Air India retirees are looking for cashless health care through the Cashless General Health Scheme (cashless CGHS)

The Air India Retired Employees' Trust claims that "cashless lifelong medical OPD, IPD, and lab testing" were promised to retirees and their spouses who enrolled in a post-retirement medical scheme following the airline's privatization, but that these benefits have now been cut....

As interest in the FIFA World Cup grows, Air India plans additional flights to the UAE and Qatar

The largest football event in the world is projected to draw almost 1.5 million spectators to Qatar.

DUBAI: As the FIFA World Cup fever culminates with the start of the quadrennial football event in November, Tata-owned Air India wants to provide more flights to the UAE and Qatar, accor...

Air India flight lands at New Delhi carrying 129 passengers back home

Air India flight landed in New Delhi from Afghanistan. The Air India flight 244 took off from Kabul at 6:06 pm, and landed in New Delhi round 8 pm. The flight had the capacity of total 162 passengers, but the remaining 33 people could not reach the airport. The flight carried 129 passengers, both...

CAIRN ENERGY DRAGS AIR INDIA TO A U.S. COURT TO RECOVER $1.2 BN INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION AWARD

In order to recover its international arbitration award worth $1.2 billion, Scottish  explorer Cairn Energy Plc has dragged Indian airlines company Air India to a US court. Cairn Energy won this international arbitration award against the Indian government's retrospective tax claim in th...

AIR INDIA OPERATED TWO CHARTERS TO THE US ON TUESDAY, RIGHT BEFORE RESTRICTIONS KICK IN

Highlights

• According to the sources, the planes were chartered by a private company, which in turn reportedly sold tickets on it in the range of Rs 1.5-7 lakh

• In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, the United States has imposed travel restrictions on people travel...

AIR INDIA TO CUT DOWN FREQUENCY OF ITS US NONSTOP AMID TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS

Highlights

• Indian air-carrier Air India has decided to cut down frequency of its popular US non stop from later part of this week

• Air India currently has nearly 30 weekly flights and has decided to slash flights from Delhi, then followed by Mumbai and Bengaluru

FLIGHTS FROM DELHI TO U.S. TO BE RESUMED FROM SUNDAY: UNITED AIRLINES

Highlights

• The US-based carrier operates nonstop flights from Delhi to Newark, Chicago and San Francisco along with a flight from Mumbai to Newark

• In a statement issued on Saturday morning, the United Airlines said “United Airlines is scheduled to resume fl...

ROBOTIC TECH TO SANITIZE AIRCRAFT INTERIORS AT AIR INDIA EXPRESS

HIGHLIGHTS

• Air India Express is using a robotic device fitted with an UV lamp system to sanitize its aircrafts.
• New technology is being used to disinfect and clean aircrafts efficiently.
• Surfaces inside aircraft are touched by both passenge...

SAFETY AUDIT OF INDIGO AND VISTARA BEGINS

HIGHLIGHTS

• DGCA has initiated a special safety audit of IndiGo and Vistara.
• DGCA has already completed a similar exercise on SpiceJet and Air India.
• Some safety issues found in Air India and SpiceJet have been conveyed to them.

POOR COVID TESTING: THE REASON BEHIND HONG KONG BANNING AIR INDIA FLIGHTS TILL AUG-END

Highlights

• As per a senior government official, few passengers on one of Air India flight tested positive for COVID-19 after arriving in Hong Kong

• According to the rules issued by Hong Kong, a COVID-19 certificate is mandatory before arriving in the country ...

OVER 10,98,000 STRANDED INDIANS HAVE REPATRIATED UNDER VANDE BHARAT MISSION: CIVIL AVIATION MINISTRY

Highlights

• The Civil Aviation Ministry thanked all the stakeholders for their support and making this mission successful

• According to Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri, the Indian Government at present is negotiating with 13 countries to establish air bu...

AIR INDIA FIRES 48 PILOTS OVERNIGHT, SAYS UNABLE TO PAY

Highlights

• Some of the sacked pilots were flying, when this decision was taken by the national carrier

• Air India stated that it is incurring huge losses and has no funds to pay salaries

• Previously, Air India had stated that it won’t be layi...

KOZHIKODE: AIR INDIA EXPRESS FLIGHT SKIDS OFF RUNWAY, FEW CASUALTIES LIKELY

According to the reports, a flight has skidded off the runway at the Karipur airport, popularly known as the Kozhikode International airport in Kerala. This plane belonged to Air India Express.
The reports claim that the aircraft overshot the runway at Karipur airport that resulted in fuse...

UAE–INDIA SPECIAL FLIGHT ARRANGEMENT SEES MINIMUM PASSENGERS

HIGHLIGHTS

• Indian Civil Aviation Minister, Hardeep Singh Puri said India will take a review on the passengers before continuing the India UAE special flight program.

Puri on Youtube in a live interview said “Air Bubble agreements” w...

INTERNATIONAL FLIGHTS ONLY POSSIBLE THROUGH BILATERAL AIR BUBBLES SAYS CIVIL AVIATION MINISTER

Highlights

• After Air India, the government has now ordered Indigo, GoAir and Spicejet to undertake Vande Bharat Mission flights

• In order to start bilateral air bubbles, the Government of India is currently in talks with Germany, France, the U.S, Canada and Gulf c...

AIR INDIA REPATRIATES 40 TAMIL NADU FISHERMEN STRANDED IN IRAN

Highlights

• In the last month, the government had deployed INS warship Jalashwa to bring back 687 stranded fishermen from Iran

• All the fishermen have been sent back to their districts in separate vehicles said the Fisheries Minister D Jayakumar

According...

AIR INDIA EXPRESS START TICKET BOOKINGS FROM INDIA TO DUBAI, SHARJAH AND OMAN

Highlights

• Only those UAE residents with permits to return from India can book flight tickets

• Air India Express will be operating flights from July 12 to July 26

• Air India and Air India Express will also operate more flights to repatriate strande...

WITH TATA GROUP AS SOLE CONTENDER, IS AIR INDIA COMING BACK HOME?

Highlights

• Tata Group is seriously interested in bringing back airlines that it had founded 87 years back

• Tata Group holds 51 percent stake in Malaysian airlines, Air Asia

• Apparently Singapore Airlines has declined to take part in the bid to acqu...

U.S. AMBASSADOR TO INDIA DELIVERS FIRST LOT OF 100 VENTILATORS TO INDIA

Highlights

• On May 16, the U.S. President Donald Trump had tweeted about donating ventilators to India in this battle against coronavirus

• This tranche of ventilators was brought in the country from Chicago by Air India flight

Kenneth I Juster, U.S. ambas...

AIR INDIA STARTS VANDE BHARAT PHASE 3, OPENS BOOKINGS FOR NORTH AMERICA AND EUROPE

Highlights

• Air India website got more than 6 crore hits in just two hours

• Under the phase 3 of Vande Bharat Mission, Air India will operate around 300 flights to Australia, the U.S., the UK, Canada, Europe and certain countries in Africa

• Within o...