorate General of Civil Aviation would enquire into the matter.


 



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Hope the Bangladeshi passenger gets well soon. But it seems a really long route to Dhaka from Jeddah: Jeddah-Bombay-Delhi-Dhaka

As for the Kuwait plane turning left instead of right after take-off, now that's no small error to close matters.



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Airhostess wins case against Indian Airlines


Rakesh Bhatnagar
Tuesday, November 14, 2006  23:34 IST


She was carrying Rs22 lakh in cash, besides Arab currency in her luggage


Indian Airlines airhostess Prabha D Kanan, who had around 23 years of experience on the Mumbai-Bangalore-Hyderabad-Sharjah air route, was axed eight years back as she was carrying Rs 22 lakh in cash, besides Arab currency in her luggage. Kanan got a major relief on Tuesday as the Supreme Court has directed the national carrier to pay her eight years of salary, besides gratuity and provident fund.


The judges upheld provision 13 of the IA regulations that empowers its Board of Directors to take a decision in public interest that can’t be challenged in a court of law. Kanan had been acquitted in the customs and foreign exchange violation cases and discharged in the criminal case as well.


On a customs' call, her Sharjah bound flight was grounded in Mumbai four years ago and sleuths recovered huge currency in her luggage.


Her husband was also arrested. Aggrieved by the decision of the directors to sack her, she had moved the Delhi High Court that ordered payment of six years of salary to her.


“This should be the appropriate compensation for the termination of her services and loss of employment considering that she has about 10 years of service hereafter,” it had added.


IA challenged this order and its counsel Arun Jaitley and Lalit Bhasin said the verdict was faulty. Kanan was holding a 'Red Airport Entry Pass'. It gives unrestricted access to all civil airports in India. Its holder can fly to other countries on the network of Indian Airlines.


Any doubt on the integrity of the person holding such a post of trust and confidence may shake the confidence of the employer, the counsel added.


“If such activities are permitted, the same in a given case may provide for risk not only to the aircraft but also to a large section of people.  The subjective satisfaction of the Board of Directors was based on the confession she made and the evidences collected by the Directorate of Enforcement,” Jaitley and Bhasin pleaded.


They also argued that her acquittal or exoneration in the cases “may not be of much significance as the validity of the order must be judged having regard to the fact situation.”


But Kanan’s lawyer objected to it. He argued that though she had made confession but the same was retracted.  She was not found guilty during the trial and also in the departmental adjudicating proceedings. Thus, she shouldn't have been sacked.


A Bench of Justices S B Sinha and Dalveer Bhandari held that Directors could exercise the
power in the “interest of the company.”


“In a case of this nature, requirements to comply with principles of natural justice may not be practicable,” they said.


They explained that “keeping in view the situational changes and particularly, outsourcing of the sovereign activities by the State, this Court has been expanding the scope of judicial review. … The doctrine of unreasonableness has now given a way to doctrine of proportionality.”


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Fat" Indian aircrew fight for excess baggage right
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NEW DELHI (Reuters) - A group of air hostesses, embroiled in a legal battle with national carrier Indian after it grounded them without pay for being too fat to fly, said on Tuesday they would continue their fight for justice.


Eleven women say they have suffered from low self-esteem after being grounded by the state-run airline for being between a few hundred grams and three kilograms (6.6 lbs) over the firm's specified weight limit.


"The company told me that I was above the limit and that I should go home until I had lost the excess weight," said 48-year-old Sheela Joshi, who was found to be 500 grams above her allowed 63 kilos.


"I had to go on a serious diet and it took me over one and a half months to lose weight and I wasn't paid by the company. It was a stressful period, and I lost confidence in myself."


Around 140 employees were grounded after a statement in May warned staff they would be banned from flying if found to be over a fixed weight based on criteria such as age and height.


The women, whose case will now come up in Delhi's High Court in March, say they want the company to pay their salaries for the time they were grounded and to withdraw the May circular which they say is a breach of constitutional rights.


Although weight guidelines have always been in place, employees were previously allowed to weigh in at up to three kilograms above them.


The women, most in their forties and who have worked for the firm for 20 years, say Indian wants to replace mature crew with skinnier women to survive in a highly competitive industry.


Their lawyer Arvind Kumar Sharma, said while all the grounded air hostesses have lost weight and are now able to fly, only 11 of the 140 felt able to stand up to their bosses.


Indian's lawyers deny it is a planned move by the firm, known as Indian Airlines until last year, to shake off a fusty image.


"This is an issue about fitness not about image. Cabin crew need to be physically fit for their work," Rupinder Singh Suri, the company's lawyer, told Reuters, adding the women were contractually obliged to meet weight guidelines.


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IA fined for not allowing persons with valid tickets to travel
New Delhi, Nov 13. (PTI): The Delhi State Consumer Commission has imposed a fine of Rs 50,000 on Indian Airlines for not allowing five passengers, who had valid tickets, to travel in one of its flights.


Terming the incident as an example of "Unfair trade practice and deficiency in service", the Commission headed by Justice J D Kapoor asked the airliner to pay the amount in a month to one Delhi-based Bhartiya Sanskriti Sansthan (BSS) which, on April 21, 1997, had booked 56 seats to take delegates, including several Parliamentarians, to a conference at Port Blair.


The public sector airliner, which is now called Indian, forced two of the dignitaries, who had valid tickets, to get down from the aircraft and did not allow three others to enter the aircraft at the Kolkata airport.


As a result, the five persons were stranded at the airport and could not attend the conference from April 21 to 24 in 1997.


The five persons were not allowed to travel despite the valid travel documents, BSS alleged.


"However, one fact that irks us is de-boarding of Shri Ramesh Sahu and Shri Praveen Mittal (delegates), which show that they were de-boarded for ulterior reasons," said the Commission allowing the complaint of BSS, which works for the promotion of Hindi as an official language.


 



 



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Guwahati, Nov 15 (UNI)


A Jet Airways pilot sustained injuries after being knocked down by a passenger ferrying bus at the Lokopriya Gopinath International Airport here, Jet Airways sources said today. Airlines sources here said Capt. Ajit Kumar was hit on Monday on the runway by the Sahara Airlines bus carrying passengers to and from planes. Kumar was immediately admitted to a local hospital with a pelvic bone fracture but later in the evening he was airlifted to Delhi for medical treatment. Jet Airways sources in its Kolkata office declined to give details of the mishap but said Capt. Kumar was recovering in Delhi and was advised a few weeks rest before he resumed his official duties.



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What was the bus doing on the runway.The media


On a serious note,Glad hes recovering.


Out here at Bom the 9W Pax buses due low turn radaii,tend to stray outside the road & end up very near Aircraft parked on the Tarmac.


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What was the bus doing on the runway.The media




Glad they didn't call it Airbus


QUOTING karatecatman






Airlines sources here said Capt. Ajit Kumar was hit on Monday on the runway by the Sahara Airlines bus carrying passengers to and from planes.


 






Wonder what he was doing on the runway???



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Oops! My mistake... maybe the bus was taking the passengers for a airport sightseeing


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Chennai, Nov 22 (UNI)


Live catridges used in a 2.2 mm rifle were seized from an Oman national when he arrived at the airport here to board a flight home this morning, officials said.


 Aligheialana Hameed Abdulla (28) of Mizwe in Oman, had a 2.2 mm rifle and five rounds of its ammunition with him when he came to board the Oman Airways flight, they said.


 He had arrived in India on a tourist visa from Malaysia on November 18.


 When questioned, he said there was no need for licence for such type of small pistols in his country.


 Officials seized the catridges and allowed the passenger to board the flight. His rifle was returned to him.



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Mahajan Jr's pilot wife grounded
Byas Anand
[ 24 Nov, 2006 0013hrs ISTTIMES NEWS NETWORK ]
 
 
 
Shweta Singh, wife of Rahul Mahajan, has been barred from flying duties by Jet Airways. (TOI) 


NEW DELHI: .... Rahul Mahajan’s wife Shweta Singh is now facing turbulence on the professional front.


Shweta, a pilot with Jet Airways, has been grounded from flight duties for allegedly violating standard operating procedures (SOPs) and safety norms on a Delhi-Hyderabad flight on November 16.


Government sources said Shweta, who was commanding the flight 9W-825 on the Delhi-Hyderabad route, deployed speed brakes and improper wing flap position at landing. "Accident value was perceived to be high during the incident and DGCA (directorate general of civil aviation) has directed the airline to de-roster both Shweta and the co-pilot, pending further investigation," a source told TOI.


Following the DGCA directive, Shweta has been taken off flying duty by Jet. A Jet Airways spokesperson confirmed this, saying: "Shweta has been de-rostered immediately after the incident, and she has not undertaken any flight duty since November 19. She has been de-rostered to enable an investigation into the incident." The spokesperson, however, refused to comment further.


Shweta, when reached by TOI, said she was down with a cold on the particular day and therefore not well enough to fly



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Sky TV
 
Elizabeth Thomas / New Delhi November 29, 2006
 
 
 
By early 2007, you can access the Net at 35,000 feet. 
 
What is it?
Couch potatoes on board? No. Maybe less fidgety kids. But you can definitely catch up with the latest biz news on board. With the “broadband in the sky” concept finding its way to India, now you will be able to surf, chat and even watch television on board. 
 
Why are we writing about it?
Early next year, India’s private carriers including Kingfisher Airlines, Jet Airways and Air Sahara, plan to provide Internet connectivity at 35,000 feet. The state-owned carriers — Air India and Indian — are going to follow suit. 
 
Air India plans to offer Connexion, Boeing’s real-time, high-speed Internet and data communications service. Globally, the main companies that provide IFE technology are Rockwell Collins, Thales, and Panasonic. 
 
What’s in it for you?
Kingfisher Airlines has announced plans to have live television on its flights by next March. Its fleet of Airbus A320s will be fitted with a satellite receiver and live television will be available at every seat. Indian and Air India are also planning the same. 
 
What are the damages?
These moves are coming at a time when the demand for bandwidth is at an all-time high. It is causing enough concern that even the slow moving Department of Telecommunications (DoT) is thinking about cutting bandwidth prices by 30 to 40 per cent and the DoT is planning ways to bring the costs down. But don’t worry, it will not trickle down on to your ticket fare. 
 
Take it or leave it?
You don’t want to watch TV? 


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Ailing man denied flight to Mumbai
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Bhopal, November 28, 2006
A SERIOUSLY ailing person, who had been referred to Mumbai for advance treatment, was allegedly made to miss the Indian Airlines’ Mumbai-bound flight at the Raja Bhoj Airport here on Tuesday over a dispute of carrying an oxygen cylinder. M S Vyas, 58, was admitted to the National Hospital with lung infection and was referred to Mumbai.


His relatives claim that the patient needed oxygen onboard the flight and they had completed the formalities including payment of Rs 28,000 for provision of cylinder and the flight charges.


However, when they reached the airport, the crew reportedly told them that they had forgotten to bring the cylinder. When the doctor accompanying Vyas insisted that they be allowed to carry their own cylinder, as the patient was unable to travel without oxygen support, the crew allegedly refused and cancelled their boarding pass.


Roopak, a family friend, alleged that the staff at the airport refused to give them the complaint book. The family then took Vyas back from the airport. Vyas, a resident of Rachna Nagar, is a bank manager.


When contact, the Indian Airlines’ Station Manager Firoz Khan refused to comment on the incident. Recently, State Congress spokesman Brijmohan Shrivastava’s wife had alleged that she was not allowed to take the flight and misbehaved with by the crew. The complaint was made to the police also.
 


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Hospitals look to skies for medical tourism
WRITANKAR MUKHERJEE & ANURADHA HIMATSINGKA


TIMES NEWS NETWORK[ THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 2006 02:10:06 AM]
 
KOLKATA: Leading corporate hospitals like Apollo, Fortis and Wockhardt are eyeing alliances with foreign airlines to reach out to prospective markets. The alliances provide a win-win situation, as foreign carriers are also believed to be exploring similar opportunities in India.


While Kolkata’s Apollo Gleneagles is in talks with Biman Bangladesh to offer “medical packages” at competitive prices, Wockhardt Hospitals is also talking to several carriers. The Fortis chain and Escorts Heart Institute are also in the fray to explore potential alliances with foreign airlines.


Wockhardt Hospitals Group chief executive officer Vishal Bali said, “Several hospital chains are exploring options to increase the foreign patient inflow in India through partnerships. With international air fares becoming attractive and affordable, such alliances may reap rich dividends.”


A large number of hospitals are tapping such alliances across the entire supply chain of medical tourism initiative to catalyse the process, adds Medical Tourism Council of Maharasthra vice-president Anupam Verma of which has the mandate to promote services of Mumbai’s corporate hospitals like Hinduja, Bombay Hospital, Breach Candy and Jaslok in foreign market.


The airline-hospital alliance entails special packages for patients, in-flight promotion, complementary health check-up at hospitals for passengers as well as assured seats for the patient. It also gives partners a chance for joint brand-building activities including viral marketing strategies.


Emirates Airlines, which already has tie-ups with several hospitals in Mumbai and Hyderabad, is eyeing the Kolkata market. Emirates Airlines senior vice-president (commercial operations) West Asia & Indian Ocean, said, “We are in talks with AMRI, Woodlands and Apollo Gleneagles and plan to bring in a team of doctors from Dubai to promote in-bound medical tourism.”


Others like Singapore Airlines are also in the fray. “Though we haven’t entered into tie-ups with any hospital or medical organisation, we are studying this market. The concept is very new and comprises a niche target segment,” Foo ChaiWoo, general manager-India, Singapore Airlines, said. For instance, British Airways is looking at ways to make its routes profitable and is exploring tie-up opportunities that may be available, it is yet to take this route. A few healthcare firms like Fortis are thinking of innovative ways of entering into this business.


It is toying with the idea of using charter flights to fly a medical team to bring patients to their facilities spread across the country. Said Fortis Healthcare director (marketing) S Mazumdar, “We will certainly explore this once the volumes support it.” 
 



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Indian Airlines' Alliance Air division issues tender for 70-seat regional jets on dry-lease
By Leithen Francis

Indian Airlines’ regional arm Alliance Air has issued a tender for dry-leases on six 70-seat regional jets for delivery from next April and it has also issued separate tenders for 20 pilots to operate and 20 engineers to maintain the aircraft.

Alliance Air has put the tender on Indian Airlines’ website and says it wants the six 70-seat regional jet aircraft on 3-7 year dry-leases and it wants deliveries to commence in April.

The carrier fails to mention which type of 70-seat aircraft it is willing to consider but it says the aircraft “should be fresh out” of a ‘C-check’ and the “aircraft should be less than five years old upon date of importation” into India.

Indian Airlines’ spokesman told Flight in October the carrier would be issuing a tender for six 70-seat regional jet aircraft but at that time the spokesman said it would be for wet-leased aircraft because Alliance Air and Indian Airlines have too few pilots.

But Alliance Air has since decided to seek the aircraft on dry-lease and issue a separate tender for 20 pilots and 20 engineers.

All three tenders close on 26 December, Alliance adds.

Alliance Air and Indian Airlines currently have no regional jets so the tender represents a move into a new aircraft type. Bombardier has the 70-seat Bombardier CRJ700 while Embraer has the Embraer 170.


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a quick question, how do regional jets such as CRJs with S2 fare with ATRs, as far as pricing and economics of operations is concerned.  Is there any obvious benefit from upgrading from ATRs to CRJs?  Do we have any example to compare?


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