New terminal (T3) at IGI Airport to be operational by July 2010

The infrastructure facilities of Terminal 3 (T3) at the IGI Airport, New Delhi will be ready by March 2010, said the Delhi International Airport Limited (DIAL) sources. After that, the ORAT (Operational Readiness and Airport Transfer) trials will be carried out for three months. The terminal will be ready for commercial operations in July 2010. To get an update recently, Praful Patel, civil aviation minister and Sheila Dikshit, the chief minister of NCT Delhi, visited the project site. They also inaugurated the check-in counters in the departure level. Terminal 3 will have170 check-in counters, spread over six islands.

Lufthansa Group’s two affiliate airlines to increase flight frequencies in India

With an aim to further strengthen its position in India, the airlines of Deutsche Lufthansa AG is making full use of opportunities within the integrated airline group. The airline’s affiliate SWISS International Air Lines will increase flights between Mumbai and Zurich from five to six per week from June 2010. The SWISS flight from Delhi to Zurich will increase from five to six frequencies per week in the current winter schedule.

Lufthansa’s recently integrated affiliate- Austrian Airlines will increase frequencies on the Vienna – Delhi route from five to six in the next summer schedule, starting end of March 2010. Axel Hilgers, Director-South Asia, Lufthansa said, “By boosting connectivity for Indian travellers from key gateways, our aviation group responds to encouraging demand trends in this strategic market.”


AirAsia launches daily direct Kochi-Kuala Lumpur flight

AirAsia recently launched the daily direct Kochi-Kuala Lumpur flight. The occasion was graced by the presence of Anuar Kasman, Honorary Consul General of Malaysia for Southern India based in Chennai, accompanied by Kathleen Tan, Regional Head of Commercial, AirAsia. Also present were tourism delegates, hoteliers, travel agents, airport authorities etc.

Air Arabia plans to introduce eight additional flights between Sharjah-Goa this month

According to a report, Air Arabia plans to introduce eight additional flights between Sharjah and Goa to meet demand during the forthcoming holiday season. The airline will offer these services to Goa on the 17th, 23rd, 24th, 30th of this month.

The airline will also launch supplementary flights to Goa from January 4-7, 2010. These flights will depart from Sharjah at 2.25 pm (local time) and arrive in Goa at 7 pm (local time). The return flights will leave Goa at 7.45 pm (local time) and land in Sharjah at 9.40 pm (local time).

The airline currently provides round-trip flights three times a week between Dabolim International Airport in Goa and Air Arabia's hub in Sharjah. The airline also offers visitors from Goa to Sharjah a Tourist Visa service.
 

New Airport Development Fee

We wish to inform you that Airport Authorities in Jaipur have introduced Airport Development Fees with effect from 1st Jan 2010 which will be charged @ INR 150.00 per pax( USD 3.3 or Euro 2.30) for the domestic sector and INR 1000/- per pax (USD 22.22 or Euro 15.40) for international sector.