July 16th, 2020 5:58 AM 0 COMMENTS

Air India Denied to Handle Ground Operations in US Airports

A few years back in 2017, Indian authorities barred American Airlines from running their ground operations at Indian airports. Now, it was likely that the US government would not like this move. As such, now the US Transportation Department has barred Air India from handling its own ground operations at US airports. During 2017, when the Civil Aviation Authority of India had taken this decision, the US authorities were not... Read More

July 16th, 2020 5:58 AM 0 COMMENTS

New Flights on Domestic and International Routes to Begin From Next Month: Air India

Air India has announced several new flights starting from next month on both domestic and international routes. The new services are launched to meet the demands of the summer vacation. Air India will add 3500 seats per week on Mumbai-Dubai route from 1 June 2019. It will also add another 3500 seats per week on Delhi-Dubai services. The national carrier has also announced a discount offer of INR 7777 (all... Read More

July 16th, 2020 5:58 AM 0 COMMENTS

Air India Bids Goodbye to Its 30-Year Old A320 Classic Fleet

With the last flight from Delhi to Mumbai, Air India grounded its AI 865 aircraft. This puts an end to the 30-year old classic Airbus A320 fleet of Air India. The plan to eliminate all 14 classic A320 planes was first announced in April 2014. Air India then said that it would retire them in a phased manner. Instead, the national carrier inducted more fuel-efficient Airbus A320 Neo aircraft. Air... Read More

July 16th, 2020 4:57 AM 0 COMMENTS

Air India Assets Holding Raises Rs 21,985 Crore By Bond Sale

Air India Assets Holding Ltd (AIAHL) was a special body formed by the government to overtake the debt of Air India. In a short span of one month, AIAHL has been successful in raising funds for three times already. In the recent bond sale issue, it managed to successfully raise over Rs 21,985 crore since September 16, 2019. The recent third bond issue that AIAHL rolled out was fully subscribed... Read More

July 16th, 2020 3:56 AM 0 COMMENTS

Air India Sale Document Undergoes Change With Debt Reduction

Recently, the Ministry of Civil Aviation has released the new Expression of Interest (EoI) to all the potential buyers to buy a 100% stake in Air India. The original document issued has uplifted a lot of terms as compared to the previous EoI document of 2018. The significant change that has been done in the new document is that the government doesn’t want any stake in the carrier after the... Read More

July 16th, 2020 3:55 AM 0 COMMENTS

Air India Unions Do Not Want Privatisation of Airline, Send Out Letter to PM

Air India is on a trajectory to be divested fully by the Indian government, as soon as in the first half of next year. The national carrier which is also one of the most prominent one in the industry is under many losses which is the reason why the government is interested in selling its entire stake in the company hoping that private buyer will be able to run it... Read More

July 16th, 2020 3:55 AM 0 COMMENTS

Air India Disinvestment Process Should be Conducted Fairly: IATA

The International Air Transport Association has said that the disinvestment of Air India, the national carrier which is to be put up for sale soon should be done in a fair and transparent manner. The process should be carried out such that it improves the situation of the aviation sector of the country. As per a PTI report, top officials of IATA said the following things on Wednesday about the... Read More

July 16th, 2020 3:52 AM 0 COMMENTS

Air India Starts Extending Namaskar Service to All Passengers at IGI Delhi for a Nominal Fee

As its part of passenger-centric services, Air India has started a new Namaskar Service at the Indira Gandhi Airport, Delhi. The Namaskar service is a unique meet and assist service which will help the passengers with various tasks right on from helping with their luggage, filling necessary documentations, issuing a boarding pass and more. The Namaskar Service would essentially be useful specially for the children and elders and travellers who... Read More

July 16th, 2020 3:52 AM 0 COMMENTS

Air India Delhi-Doha and Mumbai-Nairobi Flights Announced: Check Schedule

The national government led carrier, Air India, has recently announced the addition of new international flights to its network. This new announcement is crucial in the times when the aviation industry is going through a competitive time. Almost every airline is introducing new flights on their network, and mainly to international destinations. Amongst the new flights introduced by Air India, the first one is on the Delhi - Doha route,... Read More

July 16th, 2020 3:52 AM 0 COMMENTS

Air India Wins The Record Of Flying The Longest Flight In Shortest Duration, Beats Emirates

Air India has achieved a unique feat of operating the world’s longest flight in the shortest duration. The airline’s flight between Delhi and San Francisco covers a distance of 15,300 kms in just 14.5 hours. The aviation world is in awe, mainly because the plane took the trans-Pacific route, which is 1,400 km longer than the usual Atlantic route and still managed to maintain the shortest duration. According to reports,... Read More

July 16th, 2020 3:50 AM 1 COMMENTS

Domestic Carriers in India Take Delivery of More Than 100 Planes in 2018

For the first time in the Indian aviation industry, the carriers took delivery of more than 100 aircraft in the year 2018. The budget carrier, IndiGo accounted for more than half of these deliveries. The carriers that reached these figures are the nine domestic carriers in India, who in total inducted over 120 planes last year. In 2017, these carriers had inducted only 88 aircraft. As per the industry experts,... Read More

June 3rd, 2020 5:08 PM 0 COMMENTS

Air India Flyers to Get Full Refund for Cancelling Flights

COVID-19 has been hard on the world economy. One of the most suffering sectors of the economy is the airline industry. Especially in India, before lockdowns were imposed, airlines weren’t making profits anyway. Now, people are scared to fly. So they cancelled their existing bookings. Air India has decided to help all those people out and instead of giving them credit shells like other airlines, it will completely refund the... Read More

April 13th, 2020 7:53 PM 0 COMMENTS

Air India Safeguards Grounded Aircraft Amidst Lockdown Period

The increasing threat of Covid-19 has put the aviation industry on hold. To stop the contagious Virus from spreading, the government announced 21 days lockdown period. All the aviation operations except Cargo planes and rescue flights are banned until April 15, 2020. However, the government might extend the lockdown period, and air travel might not start soon. To ensure that grounded Aircraft are kept in proper conditions, the government-owned carrier... Read More

April 11th, 2020 3:48 PM 0 COMMENTS

Air India Faces Financial Distress Amidst Lockdown Period

Government-owned carrier Air India is facing huge financial distress as air travel has been banned by the government until April 15, 2020, to stop the spread of Covid-19. Also, to add more in problems, Air India has been flying special rescue flights to bring in medical supplies and evacuate people from virus impact countries. However, amid all the problems and financial distress Air India has stayed in the market. Though... Read More

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