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hahaha i thought there was some discussion abt the sport !!!

nice post on the cricket .....

Does Hedging make economic sense :?: :?: :!: :!:


Does Fuel Hedging Make Economic Sense? The Case of the US Airline Industry
:arrow: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=325402

Fuel Hedging in the Airline Industry: The Case of Southwest Airlines
:arrow: http://papers.ssrn.com ...

Fuel hedging has been one of the factors that has helped Southwest to excel !! Southwest has hedged abt 80 Been reading abt hedging and there are many types of hedging !!!
the below link has that info !! :idea:

:arrow: http://www.kellogg.northwestern.edu/research/fimrc/papers/jet_fuel.pdf

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Interlining can be the new tool that airlines in india will use to expand their area of service !!!

The airlines, led by Jet Airways and Air-Sahara, are tying up with dozens of carriers to increase their penetration in markets they do not serve.
Among the pure domestic carriers, Kingfisher ...

The new metro airport on the block and yes Ahmedabad has joined the metro club in terms of passenger traffic, which is galloping at 17 per cent !!

Go- Air will be launched and providing daily service to the mumbai - ahmedabad route !!! interesting the King of good time wants service the megacity ...

To us this might seem like a joke but think of the parents who cant get on board because baby is a terrorist !!! With no offence to our American brothers first they had the Don't Call List and now we hear a No fly list

:arrow: http://www.usatoday.com/news/opinion/editorials/2005-08-18-sense-edit ...

Respected Luchtzak and Advisor !!!

i'm sorry about that last post ...forget to post the hyperlink!!! was excited to share that news piece !! All my posts have their source hyperlink !!! this was a mistake :( and it was nit done on purpose !!! :cry:

So once again ALL APologies from me !!!
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Hindi takes wings on EU flights :banana:

:arrow: You could call it Hindi on a high, literally. French and German, may be the lingua franca of European airlines, but increasingly it’s our rashtriya-bhasha that’s calling the shots, 35,000 feet above the Earth.
Foreign carriers, particularly ...

Nice to know abt the asterik livery

hmmm me a TINTIN fan hope some airlines get tintin on their livery

jus hoping

:idea: Brussels is stepping up demands for a blacklist of airlines with unsatisfactory safety records, following crashes this month off Italy, in Greece and in Venezuela that have revived concerns about aircraft safety.

http://news.moneycentral.msn.com/provider/providerarticle.asp?feed=FT&Date ...

France is calling for tougher inspections and a blacklist of airlines failing to meet safety norms, following this week's crash in Venezuela.

hmmm now this sounds good will it help
http://www.sciencedaily.com/upi/?feed=T ... -crash.xml

:arrow: SpiceJet Tops in Load Factor
Although SpiceJet only has a small fleet of 3 aircrafts, it has proved to be the highest load factor among various low-cost airlines presently operating in India.
Statistics filed with The Directorate-General of Civil Aviation exhibited that Spice Jet had a load ...

Civil aviation sector witnesses 22% rise in passenger traffic

:arrow: The civil aviation industry has achieved the biggest ever growth in aircraft movement and passenger traffic in the last financial year. Passenger traffic in the domestic airports increased by 22.3 per cent to 59.54 million ...

hey i dunno if we can add

the INDIGO airline which is due to launch !!!!!


100 Airbus 320 .................. !!!!! man god alone knows which indian airport will service them

* flying to cheaper, less congested secondary airports (avoiding air traffic delays and taking advantage of lower landing fees)
* No "Free" in-flight catering and other "complimentary" services ( replaced by optional paid-for in-flight food and drink).

the above statment doesnt stand true in ...

A Morgan Stanley report has questioned the wisdom of IndiGo’s ambitious 100-aircraft acquisition plan as well as Kingfisher’s plan to buy wide-bodied aircraft.

:arrow: “We see risk in IndiGo’s order for 100 A320s as well as Kingfisher’s ability to introduce five A380s in ’10,” says the report ...

Air Deccan, which is renowned for its lowest fares, will launch its operations from Cochin International Airport within a month.

As a part of the first phase, Air Deccan will operate ATR-42-320 model aircraft with 50-passenger capacity in the Bangalore-Kochi-Agati sector from the middle of ...

Here is a short chronology of some major air crashes since 2000 .

:arrow: Jan. 30, 2000 - A Kenya Airways Airbus A-310 crashes in the sea shortly after takeoff from Abidjan in the Ivory Coast, killing 169 of the 179 passengers and crew aboard.

:arrow: April 19, 2000 - An Air Philippines Boeing ...

After the athens crash there is the much asked question how safe is a low cost carrier :!: even though aircrafts are safe vehicles for transport and governing regulations are stringent :!: :!: yet the one concern that arises that in this heated low fare contest is that more lives are not lost

i ...

this is hilarious :jump2: :jump2:

Hmmm infants are the new terrorist on the block ..... u think i'm kidding check out the links .....funny eh

:arrow: Infants have been stopped from boarding planes at airports throughout the U.S. because their names are the same as or similar to those of ...