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Low visibility, faulty windshield wiper too contributed to Kozhikode crash

Low visibility and sub-optimal performance of windshield wiper in rain might have well triggered visual illusions for the pilot, resulting in erroneous distance and depth perception

Govt exempts TDS and TCS on transfer of assets by Air India to SPV

Move seeks to facilitate strategic disinvestment of national carrier, strategic sale at crucial phase with Sept 15 being last date for financial bids

AI sale: Scindia says deadline for financial bids will remain Sep 15

Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia on Thursday said the deadline for submission of financial bids will be September 15, indicating that there will be no extension for submitting the bids.

Air India resumes Amritsar-Rome direct flights, passengers hail move

The resumption of Air India's direct flight between Amritsar and Rome on Wednesday came as a relief to many people in Amritsar who were delaying their travels plans

Govt sticks to Sep 15 deadline for putting financial bids for Air India

The government will stick to the September 15 deadline for investors to put in bids for buying national carrier Air India, an official said.

Air India to operate first ever non-stop Hyderabad-London flight

Air India is set to commence its first ever non-stop service between Hyderabad and London, with the first flight arriving here from the UK capital on Thursday

Cairn accepts $1 bn refund offer, to drop cases against India: CEO

The offer to return money seized to enforce retrospective tax demand in lieu of dropping all litigations against the government 'is acceptable to us', says Cairn CEO Simon Thomson

Delhi-London AI flight delayed after ants found in business class

Air India's Delhi-London flight, which was to depart from the IGI airport here at 2 pm on Monday, got delayed for more than three hours after a swarm of ants was found in business class, sources said

Delhi-London Air India flight delayed after ants found in business class

AI's Delhi-London flight, which was to depart from the IGI airport here at 2 pm on Monday, got delayed for more than three hours after a swarm of ants was found in the business class, sources said

India to offer indemnity to Air India bidder over Cairn claim: Report

Air India, unprofitable since a 2007 merger with state-owned domestic operator Indian Airlines Ltd., has total debt of Rs 60,000 crore and loses Rs 20 crore every day

Scindia flags off IndiGo's domestic flight, AI's international flight

Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia virtually flagged off IndiGo's Delhi-Gwalior-Indore flight and Air India's Indore-Dubai flight on Wednesday, the civil aviation ministry stated.

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Air India asks US court to dismiss Cairn petition, says it is premature

Air India has asked a New York court to dismiss a petition filed by Britain's Cairn Energy for seizure of its assets to enforce USD 1.2 billion arbitral awards against the Indian government

Delhi-bound Air India plane suffers tyre burst on Kolkata airport taxiway

A Delhi-bound Air India flight failed to take off from Kolkata on Saturday morning after one of the tyres burst on the taxiway, an airport official said. No one sustained any injury due to the incident, he said. The tyre burst emitting a loud noise, following which the pilot immediately informed the air traffic controllers, the official said. The aircraft, carrying 226 passengers, was subsequently brought back to the parking bay. All passengers and cabin crew members were made to de-board the plane, following which engineers attended to it. An Air India official stated that the plane finally took off around 3.30 pm after all technical issues were taken care of, at least five hours behind schedule. Arrangements for lunch were made for the passengers, he added.

Rs 6-trillion monetisation plan: Modi govt's ambition in a minefield

Given the record of past blunders, under-achievements, vulnerabilities and the manifest influence of stigmatised capital, what India might get is yet another school for scandal, cautions T N Ninan

Resignation ends legal relation with pilots: Air India tells Delhi HC

Air India Thursday told the Delhi HC that once a pilot tenders resignation, the legal relationship of an employer-employee comes to an end with it and the resignation cannot be withdrawn subsequently

Fearing conflict, govt agrees to Air India employees' main demands

It has agreed to bear the cost of liquidation loss on account of transfer to EPFO from company-owned trusts, inclusion of employees in the central government health scheme, and encashment of leaves

Afghan crisis forces Air India to shed passenger luggage at Delhi airport

Airline's generous baggage policy is now a challenge after it's forced to take a longer route when flying to some US destinations.

Afghanistan crisis: Air India flight en route to Delhi from Dushanbe

An Air India flight carrying 78 passengers, including 25 Indian citizens is en route to New Delhi from Tajikistan's Dushanbe in a safe evacuation from Afghanistan.

Afghanistan crisis live: India flies home 329 of its nationals from Kabul

India steps up evacuations as Taliban continue negotiations to form a government after seizing power a week ago in Kabul.