Etihad Airways offering free UAE Visa for Indian passengers from October 15-November 15, 2010
The two types of Visas offered free of charge are Tourist Visa for 30 days and Entry Permit for 14 days. Travellers need to apply for their free online Visa through TT Services at www.ttsuaevisas.com.
Etihad Airways is offering free Visas to people travelling from India to Abu Dhabi, as part of a special promotion of the airline’s Visa processing service launched with TT Services in May this year. Travellers can take advantage of the offer by bookinga flight to the UAE from October 15-November 15, 2010 for travel from October 20 –December 15, 2010.
The two types of Visas offered free of charge are Tourist Visa for 30 days and Entry Permit for 14 days. Travellers need to apply for their free online Visa through TT Services at www.ttsuaevisas.com.
Air Passengers can now switch on their mobiles as plane taxis after Landing
Flyers can now switch on their mobile phones the moment their aircraft lands at any Indian airport and exits the active runway.
The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) on Friday night issued a directive to airlines, asking them to announce the lifting of restriction on mobiles post-landing and allow passengers to do so latest by next Wednesday. However, the ban on use of mobile phones during take-off will remain and passengers will have to switch the cells off when the crew announces.
The order says passengers will not be allowed to use their mobiles only when low visibility conditions prevail at the airport they have landed at, which could include most north Indian cities in winter for 20-30 days. These restrictions remain as mobile phone signals could interfere with the cockpit’s communication with the ATC and hamper safety.
At present, after landing, cabin crew announces that passengers should keep their phones off till the aircraft is taxiing. Now airlines have been asked to suitably amend this announcement.
Kolkata to have second window for Schengen visa
After the German consulate, the French consulate office is gearing up to open its visa section in Kolkata by end of this year.
The French consulate office is expected to handle between 2000 – 3000 visa applications a year by encouraging more people (both business and leisure) from Eastern part of India to visit France
Domestic flights to begin operations from Terminal 3 at New Delhi’s IGIA from October 30, 2010
All Full Service Carriers (FSCs) including Air India & Jet Airways will start flying from Terminal 3 to different cities across the country from the same day.
Domestic flights will start operating from the newly built Terminal 3 (T3) at New Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA) from October 30, 2010, to ensure seamless transfer of international passengers. An official from Delhi International Airport Ltd (DIAL) said that the first domestic flight is scheduled to take off from Terminal 3 at 5 am on October 30, 2010. All Full Service Carriers (FSCs) including Air India, Jet Airways and Kingfisher Airlines will start flying from Terminal 3 to different cities across the country from the same day.
Terminal 1A will be closed from October 30, 2010 onwards. Low Cost Carriers (LCCs) like GoAir, SpiceJet and IndiGo will operate from terminals T1C and T1D following the closing of Terminal 1A. Terminal 3 built by GMR-led consortium Delhi International Airport Ltd, was opened for international flights on July 14, 2010. Operation of domestic flights from Terminal 3 will substantially reduce passenger transfer time and make New Delhi an airline hub. Transfer time for international passengers will be reduced to 60 minutes. For domestic passengers it will be lesser making travelling easier.
The Terminal 3, built over an area of 502,000 square metres, has the capacity to handle 34 million passengers annually. It has increased the total passenger handling capacity of IGIA to 60 million.
India’s Jet Airways is to launch daily, direct flights between Milan and Delhi, effective 5 December 2010.
Jet Airways passengers to Milan, the airline’s twenty-fourth international destination, will be able to enjoy onward connections to over thirty European destinations, including Rome, Paris, London, Düsseldorf, Hamburg, Budapest, Prague, Stuttgart, Warsaw and Zurich, to name a few, with Jet Airways' interline airline partners, comprising some of Europe’s most preferred airlines.
To mark the launch of the airline’s first foray into Italy, Jet Airways is offering a special return Economy introductory fare of INR 17,500/- (excluding taxes) and return Première introductory fare of INR 99,000/- (excluding taxes) for travellers flying to Milan from Delhi, who book their tickets on or before 31 October 2010.
Air France is to launch daily A380 flights between Paris and Montreal from May 2011.
The Quebecois city will be the 4th destination served by the airline’s A380s, after New York in November 2009, Johannesburg in February 2010 and Tokyo in September 2010.
India’s Jet Airways has entered into a reciprocal frequent flyer partnership with BMI.
JetPrivilege members can now earn and redeem JPMiles on the entire network of bmi. Similarly, bmi's Diamond Club members can earn and redeem frequent flyer miles on the entire network of Jet Airways and Jet Airways Konnect.
Jet Airways currently has frequent flyer partnership agreements with twenty-two international airlines, including Air France, All-Nippon Airways, American Airlines, Austrian Airways, Brussels Airlines, Cathay Pacific, Delta, Dragon Air, Emirates, Etihad, Gulf Air, JetLite, Kenya Airways, KLM, Lufthansa, Malaysia Airlines, Qantas, South African Airways, Swiss Air, Turkish Airlines, United Airlines and Virgin Atlantic.
Qatar Airways to Increase Flights to Germany
Qatar Airways is planning to expand its flights to Germany with the introduction of scheduled services to Stuttgart and greater capacity to Munich next year.
Stuttgart, to be served three-times-a-week, will be the Doha-based carrier’s fourth destination in Germany. Known as the “cradle of the automobile industry”, flights to Germany’s sixth largest city will begin on 9 March 2011. At the same time, Qatar Airways will increase frequency on the Doha – Munich route from daily flights to 11 services a week using Airbus A330 wide-body aircraft.
The news comes as Qatar Airways prepares to embark on a huge European expansion drive with the launch of flights to Nice, Budapest, Bucharest and Brussels over a 10 week-period between November 2010 to January 2011.Qatar Airways’ new flights to Stuttgart and additional services to Munich will see the airline operate 31- flights-a-week non-stop from Doha to four destinations across Germany. The carrier already serves Berlin daily and Frankfurt with 10-flights-a-week.
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