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Tata-owned Air India may help India become international transit hub

Air India is tweaking its international network to enable more I2I connections

Air India working on 'top-to-bottom transformation': CEO Campbell Wilson

Tata Group-owned Air India has been working on a top-to-bottom transformation for the last three years and has also placed orders for 570 planes, the airline's CEO and MD Campbell Wilson said on Monday. "It is a transformative time for India and a transformative time for Air India," Wilson said. The loss-making carrier is undergoing an ambitious transformation plan starting from 2022. According to Wilson, Air India did not enjoy the kind of investments that many carriers had for some decades and was not an attractive partner for Star Alliance. There were no active interline partnerships with any Star Alliance carriers three years ago. "Thanks to the commitment we have made to customer experience, fleet, expansion and quality, we have now established interline agreements with all of the Star Alliance carriers," he said during a chat on the sidelines of the annual general meeting of the International Air Transport Association (IATA) in the national capital. Now, Air India also has

Tata to pump in ₹30,000 crore for new ventures, new digital CEO on cards

Tata Sons to infuse ₹30,000 crore into digital, electronics, Air India, and defence units, funding to come through equity infusion

Embraer sees lot of opportunities in India; in talks with IndiGo, Air India

Embraer sees a lot of opportunities in India in the commercial and business jets as well as military aircraft and eVTOL segments, its CEO Francisco Gomes Neto has said as the Brazilian seeks to strengthen its foot print in the fast growing Indian market. Besides, the company is in talks with IndiGo and Air India to explore the possibility of selling its E-2 aircraft, which can have up to 146 seats. To tap the opportunities, Embraer has set up a fully-owned Indian subsidiary with its corporate office in the national capital. In an exclusive interview to PTI in the national capital, Neto said the company will put in place a procurement team to explore opportunities in the Indian supply chain and look at the possibility of procuring components and services from India. The company is hiring people in India for government relations, communications, procurement and engineering, sales and marketing teams. Currently, there are nearly 50 Embraer aircraft and 11 aircraft types operating in

Air India, Air Mauritius expand codeshare partnership to boost connectivity

Air India and Air Mauritius on Monday announced expanding their codeshare partnership that will provide enhanced connectivity for India with South Africa, Reunion and Madagascar through Mauritius. As part of the strengthened bilateral codeshare agreement, Air India and Air Mauritius will place their designator codes on a total of 17 routes between India, Mauritius, Reunion, South Africa and Madagascar, according to a release. Generally, a codeshare partnership allows an airline to book its passengers on its partner carrier on a single ticket. "Air India will place its 'AI' designator code on Air Mauritius flights to and from Cape Town and Johannesburg in South Africa, and Antananarivo in Madagascar," it said. The airline already codeshares on Air Mauritius flights between Mauritius and Mumbai, Delhi and Reunion. The expanded codeshare partnership pact was signed by Air India CEO and MD Campbell Wilson and Air Mauritius Chairman Kishore Beegoo on the sidelines of the annual general

We've leased every aircraft available globally; nothing left: Air India CEO

With plane supply scarce, Air India has leased every suitable jet available worldwide, says CEO Campbell Wilson, as the airline navigates delays and demand.

IndiGo orders 30 more Airbus A350 aircraft for long-haul expansion

IndiGo's second A350 order with Airbus takes its total widebody count to 60 as the airline eyes long-haul growth on India-US, Europe and Australia routes

Air India in talks with Airbus and Boeing for major aircraft order

Air India placed a then-record order for 470 planes from both suppliers in 2023 and another 100 Airbus jets last year

Air India Express to start daily Bengaluru-Kathmandu flights from Sunday

Air India Express will launch daily direct flights between Bengaluru and Kathmandu on June 1. "The new route builds on our recent expansion into short-haul international leisure destinations such as Bangkok and Phuket," Aloke Singh, Managing Director, Air India Express, said in a press release. Bookings are now open on the airline's website, airindiaexpress.com, and other major booking channels, with inaugural fares starting at Rs 8,000 for Xpress Lite and Rs 8,500 for Xpress Value. From Bengaluru, the flight will depart at 5.05 am daily and it will depart Kathmandu at 9.05 am. The new route also enables convenient one-stop connections to Kathmandu via Bengaluru from 20 cities across India, including Amritsar, Bhubaneswar, Delhi, Goa, Gwalior, Hindon, Hyderabad, Indore, Jammu, Jaipur, Kozhikode, Kochi, Mangaluru, Pune, Srinagar, Surat, Tiruchirappalli, Thiruvananthapuram, and Visakhapatnam, and Vijayawada. One stop connections through Bengaluru also available from two internationa

Perishables fuel Air India's cargo growth amid cold chain overhaul

Air India's perishables cargo rose 37% in two years as it expanded cold chain infrastructure, added tech tools, and grew flight capacity on key international routes

Adani's Mumbai airport faces backlash from IndiGo, Air India over deposits

A source with direct knowledge of the matter said the new policy would require the two airlines to make deposits of about 2 billion rupees ($23 million), taken together

Air India flight emergency prompts call for better medical kits onboard

Doctor treating a passenger mid-air flags the absence of basic medical tools like ECG machine and oximeter, prompting airline response and wider concern

Domestic from Rs 1199, overseas return at Rs 11969: Air India's summer sale

Sale fares available until 25 May, last day exclusive on Air India website and mobile app

Air India denies asking govt to block Indigo deal with Turkish Airlines

Air India urges Indian government to block IndiGo's aircraft leasing deal with Turkish Airlines, citing national security risks and negative impact on India's aviation sector and business

Çelebi files plea in Delhi HC against revoking of its security clearance

Turkish firm Çelebi says it will challenge the revocation of security clearance and termination of agreements in India through all administrative and legal remedies

Air India, IndiGo cancel flights to multiple cities today; full list here

Air India announced the suspension of two-way operations for Jammu, Leh, Jodhpur, Amritsar, Bhuj, Jamnagar, Chandigarh, and Rajkot

Air India, AI Express offer free rescheduling of tickets for armed forces

Air India and Air India Express have offered free rescheduling of tickets or full refunds on cancellations for armed forces personnel who have bookings with the airlines. The announcement came against the backdrop of India's armed forces destroying nine terrorist infrastructures, including that of Jaish-e-Mohammad and Lashkar-e-Taiba, in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) in a 25-minute-long missile and drone strike early on Wednesday. "In the prevailing situation, for those personnel holding defence fares who are booked on Air India and Air India Express flights till 31 May 2025, we are offering full refunds on cancellation and a one-time waiver on rescheduling flights up to 30 June 2025 to support their duty commitments," Air India said in a post on X on Wednesday. A similar post was also shared by Air India Express.

16 airports shut, around 850 flights cancelled after Operation Sindoor

Flight operations suspended at 16 airports in north and west India till May 10 morning as Operation Sindoor disrupts both domestic schedules and foreign flight paths

Operation Sindoor: Over 200 flights cancelled, 18 airports shut temporarily

Over 200 flights were cancelled and 18 airports shut after India's missile strikes on Pakistan-occupied Kashmir terror camps trigger nationwide airspace restrictions. IndiGo alone cancelled over 16

Air India's Tel Aviv-bound flight diverted after missile attack on Israel

An Air India flight from the national capital to Tel Aviv was diverted to Abu Dhabi on Sunday as there was a missile attack near the airport in the Israeli city, according to sources. The attack happened less than an hour before the Air India flight AI139, operated with a Boeing 787 aircraft, was to land at Tel Aviv, the sources said. They said the flight will be coming back to Delhi. As per information available on flight tracking website Flightradar24.com, the flight was in the Jordanian airspace when it was decided to divert the flight to Abu Dhabi. Air India's flight from Tel Aviv to Delhi has been cancelled for Sunday. A statement from Air India was awaited. Air traffic to the Tel Aviv airport was briefly suspended after a missile launched from Yemen landed near the Tel Aviv airport.