airlines, Latest News on airlines, Latest Blogs on airlines | Firstpost

FIRSTPOST YOUSPEAK

airlines

Articles

View all articles

Air traffic up in May but Jet finds every fourth seat empty

Jun 18, 2013

Not only did the holiday season in May fill up seats, continuing discounts on spot booking as well as advance purchase also helped airlines get more load on their flights. #Business #WhyNow #Jet Airways #Aviation #SpiceJet #airlines #IndiGo #Air traffic
No money to pay your salaries: Vijay Mallya to Kingfisher staff

Jun 07, 2013

The statement comes a day after a section of the employees sat on a hunger strike at the Kingfisher House in Mumbai, demanding immediate pay of their salaries which have been pending since last August. #Aviation #Kingfisher Airlines #TheySaidIt #Vijay Mallya
IndiGo gets govt nod to import 28 Airbus A320 aircraft

Jun 03, 2013

#IndiGo Airlines #NewsTracker #Aviation #import #Airbus aircraft

Blog posts

View all blog posts

The real purpose of branding...is not what you think

Dec 01, 2012

Why are we willing to pay more a Rolex than a Titan or a Casio? The value comes from branding - and information asymmetry #Kingfisher Airlines #Coca-Cola #Branding #Bisleri #Harley Davidson #In My Opinion #Kissan jam
Kingfisher crisis: Inflated egos lead to business disasters

Oct 23, 2012

Avoid investments in companies where managements let ego affect performance and this includes government-owned companies as well. #air india #ConnectTheDots #Kingfisher Airlines #Vijay Mallya #Kingfisher Crisis
Takia, Mallya Twitter war: What Sidhartha should learn from Kingfisher staff

Feb 07, 2012

#ThatsJustWrong #Kingfisher Airlines #Ayesha Takia #Sidharta Mallya #Natasha Takia

Wire

Economic Times
Airlines' performance improves, lags other industries: US poll

2013-06-18 05:40:00

US consumers are more satisfied with airlines in recent years but the industry still gets relatively low marks, mainly due to the onboard experience, according to a new customer poll released on Tuesday. The American Consumer Satisfaction Index, which su #JetBlue Airways #Days Inn #McDonald's
The Daily Meal
The 10 Best Airlines for Snacking

2013-06-18 18:06:00

We’ve all been there: 30,000 feet in the air, your stomach starts to rumble, and there’s nothing to nosh on. You were too busy dealing with TSA to remember to bring something with you, and now you’re stuck with salty peanuts and stale pretzels. First com #
11Alive | Atlanta
Report: improved customer satisfaction for airlines

2013-06-18 01:46:00

ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) -- With the arrival of the summer travel season, an annual report on customer satisfaction finds airlines improving for a second straight year. Despite rising fees and shrinking services still annoying passengers, airlines climbed t #JetBlue Airways

Editor's picks

Lok Sabha polls 2014: Back to basics for Congress and BJP

With the playing field level, from now on it will be a battle of strategies for the Congress and the BJP
Chidu's 'Ferrari' of reforms has an autorickshaw engine

A slew of economic reforms has been promised this month, but one should not expect anything more than fancy footwork from the FM.
From a fed-up, die-hard fan: An open letter to SRK

Forget all this surrogacy business. The reason we love Shah Rukh Khan is that he’s been one of Bollywood’s smarter actors. But of late, SRK’s been a bit disappointing, complains a fed-up, die-hard fan.
Dhoni has Ganguly's touch but with a difference

Rohit, Kohli, Raina, Jadeja, Ashwin, Bhuvneshwar, Umesh – that’s the core of the Indian team today and perhaps it wouldn’t be wrong to say that they are Dhoni’s boys.

Vajpayee, Advani, Modi: Every leader has given Hindutva a twist

From Vajpayee to Advani to Modi –the Sangh Parivar has come a long way, presenting before India every few years a Hindutva face rendered presentable through a shrewd makeover
Why Nitish 'really' dumped the Modi-led BJP

While prima facie it might seem to be a clash of two strong personalities i.e. Modi and Kumar, there is much more to the split than that.
3 Indias at war: Sensex India, Maoist India, and Bharat

The current tensions in India can directly be traced to three visions of India – one of which will involve breaking the country
Last man standing: Why it's easy to feel sorry for Misbah

Sympathy for a Pakistani cricketer, especially a batsman, is a novel emotion for those of us coming from the 90s.

Fear of the unknown grips the BJP in Bihar

Although the party is maintaining a brave face, the eventuality of a split has left many leaders on tenterhooks.
In Mamata's Bengal: Zero tolerance for rape or protesting against rape?

Bengal tops the list in violence against women. There have been several reports of gang rape in the past few weeks. The Mamata government has taken quick and stern action – against the women protesting the rapes in front of the CM’s residence.
Food security: For poor’s sake, jholawalas must speak up

The subsidy to the rich accounts for more than 7 percent of the GDP while that for the poor, with the food security act, would account for 1.1 percent.
Patients get HIV in Assam hospital after blood transfusion, panic spreads

Many patients who were administered blood from the same blood bank fear the worst.

Why a BJP-JD(U) split will be good for India

Neither UPA nor NDA is an alliance. And the BJP and JD(U) were mere power-sharers, not allies. To grow, alliances have to be built around principles not just power-sharing
Chidu takes comfort in Fitch upgrade, but where are real reforms?

At a press conference, Finance Minister P Chidambaram, however, did not reveal any concrete steps but promised more reforms by August. He said the rupee’s decline is in line with that of the currencies of other countries with high current account deficit like India.
Why cutting interest rates will have little impact on industrial production

The index of industrial production (IIP), a measure of the industrial activity in the country, grew by a meagre 2% in April 2013, in comparison to the same period during 2012. The index was expected to grow by around 2.4% (source: India: Weak growth and sticky retail inflation. Sonal Varma and Aman Mohunta, Nomura). In [...]
Why 'Sir' Ravindra Jadeja is a people's genius

If one was simply to go by numbers, young and jolly Jadeja is on course to be a great. That’s not overrating him — it’s the simple logic of statistics one cannot argue against.

The Aurangzeb factor: 5 lessons from Modi-Advani tussle

Political parties need to have a process for electing leaders. This problem relates more to cadre-based parties such as BJP and CPM.
Why 55-60 to the dollar may be the new normal for rupee

A drop in the US dollar index does not seem to help the rupee; this shows that the Indian currency seems to be marching to its own gloomy beat.
Critics split on Apple iOS 7: Hideous, unoriginal or a thing of pure beauty?

The new design has sparked debates over whether Apple stole the design from Android or Windows 8 or just created an unholy union of the two. We take a look at what the critics are saying:
Is Putin the Salman Khan of international politics?

Is Vladimir Putin the Salman Khan of world politics? Our new columnist, stand-up comedian Gursimran Khamba pontificates.

Advani wins: No free hand for Narendra Modi just yet

What was the senior leader’s specific problem? Well, one is the indecent hurry in which Modi’s is being shoved down the throats of other leaders in the party.
Obama's second innings? As a junior engineer in govt service in India

Is Barack Obama about to sit for an exam for a junior level engineer in India? A man in Rajasthan says he’s got an admit card with Obama’s picture on it from the Staff Selection Commission. Actually on second thought that might not be such a bad second career for the President.
How US industries are trying to use 'treaties' to arm twist India

US companies are blatantly violating international agreements or purely lying, when they accuse India of using TRIPS flexibilities. Americans have spoken the same language against other countries such as Brazil and Thailand, but failed.