Ashwani Lohani said Air India does not have 'excess staff' and the retiring employees' medical benefits issue is being sorted out
The government would soon be appointing a technical and a legal advisor for carrying out the due diligence.
There are around a dozen recognised trade unions at Air India
March 17 is deadline for submissions of initial expressions of interest; any bidder would have to agree to assume roughly $3.26 billion in debt.
Congress' strategy group will meet at interim chief Sonia Gandhi's residence here on Monday to discuss the party strategy in the session
Sale of tickets for the additional flights is already enabled on the carrier's web site.
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China has already ordered all travel agencies to suspend sales of domestic and international tours beginning Friday
Air India has only one direct flight to China and it runs on Delhi-Shanghai route
Air India has been in the red for long and the government is now in the process of finalising the contours for its disinvestment
The panel has been set up a day after discussions between Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri and representatives of various Air India unions
The government is planning to float Expression of Interest (EoI) for selling its entire 100 per cent stake in the loss-making flag carrier some time next week.
According to a complaint filed by the woman pilot, the alleged incident took place on May 5 last year in Hyderabad, where she was being trained by Gupta.
The national carrier operates from Indore a daily non-stop service to Dubai and back
An official said 'a group of ministers, headed by Union home minister Amit Shah, had on January 7 approved the EoI and the SPA for the airline'
Despite growth in revenue, Air India is witnessing a cash shortfall of around Rs 200 crore every month
The officials said that in 2020, single GDS system would help them save Rs 520 crore, operational profit from new flights will earn Rs 120 crore
Air India has been facing a cash shortfall of over Rs 200 crore each month despite an increase in revenue
With over 700,000 annual passengers and 21 per cent market share Air India is the largest carrier on India-United Kingdom routes
Though non-tax revenues, including borrowings, account for 40% of the Budget, there seems to be little focus on boosting these or reducing borrowings by saving on expenditure, writes T N Ninan