Air India to get the required fuel to operate all its flights

* The OMCs have been directed to supply complete fuel requirement of Air India for the next three months so that the national carrier can operate all its flights that got curtailed / cancelled recently.

* There will be a moratorium for three months and Air India will be allowed to uplift additional fuel worth Rs one crore in the next three months.

* Air India will continue to pay the OMCs Rs 16 crore per day, as decided earlier

* The additional requirement of fuel would be around 200 KL

* This decision was taken in a meeting between Mr Vyallar Ravi, Union Minister for Civil Aviation, and Mr Jaipal Reddy, Union Minister for Petroleum, today. The meeting was attended by senior officers of both the ministries and CMD Air India.

Air India flights connects Kanpur – Kolkata

Air India today introduced a new flight connecting Kanpur to Kolkata in its sustained efforts to strengthen connectivity between major cities of the country. Air travellers from Kanpur will now have a non-stop service to Kolkata eliminating the need to travel to Lucknow or any other city for connecting to the West Bengal capital and gateway to north-east.

The inaugural flight was flagged off from Kanpur’s Chakeri Airport by Hon’ble Minister for Civil Aviation Shri Vayalar Ravi and Hon’ble Minister of Coal Shri Sriprakash Jaiswal after a simple ceremony to facilitate the passengers. Air India is also offering special fares for the flight which will further help in promoting the sector and bring it close to the metros of Delhi and Kolkata.

The flight will be operated by Alliance Air, a subsidiary of Air India with a 70 seater CRJ-700 jet aircraft. The new flight AI 9801/9802 will be operated on all days except Sundays on the route Delhi-Kanpur-Kolkata and back.

The flight AI 9801 will leave Delhi at 1020 hrs and reach Kanpur at 1120 hrs, depart from Kanpur at 1150 hrs arriving Kolkata at 1320 hrs, The return flight AI 9802 will leave Kolkata at 1400 hrs reaching Kanpur at 1530 hrs, depart from Kanpur at 1600 hrs to arrive back at Delhi at 1700 hrs.

Jet Airways to commence city check-in service at three Delhi Airport Metro Express Line (DAMEPL) City Terminals, effective June 10, 2011

Effective 1600 hrs on June 10, 2011, Jet Airways, India's premier international airline, will commence its city check-in service for guests travelling on the airline's domestic services, at three Delhi Airport Metro Express Line city terminals- namely the New Delhi, Shivaji Stadium and Dhaula Kuan Stations.

The Delhi Airport Metro Express Line is the express metro connection between Indira Gandhi International Airport - Terminal 3 and downtown Delhi, similar to the metro link between Hong Kong International Airport and the city. The City Check-in (CCI) as a value-added service is being introduced to the Airport Metro Express Line‘s (AMEL) at the three City Airport Terminals (CAT)- namely New Delhi Station and Shivaji Stadium Stations with check-in baggage and Dhaula Kuan Station without check-in baggage.

A special CCI identification label and baggage tag will also be put on guest boarding passes and check-in bags respectively. Jet Airways will accept passengers and baggage not earlier than 6 hours and not later than 2 hours and 30 minutes before the scheduled departure of its flights.

Guests using this facility, however, must report at the Jet Airways Terminal 3 Domestic departure Gates 30 minutes before departure. Baggage will accordingly reach the Indira Gandhi Terminal 3 baggage conveyor belt area. All baggage rules as followed presently at the Indira Gandhi International Airport will continue at the check-in facilities at the Metro stations.

 Mr. Sudheer Raghavan, Chief Commercial Officer, Jet Airways (I) Ltd: said, “Jet Airways is pleased to announce the commencement of its city check-in services at three DAMEPL terminals, effective June 10, 2011.The airline's guests in Delhi using the city's efficient Metro service may now check-in for their flights at the Metro airport terminals itself, ensuring a more comfortable, seamless and convenient travel experience for its guests."

Jet Airways will also introduce Metro express line city check-ins for its international services from Delhi on the receipt of the requisite clearances from regulatory authorities.