The British carrier Virgin Atlantic has planned to re-launch its London-Mumbai route from October this year. The airline had ceased this route in the year 2009 due to slumping profits at the time of recession.
The new flight to Mumbai will begin from London's Heathrow airport on October 28 and will return back the next day.
Virgin Atlantic will be deploying A330-300 aircraft on the Mumbai-London route. The aircraft features a three-class configuration including 33 Upper Class seats, 48 Premium Economy seats and 185 seats for economy class travellers taking cheap flights deals with the airline.
Apart from the launch of this new route, Virgin Atlantic will also offer easy connections from London Heathrow to various US cities such as New York, Boston, Chicago and Washington.
Sir Richard Branson, president Virgin Atlantic Airways expressed his happiness on the new flight launch and said that the company is proud to operate flights to India and connecting it to its various key destinations like London, New York, Boston and Washington.
Virgin's Airbus A330 aircraft is highly fuel-efficient and uses over15 per cent less fuel than A340-300. The high fuel efficiency factor of this new aircraft of Virgin Atlantic will perhaps be quite fruitful for the holiday makers seeking cheap flights to India with the airline.
The tickets for the Mumbai-London route will be put on sale from April 4 at Virgin website and with various travel agents.
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Friday, March 16, 2012
Wednesday, March 14, 2012
Vivanta by Taj, Bekal Launched – More Luxury for Kerala, India
Taj Hotels Resorts and Palaces has launched a new spa resort, Vivanta by Taj in northern Kerala, Bekal.
The new hotel is the fifth addition to the hotel chain of Taj group in Kerala and will definitely bring big cheers for the luxury travellers planning holiday breaks and booking tickets on airlines offering flights to India.
Accommodation
The Vivanta by Taj, Bekal is stretched over an area of 25 acre in the Kasargod district of Kerala. The design of the hotel has been taken from unique Kettuvallam houseboats of the region. Vivanta Bekal will have 71 villas and rooms (57 functional currently), including 32 rooms with private pools, 4 spa-themed Luxury Bliss Suites and a stunning Presidential Nirvana Suite.
Bekal
Bekal is largely a private and unscathed retreat for luxury travellers nestled in Kasargod district in North Kerala. The place is home to riveting natural splendour and attractions. Its easy to tour and lies only 80 Km from Mangalore Airport.
Kerala
Kerala has for long been the focus of airlines and luxury hotel chains. However, the best part of this great Indian destination is that there is no dearth of cheap deals on flights and hotels for Kerala. The state rewards those who book cheap flights to India and travel on small budget as much as it rewards the luxury and extravagant travellers with deep pockets.
Taj Hotels Resorts and Palaces
Taj Hotels Resorts and Palaces is largest group of hotels in Asia and runs over 96 hotels including 55 hotels across India and 16 hotels in international destinations including Maldives, Malaysia, Australia, UK, USA, Bhutan, Sri Lanka, Africa and the Middle East.
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The new hotel is the fifth addition to the hotel chain of Taj group in Kerala and will definitely bring big cheers for the luxury travellers planning holiday breaks and booking tickets on airlines offering flights to India.
Accommodation
The Vivanta by Taj, Bekal is stretched over an area of 25 acre in the Kasargod district of Kerala. The design of the hotel has been taken from unique Kettuvallam houseboats of the region. Vivanta Bekal will have 71 villas and rooms (57 functional currently), including 32 rooms with private pools, 4 spa-themed Luxury Bliss Suites and a stunning Presidential Nirvana Suite.
Bekal
Bekal is largely a private and unscathed retreat for luxury travellers nestled in Kasargod district in North Kerala. The place is home to riveting natural splendour and attractions. Its easy to tour and lies only 80 Km from Mangalore Airport.
Kerala
Kerala has for long been the focus of airlines and luxury hotel chains. However, the best part of this great Indian destination is that there is no dearth of cheap deals on flights and hotels for Kerala. The state rewards those who book cheap flights to India and travel on small budget as much as it rewards the luxury and extravagant travellers with deep pockets.
Taj Hotels Resorts and Palaces
Taj Hotels Resorts and Palaces is largest group of hotels in Asia and runs over 96 hotels including 55 hotels across India and 16 hotels in international destinations including Maldives, Malaysia, Australia, UK, USA, Bhutan, Sri Lanka, Africa and the Middle East.
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Tuesday, March 13, 2012
Air India to Expand Operations in Summer
Air India, India’s national airline, has devised plans to increase its flight network and frequency in its summer schedule. The airline, considered by many the top choice for flights to India, is hoping to earn more revenue from profitable routes.
Air India may be struggling as far as profitability is concerned but that is not stopping India’s flag carrier to spread its wings wide!
If reports doing the rounds in Indian media are to be believed, then Air India is all set to expand its summer schedule considerably to earn more revenues from profitable routes. Cash-strapped Air India is planning to increase the number flights to over 400 from the current 380 in its summer schedule (beginning April), according to a report published in a financial daily of the country.
Air India has plans to initiate daily flights between Vizag and Dubai via Hyderabad. The airline also hopes to kick start flights to India’s capital city, Delhi from Bahrain via Abu Dhabi.
Moreover, the Indian carrier is going to elevate its services between Delhi and Tokyo. Currently, Air India offers four weekly services between the two destinations which the airline is hoping to bring up to five weekly. The airline will also be making Delhi-Dammam twice a week service to a daily operation in its summer schedule.
Besides initiating a slew of international flights, Air India has its eye firmly set on the low-cost business model. The airline is going all guns blazing to ensure that it becomes a name to reckon with when people think of booking cheap flights to India. The carrier seeks to invade low-budget travel market and by the looks of it the airline has already set the ball rolling. Recently, Air India trimmed down business class seats from some of its fleet aircraft in an endeavour to become more of an airline that runs on a low-cost business model. While this move primarily catered to domestic travellers, in future even international travellers looking for cheap flights to India might be benefited from such measures taken by the airline.
The report published in the Indian newspaper also quoted a senior AI official. He offered the rationale behind the decision to cut down business class seats by emphasising that low-cost market has been growing while business class travel is on the decline. However, the airline official clarified that Air India is not exiting the business class segment and will continue to offer business seats in domestic network as well as on international flights to India.
Air India was also hoping to commence more routes in Europe, the US and Australia but the delay in getting the delivery of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner acted as an impediment. There have been reports that the airline may begin these routes in the winter schedule.
While on the topic of 787 Dreamliner, it should be mentioned that the Dreamliner landed at Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport on Monday after making a 14-hour non-stop flight from Seattle, USA.
787 Dreamliner, considered world’s most fuel efficient aircraft, is expected to be delivered to Air India by May this year.
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Air India may be struggling as far as profitability is concerned but that is not stopping India’s flag carrier to spread its wings wide!
If reports doing the rounds in Indian media are to be believed, then Air India is all set to expand its summer schedule considerably to earn more revenues from profitable routes. Cash-strapped Air India is planning to increase the number flights to over 400 from the current 380 in its summer schedule (beginning April), according to a report published in a financial daily of the country.
Air India has plans to initiate daily flights between Vizag and Dubai via Hyderabad. The airline also hopes to kick start flights to India’s capital city, Delhi from Bahrain via Abu Dhabi.
Moreover, the Indian carrier is going to elevate its services between Delhi and Tokyo. Currently, Air India offers four weekly services between the two destinations which the airline is hoping to bring up to five weekly. The airline will also be making Delhi-Dammam twice a week service to a daily operation in its summer schedule.
Besides initiating a slew of international flights, Air India has its eye firmly set on the low-cost business model. The airline is going all guns blazing to ensure that it becomes a name to reckon with when people think of booking cheap flights to India. The carrier seeks to invade low-budget travel market and by the looks of it the airline has already set the ball rolling. Recently, Air India trimmed down business class seats from some of its fleet aircraft in an endeavour to become more of an airline that runs on a low-cost business model. While this move primarily catered to domestic travellers, in future even international travellers looking for cheap flights to India might be benefited from such measures taken by the airline.
The report published in the Indian newspaper also quoted a senior AI official. He offered the rationale behind the decision to cut down business class seats by emphasising that low-cost market has been growing while business class travel is on the decline. However, the airline official clarified that Air India is not exiting the business class segment and will continue to offer business seats in domestic network as well as on international flights to India.
Air India was also hoping to commence more routes in Europe, the US and Australia but the delay in getting the delivery of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner acted as an impediment. There have been reports that the airline may begin these routes in the winter schedule.
While on the topic of 787 Dreamliner, it should be mentioned that the Dreamliner landed at Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport on Monday after making a 14-hour non-stop flight from Seattle, USA.
787 Dreamliner, considered world’s most fuel efficient aircraft, is expected to be delivered to Air India by May this year.
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Monday, March 12, 2012
‘Golden Tulip Chain of Hotels’ Has Big Plans for India
India’s hospitality sector is chugging full steam ahead with more and more international hotel chains now jumping on the bandwagon! Golden Tulip chain of hotels is the latest to appreciate the potential of tourism growth in India.
The hotel chain has plans to set up 50 hotels across India by the end of year 2015. Golden Tulip operates properties in 3-star and 4-star categories. Golden Tulip is already operating nine hotel properties in India, serving primarily those with cheap flight tickets for the destination.
Golden Tulip is planning to invest close to $100 million (roughly Rs 500 crore) over the next two years. Budget tourists planning India holidays and looking forward to book cheap flights to India will surely have more accommodation options at their disposal as the year winds up.
Vimal J. Singh, Managing Director, Louvre Hotels and Golden Tulip, South Asia, was in Kolkata recently to inaugurate Tulip Inn, a 46-room business hotel in the city. Speaking at the occasion, Mr Singh made his company’s intention clear as far as India expansion is concerned. He said that Louvre Hotels and Golden Tulip will be adding an additional nine properties in India over the next year or so. He asserted that by 2015, the company plans to set up 50 hotels with an inventory of 15,000 rooms.
India is top travel destination with millions booking flights to India every year to explore its myriad charms.
Not surprisingly, more and more international chain of hotels and resorts are looking towards India as their potential hub of expansion and growth.
The hotel chain has plans to set up 50 hotels across India by the end of year 2015. Golden Tulip operates properties in 3-star and 4-star categories. Golden Tulip is already operating nine hotel properties in India, serving primarily those with cheap flight tickets for the destination.
Golden Tulip is planning to invest close to $100 million (roughly Rs 500 crore) over the next two years. Budget tourists planning India holidays and looking forward to book cheap flights to India will surely have more accommodation options at their disposal as the year winds up.
Vimal J. Singh, Managing Director, Louvre Hotels and Golden Tulip, South Asia, was in Kolkata recently to inaugurate Tulip Inn, a 46-room business hotel in the city. Speaking at the occasion, Mr Singh made his company’s intention clear as far as India expansion is concerned. He said that Louvre Hotels and Golden Tulip will be adding an additional nine properties in India over the next year or so. He asserted that by 2015, the company plans to set up 50 hotels with an inventory of 15,000 rooms.
India is top travel destination with millions booking flights to India every year to explore its myriad charms.
Not surprisingly, more and more international chain of hotels and resorts are looking towards India as their potential hub of expansion and growth.
Friday, March 9, 2012
Air India’s First Boeing-Dreamliner to Be Revealed Next Week
Online sources revealed that Boeing is all set to deliver Air India’s first 7 'Dreamliners' out of the 27 planes order. The US aircraft builder informed that 'Dreamliners' would land in Hyderabad next week during the India Aviation 2012.
However, the airline is believed to induct the dreamliners in May after the operational and technical certifications from the US Federal Aviation Administration, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation and other agencies.Air India’s 787 dreamliners will feature its quintessential livery that includes distinctive 'red and white' colours portraying flying swan with the 'Konark Chakra'.
A Boeing spokesperson said, "The super-efficient Boeing-787 Dreamliner is set to make its debut at Hyderabad as part of Boeing's commercial products showcase at the 2012 India Aviation Airshow".He aforesaid that the Dreamliner aircrafts were set to land at Begumpet Airport on the eve of the Hyderabad airshow and will remain on static display till March 16.
Air India, popular for offering cheap tickets for flights to India, has been expecting the delivery for almost three years and has sought a heavy compensation from Boeing.
In order to manage the anticipated financial burden after this deal, the airline has decided to sell and leaseback the first seven Boeing-787’s. The airline has also started looking for bridge financing worth USD 230 million.However, the decision to curtail the order or leaseback all the planes or purchase some of them outright rests with the Indian government. The government also seeks to sort out the compensation issues before Air India starts inducting these dreamliners.
Air India plans to replace the B-777 aircrafts with Boeing-787s on its long-haul, non-stop flights including US and Canada. So holiday makers can now expect Boeing-787 to be best choice for netting tickets on long-haul flights to India.Boeing 787 - Game Changer
The Boeing spokesperson while informing about Air India’s Boeing 787 said, it will feature "Beautifully designed interiors with warm colours, a luxurious business-class cabin, overhead crew rest compartments and an economy-class section,"
Boeing's Senior Vice-President (Sales) Dinesh Keskar said, "The 787 Dreamliner is a game changer and we are proud to bring it to India Aviation 2012, which is a perfect place to showcase the world's most advanced commercial airplane."
Boeing claims 787s to be 20 percent more fuel-efficient as compared to other similarly-sized aircrafts. If Boeing’s claims are to be believed, then Air India might just become a more popular choice for travellers looking for tickets on cheap flights to India. But it remains to be seen if the airline would be keen on passing on the savings from greater fuel efficiency to delight travellers with cheap flight to Indiaand other destinations.Air India's plane acquisition programme from Boeing, including the Boeing 787s has been supported by the US Exim Bank. The bank’s support amounts to USD 3.4 billion.
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