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The engineer could not fix the broken seat, the passenger claimed. A passenger on a Delhi-Bengaluru flight slammed Air India after receiving a broken window seat despite paying additional money for it. The incident happened on Thursday, April 4 when the passenger noticed the broken seat, following which the airline enlisted the help of an engineer. The engineer,…
Vistara airline has more than 1,100 pilots on its rolls. | Photo Credit: Reuters More than one in four pilots in Vistara have not accepted the new pay structure announced in mid-February ahead of the merger with Air India. The integration of the two airlines has also escalated concerns over inadequate manpower and raised questions…
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Vistara’s CEO Vinod Kannan on Saturday asserted that “over 98% of pilots” had signed new contracts entailing a new pay structure, which has been cited by industry sources as a key issue that had led to a spate of recent flight cancellations and delays at the full service airline that is set to merge with…
The DGCA said that Air India failed to conform to its rules on carriage of persons with disability. File The aviation safety regulator, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), has imposed a penalty of ₹30 lakh on Air India for the death of an 80-year-old passenger from a cardiac arrest after a delay in providing…
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Air India declined to comment and the two chief executives did not respond to requests for comment. NEW DELHI: The chief executives of Air India and Akasa Air have privately exchanged barbs over the poaching of pilots, with the latter accusing its bigger rival of rule violations, provoking a reply that collusion to curb job…
Klaus Goersch has been appointed as Executive Vice President and Chief Operations Officer of Air India. Mumbai: Air India on Friday announced the appointment of Klaus Goersch as the Executive Vice President and Chief Operations Officer, as well as various other senior level appointments. In the newly-created position at the airline, Mr Goersch will oversee…
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Merger of Air India Express and AIX Connect is close to completion, Campbell Wilson said. Mumbai: Air India Group, which has embarked on ambitious expansion plans, is expected to take delivery of a new aircraft every six days on average till the end of 2024, according to a top official. The group, comprising Air India,…
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Air India has extended the suspension of its scheduled flights to and from Tel Aviv till October 18 New Delhi: Air India has extended the suspension of its scheduled flights to and from Tel Aviv till October 18, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas. The full service carrier, which normally operates five weekly…
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As per the data, India’s domestic air passenger traffic grew 29.10 percent at 1.22 crore in September Over 76,000 passengers of budget carrier IndiGo were affected due to the airline cancelling its flights or delaying them by more than two hours in September, while Tata-owned Air India denied boarding to 450 passengers during the month,…
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The time difference between Delhi and Tel Aviv is around 0230 hours. (Representational) New Delhi: Air India on Saturday cancelled its flight from the national capital to Tel Aviv amid the Israeli city coming under attack by Hamas terrorists. The full-service carrier operates five weekly flights to Tel Aviv. The service is on Monday, Tuesday,…
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