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Jet Air hopes to get this extended to three months as has been done for national carrier Air India, according to a Times of India report. Jet also wants help to secure Rs1,000 crore in working capital loans, the report said citing unnamed officials. ...
Delhi: The Prime minister has cleared union minister Praful Patel of allegations that he took a kickback when he was Civil Aviation Minister from a businessman based in Canada hoping to supply security equipment to Air India. Dr Manmohan Singh has...
Members of the ground staff watch the inaugural flight of an Air India Boeing 777 as its approaches to land on a new runway at the Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA) in New Delhi in this August 21, 2008 file photo. India's tax officials have... View Photo »
We have agreed to release the Rs.150 crore dues owed by the government to Air India
It has brought the wage structure of the merged organisation strictly under legal parameters so that it conforms with the guidelines of the Department of Public Enterprises, which caters to public sector undertakings. Cash-strapped Air India, which has...
It has brought the wage structure of the merged organisation strictly under legal parameters so that it conforms with the guidelines of the Department of Public Enterprises, which caters to public sector undertakings. Cash-strapped Air India, which has...
Dharmadhikari Committee on HR related issues by the first week of March, the aviation ministry said in a statement. India's airline companies face a severe cash-crunch and have a massive debt pile of about $20 billion. Indian Airlines, which mainly...
A Kingfisher Airlines Airbus passenger aircraft prepares to take-off at Mumbai airport in this April 11, 2007 file photo. India's tax officials have frozen 11 bank accounts of Kingfisher Airlines and 10 of Air India earlier this month as they have... View Photo »
Further lending to the airline would be difficult. Therefore, the restructuring plan for Air India and the aviation sector would be discussed at a high-level meeting
India's airline companies face a severe cash-crunch and have a massive debt pile of about $20 billion. Indian Airlines, which mainly operated on domestic routes, was merged with Air India in 2007. All but one of India's six main airlines are...
However, Air India's operational plans would get due consideration when traffic rights and entitlements are allocated, new changes made in the bilateral policy show. The Civil Aviation Ministry has now decided to allow all scheduled Indian carriers,...
Air India Limited (Hindi: एअर इंडिया) is the national airline of India with a worldwide network of passenger and cargo services. It is part of National Aviation Company of India Limited and the only state-owned airline in the country. The company was created due to Air India's merger with Indian Airlines. Its main bases are Chhatrapati Shivaji... Full Article
Onlookers react at the crash site of an Air India Boeing 737-800 aircraft in Mangalore on May 22, 2010. An Air India Express passenger plane crashed in flames after overshooting the runway in the southern city of Mangalore, killing most of the 166 people on board. The state-run carrier...
View Photo »This file photo taken on April 29, 2011 shows Air India aircraft parked on the tarmac of the international airport in Mumbai. Air India says on August 1, 2011 its request to join the global Star Alliance network has been put on hold, reportedly for failing to meet minimum standards, in...
View Photo »An Air India CRJ700 regional jet is seen after it skidded off the runway following a tyre burst while landing at Kanpur airport on July 20, 2011. An Air India jet with 54 passengers and five crew members on board skidded off the runway following a tyreburst as it landed in bad weather,...
View Photo »An aircraft from Air India and a Boeing 787 Dreamliner from All Nippon Airways (ANA) stand on the tarmac on a runway at Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi on July 13, 2011. Boeing have projected India would require about 1,300 commercial planes worth USD150 billion in the...
View Photo »Boeing India President Dinesh Keskar (R) poses as flight technicians work inside the Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft for All Nippon Airways (ANA) after its India debut landing at the Indira Gandhi international airport in New Delhi July 13, 2011. Keskar said on July 7 Boeing expects to...
View Photo »Members of the ground staff watch the inaugural flight of an Air India Boeing 777 as its approaches to land on a new runway at the Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA) in New Delhi in this August 21, 2008 file photo. India's tax officials have frozen 11 bank accounts of Kingfisher...
View Photo »A Kingfisher Airlines Airbus passenger aircraft prepares to take-off at Mumbai airport in this April 11, 2007 file photo. India's tax officials have frozen 11 bank accounts of Kingfisher Airlines and 10 of Air India earlier this month as they have failed to pay their service tax dues,...
View Photo »Bollywood actress Diaz Mirza poses with the Air India mascot on stage at the end of an introductory press conference on June 23, 2011 ahead of the 2011 International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) awards in Toronto, Ontario.
View Photo »Relatives and friends of the victims of the Air India bombing gather carry a wreath during the unveiling ceremony of Air India Memorial in Montreal, Quebec, June 23, 2011.
View Photo »Relatives and friends of the victims of the 1985 Air India bombing gather around the plaque following the unveiling ceremony of the Air India Memorial in Montreal, Quebec, June 23, 2011.
View Photo »Relatives and friends of the victims of the 1985 Air India bombing look at names prior to the unveiling ceremony of Air India Memorial in Montreal, Quebec, June 23, 2011.
View Photo »Nearly half of the airline's 1,600 pilots are on strike for the 10th day running, defying management warnings of dismissal. The strike by a group of pilots over pay has brought the parlous state of the company's finances to a head, with the stoppage hitting revenue by at least 35...
View Photo »An Indian man speaks on his mobile phone while walking past India's flagship carrier Air India's headquarters in Mumbai on May 6, 2011. Nearly half of the airline's 1,600 pilots are on strike for the 10th day running, defying management warnings of dismissal. The strike by a group of...
View Photo »Air India aircrafts are seen parked on the tarmac of the international airport in Mumbai on April 29, 2011. Air India on April 28 sought a court order against striking pilots as a stoppage over pay entered a second day, grounding dozens of flights and causing widespread disruption for...
View Photo »FILE - In this May 1, 2011 file photo, Air India pilots who are on strike shout slogans against corruption near to the Gateway of India monument in Mumbai, India. The pilots demanding more pay refused to work for a fifth day, defying a court order to end their strike and forcing the...
View Photo »Air India pilots who are on strike shout slogans against corruption at the Gateway of India monument in Mumbai, India, Sunday, May 1, 2011. The pilots demanding more pay refused to work for a fifth day on Sunday, defying a court order to end their strike and forcing the beleaguered...
View Photo »Air India pilots shout slogans as they join protesters at an anti-corruption rally in support of the "Lokpal bill" in front of the Gateway of India Mumbai, May 1, 2011. Hundreds of Air India pilots have been on strike on a pay dispute for five days, causing disruptions to thousands of...
View Photo »This picture taken on July 26, 2010 of two Air India aircrafts at Indira Gandhi International airport in New Delhi. On April 30, 2011 India's ailing flagship airline Air India said it has lost 265 million rupees (5.97 million us dollars) in revenue due to an ongoing strike by hundreds...
View Photo »Aircrafts of India's national carrier Air India stand idle at the Mumbai International Airport in Mumbai, India, Friday, April 29, 2011. The strike by one of the carrier's pilots union entered the third day leading to cancellation of dozens of flights including several international...
View Photo »Passenger jets from Air India, India's national carrier, that were meant to be flying international routes sit idle at gates, at Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi, India, Friday, April 29, 2011. The strike by one of the carriers pilots' union entered the third day...
View Photo »An employee is seen behind the ticket window of India's flagship carrier Air India displaying its logo the 'Maharaja' at the domestic airport in Mumbai on April 28, 2011. Air India said at least 50 of its flights, including one on an international route, have been cancelled since the...
View Photo »An Indian woman speaks on her mobile phone as she waits to re-schedule her flight at the ticket window of India's flagship Air India at the domestic airport in Mumbai on April 28, 2011. Air India said at least 50 of its flights, including one on an international route, have been...
View Photo »An Indian woman holds her head as she waits to re-schedule her flight at the ticket window of India's flagship Air India at the domestic airport in Mumbai on April 28, 2011. Air India said at least 50 of its flights, including one on an international route, have been cancelled since the...
View Photo »An employee sits behind the ticket window of India's flagship Air India at the domestic airport in Mumbai on April 28, 2011. Air India sacked six union leaders and suspended two others after a strike by hundreds of pilots forced the cancellation of dozens of flights, including on...
View Photo »An Air India ticketing staff member sits at a closed counter in front of the Air India mascot as a passenger is reflected in the window at their ticket office at the domestic airport in Mumbai April 27, 2011. About 650 Air India pilots went on indefinite strike on Tuesday, grounding...
View Photo »Onlookers react at the crash site of an Air India Boeing 737-800 aircraft in Mangalore on May 22, 2010. An Air India Express passenger plane crashed in flames after overshooting the runway in the southern city of Mangalore, killing most of the 166 people on board. The state-run carrier...
View Photo »We have agreed to release the Rs.150 crore dues owed by the government to Air India
Further lending to the airline would be difficult. Therefore, the restructuring plan for Air India and the aviation sector would be discussed at a high-level meeting
Air India is also a company. Let the companies (investors) consider, let the proposals come for FDI, then only we will consider
Government will release Rs150 crore for payment of portion of wages of Air India employees, including pilots
To clear the backlog of stranded passengers to and from Delhi to Srinagar due to prevailing bad weather at Srinagar, Air India has decided to operate two special flights from Delhi to Srinagar
Air India will operate two special flights, one at 10.15 am and another at 1 pm, from Delhi to Srinagar and back on Tuesday to bring passengers stranded there as flights were cancelled on Monday due to bad weather there
Since the complainants did not choose to travel by the next available Air India flight on which space was available, they became disentitled to avail of facilities, including hotel accommodation and subsequent travel at AI's cost.
Air India CMD Rohit Nandan is also likely to present his case for equity infusion in the company
Any injury to plaintiffs that may be caused by the delivery of one or two planes to Air India is, at this stage, wholly speculative
As you are aware a similar constraint had been expressed by Ministry of Home Affairs for making the payment towards VVIP operations and with the approval of Ministry of Finance, payment of Rs 250 crore had been made by this Ministry to Air India in June, 2011
Pereira had taken an Air India flight and landed at the airport around 5am. Around 7am, we were alerted about a man hanging near a nullah at the Ambassador Flight Kitchen junction. A passport found in his pocket helped us establish his identity. His luggage, however, is still missing ... It's a case of ...
Air India just lost my luggage in a domestic (Hyderabad-Mumbai)... couldn't track bags that left from the Hyderabad airport since morning
Morning!! Headed to Chennai with all new luggage again on an Air India because of no other flt option. Lost luggage still not found
the Federation had requested all airlines, including Air India, Kingfisher and Indigo, to increase their number of Mumbai and Delhi flights from Vadodara, and start evening flights on MumbaiÂVadodara route. The request was made in March this year.
Air India incurred a loss of Rs 5548.26 crore during 2008-09, Rs 5552.55 crore during 2009-10 and the estimated loss for 2010-11 is Rs 6994 crore
The monthly payment of salaries have been delayed for 7 to 10 days approximately. PLI (Performance Linked Incentive) payment has been delayed by around 3 to 4 months due to severe liquidity crunch in Air India
The Air India board has approved issuing of a Request for Proposal for the Boeing 787 aircraft under a leaseback mechanism pending a final clearance from the government
Our dues are now over Rs 240 crore from Kingfisher and despite repeated reminders, the airline has not paid. We ourselves are facing a cash crunch with both Kingfisher and Air India not paying up. While nothing can be done about AI, we are left with no option but to put Kingfisher on cash-andcarry unles...
The petitioner (CPIL) requests this court to direct the CVC to conduct a thorough inquiry into aircraft acquisition deals of Air India and its loss of market-share by giving up profitable routes and timings, and the role played by the Civil Aviation Ministry. If the CVC finds a prima facie case, it can ...
The total debt of Air India, consisting of aircraft loans and working capital bank loan aggregates Rs 43,777.01 crore. The working capital loan is Rs 21511.10 while the aircraft loan is Rs 21412.06
The restructuring is good for the industry as the government will force Air India to become more competitive by raising ticket prices.
It needs to get its act together, starting with the timely and decisive integration of Air India and Indian Airlines, followed by realistic strategies to join an alliance. Through the development of competitive products and a sought-out brand it can stop discounting prices to uneconomical levels
The financial restructuring envisaging lower interest rates and longer duration of loans was okayed by lenders for Air India. But this is just a part of restructuring. Air India has to carry out operational restructuring and without that the financial restructuring will not be successful
Air India has to cut down costs, matching private rivals. It should get people back to flying Air India. Otherwise, the desired effect of financial restructuring will not be derived
Air India has to cut down costs, matching private rivals. It should get people back to flying Air India. Otherwise, the desired effect of financial restructuring will not be derived
