Air India will start direct operations from Bahrain to Kerala's capital city of Trivandrum next month.
There will be two flights a week linking Bahrain and Trivandrum on Mondays and Fridays, when the winter schedule comes into effect on October 26.
Air India will thus become the first airline from Bahrain to operate to all three airports in Kerala - Cochin, Calicut and Trivandrum
The flight AI 952 on Mondays will leave Bahrain at 8.30 pm and arrive in Trivandrum at 4.55 am the next morning, after a brief stop in Cochin.
On Fridays, the flight will leave Bahrain at 7 pm and arrive in Trivandrum at 4.50 am.
The flight will be operated with an Airbus A310 aircraft, the capacity of which is 201 seats.
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Malaysia Airlines and Garuda Indonesia are adding services to China, joining a host of carriers that have recently added (or plan to add) capacity to China and Hong Kong. These include Lufthansa, Finnair, Kenya Airways and Malev.
Japan?s aviation prospects are also improving on the back of rising economic activity. Air France has announced a 29% increase in frequencies to Tokyo over the Northern Winter, while ANA reports a strong recovery on intra-regional routes and is enhancing its network to various points, including Taipei.
New air services in the Asia Pacific region are annouced.
Malaysia Airlines and Garuda Indonesia are adding services to China, joining a host of carriers that have recently added (or plan to add) capacity to China and Hong Kong. These include Lufthansa, Finnair, Kenya Airways and Malev.
Japan?s aviation prospects are also improving on the back of rising economic activity. Air France has announced a 29% increase in frequencies to Tokyo over the Northern Winter, while ANA reports a strong recovery on intra-regional routes and is enhancing its network to various points, including Taipei.
Passenger traffic through Beirut airport up 16 percent in Au
Passenger traffic at Beirut International Airport (BIA) increased by 16.7 percent in August 2003 compared to figures from the same period last year. Some 419,000 air travelers passed through the airport last month.
The airport?s traffic for the for the first eight months of 2003 reached 1.89 million visitors, up from 1.78 million in during the same period in 2002. Travelers destined for Lebanon accounted for 41 percent of the total travelers.
BIA is considered one of the most modern airports in the region, which offers its services to about 40 foreign airline companies. The airport is located three miles south of Beirut.
The airport?s traffic for the for the first eight months of 2003 reached 1.89 million visitors, up from 1.78 million in during the same period in 2002. Travelers destined for Lebanon accounted for 41 percent of the total travelers.
BIA is considered one of the most modern airports in the region, which offers its services to about 40 foreign airline companies. The airport is located three miles south of Beirut.
The Middle East airlines are not managed like the western airlines. Also, they do not have any taxes on the salaries or social security. Most of the Middle East airlines are managed by professionals europeans or austrilians and some indians. Take the Emirates figures on a year basis they book an increase of about 20% on passenger traffic and more than 30% on cargo.
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There are no secrets, efficiency, flexibility and quick reactions are the only solutions for the airlines to survive.
Regards to all.
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