New Delhi - India's top private-sector airlines Jet Airways and Kingfisher Airlines announced a wide-ranging alliance that will help both carriers to battle declining growth and cut fuel costs, news reports said Tuesday.
"The two airlines will be able to rationalize their operations and derive the maximum synergies and thereby offer the best possible fares for the benefit of consumers," the IANS news agency quoted from a statement issued by the companies.
The alliance was firmed up late Monday night following a meeting between Jet Airways chairman Naresh Goyal and his Kingfisher Airlines counterpart Vijay Mallaya.
The companies said the alliance would entail huge costs savings but declined to give details.
Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) has announced that it has sanctioned the starting of commercial flights from Mumbai to Nashik.
According to the sources, the service to be operated by Kingfisher airlines is expected to commence by the end of this month.
While commenting on the approval, Mr.Prakash V Deshmukh, managing director of HAL stated, “We have given approval to operate the flight from our Ojhar airport near Nashik and the first flight may take off around October 25.”
Mumbai, Oct 13 : Kingfisher Airlines and Jet Airways on Monday broached a possible alliance to overcome their problems, largely generated by mounting fuel bills in wake of the global financial crisis.
Kingfisher chief Vijay Mallya walked into the corporate head office of Jet at S M Centre in Andheri to discuss the issues of common interest with Naresh Goyal, as both the airlines are losing an estimated up to Rs 20 crore a day.
When contacted, a Jet spokesperson said: “Yes, Mallya and Goyal have met today.”
London - A British Airways (BA) Boeing was Monday forced to request a priority landing at London's Heathrow airport after fumes were detected in the passenger cabin, the airline said.
No one was hurt or taken ill as the Boeing 757, travelling from Nice in southern France with 137 passengers on board, landed safely just after 0700 GMT Monday.
"The crew asked for a priority landing after fumes were detected in the cabin. Our engineers are now inspecting the plane," a BA spokesman said.
Wellington - Australian budget carrier Jetstar Airways announced Monday that it was expanding services on the highly competitive routes across the Tasman Sea to New Zealand.
Jetstar, a low-cost subsidiary of Qantas Airways, said it would start daily flights on April 28 from Auckland to Sydney and the Queensland Gold Coast.
Chief executive Bruce Buchanan said the flights would complement Qantas' four daily Auckland-Sydney services, and he did not see the parent carrier scaling back its New Zealand routes.
The global slowdown also hit the aviation sector. Many leading air lines are facing the heat of slowdown due to decrease in number of customers. The largest private airline Jet Airways (India) has decided to cancel Mumbai-Shanghai-San Francisco flights from January 13. The service was launched before seven months. However, the chief commercial officer of the company said that Jet has temporarily suspended the airline and company would not suspend any other flight. Jet had also decreased the frequency of flights to five times a week in order to cut losses in August.
Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) has announced that it has sanctioned the starting of commercial flights from Mumbai to Nashik. 
Mumbai, Oct 13 : Kingfisher Airlines and Jet Airways on Monday broached a possible alliance to overcome their problems, largely generated by mounting fuel bills in wake of the global financial crisis.
London - A British Airways (BA) Boeing was Monday forced to request a priority landing at London's Heathrow airport after fumes were detected in the passenger cabin, the airline said.
Wellington - Australian budget carrier Jetstar Airways announced Monday that it was expanding services on the highly competitive routes across the Tasman Sea to New Zealand.
