Air India has de-rostered a senior pilot and removed him from training duty following a sexual harassment complaint by a woman pilot who was training under him at the airline’s facility in Hyderabad. “We have de-rostered the commander and tasked a three-member Internal Committee [IC] headed by Executive Director of Corporate Affairs, Aruna Gopalakrishnan, to […]
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Air India aims to revive 19 grounded planes by Oct.
Air India has prepared a revival plan to make 19 of its grounded planes airborne by October, according to a top airline official. Many of these planes, of a total fleet size of 127, have been grounded for more than a year awaiting replacement of engines and their spare parts. However, faced with a cash […]
CIAL opens second substation for solar power plant
Cochin International Airport Limited (CIAL) commissioned a parallel 110 kV electrical substation on Wednesday for exporting power generated by its eight solar plants to the Kerala State Electricity Board grid. CIAL managing director V. J. Kurian inaugurated the plant which was constructed at a cost of Rs. 16 crore, said a press release here. CIAL […]
GAIL Gas invites dealerships to set up CNG stations in city
GAIL Gas Limited, a subsidiary of GAIL (India) Ltd., which has won authorisation for the City Gas Distribution project for Dakshina Kannada, on Wednesday invited CNG dealership across the city on 15 road stretches. Motivating land owners and individuals to collaborate in developing Green Mangaluru by setting up Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) stations on Dealer […]
GAIL Gas invites dealerships in city
GAIL Gas Limited, a subsidiary of GAIL (India) Ltd., which has won authorisation for the City Gas Distribution project for Dakshina Kannada, on Wednesday invited CNG dealership across the city on 15 road stretches.
CEO, CFO exit Jet after ‘disappointing’ bid
Jet Airways (India) Ltd. has announced the resignation of its Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Vinay Dube and Deputy Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Amit Agarwal, who stepped down days after the ‘disappointing bid’ by Etihad Airways. “The Etihad deal triggered their exit from the airline,” said a senior executive adding, “everybody was […]
Jet lenders plan to draw more investors
After receiving Etihad’s offer to buy partial stake in Jet Airways, lenders to the grounded airline will come up with a new scheme to attract more investors. SBI Caps, which is conducting the stake sale process of Jet Airways, will be coming up with a fresh plan by the end of this week. According to […]
Solar-powered boat completes field trial
With the field trial of Tamil Nadu’s first solar-powered boat, deployed at Manimuthar Dam to take visitors for fun ride into the largest reservoir of the district, is successfully over, the Rs. 80 lakh boat is likely to become operational soon. The Kalakkad – Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve administration, which introduced coracle ride recently in the […]
Work on 2nd phase of 4,000 MW NTPC plant if Telangana signs PPA: Centre
The Centre has clarified that it is prepared to take up the second phase of the 4,000 MW thermal power project being set up by the National Thermal Power Corporation Limited (NTPC) at Ramagundam if the State government signs a power purchase agreement with the NTPC. The Union Power Ministry said the first phase of […]
State seeks permission for all 26 National Highway packages
Even as confusion over the inclusion of the four/six-laning of National Highway 66 (NH) in the State in the High Priority-I list prevails, Kerala has urged the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) to grant approval for the 26 packages this financial year itself. The State’s request for the approval in toto for the […]
U.S. curbs: India to decide on Iran crude imports after polls
India will take a call on the purchase of Iranian energy after the general elections, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj told her Iranian counterpart Javad Zarif here on Tuesday. The discussions come in the backdrop of escalating tensions in the Gulf after the U.S. waivers for supply of Iranian energy ended on May 2, prompting […]
Jet revival plan hits air pocket?
The bidding process initiated by lenders of Jet Airways has technically failed because not a single entity submitted a binding bid as required by the SBI Capital Markets Ltd. (SBI Caps) on behalf of the consortium of lenders. Etihad Airways might have responded by submitting its bid just before the 6 p.m., May 10, 2019 […]