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Indian Railways' surge pricing: Why strategy for premium trains is myopic and bad move
Jai Mrug •The surge pricing as a business strategy is myopic. In the short run, passengers may be willing to pay and Indian Railways may also make some money. But in the long run, it will turn them away

AirAsia India offers 50% discount on return fares, hits 2.5 mn passenger mark
•AirAsia India reached its 1 million passengers milestone in August 2015

Air passenger traffic grew 24% in February to 74.76 lakh people
Fp Archives •No-frills carrier IndiGo's market share stood at 36.8 percent in February while that of Jet Airways was 18.4 percent

Prabhu raises hopes with Rail Budget 2015, but his assumptions may be unrealistic
Rajesh •Meeting the projections looks too unrealistic at this point in time, unless economy turns around and consumer confidence returns dramatically

Rail Budget 2015: 7 stats Prabhu hopes to beat his predecessors on
Fp Archives •Suresh Prabhu's budget is high on ambition; he has to follow it up with concrete action

Rail budget 2015: Prabhu's big spending push ends the investment drought
Jagannathan •Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu ended a prolonged period of underinvestment in the Indian Railways by proposing a massive 52 percent hike in plan spends, and promises of more in the remaining years of Modi's five-year term
Modi magic in aviation too: Traffic jumps 7% in Aug, 2nd highest globally
Fp Archives •Results for the last two months have been solid, perhaps an early sign of improvement as a result of the new business-supportive government regime



