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AI Express B737 engine catches fire at Muscat airport, all 141 evacuated

Plane was taxiing towards runway when crew of another aircraft noticed fumes, alerted pilots

Flying economy, premium economy, business, first class: What's the deal

Air India says it will offer premium economy service when it buys new aeroplanes

Battle for skies: Tatas kick-start Air India fleet expansion via leasing

Airline to offer premium economy class

Top headlines: Retail inflation rises to 7% in August; AI leases 30 planes

India plans to pay about Rs 20,000 crore ($2.5 billion) to the state-run fuel retailers, such as Indian Oil Corp., to partly compensate them for losses and keep a check on cooking gas prices

Air India to get 30 planes including 5 Boeings, over next 15 months

Air India on Monday said it will progressively induct 30 new aircraft, including 5 wide-body Boeing planes, from December this year, as the Tatas-owned airline looks to boost its domestic and international services. The airline has signed leases and letters of intent for inducting 5 wide-body Boeing and 25 Airbus narrow-body planes over the next 15 months. "These new aircraft, which will enter service from late 2022, will increase the airline's fleet by over 25 per cent. Not counting the 10 long-grounded narrow-body and 6 wide-body aircraft that have been returned to service in recent months, these new aircraft mark the first major fleet expansion since Air India's acquisition by the Tata Group earlier this year," it said in a release. The planes being leased include 21 Airbus A320 neos, 4 Airbus A321 neos and 5 Boeing B777-200LRs. The B777-200LRs will join the fleet between December 2022 and March 2023. They will be deployed on routes from Indian metro cities to the US. "Mumbai w

Air India goes on a digitisation drive to enhance its efficiency

On Friday, the airline announced it was vacating government-owned premises as part of consolidation of workplaces

Tata Neu onboarding Titan by Diwali; Tata Motors and Air India next

Tata Neu 2.0: Super app to undergo revamp for a better user experience

Air India Group starts vacating its offices from govt-owned properties

The Air India Group has started vacating its offices, which are currently being operated from government-owned properties, from this month, as part of its strategy to consolidate workspaces across the country. The loss-making Air India and its international budget arm Air India Express were taken over by The Tata Group on January 27 this year, after successfully winning the bid for the airline on October 8, last year. Besides these two airlines, Tata Group also holds a majority 51 per cent stake in Vistara, its joint venture airline with Singapore Airlines (SIA), and a 83.67 per cent stake in budget carrier, AirAsia India. Air India, Air India Express and AirAsia India will be housed jointly in a modern office campus in the National Capital Region by March next year, in line with this consolidation strategy, which is being undertaken to improve collaboration and more easily deploy new technology, among others, according to a statement. Air India has its largest base of staff locate

Air India announces direct flights to Doha from Mumbai, Hyderabad, Chennai

Ahead of the football world cup in Doha, Tata group-owned Air India on Thursday announced introduction of 20 new flights per week to Qatar from key Indian cities. "The added capacity will cater to the surge in demand expected around the football extravaganza in Qatar scheduled in November and December 2022," the airline said in a statement. The flights, to be introduced from October 30, will connect Mumbai, Hyderabad and Chennai with Qatar's capital Doha during this period. "Thirteen flights per week will operate from Mumbai, four from Hyderabad and three from Chennai," it said. These flights will be in addition to the existing daily flights to Doha from Delhi. The additional connectivity to Qatar follows Air India's increase of 14 new flights on its domestic network last month. These additional 14 flights included two new frequencies on each of the Delhi-Mumbai, Delhi-Bengaluru and Mumbai-Chennai routes, as well as one new frequency on the Mumbai-Bengaluru route. "The strengthe

Air India to redesign flight schedules to improve OTP: CEO Wilson

Air India's on-time performance at four metro airports -- Bengaluru, Delhi, Hyderabad and Mumbai -- was 83 per cent in July: DGCA

Capt R S Sandhu to continue as Chief of Operations of Air India

Air India announced that Captain Rajwinder Singh Sandhu will continue to lead as Chief of Operations of the airline till further notice

Air India to restore employees' pre-Covid salaries from Sept 1: CMD

Carrier to also revise layover allowances and meal arrangements for flight crew

Air India to restore staff salaries to pre-Covid level from Sept 1

Air India will restore salaries that were cut in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic from September 1, according to a communication. The loss-making airline, which was taken over by Tatas in January this year, has also decided to revise crew layover allowances and meal arrangements from September 1. In the communication to the employees, Air India CEO and Managing Director Campbell Wilson said the airline "will be restoring the salary reduction for all employees with effect from September 1, 2022". While the airline has much to do to return to profitability, "sunsetting most of the COVID measures is an important and welcome milestone", he said. The coronavirus pandemic had significantly impacted the airline industry, and the operators had resorted to cost-cutting measures, including salary reductions, to manage their financials.

Delhi-bound Air India flight from Sydney makes emergency landing in Kolkata

A Delhi-bound Air India flight from Sydney made an emergency landing in Kolkata on Wednesday after a 50-year-old passenger complained of breathlessness, airport officials said. The flight with 159 passengers aboard was at the Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport for two hours from 4.50 PM till 6.50 PM before leaving for the national capital. The flyer was admitted to a hospital in Kolkata, they added.

Why Capt Zoya Agarwal's flight into US aviation museum is significant

Becomes first female Indian pilot to join those who've contributed to advancement of commercial aviation

Tata Sons may have to write off Rs 2,600 cr AirAsia India's losses: Report

Tata Sons will likely have to write off Rs 2,600 crore in form of accumulated losses for AirAsia India, which Tata Group-owned Air India has proposed to fully acquire

Air India, Air India Express to get new jets ahead of holiday season

Tata Group is planning to get six Boeing 777-2000 aircraft and 25 Airbus A320 Neo aircraft on lease by the first quarter of 2023 to expand the capacity of Air India and Air India Express

AI selects RateGain to adjust ticket prices with real-time airfare data

Air India has selected technology company RateGain to provide its product called 'AirGain' that will assist in dynamically adjusting ticket prices with real-time, accurate and high-quality airfare data, a statement said on Wednesday. Tata Group-owned Air India maintains a fleet of 113 planes that operate over 500 daily flights, its statement noted. "AirGain offers actionable insights to quickly react to market price change and stay ahead of the competition through its scalable and intuitive analytical capabilities," it said. Airlines gain competitive intelligence by analyzing market data in real-time, it added. AirGain's ability to track historical trends and fare changes on the most-profitable routes makes it easy for revenue and commercial teams to stay on top of every market development, the statement said.

Air India picks Meta software 'Workplace' for intra-company communications

Air India said it has chosen business communication platform Workplace from technology giant Meta so that there is a simple and effective way for all levels of the company to interact with each other

Delhi, Bengaluru airports start facial recognition for quicker boarding

Digi Yatra facility is voluntary for passengers and it keeps their data safe, say officials