Air India

Reports of Akasa Air, initiating legal action and seeking ₹21.6 crore as compensation from 43 of its former pilots for leaving without serving their six-month notice period, and in turn, India’s youngest and low cost airline suffering…

 (Clockwise from top left) Air India’s air hostesses; sari-clad scientists; air hostesses welcoming guests; a 1950s ad for a ‘modern’ girl; and designer Manish Malhotra with Katrina Kaif. | Photo Credit: Getty Images and Special…

A two-member inspection team of the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has found lapses in internal safety audits of Air India and the regulator is probing the matter, according to officials. When contacted, an Air India…

Air India's wide-body fleet will increase by 30 per cent by March 2024 as the airline plans to add six new A350 aircraft, five leased B777-200LR planes and nine B777-300ER aircraft during this fiscal year, its Chief Executive…

Air India has been a CFM customer since 2002 when it began operating A320 neo aircraft powered by CFM56-5B engines. | Photo Credit: The Hindu Air India and CFM International have finalised the order for LEAP engines for the carrier's new…

An Air India passenger aircraft taxis on the tarmac while another one lands at Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport in Mumbai, India, May 3, 2023. REUTERS/Francis Mascarenhas | Photo Credit: FRANCIS MASCARENHAS Crumbling seats, broken…

Vinod Kannan, Vistara CEO The merger between Vistara and Air India is on track and the airline expects to receive all regulatory approvals by April '24, said Vinod Kannan, CEO at Vistara on Monday. "We (the airline) are on…

The airline has also committed over $400 million for brand-new interiors for its entire legacy widebody fleet comprising 27 Boeing 787-8s and 13 Boeing 777 aircraft. File | Photo Credit: PTI Crumbling seats, broken arm rests, dysfunctional…

The Air India passenger was warned several times by the crew and finally had to be restrained on his seat. File image for representation. | Photo Credit: AP A male passenger assaulted crew and some other passengers, and damaged the…

Recent orders of 500 aircraft by IndiGo, on top of its previous order of 480, and 470 by Air India along with a three-digit order by Akasa likely by the end of the year imply that by 2030 end, when a large chunk of these planes arrive, …