Aviation
Kingfisher bailout still uncertain
23 Feb 2012
No cash bailout for Kingfisher just yet
22 Feb 2012
Reports that the airline’s lenders have agreed to pump in more cash seem premature; but it is likely that the fast-sinking Kingfisher Air will get some sort of bailout soon
Airlines want cash to carry stranded Kingfisher passengers
22 Feb 2012
Sanjay Aggarwal, chief executive of Kingfisher, said after a meeting with aviation officials that flight cancellations would continue to occur for at least five to seven more days before operations are back to normal
Kingfisher to provide revised flight schedule by tomorrow
21 Feb 2012
Kingfisher Airlines has been given time till tomorrow by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation to revise its flight schedule
Government weighing bailout package for all domestic airlines
18 Feb 2012
The government has asked all Indian scheduled airlines to submit details of their financial position, debt and working capital requirements so that a bailout plan could be worked out
Robbing the poor to coddle the rich
14 Feb 2012
The recommendation by the group of ministers to allow direct import of fuel by airlines is yet another inglorious chapter in the long saga of crony capitalism in this country. And once again, most of us have been fooled into accepting that it is indeed the right thing to do. By Vivek Sharma
India and other countries to meet in Moscow to decide on EU carbon tax move
04 Feb 2012
India, Russia, the US, China and other countries are to meet in Moscow later this month to decide on whether to introduce retaliatory measures against the European Union on its ‘unilateral’ decision to impose carbon tax on air travel
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