Goa tourism is expected to get a fillip this Christmas with the likely introduction of seaplanes and heli-tourism, and a little later by the launch of the amphibious bus, tourism minister Dilip Parulekar told TOI.   Parulekar said that the tourism department has given its NOCs to these three ventures and that these companies are now awaiting central government clearances.   For example, the seaplane venture has been issued licences by the tourism department and the captain o Read More....

Concerned about the slums right next to the city airport, Aviation Minister Ashok Gajapathi Raju Pusapati, on Wednesday, wrote to Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan raising a flag about the delay in shifting the slums. Now, the blame game has begun as to who is responsible. While the state government bureaucrats blame the legal tussle between the airport authority, Mumbai International Airport Pvt Ltd (MIAL), and the builder HDIL, that was supposed to rehabilitate the slum dwellers, the builder Read More....

Air India Express will reintroduce the flight between Mangalore and Kuwait in its winter schedule. The winter schedule of Air India Express will be effective October 26. A press release by Air India Express said here on Saturday that it plans to reintroduce the link between Mangalore and Kuwait. Flights from Mangalore to Kuwait were discontinued in February due to the grounding of the leased planes.   It said that the thrice-weekly flights from Mangalore to Kuwait will operat Read More....

Jet Airways in addition to its normal scheduled flight will operate an additional Boeing 737-700 flight between Delhi-Leh-Delhi on September 13, for evacuating stranded passengers at Leh.  The flight 9W 1368 will depart Delhi at 0930 hrs and arrive Leh at 1100 hrs. The return flight 9W 1369 will depart Srinagar at 1135 hrs and arrive Delhi at 1300 hrs.   This flight is in addition to the scheduled daily departures to Leh.  Over the past two days, Jet Airways helped brin Read More....