Air Arabia cleared for daily flights to India
Sharjah: UAE's Air Arabia has announced that it will operate daily flights to Mumbai from next month, a move which threatens the near monopoly of Air India and Indian Airlines on these routes.

Air Arabia has said that it has been granted rights to fly daily to Mumbai from the middle of next month, making it the latest destination in the airliner's expanding network, which now reaches twelve countries and sixteen destinations within the Middle East, North Africa and the Indian Subcontinent.

Several Indian organisations have been urging the Union Civil Aviation ministry to allow low cost airlines in the Gulf region to operate flights to India as they feel the national carriers levy inordinately high airfare from the gulf bound passengers.

The airlines flight schedules and fares for India will be announced later this month.
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Linux Asia annual meet to begin on Feb 9
New Delhi: This year's edition of Linux Asia, which brings together government and companies on a single platform, will begin from February 9. Representatives of Intel, Oracle, IBM, Novell, Red Hat and PwC will participate in the three-day event to share their vision and future plans on Linux, a release said.

Government bodies like CDCC will also participate in the event in which 10,000 professionals are expected to participate.
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