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In the space of two decades, Gulf airlines have become essential to India's integration into international air transport. Thanks to them, business travellers can reach more than a dozen cities on the sub-continent. Qatar Airways offers the most extensive network with 13 destinations, followed by Saudia with 10 stopovers. Emirates and...

Air India, owned by the Tata group, has announced its intention to order 250 Airbus aircraft. This is a record order for the European aircraft manufacturer in the post-Covid era. It also underlines Air India's ambition to strengthen its domestic and international activities. India backs its air transport against the Gulf carriers The contract includes 140 A320neo single-aisle...

Accor is expanding its offering around the world at the start of this year. In India, for example, Novotel has just added a second hotel in Mumbai. After the north of the city and the area around the popular Juhu Beach, the business hotel chain has headed for Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport. Loyal business travellers...

Vistara has been in the public eye in France for a year now, with its arrival in Paris offering an alternative to Air India and Air France. The private airline, the result of a joint venture between the Indian group Tata Sons (51% of shares) and Singapore Airlines (49%), has succeeded in establishing itself as a model of quality in...

India is continuing to simplify measures for foreign travellers entering the country. To enter the country, the Indian government used to require the completion of a self-declaration form. All international passengers had to register on the Air Suvidha portal. Passengers had to declare their vaccination status, including the number of doses...

Air India has often made the headlines in recent years. Unfortunately, in most cases, for negative reasons. A difficult period that the company would like to consign to history since its acquisition by the powerful Tata conglomerate. Tata's acquisition put an end to 69 years of...

ITA Airways is in the midst of negotiations with its future buyer, but is not forgetting to continue building up its network. And in particular its long-haul offer, which is gaining in consistency with each passing week. In fact, the airline will be taking off for Tokyo in November, proof of its ambitions in the Asian market, and in particular for...

A few weeks ago, the Hilton Group inaugurated the Hilton Garden Inn Bengaluru Embassy Manyata Business Park, with a catalogue of 353 rooms. Far from marking the culmination of the hotel group's ambitions in Bangalore, this opening paved the way for a wider project, specifically targeting the business clientele, a segment of the hotel industry that is...

Air France-KLM and IndiGo have confirmed that they have finally obtained the necessary regulatory approvals for their new codeshare relationship announced for December 2021. Air France-KLM had already been looking for a partner in India for several years following the bankruptcy of Jet Airways. The agreement will result in the establishment of a codeshare...

From the UK to Vietnam, business destinations are finally relaxing the regulations that have held back international mobility for two long years. And clearly, this return to normality is giving business travellers wings. Freed from the regulatory straightjacket, freed from quarantine procedures and repeated PCR tests, mobile professionals are catching up - in part...

The demise of India's Jet Airways more than two years ago left a gaping hole for the Franco-Dutch group Air France-KLM. With flights to Delhi, Mumbai and Bangalore from Paris and Amsterdam, the two airlines had access to a network of over fifty destinations. The new...

There's a wind of panic blowing through Asia, and it's coming from India. The Covid-19 pandemic in the world's second most populous country seems to be out of control. In just one month, the number of Covid-positive cases has almost doubled. As of yesterday, India had 21.07...

Following the recent announcement of future developments in Thailand, the Hyatt group is unveiling its ambitions in India. Its expansion plan involves a 70 % growth in its brand portfolio, with around twenty hotels to be opened over the next two years, adding to the current offer of 32 establishments under eight brands. The bar...

The woes of the national carrier Air India are in fact an opportunity for India's private airlines to step up their international activities. Low-cost carrier IndiGo has stepped up its international presence in recent years. The carrier mainly serves the Gulf region, South East Asia and even Istanbul. But it is above all...

The group has just added an airport hotel with a vast conference centre to its African offering: the Radisson Hotel & Convention Centre, Johannesburg, O.R. Tambo. A ten-minute drive from the hub of the South African metropolis, the hotel is located in the Bredell district, close to several shopping malls, cafés and restaurants,...

India has closed its borders and suspended international flights since 23 March. However, since 16 July it has authorised certain routes under an "air bubble" agreement with Germany, the United Arab Emirates, the United States and France. These air corridors are initially in force from 22 July to...

The disappearance of AirBerlin at the end of 2017 was quickly offset by the rise of easyJet, Eurowings and others. In India, two months after the grounding of Jet Airways' 120 aircraft, no airline has yet managed to mitigate the effects of this disappearance - even if only partially. Jet Airways was...

After drastically reducing its schedule and services, and then cancelling all its international flights, Jet Airways has ceased all operations. The Indian carrier announced this on Wednesday, as the State Bank of India (SBI) was unable to approve its request for financing. "The airline will not be in a position to...

Jet Airways, India's second-largest airline, was due to announce its new buyers on Wednesday, after the State Bank of India decided to put the shares of the 26 groups present in the Bank's capital back on the market. But the Central Bank of India, which had to take over...