Exports grow by 29.6 pc in May
Govt tweaks data to show 29.6% export growth

After achieving 20 per cent export growth for three years the government has tweaked data to report a 30 per cent in exports for May.

A government release said India's exports grew 29.6 per cent during May to reach $9.36 billion, as against $7.2 billion during May 2005. What has not clearly stated is that the claim is based on a comparison of the provisional data for this year till now to the provisional data for the corresponding period last year. Till now the norm has been to compare the provisional data for the current period with the final numbers for the previous year.

Exports have risen at a lower rate of 15.76 per cent to $9.36 billion during May 2006, compared with $8.08 billion (final data) during May 2005.
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Air France to operate more flights to India
New Delhi: Air France will operate three weekly flights from October 30 to Chennai and will use its own aircraft. The service is currently operated on a code-share basis with Delta Air Lines aircraft and crew. These flights will also be sold by Delta Air Lines.

The flight will be operated using an Airbus A340 seating 291:30 in laEspace Affaires and 261 in Tempo. Schedules will be well-suited to passengers with short connections at Paris Charles de Gaulle (CDG) on their way to and from other Air France destinations. In addition, Air France will increase capacity on other flights between Europe and India with seven weekly flights from Paris to Bangalore instead of five.

The Paris-Mumbai route will be operated using Boeing 777-300s with 310 seats instead of the Boeing 777-200s with 270 seats operated last winter.

In all, Air France's capacity to India will be increased by 27 per cent. Together, Air France and KLM will offer 42 weekly frequencies (instead of 36 last year) to Bangalore, Chennai, Delhi, Hyderabad and Mumbai.
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