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Air Transport Market Analysis - MARCH 2010

KEY POINTS
* Before the plume of volcanic ash from Iceland temporarily closed European airspace in April, international air travel and air freight were rising strongly. In March, international air travel, measured by RPKs, was 10.3% higher than a year earlier. Air freight, measured by FTKs, was 28.1% higher.
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 GUEST COLUMN
Positioning Maharashtra as a MICE destination By Tarun Malhotra, Director, Inorbit Tours
Due to the boom in the Indian economy and growth in the Indian industrial sectors, availability of foreign exchange, the emphasis on increasing exports have resulted in speedy increase in the Indian MICE segment specially to international countries. According to International Congress & Convention Association, India can capture the Asian MICE share, since 69 per cent of MICE meetings prefer city hotels and 21 per cent prefer resorts and

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HTM to organise travel mart and shopping carnival at Gurgaon in October, 2010
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