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Experts say Chennai's airport is going to saturate by
fiscal 2018.
Experts say Chennai's airport is going to saturate by fiscal 2018. "Development of a second airport in Chennai is critical,” says Kapil Kaul of CAPA India

South-side Story

Airports in the south are struggling to expand, write Ashwini Phadnis & TE Raja Simhan »

‘Use us as a gateway to Africa’

Tewolde Gebremariam, CEO, Ethiopian Airlines

Amrita Nair-Ghaswalla

Ethiopian Airlines is Africa’s largest carrier, and also its most profitable. In eight years, while ... »
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At Star Alliance, it will be business as usual, says new CEO

All smiles The 2014 photo of Jeffrey Goh (extreme right) with aviation
minister Ashok Gajapathi Raju Pusapati and Rohit Nandan, the then
chief of Air India, announcing the airline's inclusion in Star Alliance. Goh
is set to take over at the helm of the Alliance in 2017 RAMESH SHARMA

K GIRIPRAKASH

But a few members hope that the Alliance helps them face the heat from Gulf carriers »
TERMINAL CHECK

Edinburgh airport is convenient

Ravish Doctor

Ravish Doctor is the Marketing Manager for the India market at Skyscanner, a global travel search site. My favourite airport: Skyscanner is headquartered in Edinburgh, Scotland. So I travel to Edinbu... »
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VT - The colonial legacy etched on Indian aircraft

PRINCE MATHEWS THOMAS

Earlier this month, BJP parliamentarian Tarun Vijay asked in Rajya Sabha why Indian aircraft are still registered after the code VT. The code, he “said, “was a reflection of the colonial rule,” and a... »

The new birds in the sky

Indian passengers are getting to fly the latest aircraft, and not without reason, writes Ashwini Phadnis »
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With help from technology, check-in baggage now less errant

Prince Mathews Thomas

Incidence of lost or misplaced baggage has halved since 2007, benefitting passengers »
TERMINAL CHECK

Immigration is quick at Berlin’s Schönefeld

Harshil Mehta, CEO, DHFL

Siddhant Mishra

Harshil Mehta is the Chief Executive Officer at DHFL, a housing finance company. A travel enthusiast, Mehta talks about his favourite airport. My favourite airport: The Berlin-Schönefeld Airport (SXF)... »

Basic economy: seats that are low on comfort but big on savings

K Giriprakash

American airlines’ latest offer adds one more dimension to low-cost travel globally »

A haven for fliers

Secure Tel Aviv's Ben Gurion International Airport, often called the most secure in the world, will later this month host a conference with delegates
from 40 countries looking to learn from its experience. Though often criticised for being discriminatory, the security system has kept the sensitively
located airport remain incident-free since 1972. The multi-layered security includes a behaviour detection and analysis programme SHUTTERSTOCK

There’s change in the air.

Anand Kalyanaraman

And it’s for the better as there are fewer flight disruptions, writes Anand Kalyanaraman »
TERMINAL CHECK

‘Osaka’s Kansai has some much needed calm’

Subin Subaiah is the CEO, Spuul Global, a Singapore-based studio-neutral aggregator that purchases Indian TV and film content. My favourite airport:Kansai International Airport, Osaka, Japan.What I li... »

Faster and greener

Environment friendly: This is a concept artwork of a supersonic jet under NASA's project called Quiet Supersonic Technology, or QueSST. Presently called X-planes, the aircraft marks the agency's retu... »

Small is beautiful

Air story The Hawa Mahal in Jaipur. Airlines are increasingly keen to connect Tier-II cities that are also tourist destinations, such as Jaipur, or pilgrimage centres like Amritsar SHUTTERSTOCK

Siddhant Mishra

International airlines are targeting Tier-II and Tier-III towns to tap the latent demand there »

The Budget heavily focused on rural India and the farm economy, BusinessLine breaks down the key announcements and why it is necessary to focus on India's hinterland »

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