Emirates Places Biggest Aircraft Order Worth US$ 19 Billion
At the Paris Air Show, Emirates announced its intent to place the biggest order in civil aviation history - worth US$19 billion

'Jet Has The Capability To Serve India In The Long Run'
After being with the airline industry for the past 35 years, Peter Leuthi, chief operating officer, is all set to take on Jet Airways with gusto. In conversation with Charmaine Fernz, he talks about the future strategies to be adopted for the airline. Excerpts

Mangalore Airport Expansion In Doldrums
Mangalore’s hope for mobility, which was supposed to achieve some sort of yield by the end of last year, with the internationalisation of the Bajpe airport, 20 km from Mangalore, has been thrashed.

Maharaja Still Rules
The stalling of the privatisation process of the national career, Air-India, and state-owned Indian Airlines hardly came as a surprise.

Air-India is making a comeback bid but lack of new aircraft could pull it down in fiscal 2003-04...
Sometimes luck does matter. Air-India, which was working hard at its comeback bid, now faces the prospect of writing its balance sheet in red - thanks to an inauspicious start with the SARS virus in April, this year.