Tag: Air India

IT issues force cancellation of 43 British Airways flights

IT issues have forced the cancellation of 43 British Airways flights scheduled to depart and arrive into London's Heathrow airport.

May 26, 2023

7 aboard Air India flight suffer minor sprain after severe turbulence

The injured passengers of the Delhi-Sydney Air India flight received immediate medical assistance on arrival at the Sydney airport. None of the injured passengers was hospitalised, the DGCA said.

May 17, 2023

Air India urination case: SC notice on victim’s plea

The top court has been moved by a 72-year-old woman victim, who was urinated upon in a New York-Delhi Air India flight on November26, 2022 by an allegedly inebriated passenger.

May 8, 2023

Airfare rise

Those who had expected a revived Jet Airways to offer competition to the two other full-service airlines, Air India and Vistara, which are due to merge and will become a powerful monopoly, will have to wait longer.

May 5, 2023

Air India pilots seek Ratan Tata’s intervention against airlines’ HR Department

The pilots of Air India, in an online petition to Tata Sons Ltd Chairman Emeritus Ratan Naval Tata, have said their morale is low as they are not being treated with respect and dignity by the airlines' Human Resource (HR) Department.

April 26, 2023

Air India’s HR policies, draconian, unethical: Pilot bodies

"The pilots are being subjected to a hostile work environment," says a joint letter by the Indian Commercial Pilots' Association (ICPA) and Indian Pilots' Guild (IPG).

April 22, 2023

Trouble on board

The early morning service to London had been in the air for less than two hours when its pilot decided to return; in other words, consumption of alcohol could not possibly have been the reason for the passenger’s behavior.

April 12, 2023

London-bound Air India flight returns to Delhi over brawl aboard

An FIR was lodged as an 'unruly' passenger allegedly misbehaved and caused physical harm to two of the cabin crew members.

April 10, 2023

Air India’s London-bound flight returns to Delhi after ‘unruly’ passenger fights with crew

An Air India's London-bound flight returned to Delhi airport after a mid-air brawl in which a passenger caused "physical harm" to cabin crew members.

April 10, 2023

Air India flight makes emergency landing after oil leak; all passengers safe

The Delhi-bound flight from Newark in New Jersey, carrying around 300 passengers on board, was diverted to Stockholm.

February 22, 2023

Air India signs historic deal with Airbus to buy 250 aircraft

Addressing a virtual meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron on the agreement, Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed confidence that India will emerge as the third-largest global market in the aviation sector in coming years.

February 14, 2023

AISATS to develop India’s largest multi-modal cargo hub at Noida Airport

The MMCH will be a first of its kind in India, comprising Integrated Cargo Terminal (ICT) and Integrated Warehousing & Logistics Zone (IWLZ).A ICT will handle both domestic & international cargo with dedicated terminals; additionally will be managing express courier shipments and a Coolport facility for perishables, pharmaceuticals & other temperature-sensitive cargo.

February 13, 2023

DGCA imposes Rs 10L fine on Air India

Two incidents had occurred in the Air India flight. While one passenger who was caught smoking in the lavatory, was drunk and not adhering to the crew instructions; another passenger allegedly relieved himself on a vacant seat and blanket of a fellow female passenger when she went to the lavatory.

January 24, 2023

Air India urination case: AICCA terms probe report “flawed”

The All India Cabin Crew Association (AICCA) said that the derostered Air India crew in connection with the case be reinstated on flights, and termed the action against the pilot-in-command (PIC) an unusually harsh punishment.

January 23, 2023

Pee Gate: Air India fined Rs 30 lakh, pilot lands in trouble

DGCA issued show-cause notices to the Air India Accountable Manager, Director in-flight Services of Air India, all the pilots and cabin crew members of the flight as to why enforcement action should not be taken against them for dereliction of their regulatory obligations.

January 20, 2023

Air India urination case: DGCA slaps Rs 30 lakh penalty on AI, suspends pilot’s licence for 3 months

 Taking note of the Air India urination case, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation has imposed a financial penalty of Rs 30 lakh on the airline, DGCA officials said on Friday.

January 20, 2023

DGCA issues show cause notice to Air India

The show cause notice said why enforcement action "should not be taken against them for dereliction of their regulatory obligations".

January 9, 2023