NEW DELHI: An Air India ferry flight (without passengers) took off from Mumbai for Magadan, Russia, where 232 people — 216 passengers and 16 crew members — have been stranded since Tuesday when its Delhi-San Francisco nonstop had diverted to safely following an engine snag. This aircraft will reach Magadan around 1am IST on June … Read more
NEW DELHI: In the next two years Air India (AI) flyers can enjoy on-flight WiFi services sitting in redecorated wide-body aircraft. The AI will by next year start offering onboard WiFi. The process will begin with the six new wide-body Airbus A350 which will join its fleet in the coming months, AI MD-CEO Campbell Wilson … Read more
Airfares from Delhi, Mumbai soar for next 2 long weekendsMUMBAI: The month of April with its generous list of public holidays has seen domestic airfares shoot up for travel during the coming two long weekends. After the pandemic, India’s domestic passenger traffic breached the 4 lakh flyers per day mark for the first time during … Read more
NEW DELHI: After Air India inked a mega multi-billion dollar deal with US company Boeing for purchase of 220 planes, Prime Minister Narendra Modi called up US President Joe Biden on Tuesday to express his satisfaction at the deepening India-US ties. The leaders welcomed the landmark agreement between Air India and Boeing as a shining … Read more
NEW DELHI: The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) on Thursday levied a fine of Rs 10 lakh on GoFirst airline after its Bengaluru-Delhi flight on January 9 took off without 55 passengers. Earlier this month, the regulator issued a show cause notice to the airline and issued the penalty on Friday after examining its … Read more
MUMBAI: Domestic airlines transported 123 million passengers last year as against 83 million in the year 2021 thus registering an annual growth of 47 %, showed monthly traffic data released by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) on Thursday. But the number hasn’t crossed pre-Covid volumes as in the calendar year 2019, domestic airlines … Read more
MUMBAI: The discount on the base fare that Air India (AI) offers to senior citizens and students will be slashed from 50% to 25% for all bookings done from September 29, said an internal circular by the airline on Thursday. The carrier will, however, continue to extend its 50% sop on base fare to other … Read more
MUMBAI/ NEW DELHI: In what will be its first M&A under new owner Tata Sons, Air India has proposed to buy low-cost carrier AirAsia India, according to an application with the Competition Commission of India (CCI). The move will see Malaysia’s AirAsia exiting the airline venture nine years after it entered India with high hopes. … Read more
NEW DELHI: Privatised Air India will no longer get precedence in getting international flying rights under India’s bilaterals with other countries and all Indian carriers will now be on the same footing. The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has revised the guidelines in this regard by dropping the clause that was meant for the … Read more