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Reviving Air India: How Rohit Nandan is doing it

The CMD's focus on raising employee morale and cutting costs is paying off. The airline's operating losses have shrunk and earnings are looking up

Eicher still a Royal Enfield show

CVs yet to fire, though mgmt and analysts are optimistic, with upbeat estimates

AirAsia to start red eye flights to improve aircraft utilisation

Has itself a target of aircraft utilisation of 16 hours as against the current 13 hours

Eicher Motors: Still a Royal Enfield show, CVs yet to fire

Company having a hard time coping with demand surge for Bullet and Classic that have waiting periods of 4-5 months

Airport privatisation to guard against high user charges

The Airports Authority of India had invested Rs 2,000 crore in upgrading the airports at Kolkata and Chennai

Air India chalks out plans to up market share in domestic skies

Company that faces increased competition post Vistara announcement will deploy 787 Dreamliners to draw in corporate travellers on domestic routes

Choppers might be allowed in commuter airline fleets

The BAOA has sought helicopters be included in the policy for promoting air connectivity to unserved and underserved destinations

City's got a rival

Maruti Suzuki's new sedan, the Ciaz, does not have a bold design line or the peppiness that enthusiasts may be looking for, but it addresses the needs for comfortable and affordable commuting

PM to review 100-day work of ministries on Sep 27

Civil aviation ministry is expected to inform Narendra Modi about the locations where the first five no-frills airports will come up

Air India chalks out two-pronged strategy to up share in domestic skies

787 Dreamliners will be deployed for corporate travellers and A320s would be used for economy passengers

We expect auto components sector to grow 5-6% in FY15: Harish Lakshman

Q&A with outgoing president, ACMA

Why we need more CEOs like Mary Barra

GM top boss is one of the most loved CEOs despite the controversies that surfaced soon after she assumed office in January

For car makers, it's not a full turnaround yet

Buoyed by strong sales, Maruti Suzuki, Hyundai and Honda have scaled up their annual targets, but others are still stuck in low gear

Air India to axe more loss-making routes

To reduce those not even meeting variable costs to 19% of network by March, from 38% five months ago

Airport privatisation: Govt seeks more views

Process may hold up airport privatisation program

Car makers look to festive fun ahead

But car makers are cautiously optimistic, even as two-wheeler firms are clearly upbeat

To be a global car maker, we need to be in India: Mary Barra

Interview with CEO, General Motors

Maruti sees double-digit sales growth this year

Scales up its earlier growth projection of 7-8%; Plans to use Rs 4k-cr surplus cash to develop 5 new models in India; Will pay less than 5% royalty on cars designed & developed in India

Vistara launch date likely to get pushed

Company was looking at starting operations on 15 October to commemorate J R D Tata's flight from Karachi to Mumbai in 1932

Centre to Chavan: Remove slums round Mumbai airport

309 acres of land around the airport is occupied by slum dwellers