Boeing has elevated Dinesh Keskar, president of Boeing India, to senior VP-Asia-Pacific and India for Boeing Commercial Airplanes, a new position. In this role, Keskar will head a sales organization, including contracts, marketing, revenue management and other support functions. He will continue in his current role until a a successor is named, says Shep Hill, president of Boeing International.

The new year brings new challenges to India's suffering airline industry with signs of worse things to come. Amid the increasing debt crisis, mounting jet fuel costs, soaring losses and an inability to raise fares in a cut-throat market, airlines in India face the daunting task of protecting their air operator permits and convincing regulators that they meet safety standards at the same time as they are cutting costs.

Several international carriers are threatening to reduce or eliminate service to Indira Ghandi International Airport (IGI) because of a dramatic increase in fees proposed by the facility’s operator, Delhi International Airport Pvt. Ltd. (DIAL)