Indian Civil Aviation minister Hardeep Singh Puri today revealed more details, including the number of flights, their routes as well as ticket prices, related to the air evacuation of Indians stranded abroad in the aftermath of the worldwide Coronavirus lock-down. National carrier Air India will conduct 64 flights between May 7 and May 13 to […]
Air India Express, the no frills airline that is part of the Air India family, was the only one to make money in the financial year gone by, while others lost between 3 paise to 2.88 rupees for every kilometer that their passengers traveled during the year. As expected, the biggest loser among the big […]
NBCC India, a state-owned construction company, said it has been given ‘in principle’ approval by Air India to redevelop the airline’s staff quarters in Delhi. The permission has been given to redevelop two plots of lands — a 30-acre plot in Vasant Vihar in South Delhi, and a 3.54-acre plot on Baba Khadak Singh Marg […]
Air India has been told to remove Shiva Sena MP Ravindra Gaikwad from its ‘no fly list’ after pressure from Gaikwad’s party on the central government. According to reports, the MP had tried to book flight tickets again today morning, but could not. However, Air India has now removed the ban on his flying. The […]
Air India, India’s national carrier, has grounded 30 women and 4 men among its cabin crew for being overweight, the civil aviation ministry said in reply to a query. The grounded crew, however, comprises only 1% its total cabin crew strength of 3,490. Air India said it grounds its cabin staff when they exceed 27 […]
InterGlobe-owned Indigo turned out to be the big winner in Indian aviation sector in 2016, increasing its domination of the Indian skies relentlessly through the year. It was a good year for Indian aviation as low fuel prices kept fares affordable, leading to a 23% jump in total passengers to 99.9 million; almost 10 cr […]
Air India had the largest number of passenger complaints in January, according to numbers released by the Airports Authority, while Vistara passengers complained the least. Among the big domestic airlines, both Indigo and Spicejet scored high with low levels of passenger complaints while Jet Airways and Go Air saw passenger complaint rates that were double […]
Air India has entered into an agreement with RITES or Rail India Technical and Economic Service to use the latter as a project consultant. “With the signing of the MoU the two companies will cooperate in their future projects, in areas of planning, design and construction management of aircraft maintenance hangars, Maintenance Repair and Overhaul […]
National carrier Air India will relocate its domestic operations in Mumbai from Terminal 1A to Terminal 2 from October 1, 2015. Passengers who want to catch domestic flights will now have to go to T2, Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport, Sahar. “With this move, Air India passengers will have the advantage of a smooth and seamless […]
Air India has increased the baggage allowance for domestic economy class passengers to 25 kg, or 10 kg more than what most private airlines in India offer. Air India said it was the only airline in India to offer so much as baggage allowance on domestic economy class tickets. “This offer is valid from Aug […]
Air India, India’s national carrier, denied reports that it had neglected to take care of its customers grounded due to technical failure with a flight from Paris to New Delhi. Media reports had said that forty Indian students, who were stranded at an airport in Paris, were forced to sleep on the floor of the […]
The National Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum, the apex body of consumer courts in India, cancelled the compensation of over Rs 1.3 lakhs awarded to a student who had been ejected by Air India over transit visa problems. The student, daughter of Sushil Kumar of Amritsar, had booked an Air India flight from Amritsar to Pittsburgh […]
In an unusually strong statement, India’s state airline Air India, which has been trying to make a comeback after mounting losses, accused a section of the media of spreading negative and baseless news against it to prevent its re-emergence. During Air India’s times of trouble, the Indian domestic aviation market has been captured by private […]
Air India signed a code-share agreement with Hong Kong Airlines Under the code-share agreement, HKA will place its code on direct flights operated by Air India between Hong Kong and three cities including Delhi (DEL), Osaka (KIX) and Seoul (ICN) respectively. HKA passengers will have better access to an expanded network of destinations on Air […]
