Tag: Air India

An AI flight to Bhubaneswar from New Delhi was delayed by eight hours allegedly due to some "VIPs" forcing the govt-owned carrier to reassign aircraft and its crew for Bhopal

The pilot of a Paris-bound Air India flight with 122 passengers on board today allegedly assaulted a ground engineer in Chennai shortly before take off following which he was de-rostered

Bhubaneswar:  Sixty-year-old Prahalad Prusty, a retired Government servant from Kendrapara can now increase his frequency to fly as Air India has revised the age limit for senior citizens to avail discounts in air tickets. Official sources said the age limit for senior citizens to avail discounted tickets has been revised from 63 years to 60 […]

SriLankan Airlines on Wednesday became the first carrier in the subcontinent to join global airlines grouping 'oneworld', even as Air India awaits formal entry into Star Alliance

Air India is considering selling off its properties in foreign destinations like Hong Kong, Nairobi and Mauritius as part of asset monetisation to garner resources

For the first time, Indian banks have started evincing interest in financing aircraft purchase, with state-run Bank of India (BoI) extending a loan of USD 200 million to Air India to finance the acquisition of three Dreamliners, official sources said on Sunday

It's bonanza time for air travellers, with Air India, IndiGo and GoAir today joining the latest war over airfares, launched by SpiceJet which had earned the wrath of DGCA for offering one rupee air fares two days ago

Kochi: All 161 passengers on board an Air India aircraft, on a Delhi-Kochi flight, had a narrow escape when a tyre of their plane burst on landing at the airport here Thursday, said an airport official. A.C.K. Nair, a top official at the Cochin International Airport Limited, told IANS that the incident occurred at 9.15 […]

New Delhi: Flag carrier Air India Monday launched a special discount offer to attract passengers during the lean season.

By Sandeep Sahu The ugly incident at the New Delhi airport in which Shiv Sena MP from Osmanabad (Maharashtra) Ravindra Gaekwad thrashed a senior Air India (AI) official with his sandals in full view of the crew has had at least one good fall-out. It has revived the call for a ‘no fly’ list of […]

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Monday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to instruct Air India (AI) authorities to begin flight operations between Jharsuguda and New Delhi, thereby connecting it with Bhubaneswar and Delhi. In a letter to the Prime Minister, Patnaik requested for having Veer Surendra Sai Airport at Jharsuguda as a stop-over for […]

New Delhi: An intoxicated man allegedly urinated on the seat of a woman passenger onboard an Air India international flight, prompting the Civil Aviation Ministry to seek a report from the national carrier. The incident took place on August 30 when Air India flight AI 102 was on its way to New Delhi from New […]

National carrier Air India on Friday reported that some information of its passengers has been compromised in a massive cyber data breach with its vendor SITA PSS.

New Delhi: Air India crew will have to say “Jai Hind” after every flight announcement “with much fervour”, said an official advisory of the national carrier on Monday. “With immediate effect, all (crew) are required to announce ‘Jai Hind’ at the end of every announcement after a slight pause and much fervour,” stated the advisory […]

New Delhi: Global airline association IATA on Wednesday said that it expects the number of passengers flying to, from or within India to double in the next 20 years. The International Air Transport Association said that India is even looking at trebling the passenger numbers by 2037 when some 500 million people are expected to […]