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Jet to fly from Delhi to JFK via Brussels

New Delhi, Oct 26 (UNI) India's largest private airline Jet Airways will start flying to New York's John F Kennedy International Airport from October 28.

The flight via Brussels, Jet's new European hub, will be synchronised to provide passengers a seamless transfer between Delhi, Mumbai and Chennai to cities in north America -- New York (JFK), New Jersey (Newark) and Toronto in Canada.

JFK ranks among the busiest airports in the world. Jet has planned to deploy brand new Boeing 777-300ER (extended range) aircraft to service the new route, said chairman Naresh Goyal.

The airline will operate into American Airlines' terminal at JFK and passengers will be able to connect with its network.

''By February, we'll start flying from Mumbai to San Fransisco via Shanghai. Eventually we'll connect Washington DC, Chicago and Los Angeles as well,'' said Mr Goyal.

The airline plans to connect more cities within and outside the country and is acquiring 25 wide-bodied aircraft to fuel its international operations.

''We'll soon be starting international flights from Amritsar, Ahmedabad, Kolkata, Chennai and Bangalore,'' said Mr Goyal. ''We're also looking at 30 points in Europe to be served by a code-share agreement with Brussels Airlines.'' UNI

Three killed in road accidents in Hoshiarpur

Hoshiarpur, Oct 26 (UNI) Three people were killed in separate road accidents in the district since last night. According to police sources, two people were killed on the spot when a motorcycle they were riding collided head-on with a tractor-trailer near a tractor manufacturing company at Chack Gujran village, eight Km from here this afternoon. The deceased were identified as Jaspal Singh and Sadhu Ram. Their bodies were sent to the Civil Hospital, Hoshiarpur for postmortem. In another accident, one.....

SBI launches co-branded credit card with CSB

Kochi, Oct 26 (UNI) SBI Cards today announced the launch of a co-branded credit card with the Kerala-based Catholic Syrian Bank (CSB) to tap the local bank's wide customer base, especially in the rural areas Announcing the launch of the 'CSB Credit Card' at a press meet here, SBI Cards CEO Roopam Asthana and Catholic Syrian Bank Chairman R Venkataraman said the card was a value-packed product which will be accepted at two million Visa outlets across the globe. The card.....

Top Structural Engineers to attend 3rd World Congress

Bangalore, Oct 26 (UNI) More than 1,200 delegates from India and abroad will participate in the six-day third Structural Engineers World Congress (SEWC) to be held here from November two. Talking to newspersons today, SEWC President R Sundaram said the experts included those involved in the construction of buildings in earthquake-prone and tsunami-affected areas and also the Pentagon, which was partially destroyed in terrorist attack. The delegates would discuss threadbare defects in structure and come out with suggestions......
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