Thursday, January 7, 2021

Vistara invites applications for Sr. Executive Taxation (Intl. Compliance)

Sr. Executive Taxation (Intl. Compliance)

Gurgaon  

Qualification:

CA or B. COM graduate or MBA Finance from a recognized university

Experience:

0-2 years’ experience in Income tax and International laws

Good understanding of the International tax laws

Proven analytical and problem-solving skills

Must have sound knowledge of the accounting principles

Job Overview:

The role will be part of the Taxation function, responsible for all international activities related to secretarial, taxation and payroll.

Key Responsibilities:

Liaising with consultant for obtaining tax opinions on the existing and proposed international operations

Liaising with other departments for setting up operations in international locations

Compilation of documents for filing with various Authorities of International location for obtaining tax and other registrations

Monthly/ Quarterly Direct and Indirect Tax compliances of existing and proposed international location

Preparing monthly MIS for status of international compliances, refunds, assessments etc

Regularly checking and updating for any change in law in international locations

Tax advices to SBU’s on taxation matters of international locations

Reconciling international location branch books with HO

Preparation of weekly report on the status of International operations

Collation of data and preparation of submission for filing it to the authority during assessment and ensure timely refund

Tax accounting and tax code creation in SAP for taxation in international locations

Preparing internal controls and checks for accurate and proper accounting of expense and income of International locations

Liaising for secretarial, legal and payroll compliances

Assisting in salary calculations of foreign deputed employees

Complete end to end managing compliances of secretarial and payroll related along with liaison, managing accounting and tax compliances

SPOC for all international activities related to secretarial, taxation and payroll

Skills & Attributes:

Good communication skills

Strong IT skills covering MS Office systems, tax systems and SAP

Strong leadership and management skills

Apply at official site: https://careers.airvistara.com/job/Sr_-Executive-Taxation-%28Intl_-Compliance%29/3326344/

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Vistara invites applications for First Officer


Vistara invites applications for First Officer

Delhi

Experience: 

Total 750 Hours out of which minimum 500 Hours on type (B787) after line release. The experience should have been attained with a Scheduled Operator at the time of joining.

Qualification:

Current Rating on B787

Pilots to possess current Indian DGCA CPL or ATPL, FRTO, COP/RTR, IR, Class I Medical

Pilots should have Ability to speak, read, write and comprehend English language to at least an ICAO level 4 standard

Licenses, Medical to be current for a minimum 03 months at the time of joining

Apply at official site: https://careers.airvistara.com/job/Delhi-First-Officer/3327544/

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Monday, November 9, 2020

Vistara marks entry into Uttarakhand: Launches flights between Delhi and Dehradun

 (File: ©commons.wikimedia/Venkat Mangudi)
Vistara, on Monday, commenced its services between Delhi and Dehradun. Vistara will operate three flights a week on Monday, Wednesday and Saturday. 
Vistara tweeted, Dehradun is now a Vistara city.

 Vinod Kannan, Chief Commercial Officer, Vistara, reiterated, “We are pleased to start services to Dehradun, a step that reflects our commitment to densifying our domestic network while we expand our international footprint. We see Dehradun as an important addition to our network, given the nature of air traffic to and from the city, which includes corporate and leisure travellers, SME owners, students, members of the civil society, etc. We are confident that they will appreciate having the choice of flying India’s finest airline that also ensures the highest standards in health and safety measures”.

During this pandemic Vistara has inducted two Boeing 787-9 and Airbus 321. Vistara also mentioned that the cabin crew wear personal protective equipment (PPE) and avoid all non-essential interaction with passengers.

#Vistara #Dehradun #Uttarakhand #Flight

Friday, March 23, 2018

Singapore Airlines eyes Tel Aviv flights over Saudi Arabia: Israel tourism minister


Photo: By Kentaro Iemoto from Tokyo, Japan - Singapore Airlines A330-300X(9V-STE), CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=23458753

JERUSALEM, March 22 (Reuters) - Israel's tourism minister said on Thursday that Singapore Airlines and a Filipino airline were exploring the introduction of flights to and from Tel Aviv that would pass through Saudi airspace.

The minister, Yariv Levin, spoke after Air India launched its first flight from New Delhi to Tel Aviv on a route scheduled to take the plane over Saudi Arabia, a country that does not recognise Israel.

Granting overflight rights to Air India ended a 70-year blanket Saudi airspace ban on routes to and from Israel, but did not appear to herald any immediate change in policy towards Israeli airlines.

Read more at https://www.nasdaq.com/article/israel-says-singapore-airlines-eyes-tel-aviv-flights-over-saudi-20180322-00958



Thursday, March 22, 2018

Air India scripts history with golden letters, launches maiden non-stop flight from Delhi to Tel Aviv over Saudi Arabia



#AirIndia launched non-stop flight from New Delhi to Tel Aviv  at 6 pm today. Flight AI139 took off from Indira Gandhi Intl Airport at 1800 hrs & will arrive at the Ben Gurion International Airport at Tel Aviv at 2145 hrs. Flt AI139 was flagged off by Shri Pradeep Singh Kharola, CMD Air India.

The 256-seater Boeing 787 Dreamliner to overfly Saudi Arabia and Persian Gulf states, countries with which Israel has no diplomatic relations.

The maiden flight departed New Delhi at 6 pm and is due to arrive at Ben-Gurion Airport at 9.45 pm Israel time, according to the Air India website. 


#AirIndia said it plans to fly the Delhi-Tel Aviv route three times a week.


Image Credit: Air India



Tuesday, March 20, 2018

'P&W to deliver two engines to Indigo on Wednesday, remaining within next 40 days'



NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Pratt & Whitney will soon begin deliveries of spare engines to IndiGo airlines, which was forced to ground eight of its Airbus A320neo aircraft last week after engine problems, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters.

P&W, owned by United Technologies Corp, will deliver two engines on Wednesday and the remaining within the next 40 days, said the source who did not want to identified.

A series of in-flight engine failures prompted India’s aviation regulator to ground 11 aircraft last week fitted with certain P&W engines and operated by IndiGo, the country’s biggest carrier by market share, and rival GoAir.

That led to the cancellation of hundreds of flights and about a 5 percent fall in the share price of IndiGo’s parent, InterGlobe Aviation, over the past week.


Read more at: https://in.reuters.com/article/india-indigo-prattandwhitney/pw-to-deliver-spare-a320neo-engines-soon-to-indigo-source-idINKBN1GW1MQ     Image: By BriYYZ from Toronto, Canada - IndiGo Airbus A320neo F-WWDG (to VT-ITI), CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=51240604




Vistara records 91% Passenger Load Factor in February 2018


New Delhi, March 19, 2018: Vistara recorded its highest-ever passenger load factor (PLF or occupancy) of 91.2% in the month of February 2018 (as per the DGCA monthly report), after having topped the list among full-service carriers (FSCs) several times over the last one year. The performance is phenomenal for a carrier with three cabin classes, with more than 95% occupancy in its Economy class during the month, which is amongst the highest in the world. Vistara also registered the highest on-time performance of 73.8% in the month among FSCs.

Additionally, Vistara registered only 0.1 complaints per 10,000 per 10,000 passengers, the lowest of all major Indian airlines. The airline’s cancellation rate also constantly remained to be one of the lowest in the industry at 0.15%.

Sanjiv Kapoor, Chief Strategy & Commercial Officer, said, “We are gratified by our performance in February 2018. We have hit the sweet spot of high loads with close to zero denied boardings, a difficult and creditable achievement indeed, while maintaining our record of having some of the lowest cancellation and customer complaint rates in the industry globally''. 




Monday, March 19, 2018

Air India to begin service to Tel Aviv from Thursday



The disinvestment-bound national carrier Air India will deploy a 256-seater Boeing 787-800 on the New Delhi-Tel Aviv route that will be launched from Thursday.

Air India had on March 7 announced a tri-weekly flights to Tel Aviv from March 22, after Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu had announced that Saudi Arabia had allowed India to fly over its territory.

It will deploy a 256-seater Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft on the new route, the airline said today.

Air India will fly over Oman, Saudi Arabia and Jordan to reach Israel, taking seven hours to the destination, making it the fastest air route between the two countries.

The duration of the flight between New Delhi and Tel Aviv will be around two hours shorter than the time taken by Israel's national carrier El Al, which has direct flights between Tel Aviv and Mumbai, Air India said in the statement.
The national carrier had planned to launch the service last May, but that did not happen after some countries denied use of their airspace for flights to Israel.



Image: By Julian Herzog, CC BY 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=26856008
Read more at: https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/transportation/airlines-/-aviation/air-india-to-begin-service-to-tel-aviv-from-thursday/articleshow/63367001.cms



Singapore: Changi Airport to penalise airlines that don't watch the clock


Habitual latecomers and early birds face fines of up to $100k and risk losing landing slots

Travellers at Changi Airport can expect fewer delays even as the skies become more crowded, with penalties to be rolled out in the coming months for the first time to punish airlines that do not watch the clock.

The Straits Times has learnt that not only habitual latecomers, but also early birds who too end up disrupting schedules will face a fine of up to $100,000 and risk losing their landing slots.

Singapore aviation authorities are taking a tough stance on the matter amid a growing number of flights that continue to put pressure on runway capacity at Changi Airport.

The Aviation (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill, which spells out the new rules, is expected to be passed in Parliament today. It is "to allow for optimal use of airport capacity", according to the document.

Only airlines that flout the rules "repeatedly or intentionally" will be taken to task, the Government said when proposing the Bill.

The operational details are expected to be made known to airlines soon.


Read more at: https://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/eat-drink-man-woman-16/changi-airport-penalise-airlines-dont-watch-clock-5794816.html

Image credit: Pulkitsangal, CC BY 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=16156776

IndiGo aircraft grounded in Jammu due to fuel leak


NEW DELHI: Another IndiGo’s Airbus 320 (new engine option or neo) was grounded in Jammu on Sunday due to a technical glitch, making it the sixth incident with the neo aircraft in a week. 

Sources said that the IndiGo’s aircraft (VT IVE) is grounded in Jammu since yesterday. 

“The aircraft was to operate flight 6e 559 to Srinagar from Jammu but was grounded due to fuel leak from engine 1 after which the plane was grounded,” said a source, in the know. 


IndiGo in a statement confirmed the incident and said: “An A320 neo aircraft that operated Mumbai-Jammu, during maintenance checks was detected with leakage from #1 engine. This is a technical snag and it is being rectified. This is not related to the PW engine on-going concerns,” read the statement. 



ANI reported

Sunday, March 18, 2018

Bhawana Kanth becomes 2nd Indian woman to fly fighter aircraft solo


NEW DELHI: Flying officer Bhawana Kanth on Friday became the second woman pilot of the Indian Air Force (IAF) to fly a fighter aircraft solo, reported news agency ANI.

Kanth flew a MiG-21 "Bison" from Ambala Air Force Station at around 2pm yesterday.

The "Bison" has virtually the highest landing and take-off speed in the world - 340 kmph.

Kanth, who hails from Darbhanga in Bihar, told TOI in 2016 that flying "like a free bird" had been a childhood dream, which inspired her to join the IAF.

Getting the opportunity to opt for the fighter stream is the "best and biggest" thing that happened to her, she had said then, adding that she wants to fight for the nation and make her parents proud.

In February this year, flying officer Avani Chaturvedi made history by becoming the first Indian woman to fly a fighter aircraft solo.

Chaturvedi achieved the distinction on February 19, also flying a MiG-21 "Bison", from IAF's Jamnagar base.


Friday, March 16, 2018

Delhi HC refuses to ground entire fleet of IndiGo’s A320neo over ‘faulty’ engines


The aviation watchdog had on March 12 ordered IndiGo and GoAir to immediately ground 11 A320neo planes powered with a certain series of Pratt & Whitney engines after three incidents of mid-air engine failures within a month.

The Delhi high court on Friday refused to ground the entire fleet of IndiGo’s A320neo aircraft, which allegedly have defective engines.

Advocate Yeshwanth Shenoy’s said in his plea that IndiGo’s A320neo fleet should be grounded until the manufacturers give in writing that the existing defects have been rectified and the DGCA is satisfied.

“Your (petitioner) first prayer seeking direction to Directorate General of Civil Aviation to ground the entire fleet of Airbus A320neo cannot be granted,” a bench of acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and justice C Hari Shankar said.

It, however, said Shenoy’s plea seeking various other directions to the authorities, including an order to ensure that all accidents are published on DGCA’s website within 24 hours of its occurrence, shall be heard on March 20.


IndiGo’s ATR plane on maiden flight returns to France due to technical snag


Toulouse: IndiGo Airline's brand new ATR plane, which was flying from France's Toulouse to India on Thursday, returned to its base an hour after taking off. The flight returned to its base due to low oil pressure in one of its engines for maintenance check.

"Within an hour into flight, engine low pressure was detected in one of the engines of IndiGo ATR 72-600. The aircraft was being ferried (non revenue flight/no revenue passengers onboard), from Toulouse (France) to India." read an official note.

"As a precautionary measure the aircraft immediately returned to Toulouse for maintenance checks. Post maintenance the aircraft was released for ferry. The matter has been brought to the notice of the regulator," it added.


GOLD RAIN: Nine tons of gold, platinum and diamonds worth $368 million falls out of plane taking off from Russian airport


A plane with ten tons of gold, platinum and diamonds lost some of its cargo after taking off from Yakutsk airport in Russia. It has been reported the left flap of the cargo hatch was disrupted by the air flow. As the plane gained height, more gold bars rained down. 

The AN-12 cargo plane of Nimbus Airlines hit the problem during takeoff and the treasures fell out of the cargo all over the runway. 

The plane then dropped some bars of gold as far as 26 kilometres from the airport. The crew landed at Magan airport, some 26 kilometres north-west of Yakutsk. 
Police & secret service personnel sealed off the runway and a vast search is going on. 


Technical engineers at the Yakutsk airport who prepared the plane for takeoff have been arrested. 

The cargo was reported to be owned by Chukota Mining and Geological company; 75 per cent of the private company's stake is owned by Canadian Kinross Gold.

Thursday, March 15, 2018

Flight cancellations: IndiGo scraps 488 flights, GoAir 138 after DGCA crackdown against A320 neo planes


Passengers are likely to face harrowing times with IndiGo and GoAir deciding to cancel more than 600 flights this month, of which 480 are by IndiGo alone, following grounding of 11 A320 neo planes with faulty Pratt & Whitney (P&W) engines. The cancellations by the two budget carriers, which operate more than 1,200 flights daily on average, may significantly disrupt the summer schedule. There was no immediate clarity about the way possible compensation and alternative choices would be made available to the passengers already having tickets.

IndiGo, which has the largest share in the domestic aviation market, would be cancelling as many as 488 flights during the period March 15-31. GoAir has decided to cancel a total of 138 flights between March 15-22, as per announcements made on their respective websites. According to the curtailed flight schedule submitted to the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) and posted on the airline's website, IndiGo would not operate 36 daily flights between March 15 and March 21.

Another 18 daily flights would remain cancelled between March 22 and March 24. The number of flights cancelled between March 25 and March 31 stands at 16 per day, the airline indicated.

This takes the total number of cancelled flights to 488 till the end of this month.

The revised schedule of Wadia group-promoted GoAir showed that the airline has cancelled seven daily flights to 10 destinations between March 16 and March 24 apart from cancelling six services per week between March 15 and March 22. On the whole, 138 flights stand cancelled. Put together, IndiGo and GoAir have cancelled around 626 flights.

Air India's Twitter Account Hacked; "All Flights Cancelled," A Post Read



MUMBAI: Air India's official Twitter account was hacked early in the morning for many hours before being restored, the airline said today.

Messages in Turkish language were posted on the official Twitter handle @airindiain, an Air India spokesperson said.

All the malicious content posted on the handle has been removed and the official handle has now been restored, he said.

One of the posts by the hackers read, "Last minute important announcement. All our flights have been cancelled. From now on, we will fly with Turkish Airlines."


Image Credit: Kentaro Iemoto via wiki commons

Jet Airways adds 144 new weekly flights this summer




MUMBAI: Private carrier Jet Airways today announced expansion of its domestic network, adding 144 new weekly flights comprising both non-stop and one-stop services as part of its summer schedule, which begins later this month.



The new services include flights to north-eastern cities of Imphal and Jorhat as well as Tiruchanapalli in the south from New Delhi and Mumbai, Jet Airways said on Wednesday.

As part of the new schedule, Jet Airways will strengthen connectivity to the north eastern region from the national capital with non-stop services including thrice-a-week flights to Aizawl and Jorhat and four times-a-week flights to Silchar from New Delhi, it said.



The airline will also commence four times-a-week non-stop service to Imphal from Delhi, and will launch new non-stop services to Patna, Raipur and Chandigarh. 

Additionally, Jet Airways will begin a daily, non-stop service for the very first time between Mumbai and Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu's temple city and a religious centre, besides a new direct service between Tiruchirappalli and Delhi.


Wednesday, March 14, 2018

Government wants to extend 'Make in India' plan to planes, drones: Prabhu


"We do not want 1,300 planes to be bought from abroad. We will make them in India,"

NEW DELHI: The government wants to extend the 'Make in India' initiative to planes and drones and not just import the entire requirement in the coming years, Aviation Minister Suresh Prabhu said today.



India will need more than 1,300 planes in the next few years, he said.




"We do not want 1,300 planes to be bought from abroad. We will make them in India," he told .




He said the ministry will work together with its defence counterparts to look at civilian and defence aircraft requirements.




The second priority, he said, is going to be drones as this sector holds huge potential.



"It is a big market and India has a huge potential for that. So we will work on drones," he added.

Read more at: https://www.gadgetsnow.com/tech-news/government-wants-to-extend-make-in-india-plan-to-planes-drones-prabhu/articleshow/63301250.cms

Aviation ministry eyes 5-fold rise in passenger trips to 1 billion in 15-20 years: Jayant Sinha


NEW DELHI:The aviation ministry is targeting a five-fold increase in passenger trips to one billion per annum in 15-20 years in view of the huge growth opportunities the sector holds, Union Minister Jayant Sinha said today. 

The Minister of State for Civil Aviation said that the government is working on steps such as developing new greenfield airports and skilling manpower to achieve this target. 

"A target of billion passenger trips in the next 15 to 20 yrs is very realisable and is in fact a realistic target that we should be looking for," he said here at the AIMA event. 

He also said that the billion passenger trips would not come from aircraft alone but also from helicopters, sea planes and passenger drones. 


Many of these have still to be manufactured in the country and it provides tremendous business opportunities to start and develop these new technologies, he said. 

Elaborating on passenger drones, Sinha said this is a big industry and in the coming years, it is likely to touch a trillion dollar mark. 

Image credit: AIMA

Tuesday, March 13, 2018

AirAsia India adds 17th jet; to launch services to Imphal




Mumbai I PTI : Budget carrier #AirAsia India on Tuesday added one more A320 aircraft in the fleet, raising its size to 17 and announced the launch of its services to Imphal from New Delhi as well to Delhi and Pune from Bengaluru from early next month.

With the latest induction, AirAsia India has added three new aircraft and as many destinations along with eight new routes in the first quarter of the current calendar year, the airline said in a statement. The Tata Sons and Malaysian airliner’s group AirAsia-invested AirAsia India is still short of three planes to qualify for launching international operations.

Under the existing rules, domestic airlines can fly overseas provided they deploy 20 aircraft or 20% of their capacity in the domestic market, whichever is higher. AirAsia India has inducted one more Airbus A320 plane, which has taken its total fleet size to 17 aircraft, the airline said, adding that it will launch its flight services to Imphal in the north-east from 7 April.


Read more at http://www.livemint.com/Companies/JNWzFKXhuHCJXhvVLTQphO/AirAsia-India-adds-17th-jet-to-launch-services-to-Imphal.html

Vistara invites applications for Sr. Executive Taxation (Intl. Compliance)

Sr. Executive Taxation (Intl. Compliance) Gurgaon    Qualification: CA or B. COM graduate or MBA Finance from a recognized university ...