China Airlines Taiwan-Rome flights to transit via New Delhi

Taipei-based China Airlines announced Monday that from Dec. 1, its flights to Rome will transit via the Indian city of Delhi rather than the Thai city of Bangkok. CAL, which operates three flights per week to Rome, will become the only airline in the world to fly the route via Delhi, a move that is expected to cut the flight time by an hour, the company said. The twice-weekly Taipei-Bangkok-Rome flights will be replaced by three Taipei-Delhi-Rome flights per week, according to CAL. Flights will depart from Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport at 8:25 am every Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday, reaching Delhi at 01:10 pm for a 75 minute transit stop before arriving in Rome at 6:40 pm the same day. The return flights will leave at 10:40 pm from Rome and reach Delhi at 10:55 am the next day for a 75 minute transit stop before arriving in Taiwan at 8:20 pm that day.

Golden Tulip to add 60 hotels in Middle East

Louvre Hotels and Golden Tulip Hospitality Group, Starwood Capital subsidiaries, have announced plans to add 60 hotels in the Middle East in the next five years. 'We are aiming at putting at least 10,000 rooms by 2014 with each hotel having on an average 100 rooms,' Pierre Frederic Roulot, President of Golden Tulip Hospitality Group and Louvre Hotels said.

IAF Sukhoi 30 fighter aircraft crashes in Rajasthan

A Sukhoi-30 fighter plane crashed near Jetha ki Dhani in Rajasthan's Jaisalmer district on Monday, but both the pilot and the co-pilot bailed out safely. The fighter jet was on a routine sortie when the crash occurred.