IndiGo takes precaution against bad weather this winter
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Continuing its commitment to maintain impressive operational efficiency, IndiGo, India’s favourite on-time performer, is all set to enhance the hassle free experience for its passengers this foggy season. As a part of its winter schedule strategy, the airline has outlined multiple measures to minimize flight disruptions and cancellations arising from bad weather conditions.
With 80 percent of its cockpit crew well equipped to land all 6E flights down to 125 meters visibility instead of 150 meters in the year 2009, IndiGo is the only domestic low-cost carrier whose entire fleet is authorized for CAT III B operations. Along with CAT II/III landings, IndiGo has also secured permission for Low Visibility Take Off (LVTO). Low visibility operations require special crew and aircraft certification and authorization.
Aditya Ghosh, President of IndiGo, said “Having recorded less than a fraction of a percentage of flight cancellation in the last two winters, this year too we are committed to take our customers’ expectations to new heights. The entire team at IndiGo has spent a considerable amount of time, effort and money to enhance schedule integrity and to deliver the best hassle free travel experience on all 6E flights.”
Keeping passengers’ convenience in mind, a brand new Airbus A-320 will be kept on ground as a spare aircraft to handle disruption/delays caused by fog. This aircraft will be inducted on December 24, and will be utilized as per requirement till January 20, 2010.
Additionally, IndiGo, like last year, will collaborate with the Indian Metrological Department (IMD), to receive fog forecasts upto 48 hours in advance. The airline also has a team of professional meteorologists to provide fog forecasts round-the-clock that will help in re-scheduling flights and updating operations on a real time basis.
The Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) is pleased to bring back the PATA Adventure Travel and Responsible Tourism Conference and Mart 2011 (AT&RTCM) to Pokhara, Nepal. The AT&RTCM will take place at the Fulbari Resort and Spa, February 7-11, 2011.
Under the theme ‘Social Give Back: Doing Well by Doing Good’, the conference will focus on current issues on sustainable and responsible tourism such as ‘Greening of Travel and Tourism’ and ‘Experiential and Indigenous Tourism’. ‘Extreme Adventure Holidays’ will also be discussed.
High profile speakers in sustainable and responsible travel will gather at the event. Notable names include those of Arlene Samen, CNN Hero; Brian Mullis, Sustainable Travel International; John King, Global Tourism & Leisure; Mina Gabor, International School of Sustainable Tourism; Nyima Tashi Sherpa, Kopan Monastery Village; Renton de Alwis, writer and social activist and Steve Harbert, Mountain Kingdom.
Participants will also be encouraged to ‘do well do good’ by contributing to the local community in Pokhara. Three options will be offered during the offsite session, including visits to a government school, Phewa Lake or an old age home.
Said Prachanda Shrestha, CEO, Nepal Tourism Board: “It’s a great privilege for us to have the AT&RTCM return to Pokhara after the last event in 2001. Indeed, Pokhara is a perfect venue for this event as it has been the centre of adventure activities in Nepal, draped by high mountains of the Annapurna Range, and flanked by the turquoise Phewa Lake. I truly believe that an event of such international stature will definitely help us in promoting Nepal as a tourist destination for ‘All Seasons’.”
Said Pawan Tuladhar, chairman, PATA Nepal Chapter: “PATA hosting the event in Nepal for the second time around only emphasises the Association’s continued commitment to adventure travel and responsible tourism. PATA is very much in line with the shift in trend in adventure and responsible tourism.
“Nepalese tourism entrepreneurs have always been the leaders in the trekking industry and keep current with the changing trends in adventure travel and responsible tourism. This is a great opportunity for Nepal to promote itself, especially as 2011 is ‘Nepal Tourism Year’. Pokhara is the ideal venue for such an event as an Adventure Mart, as it is the gateway to the famous Annapurna Range that offers some of the greatest treks in the world.”
The event is hosted by Nepal Tourism Board with support from the PATA Nepal Chapter and endorsed by Adventure Travel Trade Association (ATTA), the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and Sustainable Travel International. Official airlines are Nepal Airlines and Buddha Air.
For registration and more information visit www.PATA.org/adventure2011
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