Hyderabad Airport to organise shopping festivalSeptember 17th, 2009 HYDERABAD - GMR Hyderabad International Airport Ltd (GHIAL), the operators of Rajiv Gandhi International Airport here, will organize a shopping festival Sep 19-Oct 24, a company official said Thursday. Courtyard Marriott Hotel and Jet Airways, along with all the retail and food and beverage outlets in the airport premises, are sponsoring the festival, said a statement by the company.
Chopper with YSR's body flies to HyderabadSeptember 3rd, 2009 HYDERABAD - An Indian Air Force (IAF) helicopter took off for Hyderabad from Kurnool Thursday with the body of Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy and four others killed in a chopper crash a day earlier.
Air search operation called off due to bad weather: K.RosiahSeptember 2nd, 2009 HYDERABAD - State Finance Minister K.Rosiah on Wednesday said that the air operation had been called off due to inclement weather and less visibility. "The air-search operations would begin by 6.00 to 6.30 on Thursday morning," said State Finance Minister K.Rosiah.
IAF aircraft crashes, both pilots killed in APJuly 31st, 2009 HYDERABAD - An Indian Air Force (IAF) trainer aircraft crashed in Andhra Pradesh Friday, killing both its pilots, police said. A piston-engine HPT-32 aircraft crashed into a farm at Annaram village of Jinnaram Mandal in Medak district, about 100 km from here.
Tata Nano makes showroom debut in HyderabadJuly 14th, 2009 HYDERABAD - Tata Motors on Tuesday rolled out the first commercial consignment of Nano, regarded as the World's cheapest car to be showcased at Hyderabad on Tuesday. "The first consignment has come to Hyderabad.
New aviation regulator to decide on development fee: PatelJuly 9th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The new aviation regulator, Airport Economic Regulatory Authority (AERA), will settle all contentious issues in the aviation sector, including the airport development fee issue, Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel said here Thursday. Replying to questions in parliament, Patel said: "AERA has been constituted by an act of parliament and has started functioning.
Jet Airways may cut 10 percent capacityMarch 30th, 2009 HYDERABAD - India's leading private airline Jet Airways, which cut capacity by 12 percent last year, may reduce it further by 10 percent this year in view of the falling passenger traffic, a top official said here Monday. 'This year we are not increasing capacity.
Air India's Hyderabad-Chicago flight from March 29March 21st, 2009 HYDERABAD - Air India will introduce a daily Hyderabad-Chicago flight via Delhi and Frankfurt March 29, an official said here Friday. Air India deputy general manager (commercial) Ashok Kumar told reporters here that the flight will depart from Hyderabad at 9 p.m.
Unique collection of Nizam's photographs in HyderabadMarch 16th, 2009 HYDERABAD - Mohammed Safiullah, an enthusiastic collector of the rare Nizam photographs in Andhra Pradesh's Hyderabad, is the proud owner of the photographs of the seven Nizams who ruled the state for two centuries till Indian independence in 1947. If 42-year-old historian Safiullah is to be believed, Mir Mohammad Ali Khan was the first Indian ruler to be photographed.
Ahmedabad, Visakhapatnam to host IPL matches tooMarch 10th, 2009 MUMBAI - The second edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) will also see matches in Ahmedabad and Visakhapatnam in addition to the eight cities where they were held last year, IPL chairman and commissioner Lalit Modi said Tuesday. Dharamsala in Himachal Pradesh is also being considered as a new venue, Modi told a press conference here.
US consulate in Hyderabad starts workMarch 5th, 2009 HYDERABAD - Five months after it was inaugurated, the US consulate here has started visa services, fulfilling a long-pending demand of visa seekers from Andhra Pradesh and boosting Hyderabad's image as an international business destination. The consulate started partial functioning Wednesday, taking over 20 percent of the work being handled by the US consulate in Chennai.
Airlines asked to collect development fee while issuing ticketsMarch 2nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - The government Monday asked all airlines flying out of Delhi to collect development fee from the passengers while issuing air tickets, and not when they are checking in at the airport. 'The development fee should then be remitted to DIAL (Delhi International Airport Ltd, the developer of Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport) in line with the system procedure,' a statement issued by the civil aviation ministry said.
Regulator asks airlines to explain fare hikeFebruary 11th, 2009 NEW DELHI - A day after Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel warned airline operators against 'cartelisation', the aviation regulator Thursday asked them to explain the reason for hiking fares and the measures that would be taken to maintain transparency in airfare advertising. The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) in a statement Thursday said: 'All domestic airlines had increased their airfares simultaneously in the second week of February.
CFM International to set up training centre in HyderabadFebruary 10th, 2009 HYDERABAD - Aircraft engine manufacturer CFM International will set up a maintenance training centre here to support all its customers in the South Asian region, it was announced Wednesday. Known as CFM56, the centre will come up in the aerospace park being developed by GMR Hyderabad International Airport Ltd (GHIAL) in the aviation special economic zone (SEZ).
Government defers action on new airports ground-handling policyDecember 30th, 2008 NEW DELHI - The government has postponed by at least six months the implementation of the new ground-handling policy at airports, expected to come into force Thursday, an official said Wednesday. 'The implementation of the new ground-handling policy has been deferred by six months or until further order,' said a spokesperson of the civil aviation ministry.
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