Wonder if he wants to outdo Goyal.....or what's the catch.

What remains to be seen is which corporate would authorise a spending of Rs.5000 from Nariman Point to Santacruz during peaktime (When the traffic is actually south bound) to fuel growth of ITs plans

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Unattended doll causes flutter at Chennai airport

PTI
Sunday, September 10, 2006  13:21 IST

CHENNAI: A two foot doll found unattended near a snack shop, created a flutter inside Chennai airport on Sunday.

An airport employee noticed the doll and informed the duty manager, who in turn alerted the security personnel, airport sources said.

However, when the securitymen were about to pick up the doll, it was claimed by a child.

Finally, after a thorough verification, the doll was handed over to them but not before cautioning them to be more careful, they
 

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Kingfisher airlines introduces roving agent at seven stations

Mumbai, Sep 15 (UNI)

Kingfisher airlines today announced the launch of world class technological innovation of the introduction of the ’Roving agent’ at the airport.
‘‘Now the guests need not wait at the check in counter to collect their boarding pass as one can directly approach the security check in counters where they would be attended by kingfisher airlines Roving agent and check them in using a mobile digital device and printer within a minute,’’ kingfisher airlines Chairman and CEO Vijay Mallya said.
‘‘Kingfisher airlines is the first airlines in Asia to launch this service,’’ Dr Mallya claimed.
Currently this service will be available in Mumbai, Delhi, Chennai, Kolkata, Bangalore, Goa and Pune and soon it will included at all the kingfisher stations in the country.

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Is this what Mallya has in mind??

http://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2006/09/15/Navigation/189/209013/Picture+Thailand's+Nok+Air+brings+new+meaning+to+'check-in.html

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Love ke liye saala kuch bhi karega!

Man insists on getting off a plane ready for take off, and gets his way, after receiving a call from suicidal ladylove

Naveeta Singh

This is the stuff Bollywood climaxes are made of -- action, drama, emotion and a happy ending.

A middle-aged man, on his way to take up a job in Doha, stopped the Air-India 875 Bombay-Doha-Bahrain flight just minutes before take off on Sunday after receiving a call from his ladylove threatening to commit suicide if he left her alone. All hell broke loose on board the aircraft as Peter Fernandes, 35, a resident of Mumbai, unfastened his seat-belt, stood up and said he wanted to get off the plane. Upon being told by the crew that it was not possible as the aircraft was by then taxing towards the runway, he first pleaded he was not feeling well. But when the stewards told him he would be provided medical assistance once the aircraft was airborne and that he should return to his seat, he became violent and threatened to kill himself if he was not allowed to disembark and reunited with his girlfriend, who, he said, was still waiting for him at the airport.

A source, who was on the eventful flight, told Mumbai Mirror that Fernandes “kept pleading that it was a matter of his lover’s life as she would kill herself if he did not return to her. It was high drama...the staff looked rattled and quite understandably so.”

The crew then consulted the aircraft’s commander and it was decided to abort the flight and take the plane back to the bay where Fernandes was offloaded. He, however, could not return to his love immediately as he was detained by the A-I staff till the fight, which was delayed by 50 minutes, reached Bahrain, a journey of over two-and-a-half hours.

A-I officials refused to divulge the girl’s identity, but Central Industrial Security Force officials in charge of airport security said the couple had looked very much in love before Fernandes entered Terminal 2C around 4 pm.

Another passenger on board the flight said Fernandes entered the plane looking quite normal and settled down in his seat quietly. “But then he got this call on his cell as the plane was taxing which got him all disturbed,” he said.

Sources said Fernandes was leaving on a work contract that would have kept him away in Doha for two years, a situation his lover was obviously not willing to accept.

Sanjay Prakash, senior commandant, CISF, said: “I have heard of such an incident on Sunday. Air-India offloaded a passenger. But they have not informed us.”

Vira International, a recruitment agency at Andheri, which had booked the ticket for Fernandes, said he was to take up the job of a chef at Diplomatic Club, Ministry of Interiors, Doha-Qatar. “He told us he could not leave on Sunday due to personal reasons. He is now leaving on Thursday,” said Akbar Rajan, chairman, Vira International.

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Unclaimed briefcase creates flutter
Chennai, Sep 21 (UNI): An unclaimed briefcase at the domestic terminal at Chennai airport caused a flutter among CISF security personnel before inquiries revealed it had been left behind by union minister for panchayati raj, Mani Shankar Aiyar during his one-day visit here, airport officials said.
The CISF personnel noticed the briefcase in the check in area at around 2030 hrs, just after the minister left for Delhi by an Indian flight. A scan revealed that it contained papers and documents.
 The airport manager and officials of Indian, who were informed of it, confirmed that it was the minister’s briefcase, the officials said.
The briefcase would be sent to Delhi by another Indian flight at 6.30 AM tomorrow, they added.

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Cleartrip tiesup with Kingfisher airlines

Bangalore, Sep21 (UNI)

Cleartrip has tied-up with Kingfisher Airlines, and Indiaplaza.in to give customers an attractive offer on all bookings of Kingfisher Airlines’ tickets on Cleartrip.com, commencing from today. This offer is valid for travel until October 31 and is available on all flights and sectors which Kingfisher Airlines operates. A Rs 1000 voucher is given for all roundtrip flights, and a Rs 500, on all one-way flights. These vouchers could be redeemed on indiaplaza.in (a fabmall.com venture), a press release said. Speaking of this tie-up, Mr Sandeep Murthy, CEO Cleartrip, said,’’This is amongst the first few of the many exciting offers that Cleartrip will launch over the next three months’’. ‘‘Through similar strategic partnerships with various players of the travel and tourism industry, Cleartrip will continue to provide great value propositions to customers,’’ he added. Cleartrip is an one-stop shop for customers, offering convenience, choice, multiple payment options, competitive prices, exclusive destination information and unparalleled customer support.

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World Route Development Forum concludes in Dubai

Mumbai, Sep 21 (UNI) Dubai hosted the 12th World Route Development Forum from September 17 to 19 which was attended by over 2,000 representatives of airlines and airports from across the globe.

The global symposium on air transport liberalisation was held concurrently, a Dubai Tourism Commerce Marketing release here informed.

Dubai is investing around 300 billion dirhams in numerous aviation infrastructure projects, some of which are already underway while some others will be executed in phases over the coming decade, the release said. Till date, the investment in the Dubai International Airport has been 19 billion dirhams, the release said adding that the second phase, to be completed by end of 2007, is worth 15 billion dirhams and will increase the capacity of the airport to 70 million annually.

The previous World Route Development Forums have been held in Cannes, Abu Dhabi, Oslo, London, Rome, Amsterdam, Dublin, Athens, Edinburgh, Madrid and Copenhagen, the release added.

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Do flight attendant schools give wings to aspirants’ dreams?
 
Apurva 
 
Vadodara, September 25: NAMASKAR, welcome to the new high-flying career option of aviation hospitality. Taking off from Vadodara will be students who are either disillusioned with the saturation in Engineering or Medicine or are confused about their careers.

Flight attendant training academies that have sprouted in the city are promising students the sky with job prospects as airline cabin crew or ground staff. However, education experts are doubtful whether these training academies really provide a new career path or are merely taking advantage of a relatively virgin education market in Vadodara. Since August this year, about three new flight attendant academies have been launched in Vadodara, taking the total to six, and with one or two more slated to open soon. According to Priyanka Khosla of Flying Cats Air Hostess Academy, the aviation sector is picking up and there is a constant demand for personnel, which will increase in the near future. But the spurt seems dubious, especially since the city is small and Vadodara airport boasts of only seven flights a day, with only two airlines—Jet Airways and Indian—operating out of here.

 
 
  
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Pervez Damania, executive director of Kingfisher Airlines, who was here in August to inaugurate the Flying Cats academy, tried to throw some light on why these academies are headed to Vadodara.

‘‘There will be a demand in Vadodara since airline companies are running out of parking space in bigger cities like Delhi and Mumbai. So they will have to start parking their aircraft here which will lead to an increase in the air traffic in Vadodara,’’ he said. However, he added that this would happen sometime in the future. What’s interesting, however, is that the academies have claimed in their advertisements that there are at least 15,000 vacancies in the aviation hospitality sector in the country. But there is no guarantee that all these jobs will be available to students from Vadodara. Sapna Gupta from the Air Hostess Academy (AHA) which opened last week put it like this, ‘‘There are at least 30 such academies in Delhi and Mumbai and about 20 in Chandigarh.’’ But, Damania had also said, ‘‘Such institutions do not guarantee placements but increase the students’ chances of entering the aviation sector.’’

Then there are also those who join these academies not with the intention of working with an airline, but only for personality development. Vijay, who has recently joined a flight attendant school, is just 16 and has cleared the SSC exams. He said that he has also enrolled at a college in Makarpura for a diploma in electrical engineering. When asked why he wanted to do the aviation hospitality course, he replied, ‘‘My father has a big business and I need to learn about speaking to people, dressing appropriately and addressing people at gatherings. I am not here to get a job in the aviation hospitality sector.’’

But other students with stars in their eyes don’t mind forking out approximately Rs 1 lakh for a year-long course. Arun Bharadwaj, who is pursuing an MBA, has also joined a flight attendant training school in the meantime. When asked if he was confident about getting a job, Bharadwaj said he had checked up on the internet about vacancies in the hospitality sector and was satisfied with his research. He claims that he read an online article according to which there were 50,000 vacancies in the aviation sector at present.

About placements, he said, ‘‘We were told that if we had the skill set, then there is no need for placements. I believe that and I believe I have the skill set to get myself a job.’’

However, Chirag Patel who works as a groundstaff personnel with an airline, tells a different story. According to him, the training academies give information about vacancies and leave it at that. Patel said, ‘‘The training academies do give students a skill set, but all airlines have their own training module for fresh recruits. So anybody can apply for a job without any training.’’ He also said that there were not many vacancies in this sector since the attrition rate is very low. ‘‘Nobody who gets a salary of Rs 20,000 and above plus free airline tickets wants to give up the job,’’ he said.

A sociology professor from MS University, who did not want to be named, said that many students are attracted to this profession because of the glamour quotient. He also said that a market like this needs people who can afford the high fees, and Vadodara’s middle-class fits the bill. He added that after Class 12 many students are confused and are willing to try something new and unexplored.

‘‘The growth of this sector here could also be because of the misconception that there are more people in Vadodara who can speak English than in any other city in Gujarat,’’ said the professor.

(Some names have been changed to protect privacy)