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Air India ground staff pay hike after Vistara merger: CEO Campbell Wilson

After the merger, Singapore Airlines will hold a 25.1 per cent stake in Air India, and Vistara will cease to exist as a brand

Daily domestic flyers' number jumps 60%, but still below pre-Covid levels

India's largest carrier is currently operating 12,568 flights per week, which is 18 per cent higher than March last year

Hero MotoCorp appoints CFO Niranjan Gupta as chief executive officer

His sharp focus has helped Hero MotoCorp in delivering strong cash flow over the years, while ensuring judicious capital allocation, Munjal noted

Adani airports' duty-free shops to give more space to non-liquor items

Liquor ++ strategy for extracting maximum revenue from duty-free shops at seven airports run by the group

Honda's EV roadmap: Dedicated factory, first two e-scooter models in a year

Capacity of EV unit in Karnataka to be ramped up to produce 1 mn units by 2030

Tata wins Airbus order to manufacture cargo doors for A320neo family planes

Tata Advanced Systems will produce these doors at a new unit in Hyderabad using cutting-edge robotics, automation technology. Each shipset will include two cargo doors and one bulk cargo door

'Inability to build commercial aircraft one of India's biggest failings'

Civil Aviation Secretary Rajiv Bansal called India's inability to manufacture commercial aircraft a "huge pain point"

Air India's low-cost subsidiaries move to single unified reservation system

The two carriers, Air India Express and AirAsia India, have also adopted a common social media and customer support channel; air operating permits and regulatory posts to be merged later

EVs could be 30% of order book by 2025, says BMW India president

'Diesel, petrol and electric cars will coexist in premium segment'

Aircraft bird hit incidents jump by 52% in 2022, shows DGCA data

Not only bird hits, but animal strike incidents at airports also rose from 23 in 2021 to 36 in 2022, as per data reviewed by Business Standard from the DGCA

Mercedes-Benz plans to launch 4 electric vehicles in India in 8-12 months

Mercedes-Benz is the market leader in the luxury car market of India with about 44 per cent share

Maruti to hike prices from April amid continued rise in input costs

This is Maruti's second price increase this year

Long-term aim to reduce costs of operation by 30-50%: Adani Airports CEO

India overall lacks aviation capability, he said

CAPA summit 2023: Air India pushes for data exchange in aviation sector

In the last 14 months, the airline has taken various measures to bring grounded aircraft back to service, refurbish aircraft interiors, and improve on-time performance

'Very vexing': Emirates president on bilateral rights being frozen

At the CAPA India Aviation Summit 2023, Clark stated that the Indian market will grow, and there will be pressure on airlines that operate international flights from India

No plans to give more bilateral rights to W Asian carriers: Rajiv Bansal

All West Asian carriers have been asking for additional seats for several years, but India hasn't acquiesced, Bansal said

CAPA Summit 2023: At 12 million, fliers in Feb up 56.82%, says DGCA

However, since that month, the domestic traffic has been falling

737 Max's grounding was bigger disaster for us than Covid: SpiceJet CMD

Ajay Singh said that after the Covid outbreak, SpiceJet was relatively weaker than other Indian carriers

Akasa's focus to remain on connecting metros to non-metros, says CEO

The airline is already considering placing another aircraft order

A labour hurdle to South Korean auto major Hyundai's expansion in India

Hyundai's aim to boost production by buying General Motors' Talegaon plant runs up against a two-year-old labour dispute