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July 1st, 2019 1:22 PM 0 COMMENTS

Air India Express Aircraft Slips From the Runway and Lands on the Grass at Mangalore Airport

Air India Express IX384 aircraft coming from Dubai to Mangalore veered off the runway and ended up on grass while arriving in Mangalore. The incident happened at 6 pm on Sunday. No casualties are reported, and all 183 passengers inside the flight are said to have a safe landing. AI Express aircraft VT-AYA, operating IX 384, Dubai to Mangalore on June 30, after landing on runway 24 while vacating the... Read More

June 27th, 2019 5:50 PM 0 COMMENTS

Air India to Commence Services to Dubai From Kolkata After 15 Years

Air India has announced that it will operate a direct service between Kolkata and Dubai for four times a week. Precisely, there will be two flights to Dubai every day, except on Mondays. Air India will deploy Airbus A320neo extended range aircraft on the route. The seating configuration will be 12 business class and 150 economy class. The one-way ticket fare starts at nearly INR 12000, and return fare costs... Read More

June 27th, 2019 2:39 PM 0 COMMENTS

Air India to Fly on the International Routes of Jet Airways in Five Countries

Air India will fly on the routes of the grounded Jet Airways in five countries, Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said in a written reply to Rajya Sabha. The route allocation is temporary until the end of the summer schedule this year. “Bilateral rights of Jet Airways have been temporarily allocated to Air India/Air India Express till end of summer schedule 2019 for the sectors as follows - India-Dubai... Read More

June 22nd, 2019 8:40 AM 0 COMMENTS

Air India Adds New Services on Mumbai-Nairobi, Mumbai-Amritsar and Delhi-Bali Routes

In another route addition, Air India has added services on Mumbai-Patna-Amritsar and Mumbai-Nairobi routes, announced Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri. The services will begin from 27 September 2019. Mumbai-Nairobi flight will be available four days a week. The announcement came on the occasion of World Tourism Day. To honour another long pending demand of devotees to provide air connectivity between Guru Nagri & Sri Patna Sahib, I am delighted... Read More

June 7th, 2019 7:48 PM 0 COMMENTS

23 Air India Dreamliner Aircraft Require Spare Parts Revisions, Says FAA

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), the governmental civil aviation body of the United States, has issued a warning to Air India about the potential malfunction in braking system and steering functions of specific models of Boeing 787 aircraft. The advice primarily applies to 23 Dreamliner aircraft (B787s) of Air India. According to a senior Air India official who spoke to Times of India, FAA has given a list of components... Read More

May 22nd, 2019 2:23 AM 0 COMMENTS

Air India Receives a Dominant Share of Jet Airways’ Unused International Traffic Rights

The Government has decided to allocate 5700 weekly seats on India-Dubai route to Air India from Jet Airways’ unused quota. Similarly, Air India will also receive 5000 seats on India-Qatar routes and 4600 seats on India-London routes from Jet Airways’ quota. The allocation is for the ongoing summer and is temporary. If Jet Airways successfully revives from the current crisis and is back to operation, Air India will have to... Read More

May 17th, 2019 2:50 PM 0 COMMENTS

Air India Business Should Be Restructured to Save It From Unsustainable Debts, Says Union Minister for Civil Aviation Suresh Prabhu

As a means to save the debt-ridden national carrier Air India, the Government offered to offload 76% of equity share, according to a report by Money Control. The article that quotes Aviation Secretary said that the government had provided financial support to the airline from time-to-time as it failed to attract any investors in the bidding process that completed on May 31. The Government is also said to have offered... Read More

January 18th, 2019 7:40 PM 0 COMMENTS

Air India Announces New Flight Service Between Bengaluru and London

In response to the continuing demands from the passengers, primarily from Bengaluru region, the national carrier Air India has decided to launch flight service connecting Bengaluru with London, according to Economic Times. The service will be available three times a week. A Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft will offer the service.  From Bengaluru to London, the flights will be available on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. From London, the return flights will... Read More

December 15th, 2018 7:03 PM 0 COMMENTS

Kannur International Airport (KIAL) Charts Out Flight Schedule for December 2018

Out of all the happenings and events in the aviation industry this year, the inauguration of Kannur International airport is surely a big landmark for India. This city in Kerala, which is strategically placed as a tourist destination attracts people from all of the country and even from beyond the borders, making it an equally attractive linking point for airlines. That is why shortly after the Kannur airport was operational,... Read More

November 26th, 2018 3:03 AM 0 COMMENTS

Air India Announces Sale and Leaseback Tender to Raise Money

The debt-ridden Air India is planning various strategies to raise money. One among them is sale and leaseback agreement (SLB pact), under which the airline will sell seven of its Boeing aircraft over the next 15 days to a lessor and take them back for lease for operations. SLB option will allow the airline to remove the planes and the debt associated with them from its balance sheet. The airline... Read More

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