Thursday, January 01, 2009
After the Mumbai terrorist attacks killed 171 people and wounded hundreds of others last month, business travelers may wonder whether traveling in India is safe.
Security experts, the U.S. State Department, and the Canadian and British governments are not advising travelers to avoid going there.
But Australia says: Stay away.
"The Mumbai terrorist attacks had -- and still have -- a very low likelihood of happening," says Bruce McIndoe, president of iJet, a security consulting company in Annapolis, Md. The Mumbai attacks changed "the perceptions of risk," but "India is no more risky than it was before," says Jake Stratton, director of India operations for Control Risks, a London-based security consultant.
In an alert posted on its website Dec. 4, the State Department said there are "heightened security concerns" in India and advised travelers "to maintain a high level of vigilance." It did not issue a "travel warning," which it does when travelers should avoid a country.
The Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, though, advises travelers "to reconsider" any need to travel to India.
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Tuesday, December 02, 2008
Nakul Anand, CEO, ITC, believes the impact of the recent terror attack on tourism would not be limited to only Mumbai. He feels both business and leisure travel to India would be affected. "Volumes were down 30-40% across India in the last five days and 50% in Mumbai." He feels lower prices wouldn’t help volumes either.
Udayan Bose, Non Executive Chairman, Thomas Cook India, expects the Mumbai terror attack to severely affect inbound tourism. He does not see much change in outbound tourism. "Corporate travel is already down. I think the tourism industry is headed for a tough 8-9 months." He expects cancellations in Goa due to the British government advisory.
Cyrus Guzder, Chairman and Managing Director, AFL said the Indian tourism industry is heading for a downturn in tourism. "Travel to Mumbai will be affected. Business travel elsewhere in India will recover, but that to Mumbai will not."
Saturday, May 03, 2008
Emirates Airline on Wednesday said it will continue to grow in India, one of the top five markets of the carrier in the world, by adding new flights and connecting new destinations apart from consolidating its presence in the existing cities.
"Our growth plan will continue in India. The Indian market is a growing one. So,
the growth will continue," Emirates' Chairman and Chief Executive Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al-Maktoum said, while announcing the Emirates Group's financial results here.
The carrier, wholly-owned by the Dubai Government, now connects nine Indian destinations with 105 flights a week. On July 1, it would commence six weekly flights to and fro Calicut and double the flights to Delhi.
"We will add more flights to India and connect other destinations as soon as we get approval," Emirates' Senior Vice President (Commercial Operations), West Asia and Indian Ocean, Salem Obaidalla said.
West Asia and Indian Ocean regions contributed 8.9 per cent of the total revenue for the year for Emirates.
PTI/The Hindu
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Monday, November 05, 2007
The boom in the domestic airline industry will continue for at least another one year with passenger traffic likely to grow at 20-30 per cent.
This is the opinion of more than 60 per cent of the chief executive officers who participated in a snap poll conducted by the Federation of Indian Airlines (FIA).
While declining to divulge which airlines were more optimistic on passenger growth prospects, sources said that the meeting where the poll was carried out was attended by officials of the eight domestic airlines including the Chairman and Managing Director, Air India, Mr V. Thulasidas.
The growth of the industry could be faster if steps were taken to bring down the cost of aviation turbine fuel as also develop airport infrastructure, the CEOs felt. A majority of those present were of the opinion that three-to-five years was a realistic time frame for improvement in airport infrastructure in the metro cities, while it would take one-to-three years for the similar development at airports in non-metro cities.
There was also a feeling that the current Government policy of not allowing two airports in a city needed to be reviewed.
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