Travel News
Posted on March 17th, 2010 by International Flight Online
Virgin Atlantic & Cathay pacific airlines involved in unfair business practices
Virgin Atlantic airline British airline headed by Sir Richard Branson's is to face a probe from Office of Fair Trading (OFT) into grave allegations of deliberately fixing fares on its London to Hong Kong route.
An OFT official stated while speaking to media “Virgin Atlantic airline had entered into secretive agreement on price fixing for passenger fares who book flights online on London to Hong Kong route with rival airline service Cathay Pacific over a period of 5 years.”
The unethical pricing was brought of the OFT notice by Cathay Pacific to avoid penalty as under the UK government leniency policy any company who confessed allegations and report its involvement into misconduct may qualify for immunity from government penalties.
Domestic and International flight fares will be hiked soon – Budget Impact
Domestic and International flight fares will be increased by 10% due to high operational cost in flight maintenance. Indian finance minister while addressing to Parliament told that by increasing service tax will bring all strata of airline passengers under tax bracket.
Yes, all air passengers have to pay service tax," said official of an aviation consultancy firm. "Prior to this , service tax on flight travelers was confined to first and business class travel.
Foreign tourist has increased by 20% in February 2010
Foreign visitors to India may have been the target of recent terror attacks but that doesn’t seem to have dampen their spirit to visit our motherland.
Even travel advisories were recently issued by respective country officials like US UK and Australia, their tourists planning out vacation in India The inbound traffic has barely been affected after terror attack in Pune blast.
Unlike 26/11, which saw an immediate dip in tourist attack, foreigners dont appear to be intimidated by recent blasts. Even world cup is not affected by terror threats stated by sport official. India has always been on terror radar post 26/11. however passenger traffic has gone up in the past There has been a sudden jump by 20% in foreign tourist and this trend is likely to continue.
