GoAir ties up with IMFF for a unique management film fest in Delhi

GoAir, India’s smart fare airline, has tied-up with International Management Film Festival for a unique film fest in India. The key objective of this film festival is to explore the art, science and spirit of creativity at work. This unique film festival based on management films will be held in Delhi on October 3, 2007. International Management Film Festival (IMFF) is very popular as a method of learning & expression. Such films festivals are being organized in various countries across the world. The IMFF in India will be screening "World-Class Management Films" with the objective of enhancing audience interaction.
As part of this association, GoAir will be organizing various in-flight contests on all its Delhi in-bound flights from September 28 onwards. Passengers on these Delhi in-bound flights will stand to win special invitations to the film festival. According to Mr Jeh Wadia, Managing Director, GoAir, “Our association with the International Management Film Festival is align to our customer service promise of providing passengers with value additions to enhance their brand experience with GoAir. With the  International Management Film Festival tie-up, we have take the next step to enhance the brand experience for our passengers by expanding the base from in-flight to on-ground.”
International Management Film Festival is a step towards promoting intercultural dialogue and collective work through video documentaries. The festival concept is based on the participatory approach in conceptualizing, developing and disseminating films. Besides the learning theories in vogue today, the International Management Film Festival fulfils the objective of Promoting Learning through Active Interaction.
The film festival will be screening some of the best management films in the world including The 5.75 Questions You Have Been Avoiding, Creativity – Life At Frontier, Halley’s Comet, Freedom Writers, Emmanuels’s Gift, The Strangest Secret, Conversations With God amongst others.
The International Management Film Festival is an international non-profit organization formed with the service objective of sharing knowledge through management films. The films are chosen from a library based on relevance and theme of the festival. Major producers of management films are a part of this network who help in quality control and provide valuable inputs besides academic management of the project. Several world-class management films are screened along with interaction with the audience. The program conducted, is in lines with the international norms defined.
This festival will be held at the Taj Ambassador.

Jet Airways to introduce daily flights to Colombo from Delhi & Mumbai effective November 5, 2010

Jet Airways, India’s premier international airline, today announced that it will introduce daily direct flights to Colombo from Mumbai and Delhi, effective November 5, 2010. The airline will deploy a state-of-the-art 170-seater Boeing 737-800 for the service to this SAARC country.

Flight 9W 256 will depart Mumbai daily at 0210 hours reaching Colombo at 0445 hours. On the return sector, flight 9W 255 will depart Colombo at 2020 hours and reach Mumbai at 2255 hours. On the Delhi-Colombo sector, flight 9W 257 will depart Delhi at 1330 hours and arrive Colombo at 1705 hours and on the return leg, 9W 258 will depart Colombo at 0750 hours and reach Delhi at 1130 hours.*

The introduction of the two new flights serving Sri Lanka and India, are in addition to the existing daily Chennal – Colombo service, with which the airline launched its international operations in 2004.

With this enhanced connectivity, commencing with the winter schedule Colombo will now be connected to Jet Airways’ two strategic hubs - Delhi and Mumbai. The airline will thus be able to offer its guests seamless connectivity through Mumbai and New Delhi onto several destinations across North America, Europe, as well as destinations across the Gulf, Middle East and Far East on the Jet Airways network.

According to Mr. Nikos Kardassis, CEO, Jet Airways, “Jet Airways is delighted to provide direct links from the financial and the national capital to the Emerald Isle. Sri Lanka is fast emerging as a highly rated global tourism destination and we are happy to offer our guests seamless connections to several destinations across our network, through our important gateways points - Mumbai and Delhi, and at the same time strengthen air connectivity to destinations within the SAARC region.”

The airline will deploy a state-of-the-art Boeing 737-800 aircraft, offering 8 Premiere and 162 economy class seats. Guests will also be treated to the airline's award-winning in-flight product that is among the best in its class.

India-Sri Lanka relations are multifaceted; given the shared historical experiences, civilizations with strong cultural affinity and geographical proximity, testimony to which is the burgeoning trend of bilateral trade between the two countries. The two countries boast strong ties in businesses ranging from textiles to food-processing and agri-food business.

Sri Lanka is fast becoming the tourism destination for holiday & leisure traveler across the globe, known for its beaches, magnificent landscapes, ecologically-wondrous forests and abundance of wildlife.

Jet Airways will offer attractive inaugural fares as part of this launch, for which guests may get in touch with their nearest travel agent or the airline call centre on 39893333.

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