AITA defers decision on Olympic combination till Thursday
The men's doubles combination for the London Olympics would be known only on Thursday after the All India Tennis Association (AITA) failed to arrive at a decision despite hectic parleys with feuding p
Indian skies inviting, but no takers for airlines
With a potential air market of hundreds of millions of people, airlines ought to be hammering on India's door - yet global airline executives say it would be madness to invest in a domestic carrier th
IATA warns of trade war over EU carbon tax on aviation
Global airlines body IATA on Tuesday warned of a trade war between Europe and many nations like India, Russia, China and the US over imposition of carbon tax on all air travel over the sky of the west
Airline industry profits to plummet in 2012: IATA
Airline industry group IATA warned on Monday global profits would more than halve in 2012 owing to surging oil prices and the eurozone crisis, with European carriers suffering losses of $1.1 billion.
IATA attacks govt for airport charges hike, delay in infra projects
India on Monday came under sharp attack for the recent hike in charges at Delhi airport and major delays in building new airports and strengthening infrastructure, with airlines' body IATA saying t
Airline bosses worried over high oil prices, eurozone crisis
High oil prices and the unresolved European debt crisis hitting the financial bottomline of the global aviation industry would be the major focus of debate at the World Air Transport Summit beginning
Carbon tax and Europe to dominate airline talks
The world's airline bosses meet from Sunday in Beijing, with talks likely to be dominated by a bitterly opposed carbon tax, the European debt crisis and the perennial headache of high oil prices.
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Delhi airport to be world's most expensive: IATA
The New Delhi airport will become the world's most expensive, with its operator GMR Infrastructure Ltd permitted to raise charges, hurting the airport's ambition to become an aviation hub, an airline
High fuel prices threaten airline sector, IATA warns
The airline industry group IATA cut its 2012 profit forecast for the airline sector to $3.0 billion ($2.3 billion) from $3.5 billion on Tuesday as tensions in the Gulf push fuel prices up.
If fuel pr
Turbulent times ahead for Indian aviation sector, says IATA
The Indian aviation industry may not do well this year in the absence of any major structural changes, apex body for the global airline industry IATA's director general Tony Tyler said here on Thursda