NEW DELHI : Air India Assets Holding Ltd (AIAHL), a special purpose vehicle created by the government to park a part of the national carrier’s debt, has raised ₹7,000 crore through a bond sale to refinance its debt, two people with direct knowledge of the matter said. “The bond issue of Air India Assets Holding […]
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Air India to serve low-fat diet to its cabin crew to improve their health
New Delhi: Eighteen days after Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the “Fit India Movement”, Air India has decided to serve special low-fat diet meals to its cabin crew in an attempt to improve their health. The national carrier said the Director Operations has decided to revise the in-flight food menu considering the health factor of […]
Air India posts ₹4,600 crore operating loss in 2018-19
New Delhi: Air India posted an operating loss of around ₹4,600 crore in the last financial year mainly due to higher oil prices and foreign exchange losses but the debt-laden carrier expects to turn operationally profitable in 2019-20, according to senior officials. Reflecting tough business conditions, the airline’s net loss stood at about ₹8,400 crore […]
Tinda Masala to Palak Matar Bhurji: Air India’s low-fat meals for healthier flight crew
NEW DELHI : The Air India has revised its menu for flight crew and is now providing them ‘special low-fat diet meals’, which include dishes like Saute Spinach, Beetroot Ki Tikki, Palak Matar Bhurji, Tinda Masala and Dal Malka Masoor, so as to improve their health. The changes in the menu as of yet were […]
Vistara plans complete revamp of its frequent-flyer programme
New Delhi: Vistara is planning a complete revamp of its frequent-flyer programme “Club Vistara” by increasing the number of partner companies across different segments and moving to a dynamic award-pricing system, a top airline official has said. Under the proposed dynamic system, a seat will always be available for member-passengers in exchange for points and […]
Aviation regulator DGCA to conduct its own due diligence on Boeing 737 Max aircraft
NEW DELHI : The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) will conduct its own due diligence before allowing the grounded Boeing 737 Max planes to fly on Indian skies even if the US aviation regulator, Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), re-certifies the aircraft in near future, a person with direct knowledge of the matter told Mint. […]
Why airlines are planning to track how long you use the toilet while flying
Dallas: Attention airline bathroom loiterers: The next generation of Airbus aircraft will track how long you’ve been in there. It’s all part of an effort to make commercial cabins a digitally aware domain. The program is Airbus’s bid to raise the Internet of Things — that buzz-phrase for connected household gadgets — to cruising altitude. […]
25 years on, Polish flag carrier restarts Delhi-Warsaw route
New Delhi: Poland’s flag carrier, LOT Polish Airlines, on Thursday started a direct flight from New Delhi to Warsaw, which is slated to fly five times a week, two-and-a-half decades after it discontinued its regular flight via Tashkent between the two capitals in 1994. “We normally fly three weekly flights from new destinations. But, there […]
Air India’s top pilot flies low-fuel flight, put off roster
NEW DELHI : Captain Amitabh Singh, Air India’s Director of Operations was on Thursday put off-roster over an incident wherein he allegedly flew a flight which was low on fuel, concerned officials said. A Director General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) official told ANI that Singh has been put off-roster pending investigation. On September 7, he […]
Uproar against P&W engines is perceptional: Airbus’ Stanley
NEW DELHI : Airbus SE is confident of delivering more than one plane per week to its customers in India for the rest of 2019, although it continues to battle issues with Pratt & Whitney (P&W) engines that power some of the A320neo planes used by IndiGo and GoAir. Anand Stanley, president and managing director, […]
Jet Airways’ future up in the air with Russian bidder set to be disqualified
Mumbai/New Delhi: Chances of a late-stage revival of Jet Airways (India) Ltd have faded further, with Russian fund Treasury RA Creator on the verge of being disqualified, leaving South America’s Synergy Group as the sole suitor for the grounded airline. Treasury RA Creator did not provide enough information about itself to Jet Airways’ insolvency resolution […]
Air India grounds operations director over low fuel issue in Sydney last week
Mumbai: Air India has temporarily taken away its director of operations Amitabh Singh from flying duties for his failure to report to the regulator DGCA a mid- air fuel issue in Sydney last week, a source said Tuesday. Singh, who was captaining a New Delhi-Sydney flight on 7 September failed to file the mandatory report […]