Rats ground its Boeing 787 thrice in two weeks
There are ways to rescue Air India, but only if a new owner doesn't adopt the same tactics that got the airline into the mess it finds itself in
110 passengers onboard the AI's flight from Chennai for Male via Thiruvananthapuram were made to wait for over 2 hours at Chennai airport yesterday morning
No one was injured in the incident which occurred after flight AI 620, carrying 120 passengers and six crew members, landed at the Mumbai airport
Boeing 787-800 was grounded in Paris due to technical problem
Debt-equity conversion after airline turns profitable in 2018-19 under study
Centre plans to form a 4-5 member panel, consisting of officials from finance, aviation ministry, Cabinet secretariat and the airline
Star Alliance's 28 members offer a network of 18,500 daily flights to 1,300 airports in 192 countries
Airline expected to draw up a firm plan in this regard early next fiscal
The delivery of aircraft is likely to start from early next year
This would also be the first time since the merger of Air India and Indian Airlines that the national carrier would be reporting an operating profit
While losses of Kingfisher have been capped, the same cannot be said about Air India which needs taxpayer's money to remain airborne, despite its gross inefficiencies
Civil Aviation Minister Ashok Gajapathi Raju said Air India is coming out of losses because of the government's 'non-interference' policy
The non-stop Delhi-San Francisco flight took off from New Delhi on March 6
Its reverting to two-class configuration after more than 4 years when it decided to stop it amid economic slowdown
Calangute police received a call about a bomb planted in the flight AI516 flying from Delhi to Goa
According to an AAI official, 89 passengers and seven crew members were travelling on the flight
The airline celebrates International Women's Day every year by deploying women crew
The national carrier's proposal also comes at a time when the government has decided to hike the excise duty on ATF to 14% from 8%
Passenger revenue for FY17 is projected to be around Rs 17,000 cr, up from the estimated Rs 15,500 cr in FY16