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Pilot Grouping’s Big Charge Against Air India, IndiGo Over Hiring Policy

February 18, 2025 admin

Mumbai: A pilots’ grouping on Tuesday alleged that Air India and IndiGo have a tacit understanding not to hire pilots from each other, saying that employment in the aviation sector should remain fair. Airline Pilots’ Association of India (ALPA India), a member associate of the International Federation of Airline Pilots’ Association (IFALPA), has flagged the…

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Downgraded To Economy, Journalist Vir Sanghvi Hits Out At Air India, Airline Responds

January 18, 2025 admin

New Delhi: Journalist Vir Sanghvi on Saturday criticised Tata Group-owned Air India after the airline downgraded his cabin class on an upcoming flight, saying he has “lost count of the number of times” the airline has reassigned seats of passengers. The airline expressed regret over the inconvenience caused and assured it would provide compensation for…

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Air India to see progress on key initiatives in 2025; working towards profitability: CEO Wilson

December 27, 2024 admin

Air India will see progress on various key initiatives, including refitting of wide body and narrow body planes, in 2025 as well as tighten practices and processes to ultimately become profitable, the airline’s chief Campbell Wilson said on Friday (December 27, 2024). After taking over the loss-making Air India from the Government in January 2022,…

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Air India CEO On Company’s Revival

November 28, 2024 admin

Air India CEO Campbell Wilson. New Delhi: Under fire for faltering service standards, staff disputes and severely dated aircraft interiors, Campbell Wilson, the MD and CEO of Air India told NDTV that the revival of the airline will take a few more years to complete. “The Economist called this the Everest of corporate turnarounds,” said…

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Air India Flight From Paris Diverted To Jaipur, Fliers Sent To Delhi On Bus

November 19, 2024 admin

The flight was diverted to Jaipur on Monday. (Representational) New Delhi: The diversion of a Paris-New Delhi Air India flight to Jaipur and the pilots’ refusal to fly further after completing their duty hours sparked chaos on Monday as several passengers were left stranded for many hours and ultimately sent to the national capital by…

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Delhi-London Air India Flight Diverted To Denmark Over Medical Emergency

October 6, 2024 admin

Later, the flight departed for London, an airline official said. (Representational) New Delhi: An Air India flight from Delhi to London was diverted to Copenhagen on Sunday due to a medical emergency, according to an airline official. A male passenger who was feeling ill was de-planed at Copenhagen (Denmark) and taken to a local hospital…

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Air India’s Delhi-San Francisco faces inordinate delay; rescheduled for Friday

May 31, 2024 admin

An Air India plane. File | Photo Credit: VIJAY SONEJI Passengers of a San Francisco-bound Air India flight had a tough time at the Delhi airport on May 30 evening as the departure was delayed for more than six hours due to a technical issue with the aircraft. The flight AI 183, which was to…

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Air India Express cabin crew to call off protest leave, airline to reinstate 25 sacked

May 9, 2024 admin

Air India and other planes parked at the airport in Mumbai on May 9, 2024. | Photo Credit: PTI Air India Express has agreed to reinstate 25 cabin crew who were terminated after a large number of them reported “sick” since May 6, while the flight crew have agreed to report to duty following a…

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Air India, CFM finalise order for engines for 400 planes

July 21, 2023 admin

Air India has been a CFM customer since 2002 when it began operating A320 neo aircraft powered by CFM56-5B engines. | Photo Credit: The Hindu Air India and CFM International have finalised the order for LEAP engines for the carrier’s new fleet of 400 narrow-body planes. The engines will power 210 Airbus A320/A321 neo and…

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Vistara to add more capacity from Mumbai ahead of merger with Air India

July 18, 2023 admin

By the end of December 2023, Mumbai would have an equal number of domestic departures as Delhi which currently has 78 daily domestic departures. File Notwithstanding the uncertainty over the brand name continuing after its merger with Air India by April 2024, Vistara, the joint venture of Tata Sons & Singapore Airlines (SIA), continues to scale…

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