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Private Jet Hire Farnborough to Moscow

 
Private jet charter from Farnborough to Moscow. This flight is offered as a one way empty leg flight on Tuesday 21st February until Friday 25th February. This elegant, spacious and exquisite aircraft is the Challenger 850 which can seat up to 16 passengers. Jet Hire Direct can access many empty legs on a number of aircraft to and from a large number of airports.

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India Aviation Officials Ask Questions of Kingfisher

India aviation officials are to be asking questions of troubled airline Kingfisher. There has been three days of disruption at Kingfisher and the Indian Aviation Authorities have asked the airline to account for it. There have more than 100 flight cancellations over the last two days leaving many hundreds of passengers stranded.

The airline has experienced large scale cash flow problems that have lead to many staff leaving the company and large scale flight cancellations. The company blame high fuel costs and a weak rupee for its troubles.

The Civil Aviation’s Director General has asked the company’s senior officials to appear before it to explain the situation. The airline has said that the problems and cancellations will continue over the next few days.

Meanwhile a minister for civil aviation has categorically said that the Indian government is not prepared to bail out the company and will not be asking banks or private companies to do so either.

Losses have increased by 75% from October to December according to a spokesperson for the airline which raises new concerns for the company. The company made a loss of around $90m or £57m during that period compared to around half that amount a year earlier. This has lead to the net value of the company being eroded.

These latest figures have raised concerns over the future survival of the Indian airline as it finds it increasingly hard to attract fresh funds.

There have been fresh talks of a Hong Kong based company who may well inject fresh money into the ailing company.

Kingfisher has already stopped the budget airline section of its company in order to cut the losses. The company which started in 2005 has never made a profit.

Private Jet Charter Biggin Hill to Annecy – Haute-Savoie – Mont Blanc

Private jet charter from Biggin Hill to Annecy – Haute-Savoie – Mont Blanc Airport. This flight is offered as a one way empty leg flight on Saturday 25th February. The aircraft is the stunning, spacious and wonderful Hawker 800B which can seat up to 8 passengers. Jet Hire Direct can access many empty legs on a number of aircraft to and from a large number of airports.

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Spanair Threatened With Fine

The government in Spain are threatening legal action against the collapsed airline Spanair. The company closed its operations without notice which left around 23,000 people stranded and looking for rescheduled flights. The government are looking to fine the company around €9 million for the decision to stop flights last Friday.

The collapse seems to point to further problems within the Spanish economy along with many other euro zone economies. The company based in Barcelona has been the flagship of the Catalonian region of Spain which has been seeking independence from Madrid. The company has been kept afloat by receiving €150 million in subsidies from local authorities.

Spanair was seeking to convince Qatar Airways to enter into an agreement in order to ease funding problems. However the company was also facing problems from low-cost rivals who argued that the funding it received was illegal.

The company was formed by SAS a Scandinavian carrier way back in 1986, offering flights from Spain to the Balearic Islands. They later tried unsuccessfully to expand into the transatlantic market. In 2009 the company was taken over by a private consortium based in Catalonia with SAS keeping just an 11% stake.

Spaniar lost €185 million in 2009 and a further €116 in 2010. The news follows the collapse of Lehman Brothers just months earlier which itself triggered a financial crisis.

Talk in the industry suggests that the collapse was a flying shipwreck that was waiting to happen. Also questions have been asked as to whether Qatar Airways offer was indeed genuine or not. Total losses of €350 million had made any profitability unlikely. Qatar Airways was seeking to invest in a European airline after their rivals Etihad had bought a share in Air Berlin in recent months.

Spaniar has very few assets in order to pay back debts. It has a fleet of 36 aircraft all of which were leased. Their demise could lead to 4,000 job losses.

Spain as a whole has faced many problems over recent years. The country had gone through a boom period over the last decade with many new airports built. Some of those airports are now shut or as best idle. The countries third biggest airline recently announced losses of around €13 million with loss of jobs.

New Policy for Civil Aviation Ministry

The Civil Aviation Ministry in India are looking to put together a new policy to help with new concerns and worries within the aviation industry. Issues being discussed are; pricing, security, safety, fuel prices and infrastructure.

A meeting was held today between senior officials within the Ministry and major stakeholders to discuss a whole range of issues in order to work out some sort of agreement.

A decision was made that all stakeholders should put forward any proposals for improvements by the middle of February. Those views and ideas would be placed on an official website for feedback and comments from other members and stakeholders. The meeting was attended by officials of KPMG, CAPA, FICCI, CII and ASSOCHAM.

The next meeting is planned for February again involving the Ministry and stakeholders. One suggestion was for a separate air cargo policy in order to improve infrastructure, regulatory framework and much needed improvement incorporating modern technology to cater to this fast growing industry.

It is projected that at least freight planes will be required over the next 20 years or so. Much needed investment is required to ease pressure on the current infrastructure and also tax breaks are required on jet fuel.

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