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Sunday, September 30, 2007

The World of Hospitality in September

All the Stories we covered in September

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Friday, September 28, 2007

Spice Jet is looking for Cabin Crew

Spice Jet is looking for Cabin Crew

People with pleasing & outgoing personality having passion to serve and the ability to work in a team.

Qualifications:
10+2
Hotel Mgt Degree pref

Nationality: Indian

Age: Min - 19 yrs Max - 25 yrs

Min Height:
Male 5.9 feet
Female 5.3 feet

Weight Proportion to height

Marital Status: Unmarried

Walk In Interview.

Please go with resume & photographs (passport & full size)

Venue

Essex Farms
4, Aurobindo Marg
Hauz Khas
Near IIT Flyover

Date: 29th September

Time: 0900 am - 0430 pm

Dress Code: Western Formal

Females: Straight Skirts (knee lenght) & Shirt

Males: Trouser & Shirt

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Thursday, September 27, 2007

Career in Airlines with Air Deccan

At Air Deccan, India's first Low cost carrier, our endeavor is to bring flying within the reach of every Indian. Today we fly over 350 daily flights across 64 destinations spanning the length and breadth of the country. We are expanding our network to deeper pockets in the interiors of our country to provide improved air connectivity to the nation.

Call Centre Executives

Job Description :
Air Deccan has a 24 / 7 all India call centre which handles reservations, re-scheduling and cancellations of tickets apart from assisting customers with their queries and issues. We are looking for sprightly and energetic males and females who would want to be a part of our vision to “empower every Indian to fly”.

Qualifications: Undergraduates / graduates with minimum 1 year experience. Good communication skills are a must.

Contracts and Insurance Administrator

Job Description :
* Invitation of proposals for short term / long term contracts pertaining to Aircraft operations and maintenance from authorized / recommended vendors.
* Negotiate the terms and conditions with the vendors/suppliers in consultation / conjunction with various sister departments of Air Deccan like the User, Legal, Finance etc.
* Monitoring of the vendor performance with respect to performance / execution of the relevant contracts as per the inputs from the end user.
* Corresponding at Senior Level with all service providers.
* Annual review of the contracts with recommendation for reviewing / revisiting of the contracts.
* Submission of monthly, quarterly and annual reports of all the contracts.
Submission of completion reports/status reports with comments on execution of short term contracts.
* To refer Insurance claims and be the focal point of Air Deccan for insurance related issues.
* To collate and provide required details and documents to the Insurance Company.
* To submit monthly, quarterly and annual reports on the status of all the Insurance claims.
* To maintain close contact with the relevant departments and pursue the claims to its logical conclusion.
* To maintain separate files on each insurance claim, together with all relevant correspondence / cost estimates / final settlement.
* Hold regular meetings with Insurer to establish progress of claims

External Cleaning Manager

Job Responsibilities:
A. Exterior Aircraft cleaning
* Produce a cleaning plan and forecast and work with the contract GHA’s to ensure that the aircraft our cleaned to the schedule,
* Ensure that the quality of the work is maintained and regular monthly audits are maintained on all GHA with respect to cleaning,
* Ensure that aircraft are not damaged during the cleaning process.
Windows scratched paint scratched skins dented etc,
* Produce a cleaning procedure for pressure washing and hand washing listing all approved chemicals to be used
* Ensure that all published company procedures are followed by the relevant GHA
* Negotiate all cleaning contracts and ensure that the GHAs are compliant with the contract
* Ensure that all lapses on the GHA’s side are documented and deducted from the contract on a monthly basis
B. Interior cleaning
* Ensure that daily audits are produced for all interior cleaning monitor and work with the GHA’s to ensure that standards are maintained
* Work with the cabin maintenance manager to produce an annual plan for carpet and seat cover replacements/cleaning stocks of seat covers to be maintained at all bases for replacements were soiled
* Ensure that a deep clean program is planed on a weekly bases for each aircraft work with GHA to ensure standards are maintained
* Monitor cockpit cleaning to ensure that cleaning standards are maintained working with cabin maintenance manager

Qualifications: Graduate with aviation background

Experience: 3 to 5 years in aviation

Head Planning

Job Responsibilities:
* Closely liaise with Sales & Marketing department to create new schedules
* Closely liaise with Operations & Line Maintenance to plan for schedules in consonance with planned operational and maintenance requirements
* Planning of schedules including projected schedules
* Ensure timely inspection and clearance from DGCA and ministry as also approvals from institutions such as MOD, Air Force, and Navy etc.
* Closely liaise with DGCA to ensure planned schedules are approved and cleared for implementation as per Company’s plans
* Slot management including securing of prime time slots to optimize the yield
* Regularly apprise the Management on the progress of clearances and inspection of new airports
* Continuously monitor competitor scheduling plans and apprise the Management
* Ensure advance planning for time disruptions, diversions, airport start up
* Act as the point of initiation for airport start ups and coordinate all connected activities with respect to smooth opening of new airports
* Study the existing schedule and plan for rescheduling flights to optimize yields and loads during low periods of activity
* On time monitoring of flights and innovate to schedule for disruptions
* Secure adhoc DGCA approvals for schedules during low periods of activity
* Plan in advance
* Responsible for securing Adhoc DGCA approvals for no time activity
* Plan for charter operations, advance disruption planning
* Utilize ARMS as the main planning tool and ensure new schedules and changes in schedules are uploaded well in time

Qualifications: Post graduate with aviation background

Experience: 5 to 8 years in aviation

Route Planning Specialists

Qualifications: Graduates

Experience:3-4 years experience from Railways/ Banks/Telecom Companies specializing in route planning and analyzing potential new routes for the airline

Location Bangalore

Air Deccan, 35 Cunningham Road,
Opp Canara Bank,
Bangalore 560052
Email : careers@airdeccan.net

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Two more international flights from Nagpur

Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel flagged off two international flights - to Doha and Dubai - from Dr. Ambedkar International Airport here Monday, further boosting the ongoing multi-modal international hub airport at Nagpur (MIHAN) project.

While Qatar Airways will operate its Nagpur-Doha flight twice a week using a 144-seater Airbus 320 aircraft, Air India Express will operate its Mumbai-Nagpur-Dubai flight thrice a week with a 188-seater Boeing 737-800 aircraft, Patel told reporters after flagging off the flights.

Patel said the National Aviation Company of India's (the company formed after the merger of Air India and Indian Airlines) cargo hub would also start functioning from Nagpur from Dec.

The city airport, which so far had only two international flights - to Sharjah and Bangkok - is poised to host many more global airliners operating their services from here in the near future, thanks to the tremendous interest MIHAN and the Special Economic Zone (SEZ) are generating the world over.

24/09/07 Monsters and Critics.com, UK

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SpiceJet offers cutting edge roving check-in facility

SpiceJet, the most preferred low-cost airline in the country, has now gone live with roving check-in at the Mumbai and Delhi airports and plans to implement it in other 15 airports it flies to in phases.

In contrast to the existing conventional check-in facility where passengers stand in queue for check-in and receive their boarding passes, the roving check-in facility provides hassle free air travel experience where the SpiceJet's staff will approach the passengers directly at the airport with hand-held PDAs and handover their boarding passes on the spot.

Announcing the roving check-in facility, SpiceJet's spokesperson Ajay Jasra said, "SpiceJet has initially inducted the hand-held PDAs and Bluetooth enabled mobile printers at Delhi and Mumbai airport looking at the rising number of passengers. This service, in future, will also be extended to smaller cities like Jaipur, Goa, Guwahati, Varanasi and Kochi."

24/09/07 Moneycontrol.com

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SpiceJet connects Chennai to Port Blair

SpiceJet is now starting its services from Chennai to Port Blair.

The airline made this announcement within two weeks of its commitment to start its services to Port Blair from Kolkata. With the induction of the two new Boeing 737-800 aircraft, the daily direct flight service on both the sectors will commence from 5th October 2007.

Port Blair will be the 16th destination that SpiceJet will be flying and with the expansion of its network, the airline will be operating 96 flights a daily.

24/09/07 Moneycontrol.com

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Kingfisher begins service in new sector

Kingfisher Airlines has commenced its operation in a new sector connecting all the three airports in Kerala.

The new schedule commenced with effect from September 24. The airline is using ATR type, 66-seater aircraft.

With the introduction of the new schedule, Kochi will be well-connected to all airports in the state and this will be the first regular flight connecting Kochi with Mangalore.
Connecting Cochin International Airport with other nearby airports will make Kochi an air-hub in the southern region and passengers from the southern and northern region can have easy access to major destinations in the world. Connection to Mangalore will be of great help to the pilgrims undertaking trips to Mookambika temple, and the connection to Goa will definitely boost the tourism potential.

25/09/07 Newindpress

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Lankan airlines now eyes Mangalore

Sri Lankan Airlines, the national carrier of Sri Lanka , with connectivity to 51 destinations in 30 countries, may include Mangalore in its destination map in the near future.

Manoj Gunawardena, Head, Worldwide Passenger Sales, Sri Lankan Airlines, told Deccan Herald that the company was looking at the possibility of launching tier-2 city operations. Mangalore and Port Blair had been listed in this regard.

The airline would operate 100 flights every week to India by October end, with the launch of Colombo-Coimbatore operations by October-end. Coimbatore would be the airline's 11th destination in India .

Meanwhile, Sri Lankan Airlines Manager (TN and Karnataka) Mohan de S Meegolle said that the airline offered a host of services. He also said that he had held talks with the Mangalore airport director on the proposal to introduce flights between Mangalore and Colombo .

25/09/07 SahilOnline, United Arab Emirates

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Qatar Airways launches flights to Nagpur

Qatar Airways yesterday celebrated the launch of scheduled flights to the central Indian city of Nagpur marking the airline's seventh destination in India.

The Civil Aviation Minister of India, the Honourable Praful Patel, was among the guests at Dr. Ambedkar International Airport in Nagpur to welcome the first flight and the airline's Chief Executive Officer Akbar Al Baker who flew on the inaugural from Doha.

Flight QR288 touched down at the city's airport to a welcome ceremony, which included Indian dancing and the symbolic traditional lighting of the lamp, seen as an auspicious occasion to herald launches.

Qatar Airways is the only full-service scheduled international airline from the Middle East flying to Nagpur. The launch of twice-weekly flights between Doha, capital of the State of Qatar, and Nagpur takes the airline's burgeoning network across India to 44 services a week.

The Nagpur route is being operated with an Airbus A320 aircraft in a two-class configuration of 12 seats in Business Class and 132 in Economy.

25/09/07 ArabianBusiness.com (press release), United Arab Emirates

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United Announces F/A Hiring Plans for 2008

United Airlines plans to continue hiring flight attendants through the end of 2008. After a strong year of flight attendant hiring in 2007, United now plans to hire up to 2,200 flight attendants next year and will conduct weekly flight attendant training classes from January through November, 2008.

Domiciles

According to United, although the airline has many flight attendant domiciles, new-hire flight attendants can expect initial base assignments to be at one of the following locations:

San Francisco (SFO/OAK)
Los Angeles (LAX/BUR)
Chicago (ORD)
Denver (DEN)
Boston (BOS)
Washington (DCA/IAD/BWI)
New York (JFK/LGA)
Compensation

Flight Attendant salary is established by the United/Association of Flight Attendants contract. There are many factors that determine what a Flight Attendant’s earnings will be including the number of hours flown, whether domestic or international, ground delays, flying on holidays, etc. The expected average gross salary for a first year flight attendant should be in the range of $18,000 - $20,000. Average per diem first year is an additional $3,000 - $4,000. Under the current flight attendant contract, per diem is $1.50 per hour for domestic flights, and $1.75 per hour for international flights.

Reserve flight attendants for United are guaranteed a minimum of 75 credited hours of pay per month, although the company may schedule you up to 92 hours per month. The base hourly rate for a 1st year FA is $17.56 for Domestic flights and $18.08 for International flights, not including any per diem or pay differentials. There are also yearly raises based on the flight attendant contract. Veteran flight attendants who maximize their time and fly international routes have the potential to earn over $60,000 per year.

Training

Flight Attendant Training is tuition free, unpaid and will last for 7 weeks. The Training Center is located on United's Operations Center campus in Elk Grove Township, just outside of Chicago. Training is incorporated over a 7-week period that includes a minimum of one day off per week.

During the seven-week intensive training program flight attendants will be trained through a variety of learning experiences including several training flights.

Room and board is provided at no cost during training. At the beginning of training a meal card is issued with a daily meal allowance to be used in United’s cafeteria. There are two phases of training. Flight attendants selected to participate in Phase II will receive $1500.00 incentive pay.

United currently has 15,121 flight attendants with an average seniority of 17.75 years

Minimum Qualifications

The following are the minimum qualifications required to be considered for a position as a United flight attendant:

High School Diploma / GED
21 Years of Age
English fluency is required; second language preferred
Must have the legal right to work in the United States and the ability to make multiple entries and exits for all countries that United Airlines serves.
Passion for customer service
Flexible and dependable
Possess a valid passport
Meet all physical requirements of the job
Interview Profile

The United interview process consists of an online application for a self-scheduled interview, which you can plan for as early as the next day; successful applicants will be contacted by phone for the invitation to the first interview in which applicants will interview one-on-one with a recruiter in various domicile cities. In the second interview, selected candidates will attend a group interview in Chicago, followed by a one-on-one interview with a Human Resources representative. All applicants are asked the same set of questions, which can vary from interview session to interview session. Successful applicants will be offered the job immediately at the end of the interview session. United Airlines provides air travel on United Airlines for interview(s) in Chicago.

United/Spherion requires that you sign a confidentiality agreement before leaving the interview.

Corporate Info

United Airlines operates more than 3,600 flights a day on United, United Express and Ted to more than 210 U.S. domestic and international destinations from its hubs in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Denver, Chicago and Washington, D.C.

With key global air rights in the Asia-Pacific region, Europe and Latin America, United is one of the largest international carriers based in the United States. United is also a founding member of Star Alliance, which provides connections for our customers to 842 destinations in 142 countries worldwide.

United currently has a fleet of about 500 aircraft including:

Airbus 319/A320
Boeing 737
Boeing 747
Boeing 757
Boeing 767
Boeing 777
How to Apply

All candidates apply online at www.united.com/flightattendant.

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JET AIRWAYS -The best airline in India is looking out for CUSTOMER SERVICE ASSOCIATES

JET AIRWAYS -The best airline in India is looking out for CUSTOMER SERVICE ASSOCIATES-Day shift

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Wednesday, September 26, 2007

Polls Last Week

Polls Last Week

Poll 1
I think I am ready for a promotion..

Yes	15 (78%)
No	4 (21%)

Votes : 19

Poll 2
I deserve atleast _% more salary:

10% or less	1 (2%)
10% - 25%	6 (17%)
25% - 50%	14 (40%)
more than 50%	14 (40%)

Votes : 35

Poll 3
What's more glamorous?

Airlines	75 (87%)
Hotels	11 (12%)

Votes: 86

This week we are running one poll across three blogs.

Poll Question : Is there a lie on your resume?
Even a small little one...is it there?

Yes
No

To answer to you can go to any of the following pages:
>http://myhospitalityjobs.blogspot.com/
>http://thehospemag.blogspot.com/
>http://myairlinecareer.blogspot.com/

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Monday, September 24, 2007

Cabin Crew Manager - Dubai - Emirates

Cabin Crew Manager

Dubai

The Position:

The Cabin Crew Manager is responsible for providing proactive and customer based front-line management to a large, remote and culturally diverse Cabin Crew community.

We are looking for an experienced professional who would have responsibility for managing ongoing crew performance, motivation and development through direct contact and agreed Service Delivery Standards.

The role holder has the opportunity to mentor, engage and empower a culturally rich and diverse group of Service Professionals to deliver the highest standards of onboard service excellence.

Salary & Benefits: We offer an attractive tax-free salary, paid in Dirhams, the local currency of the UAE. The Dirham is linked to the Special Drawing Right of the International Monetary Fund and it has been held constant against the US dollar since the end of 1980 at a mid-rate of approximately US$1="Dh3.66." Besides generous travel benefits normally associated with an airline, this managerial role also has excellent leave and health care packages, accommodation, power and water paid for, along with transport benefits, life insurance and other employee benefits making the role attractive to high performers. By viewing the 'Dubai Lifestyle' section in the careers website you can also consider the many benefits of Dubai as a location to live and work in

Experience and Qualifications:

* A Degree is preferable but not essential.
* 8 years experience with at least 5 years at a managerial level preferably in a major airline and/or customer service industry.
* Experience in delivering results through large work groups is essential.

The Emirates Group is a highly profitable business with a turnover of approximately US$ 9 billion and over 31,000 employees. The Group comprises of Dnata, the successful Airport Ground Services and Travel Industry division, and Emirates, the Group's rapidly expanding and award winning international Airline. Emirates global network now sees it flying to over 85 destinations in 59 countries, and with aircraft orders worth over $US 35 billion identified, Emirates fleet will grow to over 200 wide-bodied jets by 2013, with many more destinations coming on line.
With the Group now hiring over 5,000 new staff every year, essential to business success will be the ongoing employment of high quality people to join our multi-cultural team of over 130 nationalities. Dubai, a tourism centre and modern cosmopolitan city with high standards of healthcare, education and leisure pursuits for residents offers one of the most desirable lifestyle locations in the world. In addition to lifestyle and tax free salary benefits, the Emirates Group also offers professional development opportunities to help employees develop new skills and grow their careers successfully. These are both internal through e-Learning and leadership development courses and external through relationships with tertiary institutions globally, including Executive education programmes at world class Business Schools and Universities.

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Kingfisher to use expats on ground

Government’s refusal to give permission to use foreign cabin crew in domestic flights has not deterred liquor baron Vijay Mallya from giving an international touch to his domestic airline operations. Kingfisher Airlines has shortlisted over 50 expats professionals — largely from East European countries — to be placed at major metro airports as guest service relations (behind check-in counters and assisting passengers).

“Once they get a firsthand experience of the Indian operations, they would be deployed on international flights as cabin crew,” said a senior Kingfisher executive. The first batch is expected to be seen at major airports by November this year.

This would be a run-up to Kingfisher launching its international operations by April next year, if the government relaxes the mandatory five-year domestic operations norm for private airlines.

Kingfisher had in July sought DGCA’s nod for flying expat cabin crew in domestic routes. But Government put its foot down over the issue.

17/09/07 Sudipto Dey/Economic Times

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More Singapore Airlines flights from Chennai

Singapore Airlines has announced the commencement of three additional services from Chennai, taking the total number to 10 times a week. In addition to the night flights seven days a week, there will be morning flights every Sunday, Wednesday and Friday from Chennai to Singapore.

The airline will use the Boeing 777-200 aircraft with a two-class configuration - 30 Business and 293 Economy Class seats - for this service, offering more connection options to several cities in the carrier's global network especially Australia, New Zealand and the north Asia region.

The airline will switch to a three-class seat arrangement from October 2007.

17/09/07 R Rangaraj/Chennai Online

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Kingfisher Airlines May Sell Stake After It Turns Profitable

Kingfisher Airlines Ltd., owned by India's biggest brewer, may sell shares to investors after it becomes profitable as it seeks to expand in India and abroad.
``When Kingfisher turns to profit, which we expect to be in financial year '09, that's the time to consider placing Kingfisher equity,'' Chairman Vijay Mallya said in an interview in London

Billionaire Mallya's Kingfisher Airlines, which began flights in May 2005, is betting rising demand for travel in the world's second fastest-growing economy after China, will help it make profits. India's air travel market is estimated to surge sixfold to 180 million passengers by 2020, the government said in April. Turning profitable will help the 51-year old Mallya raise more money from investors.
``We have many options open to us, but parting with equity or diluting UB's stakeholding in Kingfisher will only be at the right price,'' he said.
Meanwhile, Mallya's UB Group, which owns the airline, will continue to fund the carrier's expansion. Kingfisher, named after the UB Group's best-selling beer brand, operates about 187 flights everyday.

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SpiceJet plans more flights and hotel tie-ups

Pune: More take-offs on existing routes, package deals with the hospitality industry, and even an entry into the international markets, is what SpiceJet has on the cards for itself.

According to Kamal Hingorani, vice-president, marketing and planning, SpiceJet, the month of October could see the airline commencing flights from Pune to Chennai, Hyderabad and Ahmedabad.

Pune-Chennai would have a daily, direct flight, while it would fly Pune-Hyderabad on all days except Tuesday. The Pune-Ahmedabad flight would be weekly service every Tuesday.

Hingorani said that there would be four departures and arrivals. Inaugural fares are to be pegged at Rs1,699 for the Pune-Chennai route, and Rs799 for the Pune-Hyderabad route, plus taxes as applicable.

The Pune-Ahmedabad route was somewhat of a relaunch for the airline, as previously it had been a night slot that had been discontinued.

SpiceJet is also planning flights to Port Blair, which would originate from Chennai and Kolkata. Also on the anvil are plans to connect Pune with Kochi and Goa. These flights are expected to taxi onto the Pune runway, once it's resurfacing is completed around March 2008.

Incidentally, SpiceJet has also reduced its Delhi-Mumbai flights from six to one.

Hingorani also said that SpiceJet was negotiating with hospitality companies in Goa and Kochi, for possible tie-ups with three- and four-star hotels. Presently, the airline was targeting only stand-alone hotels in these cities, and expects to launch these packages in about three months.

SpiceJet is awaiting government approval for going international. Hingorani added that the airline has identified West and South East Asia to as its first ports of call for its international operations. The South East Asian locations would probably be Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur and Singapore while the foremost location in West Asia would be Dubai, according to the company.

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InterGlobe plans exclusive airport to handle private, business jets

Gurgaon-based airplane selling and servicing company InterGlobe General Aviation Pvt. Ltd is in talks with several companies, including Reliance Industries Ltd, the Tata group and Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group (R-ADAG) to set up a dedicated airport facility for private and business jets.

InterGlobe, promoted by InterGlobe Enterprises, which has promoted low-fare airline IndiGo, plans to invest in fixed base of operations, popularly known as FBO, for private jets that are much smaller than passenger planes. FBOs are exclusive facilities that offer parking, fuelling, ground handling, maintenance, pilot management and other services for private jets of wealthy individuals or corporate houses.

However, a personal familiar with the situation, who didn’t want to be named, said InterGlobe was in discussions with business groups such as Reliance and the Tatas. Executives of these companies declined to comment for this story.
Some of these companies are keen to develop the Juhu airport as a FBO while other options are evaluated in Delhi, Chennai and Kolkata.

21/09/07 P.R. Sanjai/Livemint

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Deccan, SpiceJet lose mkt share

Hit by monsoon blues, budget carriers, Air Deccan and SpiceJet, have suffered loss in market share during July 2007 — the latest month for which official traffic data is available. According to Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) figures, full-service carriers marginally increased their market share during the month.

Country’s largest low-cost carrier, Air Deccan, saw its market share going down to 16.1% in July this year, down by 2 percentage points as compared to the previous month. SpiceJet’s share stood at 7.7% during the month as against 7.7% in June.
SpiceJet’s seat factor declined to 71.4% during July as compared to 77.9% in June. Seat factor of Air Deccan fell too sharply in July to 67.7% from 84.8% in June. The declining share of the two low-cost players is probably on account of hike in fares which has improved their revenues.

SpiceJet officials, however, could not be contacted for comment. Market share of full service airlines — Indian, Jet Airways and Kingfisher –– increased marginally. The market share of Indian went up to 20.5% in July as compared to 19.8% in June. Jet, the market leader, increased its share to 22.7% as compared to 22% in the previous month. Kingfisher increased its market share to 13% in July as compared to 12.9% in June.

22/09/07 Nirbhay Kumar/Economic Times

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Friday, September 21, 2007

PVR Cinemas is looking for Hospitality Professionals

PVR Cinemas is looking for Hospitality Professionals

PVR is looking for the following postions:

> Cinema Manager - PVR GOLD (Job Code - 01)

Hotel Mgt Graduate
28 - 32 yrs exp
5 - 7 yrs exp

> Guest Relations Executive (Job Code - 02)

Ladies
18 - 25 yrs
pleasing personality
hotel mgt pref

> Guest Relations Associate (Job Code - 03)

Part Time / Full Time
Ladies
18 - 25 yrs
pleasing personality
Any cabin crew training will be pref

> Duty Manager (Job Code - 04)

Hotel Mgt Graduate
28 - 32 yrs exp
Exp in managing restaurants/ fast food outlets

> House Keeping Executive (job Code - 13)

Hotel Mgt Graduate
Hotel Houskeeping Exp

send your resume to careers@pvrcinemas.com

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Indiatimes Travel is looking ...

Indiatimes Travel is an online travel portal.
It is a full service one-stop shop selling entire gamut of travel services ranging from air-tickets, budget hotel bookings, group & corporate travel, domestic & international holiday packages.

They are looking for the following people:

> Reservation & Ticketing
- Senior Officer ; you should have 1 yr exp in IATA Agency

> Out Bound Holidays
- Senior Officer / Assistant Manager; 3yrs+ exp in Outbound division of a Tour Operator

> Hotels
- Assistant Manager - Hotels; 3yrs + in Hotel contracting

> Domestic Packages
- Senior Officer; 2yrs+ in handling local tourist destinations, inbound & domestic

> International Ticketing
- Senior Officer - Reservations & Ticketing; 2 yrs in International Ticketing preferably a travel agency with working knowledge of Galilieo & Amadeus

> Corporate Operations
- Senior Officer - Reservation & Ticketing; 2 yrs with a Travel Agency

> Marketing Manager

> Business Development Manager

send your resume to telresumes@indiatimes.co.in

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Qatar Airways continues Indian expansion policy

Qatar Airways has further expanded into India with the launch of scheduled flights to Nagpur and Ahmedabad.

Both destinations allow the cargo operations to serve as transporter to a wide range of Indian industries. The Qatar-based company has targeted the automotive, chemicals and pharmaceuticals sectors in Nagpur, and will be carrying textiles and woollen goods from Ahmedabad.

Having rapidly expanded its freighter network and number of worldwide destinations during 2007, Qatar Airlines Cargo believes the recent addition of a third Airbus A300-600F will allow for further expansion.
"Currently we are looking at operating a freighter to Thiruvananthapuram, but cannot confirm any dates at this stage," said Batten.

ArabianBusiness.com (press release), United Arab Emirates

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40 more cities to be on air map

The Ministry of Civil Aviation is planning to start flights connecting about 120 cities in the country from the current 81 cities, said Praful Patel, Union Minister for Civil Aviation.

Inaugurating the new arrival terminal 1B at the Chatrapati Shivaji International Airport (CSIA) at Mumbai, he said the new routes would be announced in near future.
The modernisation and expansion of airports at Banagalore and Hyderabad will be complete by March next year. Once the proposed airports at Navi Mumbai, Pune, Nagpur and Aurangabad come up by 2011-12, the Centre would open up new routes to these destinations connecting Lathur, Nanded, Amaravati and Akola in Maharashtra, Patel said.

Commenting on the proposed expansion plans of the airport, Maharashtra Chief Minister Vilas Rao Deshmukh said the rehabilitation of people would be done "with a humanitarian face" while acquiring land for the expansion.

GV Krishna Reddy, chairman, Mumbai International Airport Pvt Ltd (MIAL), said the new terminal was constructed with an expenditure of over Rs 130 crore (Rs 1.3 billion). MIAL has spent over Rs 600 crore (Rs 6 billion) since May 2006 for the upgrade of the airport. It plans to install 11 aerobridges at the CSIA by next year and tenders have been floated, he said.

MIAL is the first public-private partnership in India to maintain airports, a joint venture between the GVK-SA consortium and Airports Authority of India (AAI) to modernise and upgrade the Chatrapati Shivaji International Airport(CSIA).

Business Standard/Rediff

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Chidambaram inaugurates Jet Airways hub in Brussels

Finance Minister P Chidambaram, inaugurated the exclusive Jet Airways international hub at the Brussels airport on Monday, making Jet Airways the first Indian airline to have full scale operations outside India.

Jet Airways recently launched international flights out of Delhi and Mumbai to destinations in North America. All its international flights fly through Brussels.
The hub is the only of its kind at the Brussels airport, which is Europe's sixth largest. It is self-sufficient and exclusive to Jet Airways with exclusive security channels for its passengers, exclusive shopping arcade, lounges and restaurants serving Jet passengers, Naresh Goyal, the chairman of Jet Airways said.

In the beginning Jet Airways will operate 10 daily flights from the Brussels hub, connecting Indian cities to places in USA and Canada. But the airline expects to expand and operate up to 35 flights ex-Brussels in future connecting India to European and African destinations.

Goyal also said that his airline was negotiating agreements to operate flights from Brussels to Shanghai, Dhaka and Colombo.

PTI/Economic Times

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Jet bags international award for best inflight entertainment

India's largest private air carrier Jet Airways has been honoured with the Avion Award for the Best Overall In-Flight Entertainment (IFE) for small airlines worldwide.

"Jet Airways was judged on the basis of its commitment to excellence in creating one of the most comprehensive in-flight entertainment systems in the world with some of the most special and unique programming features," the company said in a statement here on Wednesday.

The award was given at the Annual Conference and Exhibition of the World Airline Entertainment Association (WAEA) in Toronto recently.

Jet Airways was adjudged the best airline by Skytrax, the leader in airline passenger opinion studies about in-flight entertainment, which assessed the winners from a two-month survey of more than 36,000 airline passengers worldwide.

19/09/07 IANS/Economic Times

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Paramount plans to fly abroad, talks on for aircraft

Paramount Airways Pvt. Ltd is in talks with aircraft makers Boeing Co. and Airbus Industrie to buy six wide-bodied planes with an aim of launching international operations by fiscal 2011.

The airline, which has so far restricted itself to southern India with an all-Embraer fleet of five leased aircraft, also plans to establish a new aircraft maintenance facility in Madurai in collaboration with Brazilian aircraft manufacturer Empresa Brasileira de Aeronáutica SA at an estimated $40-60 million (Rs161-242 crore) investment.

“We are evaluating both wide-bodied aircraft—(Boeing’s) 787 and 350 XWB (Xtra Wide-Body of Airbus),” said Paramount’s chairman M. Thiagarajan on the airline’s growth plans. He did not specify when the deal could be sealed.

Dinesh Keskar, vice-president for sales at Boeing, confirmed initial talks with Paramount.

Paramount’s five 70-seater aircraft are capable of flying four hours non-stop and may also connect nearby destinations in South-East Asia such as Singapore if the government relaxes rules for flying international routes.

20/09/07 Tarun Shukla/Livemint

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Reliance eyes travel foray

The Mukesh Ambani-promoted Reliance Retail’s plans to enter the travel space is gaining momentum. The company has applied to the International Air Transport Association (IATA), the industry body for accreditation and registration of travel agents and airlines, for starting a travel agency outlet in Mumbai.

The company plans to be in the entire gamut of travel-related business offering services like ticketing, hotel rooms, holiday packages, travel insurance, car rentals, among other products. Sources in the travel and airline business told ET that Reliance Retail has drawn out plans to set up 140 travel outlets in India and abroad.

Even though a senior IATA executive confirmed the development, a Reliance spokesperson declined to comment. It usually takes up to two months for accreditation formalities to get completed.

“As part of Reliance’s retail strategy, they now want to tap the tier II and III towns in India by providing them access to superior travel services,” an industry source revealed.

20/09/07 Sudipto Dey & Moinak Mitra/Economic Times

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Thursday, September 20, 2007

WITT society launches in India

Non-profit organisation, WITT (Women in Travel & Tourism), has been recently launched in India with the single-minded objective to help and support women who aim to pursue their education and further their careers in the travel, tourism and hospitality industries.

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Monday, September 17, 2007

Singapore Airlines furthers business in south India

Aiming to strengthen its business in south India, Singapore Airlines on Wednesday announced a slew of measures that include additional flights, special discounts and a revamped menu.

"Three more services have been added to the existing seven, on Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays. Silk Air, a wholly owned subsidiary of Singapore Airlines, will start services from Coimbatore to Singapore from October 28," said Bharat Mahadevan, regional manager of Singapore Airlines.

The Airline will now offer South Indian cuisine for its passengers on the Chennai-Singapore route and has also come up with a Rs 5,555 round trip scheme, bookings for which will start tomorrow.

12/09/07 PTI/Economic Times

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News: Jet Airways planning Bahrain flights

India' largest private airline, Jet Airways, is planning to fly to Bahrain from early next year, it emerged yesterday.

The carrier has applied for Indian government permission to fly to the "lucrative" Gulf routes, including Bahrain, but would not actually start operations before January next year, sources told the GDN.

"It is a positive development in case the go-ahead is given to us," said Jet Airways Dubai-based Gulf regional manager Shakir Kantawala.

"We have not heard anything concrete yet, but are hoping for a favourable development," he said. Mr Kantawala said that the Gulf was a lucrative route to operate to, with Bahrain and the UAE "growing tremendously".

"In addition, Qatar is poised for rapid and dramatic growth. In all this, we would fit in perfectly," he said.

Sources told the GDN that Jet had applied for flights to six Gulf destinations from next year.

13/09/07 Mandeep Singh/Gulf Daily News, Bahrain

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News: Air India to float its IPO in the market

Air India employees have a reason to cheer.

The government plans to make them shareholders in the new Air India carved by merging Indian and Air India.

According to sources 5% of the IPO that will hit the markets in a year or more will go to employees as esops. The offer price has been pegged at Rs 10 per share.

Merchant banking sources say that the Government of India is likely to raise between Rs 2,400 crore and Rs3,800 crore through the proposed public issue of Air India.

This figure is based on the assumption that the government will offer 20-25 percent of the airline's stock.

14/09/07 CNN-IBN

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News: Jet eyes daily Doha-Kozhikode and Doha-Mumbai flights

Jet Airways, is likely to have daily services from Doha to Mumbai and Kozhikode, when operations start next January.

Sources in Doha said the general sales agent, Cleopatra Travels, was “trying to have daily operations” though no final decision had been taken.

India’s civil aviation ministry on Friday decided to grant traffic rights to Jet Airways on the India-Gulf/Middle East routes with effect from January 1.

Indian expatriates welcomed the decision. They feel a choice of carriers will at least improve the services, if not bring down the high fares in the sector. Although Qatar-India fares are regulated by the civil aviation authorities in this country, expatriates are hoping that fares would soon be determined by market conditions, as they are in many countries including the UAE.

According to the New Delhi decision, Jet can offer 2,100 seats to Qatar a week - 1,050 on the Mumbai-Doha route and 1,050 on the Kozhikode-Doha sector.

Jet could make a bigger impact in the Kozhikode sector, because the average daily quota of 150 seats is double the current availability.

Currently only state-owned carrier Indian offers a non-stop service to Kozhikode from Doha.

16/09/07 Gulf Times, Qatar

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Recruitment of Cabin Crew

Inflight Air Hostess Training Institute has been asked to assist in the recruitment of Cabin Crew for some of the Leading names in Aviation.

Send in your resume to ahtinet@lycos.com

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LIVEWEL aviation services is looking

LIVEWEL aviation services is looking for the following positions for its operations at the Delhi Airport

Customer Service Assistants

Duty Manager

Contact 011 - 64622566/67

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ITFT Annual JOB FEST!

ITFT is an institute focussed on the hospitality, airlines & toursim industry.
It is a market leader in Chandiagrh & North of India.

ITFT manages an annual JOB FEST, where job seekers get to meet recruitment professionals from leading companies.

I urge to participate in the Job Fest.

Visit www.itftjobsfest.com to register.

or contact 93160-60888; 99140-96708

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Sunday, September 16, 2007

Positions with Delhi International Airport...

About DIAL

Delhi International Airport (P) Limited (DIAL) is a Public Private Partnership Initiative that has been awarded the mandate for modernization and restructuring of the Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi. DIAL comprises the GMR Group, Airports Authority of India, Fraport AG, Eraman Malaysia and India Development Fund.

The mandate is to operate, maintain, develop, design, construct, upgrade, modernise, finance and manage the airport for a period of 30 years till 2036 with a further option to extend it by 30 years. GMR Group holds 50.1% of equity in the project, Airports Authority of India holds 26%. Fraport & Eraman Malaysia hold 10% each and IDF has a 3.9% holding.

These are the positions available:

>Airport Operations

- Associate Vice President, Customer Service Delivery (job code: AVP/CSD/OPS/P01)
you should be an MBA, 40 - 45 yrs, from Aviation/Hospitality background with atleast 10 yrs exp in an international airport environ.

>Airport Duty Manager

- Associate General Manager (Job Code: AGM/ADM/OPS/P03)
age group 35 - 45 yrs. Min 12 yrs exp in Airport/Airline Industry

>Customer Service
-Manager (Job Code: M/CS/OPS/p01)

MBA pref. 30 - 35 yrs. 8 yrs plus exp in Aviation/Hospitality

>Terminal Managers
- Manager (Job Code : M/TM/OPS/P11)

MBA pref. 30 - 35 yrs. 8 yrs plus exp in Aviation/Hospitality

Send your resume to jobs.dial@gmrgroup.in
Please mention the Job Code in the subject.
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Polls we ran last week!

Do you like your boss?

Yes	50 (69%)
No	22 (30%)

Votes: 72

I Am Happy With My Salary

Yes	14 (18%)
No	60 (81%)

Votes 74

How much should an annual increment be?

10% or less	1 (1%)
10% - 25%	28 (46%)
25% - 50%	24 (40%)
more than 50%	7 (11%)

Votes 60

Polls we running this week:

You think you are ready for a promotion?

Yes
No

To vote go to: http://thehospemag.blogspot.com/

What's more glamorous?
Hotels
Airlines

To vote go to: http://myairlinecareer.blogspot.com/

I deserve atleast _% more salary:

10% or less

10% - 25%

25% - 50%

more than 50%

To vote go to: http://myhospitalityjobs.blogspot.com/

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Friday, September 14, 2007

Travel Jobs.....

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Avalon Aviation Academy launches New Centres in Delhi, NCR

Avalon Aviation Academy, the aviation training wing of Aptech Limited, the Global Learning Solutions Company, has announced the launch of new centres across Delhi and NCR.

To cater to the needs of aspirants for world-class quality aviation training, Avalon Aviation Academy, has launched centres in South Extension and Rajouri Garden, besides its already existing centre at Gurgaon. The institute is also coming up with two more centres in Kamla Nagar and Ghaziabad.

“Aviation has become one of the most sought after career options these days. To cater to the growing demand of the students, we are launching these centres in different locations all over the city. All centres are easily accessible to the student community residing in the various parts of Delhi and NCR,” informs Ms. Preeti Malik, Head - Avalon Aviation Academy.

The centre at South Extension will cater to students of South Delhi, Kamla Nagar centre for North Delhi and the University students, Rajouri Garden for West Delhi, Ghaziabad (UP) and Gurgaon (Haryana) for students staying in East Delhi and NCR.

14/09/07 India PRwire (Press Release)

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IndiGo to launch daily flight from Goa to Kochi on Sept 16

The low-fare domestic airline will launch its daily flight on the Mumbai-Goa-Kochi route on September 16, with the newly acquired Airbus A320 from Airbus in Toulouse, France operating along the route.

The chief commercial officer of IndiGo, Mr Sanjay Kumar, informed this daily that the one-way fare from Goa to Kochi will be Rs 999, while the one-way fare from Goa to Mumbai will be Rs 500. “The airline already has a Goa-Delhi daily flight since last November,” he added.

Speaking further, Mr Kumar said that there was no direct flight available from Goa to Kerala, in spite of the fact that large segment of tourists, both Indian and international, travel to and fro between these tourist states. He also pointed out, “large number of people from Kerala have settledA in Goa and regularly visit their native land.”

Mr Kumar maintained that affordable fares, on-time performance and hassle-free travel are three aspects strictly followed by IndiGo.

13/09/07 Navhind Times

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State govts lining up sops to attract airlines

At least a dozen Indian states are offering financial concessions and infrastructural facilities to airlines to step up air connectivity in their cities.

These states are considering reduction in sales taxes and offering soft loans to airlines as compensation for servicing far-flung areas that were previously not part of air networks. Linking small cities is often financially unviable for a scheduled carrier. Some of the states are also upgrading airstrips to potentially handle small planes.

Consulting firms such as Infrastructure Leasing & Financial Services Ltd (IL&FS), Infrastructure Development Finance Co. Ltd (IDFC) and Feedback Ventures Pvt. Ltd are assisting some of the state governments in wooing airlines as well as in upgrading airports.

The Uttarakhand government, for instance, has invited expression of interest from airline operators having valid licences for operating commercial flights in the state.

IL&FS is also currently working on similar projects for Rajasthan and Gujarat.
Feedback Ventures had earlier assisted the Karnataka government to develop airports at various places including Hassan, Shimoga, Bijapur, Raichur and Gulbarga, as a preliminary step to boost air connectivity.

The Kerala government is also formulating concessions for airlines to increase the connectivity within the state as well as flights to other states.

The north-eastern states of Meghalaya, Assam, Tripura, Mizoram, Manipur, Nagaland and Arunachal Pradesh have also invited airline operators to increase routes in their states.

14/09/07 P.R. Sanjai/Livemint

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More greenfield airports on anvil

The aviation industry in India is gearing up for the next phase of its airport modernisation and expansion programme for greenfield airports.

The ministry of civil aviation has given its approval for construction of greenfield airports at Navi Mumbai and Goa in public-private partnership model.

Navi Mumbai is the most significant new airport project in India, and will be Mumbai’s second airport. The construction of this facility is critical for the city with the current airport expected to reach maximum capacity by 2012.

Meanwhile, the Airports Authority of India last week announced details of its upgrade plans for Kolkata, Chennai and the existing Goa airport. Punjab government recently announced that a new airport will be built at Mohali, and the government of West Bengal is keen to see the development of a greenfield airport in the industrial belt of Durgapur-Asansol, one of the most highly populated regions in India without an airport.

The civil aviation ministry has submitted legislation to Parliament during the monsoon session for the establishment of an Airport Economic Regulatory Authority with the responsibility of looking after airport charges and service levels.

13/09/07 The Statesman

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Jet Airways granted traffic rights to Gulf/Middle east routes

The Ministry of Civil Aviation has given its approval to the grant of traffic rights to Jet Airways on the India-Gulf/Middle East routes w.e.f. 1st January 2008. This was conveyed by the Ministry to the Directorate General of Civil Aviation yesterday.
The traffic rights that have been granted to Jet Airways are:

>>3682 seats to Kuwait per week of which 1582 seats are in the Delhi-Kuwait route, 1050 seats in Trivandrum-Kuwait route and 1050 seats in Kochi-Kuwait route.

>>3150 seats to Oman of which 1050 seat are in the Kochi-Muscat route, 1050 seats in the Trivandrum-Muscat route, and 1050 in Calicut-Muscat route

>> 2100 seats to Qatar of which 1050 are in Mumbai-Doha route and 1050 in the Calicut- Doha route.

>>2100 seats to Bahrain of which 1050 are in the Mumbai-Bahrain and 1050 in Kochi-Bahrain route.

The Jet Airways had applied for traffic rights on the India-Gulf/Middle East routes on 18th July 2007. They had asked for rights on routes to Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Bahrain, Dubai and Abu Dhabi. Their request for grant of traffic rights on India-Dubai and India -Abu Dhabi routes is under the consideration of the Government.
The total entitlement for Indian carriers on the Gulf routes at present is 85481 seats per week of which 21950 are for Dubai, 7420 for Abu Dhabi, 10206 for Sharjah, 8000 for Kuwait, 10892 for Qatar, 7546 for Oman, 10967 for Bahrain and 8500 for Saudi Arabia.

It may be noted that as per the decision of the Government Scheduled Indian Private Airlines are not permitted to operate international flights to/from Gulf till the end of 2007. The Gulf routes are served only for the Indian Public Carriers till then.
14/09/07 Press Information Bureau (press release)

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Thursday, September 13, 2007

Air Deccan now set to be renamed Simplifly Deccan

Air Deccan, India’s first low-fare carrier promoted by silk farmer-turned-aviator G. Gopinath, will be now rebranded as “Simplifly Deccan”.

Simplifly is the tagline of the Air Deccan brand and the name of the airline’s in-flight magazine.

The rebranding exercise was started after UB Group, which runs premium airline Kingfisher Airlines and is owned by liquor baron Vijay Mallya, acquired a 26% stake in Deccan Aviation Ltd that operates Air Deccan.

This Bangalore-based no-frills carrier will also ditch the logo of two palms joining together to reflect a flying bird or the tail of an airplane and will use the Kingfisher bird logo, which is also the UB Group logo.

Deccan’s aircraft would also be painted red and white, similar to Kingfisher Airlines’ colours, instead of the current blue and white. The uniform of Deccan’s cabin crew will also be changed to red and white from the current blue and yellow. This, too, will sport a logo of Kingfisher.

Another person, who does not want to be quoted, said though the brand would be named as Simplifly Deccan, there will not be any change in the company’s name or website.

12/09/07 P.R. Sanjai/Livemint

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Jetstar eyes Indian destinations

Low-cost carrier Jetstar may use Malaysia as its Asian hub when it flies to south Europe in the near future following its inaugural flight to the Kuala Lumpur International Airport last Sunday.

Jetstar chief executive officer Alan Joyce said the carrier was now in talks with airport authorities in Europe, but a decision on its flights to that continent would not be made until the end of next year.

He said a particular constraint it was facing was the shortage of aircraft, which would be resolved by August next year when it took delivery of 15 Boeing 787 Dreamliners (B787-8) over a period of 15 months for its long-haul fleet.
Joyce said Jetstar was the fastest growing international carrier and it was also looking at new destinations such as Taiwan, Korea, India, China, southern Europe and North America.

Asked on Malaysian low-cost carrier Air Asia X’s upcoming flight to Australia, Joyce said the airlines were competing on different routes and different markets.

11/09/07 Sharon Tan/The Edge Daily, Malaysia

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Jet Airairways to Fly UAE, Qatar, Oman, Kuwait and Bahrain Soon

The lucrative Gulf routes will no longer be the sole domain of public carriers Indian and Air India.
Jet Airways and its subsidiary Jetlite could be the first private Indian airlines given permission to fly there.Civil Aviation Ministry sources tell CNN-IBN Jet could soon fly to Dubai, Abu Dabhi, Qatar, Oman, Kuwait and Bahrain.

Permissions are likely in a few weeks. But flights cannot start before January, when the government ban on private sector flights to the Gulf is lifted.

The ban dates back to 2004 when private airlines were allowed to fly abroad but kept out of this revenue-generating route

Currently both public carriers together can operate about 85,400 seats weekly to the Gulf. But they are able to utilise just half this number, mostly due to the shortage of aircraft.

12/09/07 CNN-IBN/Daijiworld.com

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Emirates: Airport Services Agent

Airport Services Agent

Singapore

The Position:

To ensure that the needs of Emirates passengers are met in a caring, courteous and efficient manner.To provide assistance to Emirates passengers such as Unaccompanied minors, Commercially Important Passengers, WheelChair and Medical Cases in order to provide the personalised service they expect.Be involved in ?Queue Combing? in order to greet passengers, thereby ensuring that all have their documents ready and identify any problems which would otherwise cause delay at the check-in counter. To ensure passengers are adequately briefed and their needs satisfied during delays and disruptions. To assist as required with the pre and post flight work and will perform duties as directed by the Supervisor Airport Services or Senior Emirates Official on duty.

Salary & Benefits:We offer our employee's competitive remuneration packages, attractive travel benefits, and career development supported by multi-million dollar training facilities in Dubai, and e-Learning programmes for those seeking a long-term future in the Company.

Experience and Qualifications:

?High school level of education or equivalent.
?Minimum of 2 years experience in Airport Ground Handling Services and must have sound knowledge of Emirates route network and aircraft.
?Should have successfully completed the relevant professional training such as Passenger Services, Baggage Services, Cargo, Weight and Balance and Reservations and Ticketing.
?The job requires the candidate to work in a proactive manner and use initiative to resolve discrepancies and unforeseen problems using set guidelines.
?Computer literate.

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Frequent flyers get special privileges

Jet Airways has over 1 million members under its frequent flyer programme. Similarly, Kingfisher Airlines offers a host of privileges under its frequent flyer programme King Club. The King Club membership comprises three Royal tiers - Red, Silver and Gold.

To retain the tier status, one needs to fly the required number of times per year. One can earn miles by not just flying but also by booking online as well as through web and kiosk check-in .

"The privilege of getting free tickets for a holiday trip with family is the biggest attraction of the loyalty programme. Sales and marketing professionals, consulting agents and project managers are the ones who travel the most and earn enough miles to take an overseas vacation trip," says Kingfisher Airlines, GM (sales), Manoj Chacko.
Jet Airways also offers the privilege of buying miles if you fall short of a few points on a particular route.

The airlines also allow members to redeem points on partner airlines like KLM, Air France, North West Airlines, Qatar Airways and more.
11/09/07 Urvashi Jha/Economic Times

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Monday, September 10, 2007

Success Tip for 11 Sep 07 | Start a 'One more thing we can do ' movement |

Start a 'One more thing we can do ' movement

Today, ask each customer what is the one thing that you can do to improve your services.

Just ask for one thing.

Please note:
1. Write it down
2. Thank the guest
3. Offer the same to your boss/concerned authorities only if you can do it.
4. if you can, do it!

Other success tips till now:

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Could you please help with a Singapore Airlines Interview?

I got this in the mail.

Hello this is pooja. i need few tips for singapore airline's interview which is gng to held on 16sept , is it possible that u send me few.
Thanks
POOJA
piyu_pari2006@yahoo.com

May I request all members of the blog, that if anyone is with Singapore Airlines or has appeared for an interview with them to let us all know some tips to succeed.

I am sure you will be able to ask for help from the rest of us in some way in the future.

You can send the tips to editor.hospemag@gmail.com

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Sunday, September 9, 2007

Success Tip for 10 Sep 07 | Talk to Boss I|

Yes. Talk to her.

Ask her for some time. probably just 10 - 15 mins.

Ask her/him how they got where they are.

Ask them what it takes to succeed in this industry.

Important, please go in with a notepad and a pen and jot points down.
I want you to record these and I will tell you how to use this later.

Other Success Tips given so far....

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Saturday, September 8, 2007

Cabin Crew positions with leading airlines

The minimum eligibility criteria for CABIN CREW are as follows :

1) Only female candidates are required & no male candidates would be entertained.

2) Min. height should be 160cm or 5.3 '+

3) The weight should be in proportion to the height & no more than 55kgs.

4) Fair complextion.

5) Clear skin & no marks

Contact

Mr. harsh/ Ms. pooja
91-022-9867080011, 26150850
harsh@sunsolutions.in, komal@sunsolutions.in

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Friday, September 7, 2007

Kingfisher signs with OnAir for in-flight internet & mobile services

India’s Kingfisher Airlines has signed with OnAir for in-flight Internet and mobile phone communications services for its planned long-haul international operations.

OnAir announced this morning at Asian Aerospace in Hong Kong that the in-flight communications services will start to be introduced by Kingfisher in 2008, and that by 2009 passengers will be able to use the Internet while in-flight, as well as send and receive emails and make and receive calls on their own mobile devices.

The services will initially be offered on five Airbus A330s and five Airbus A340-500s. OnAir says the airline plans to eventually have the system on all its long-range aircraft. The carrier also has Airbus A350s and A380s on order.

Kingfisher is the first Indian carrier to sign with OnAir, which is a joint venture between Airbus and SITA. Its services are based on an onboard server connected to ground through Inmarsat’s broadband satellite infrastructure, SwiftBroadband.

05/09/07 Nicholas Ionides/Flightglobal.com/Flight International

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Low-cost airlines set to take off, says Airbus

Asia's low-cost airlines are set for "explosive" growth and are likely to equal the market share of their counterparts in the US and Europe in two decades, according to Airbus.

Low-cost airlines have about 9 per cent of the Asian short-haul passenger traffic, compared with 31 per cent in North America and 26 per cent in Europe.
But Airbus chief commercial officer John Leahy, speaking at the Asian Aerospace show in Hong Kong, said: "The low-cost model is set to explode in terms of growth in Asia.

"I'm sure that all three markets will be at about 40 per cent in 20 years."
Concerning India and China, Peter Negline, Tiger's chief financial officer, said yesterday: "The growth potential there is simply astonishing over the coming two decades and we're looking to participate in that whole-heartedly."

While Asia will catch up with America and Europe, the "minor twist" is that Asian low-cost airlines will mostly rely on wide-body aircraft rather than the single-aisle type favoured in Europe for shorter distances, according to Mr Leahy.
In spite of plans by Beijing to restrict the launch of new airlines, Mr Leahy said airport infrastructure and other shortages would still force China and India to get more passengers on to fewer flights: "What you're going to see is a push towards larger aircraft in China and India as congestion hits."

05/09/07 Raphael Minder/The Australian, Australia

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Jet to launch cargo airline

Jet Airways is planning to launch a dedicated cargo airline and is in discussions with international players for a possible tie-up, Chairman Naresh Goyal said in New Delhi on Tuesday.

“We will be announcing our plans for the cargo airline before the end of this year. We are in talks with several players. We will definitely launch a separate cargo airlines,” Goyal said.

Jet Airway, which announced its first flight between Delhi and Toronto via Brussels, also plans to connect several cities in Europe and the USA including Zurich, Milan and Dsseldorf, Los Angeles and San Fransico.

“We would be serving 50 points in Europe. We are also looking at Iran and Tel Aviv and examining the possibility of connecting Tel Aviv with the US. Besides, we plan to fly to Durban and Johannesburg in South Africa”, he said.

05/09/07 Gaurav Choudhury/Hindustan Times

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Indigo Starting New Flights

This has come in from a reader.

Nand Kishore | nandkishorejajra@gmail.com

indigo starting new flights for hyderabad,bagalore and kochin on 16 september 2007.

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Air India may ramp up fleet to 200

National carrier Air India may substantially scale up its fleet size to nearly 200 aircraft by 2011. It is currently undertaking an internal exercise to assess demand for aircraft till 2011 and beyond, company chairman V Thulasidas told ET.

As part of this exercise, a fresh fleet expansion plan is being contemplated in order to cater to traffic growth.

“We are working on traffic projections beyond 2011,” Mr Thulasidas said. The two merged national carriers would have a combined fleet size of around 125 aircraft by 2011 after taking current orders (which are being executed) into account.

The old Air India and Indian Airlines had placed orders for 111 extra aircraft in 2005-06. These are in the process of being inducted into the fleet by 2011.

05/09/07 Economic Times

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Kingfisher plan to fly overseas under cloud

Kingfisher Airlines' plan to fly from Bangalore to San Francisco from April 2008 and thereafter to New York would be in jeopardy if there is no change in government policy on overseas flights by airlines.

Kingfisher Airlines Chairman Vijay Mallya has said that he would use the rights of Air Deccan to fly overseas. But that may be easier said than done.
Under existing government policy, only airlines that have been flying domestically for more than five years are eligible to fly overseas.

"There is no provision to allow one carrier to use the other's rights if one just has a stake in the other," says a senior aviation ministry official. Only if an airline is fully bought over or merged can the rights be used interchangeably. The policy is that "traffic rights on international routes allotted to an airline being taken over will be transferred subject to its actual use."

It is important to note that the A340-500 aircraft that Kingfisher plans to use for the overseas flights, with 36 first class and 204 Kingfisher class seats, will be Kingfisher aircraft.

Moreover, the service that Kingfisher intends to provide is intrinsically linked to its brand and will be a premium business class product, with possibly a 'chef-on-board', quite in contrast to what Air Deccan might offer as and when it does
fly overseas.

05/09/07 Anjuli Bhargava/Business Standard

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Jet is getting ready to fly to West Asia

Jet Airways (India) Ltd, has applied to the government for permission to fly West Asia routes from India, ahead of the year-end expiry of a monopoly that state-owned carriers Air India Ltd and Indian Airlines Ltd have been guaranteed on the lucrative sector, its chairman has said.

“We have applied to the civil aviation ministry to fly to Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Bahrain, Muscat, Doha and Kuwait and are hoping to get a favourable response as per the policy,” Naresh Goyal, who chairs the board of the Mumbai-based aviation firm, said in an interview on Tuesday.

Goyal’s continued focus on international expansion comes at a time when foreign carriers such as Deutsche Lufthansa AG, Etihad and British Airways Plc. are increasing the frequency of flights to and from India; they are being, matched in part by Air India. (On Tuesday, Jet announced new flights to Toronto from Delhi via Brussels.)

West Asian routes, despite intense price competition, have been a cash cow for India’s state-run airlines in the last three years, during which no other Indian carrier could fly there.

05/09/07 Tarun Shukla and Mehul Srivastava/Livemint

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Jet to 'cooperate' with Air India for market share

Jet Airways will "cooperate" with Air India to capture a larger share of international air traffic as it does with other global carriers, the company's chairman Naresh Goyal said in New Delhi on Tuesday.

"Air India is doing a great job. It will be a very good airline," Goyal said as he announced the launch of his carrier's new five-flights-a-week service to Toronto via Brussels from Wednesday.

"If we cooperate with Air India, the new Air India, we definitely can get a 50 per cent market share. We look forward to cooperating with Air India," he added, as Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel, listened with attention.

Air India has plans to become a large carrier with a dominant position in both the domestic and international segments after the merger with Indian Airlines that has the government's approval.

Goyal said Brussels will be the hub for his carrier in Europe and eventually proposed to serve at least 50 destinations either on its own or through partnerships with other carriers.

04/09/07 Indo-Asian News Service/Hindustan Times

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Gear up to fly to new destinations, Patel tells airlines

Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel today asked airlines to gear up to fly to destinations other than the US, Britain or Singapore sectors.

"There are so many airlines who fly in and out of the country but none of th
e designated airlines from India is flying there (new destinations)," Patel told reporters at a function to mark Jet Airways's inaugural flight to Toronto.

This does not mean that airlines should give up their traditional routes, he pointed out.

To a question whether the five-year limit would be decreased to allow more airlines to operate on international routes, Patel said there was a guideline as of now and all airlines would have to adhere to it.

04/09/07 PTI/The Hindu

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Thursday, September 6, 2007

Success Tip for 07 Sep 07 | Reach Before Time |

Everywhere!

Thats right, reach before time, everywhere. If your shift starts at 1500 hrs, be there at 1445. if your normally reach at 1445, make it 1435 today!

for that meeting, be the first one there.
for that coffee break, be the first one there.
Do everything before time today!

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Success Tip for 06 Sep 07 !Start a Quality Movement!

Start a revolution.

Today refuse to do shoddy work or accept work below your quality standards.

If you really want this to work, please peg your quality standards a little higher than the ones your organization subscribes to.

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