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Air India-Vistara to get $1.5-$1.8 billion from Tata Sons: Report

The investments will be made from the proceeds received as dividend income from Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) and other firms of the group

Crew made a judgement call, says Air India post internal investigation

The crew was approached by the complainant seeking assistance after allegedly being urinated on by a fellow passenger

Centre approves appointment of Vikram Dev Dutt as next DGCA chief

The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) has approved the appointment of Dutt as the next Director General of DGCA, an order issued by the Department of Personnel and Training said on Saturday

Singapore-bound flight takes off without 35 passengers, DGCA orders probe

After Airport authorities contacted the airline officials they were informed that the passengers were informed about the change in flight time via e-mail

Nepal plane crash: Toll rises to 71, bodies handed over to family members

Nepalese authorities on Tuesday started handing over to family members the bodies of those killed, two days after Yeti Airlines' aircraft with 72 people crashed in Pokhara, as death toll rose to 71

LIVE updates: 'Precious lives lost,' says PM Modi on Nepal plane crash

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NCLT allows Jalan-Kalrock consortium to take control of Jet Airways

Tribunal gives consortium 180 days beyond November 16 to make payments to creditors, employees

SpiceJet passengers wait long at Delhi; airline says delay from crew

Passengers of a Bengaluru-bound SpiceJet plane had to wait for a long time at the aerobridge at Delhi airport on Tuesday, with the airline saying the flight was delayed due to weather disruption that led to incoming crew exceeding their duty time limit. One of the passengers shared on social media a video of many co-passengers waiting at the aerobridge. In the video, some of them were heard asking for water. The incident happened with passengers of SpiceJet flight SG 8133 from Delhi-Bengaluru. A SpiceJet spokesperson said the flight was delayed on account of weather disruption in the network and the aircraft's previous rotation. "As a result of this, the incoming crew was not legal to operate the subsequent flight to Bengaluru and crew was arranged from another incoming flight which was legal as per duty time limitation," the spokesperson said in a statement. According to the statement, as passengers had completed the security check they were requested to wait at the ...

Operations normal at Indian airports amid US air traffic disruptions: DGCA

DGCA said operations are normal at all airports in India, and "there does not seem to be a cause for concern" amid air traffic in the US getting affected due to a technical failure in the system

At 15th place, IndiGo among world's 20 most punctual airlines: Report

The country's largest airline IndiGo and state-owned Coimbatore airport are among the 20 most punctual airlines and airports globally, according to a report

Normal air traffic operations resuming gradually across the US: FAA

Normal air traffic operations are resuming gradually across the US on Wednesday following a technical failure in the system that provides safety info to flight crews

Now passenger finds stone in Air India's in-flight meal, airline responds

A woman took to Twitter to complain that she found a stone in the meal she was served onboard an Air India flight

We sincerely apologise: Go First after flight takes off without 55 flyers

Go First's Delhi-bound flight G8-116 left behind 55 passengers in a coach at Bengaluru airport

Moscow-Goa flight makes emergency landing in Jamnagar following bomb threat

A Moscow-to-Goa flight made an emergency landing at Gujarat's Jamnagar airport on Monday night following a bomb threat, police said. All the 236 passengers and crew members were evacuated safely and the plane is being checked by local authorities along with police and the Bomb Detection and Disposal Squad (BDDS), Inspector General of Police (Rajkot and Jamnagar Range) Ashok Kumar Yadav said. "The plane going from Moscow to Goa was forced to make an emergency landing at the Jamnagar airport due to a bomb threat. After landing, all 236 passengers and crew members were deboarded safely. Police, BDDS and local authorities are searching the entire plane," he said. An official of the Russian embassy in New Delhi said the embassy was alerted by the Indian authorities about the alleged bomb scare on the Azur Air flight en route from Moscow to Goa. "The aircraft has made an emergency landing at the Jamnagar Indian Air Force base. Everyone on board is safe. The authorities are conducting a .

Asia-Pacific airlines saw air cargo volumes dip 18.6% in Nov 2022: IATA

As per the International Air Transport Association (IATA), this was the worst performance of all regions and a decline in performance compared to October (minus 14.7 per cent)

Urinating incident: 2 Air India crew members likely to join probe on Monday

Two crew members of an Air India flight on which a man allegedly urinated on an elderly woman co-passenger are likely to join the police investigation into the case on Monday, sources said. The police are also trying to approach other passengers who were on the flight to get their statements, the sources said on Sunday. Delhi Police had summoned nine crew members of the flight and seven of them have already recorded their statements. The remaining two were asked to appear before police on Sunday but they were not in the city and are expected to join the probe on Monday, they said. The sources further said police are also trying to approach other passengers on the flight to get their statements. The statements of the crew members will help the police establish the sequence of events, police said. According to police, the accused, Shankar Mishra, allegedly urinated on a woman co-passenger in an inebriated condition in the business class of the Air India flight from New York to Delhi

2 Russian passengers offloaded in Goa for 'misbehaving' with Go First crew

According to the spokesperson, the two foreign nationals abused the crew, and were "teasing the crew, passing remarks on her"

Air India pilot made woman wait 2 hrs before allocating seat, says Co-flyer

Pilot of the November 26 Air India flight from New York that witnessed the unsavoury event of an inebriated man urinating on a female passenger, made the traumatized flyer wait for close to two hours before allotting her a fresh seat, a co-flyer said in his complaint. Sugata Bhattacharjee, a US-based doctor of audiology who was seated next to the accused in business class on the flight to Delhi, in a handwritten complaint to the airlines stated that the distressed passenger was made to go back to her soiled seat despite four seats in the First Class being vacant. In the complaint, a copy of which was reviewed by PTI, Bhattacharjee said he was seated on 8A (window) in the first row of business class, next to the accused Shankar Misra who was in seat 8C. Shortly after lunch was served and the lights were switched off on board AI 102 of November 26 (JFK New York to IGIA, New Delhi), the inebriated male passenger seated in Business Class seat walked to the elderly woman's seat (9A), ...

Use 'restraining devices' if needed: DGCA to airlines on unruly passengers

Airline staff will face action if they fail to act against passengers who behave inappropriately, Directorate General of Civil Aviation said on Friday

AI confirms incident of passenger urinating on co-passenger's seat, blanket

Air India confirmed that a passenger on Air India flight 142 from Paris to Delhi on Dec 6 relieved himself on the vacant seat and blanket of a woman co-passenger, when the latter was in the lavatory