Tag: Air India

The US aviation regulator had on January 14 said that "5G interference with the aircraft's radio altimeter could prevent engine and braking systems from transitioning to landing mode, which could prevent an aircraft from stopping on the runway".

Last week, the government had accepted an offer by Talace Pvt Ltd, a unit of the holding company of salt-to-software conglomerate, to pay Rs 2,700 crore in cash and takeover Rs 15,300 crore of the airline's debt.

At present, Air India has a total strength of 12,085 employees, which includes 8,084 permanent staff. Air India Express has 1,434 employees.

With the opening up of the aviation sector to private players in 1994-95 and private entities offering cheaper tickets, Air India gradually started losing market share.

The process for the sale of Air India, which is reportedly reeling under a debt of over Rs 60,000 crore, had begun in July 2017.

This is a video of an Air India aircraft getting stuck underneath a foot over bridge near Delhi airport.

Centre on September 15 received multiple financial bids for divestment of Air India.

The situation in Afghanistan worsened further on Sunday, as Kabul was taken over by the Taliban.

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today urged Union Civil Aviation Minister Suresh Prabhu to restore Air India’s flight services from Biju Patnaik International Airport  to Bangkok and Bengaluru. The flight service provider, on July 17 had suddenly announced suspension of the flights from the Bhubaneswar Airport from July 16 till October 3 without citing any […]

Bhubaneswar: Air India has suspended its operations to Bangkok from Biju Patnaik International Airport (BPIA) from July 16 till October 3. Moreover, Air India has also suspended its flight operations to Bengaluru from Bhubaneswar. Even as the exact reason behind the suspension of the services is yet to be ascertained, it is believed to be […]

New Delhi: The government is exploring options of absorbing Air India employees in public sector enterprises and voluntary retirement package as it moves ahead with the airline’s disinvestment amid stiff opposition from worker unions, sources said. While foreign direct investment of up to 49 per cent has been allowed in the debt-laden carrier, efforts are […]

New Delhi: Alliance Air, a wholly owned subsidiary of Air India, has invited applications from Indian nationals for filling up of multiple positions in the national carrier. Interested and eligible candidates are advised to log on to the career page of the Air India’s official website www.airindia.in, download and fill in the application form and send […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today flagged off national carrier Air India’s maiden flight from Bhubaneswar to Bangkok at Biju Patnaik International Airport today. Air India’s new flight is the second direct international service from the Odisha capital. The airline operated a 162-seater Airbus A 320 neo aircraft on its inaugural flight from Bhubaneswar […]

Bhubaneswar: Air India will start direct flight service to Bangkok from the Biju Patnaik International Airport here with effective from December 10. In a tweet, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik said, the Air India direct flights from Bhubaneswar to Bangkok will make Odisha the new gateway to the East. “Bolstering Odisha’s position as new gateway to […]

Srinagar: An Air India Srinagar-Jammu flight developed a mid-air technical snag on Saturday, forcing the pilot to return to Srinagar. Former Chief Minister Omar Abdullah was on board when the Srinagar-Jammu flight developed the snag immediately after it took off from Srinagar International Airport on Saturday. Airport authorities said the flight returned to Srinagar and landed […]