Official sources said pilot error caused the mishap in which the Boeing aircraft suffered a minor damage on its right wing after it hit an electric pole while taxiing on the runway.
An Air India Express flight, carrying 64 passengers, lost control and met with an accident in Andhra Pradesh today. The flight hit an electric pole on the runway while landing at Vijayawada International Airport in Gannavaram.
Manu thanked sports minister Kiren Rijiju for his prompt intervention but is also hoping for action against the Air India officials at Delhi airport. Later, Air India, too, apologised for the conduct of its staff.
The initial public offering (IPO) of India's largest insurance company LIC is likely after October this year, a top official said on Tuesday laying out the government's divestment calendar that includes completing the sale of flag carrier Air India and oil firm BPCL within the first half of the next fiscal.
Air India is now on the verge of being sold due to massive debts, this is due to Congress party's wrong policies. They have ruined the economy: Nitin Gadkari.
Disinvestment of Air India and Pawan Hans would be completed in 2021-22, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Monday while presenting the Union Budget in which Rs 3,224 crore has been allocated to the Civil Aviation Ministry for the next fiscal year.
Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri congratulated the women pilot and women cockpit crew which operated the inaugural flight between San Francisco and Bengaluru.
With four women pilots, Air India's longest direct route flight landed at Kempegowda International Airport in Bengaluru from San Francisco on Monday.
All-women cockpit crew of Air India which operated the inaugural flight between San Francisco and Bengaluru.
India’s national carrier Air India has opened booking for flights between India and the United Kingdom. In a tweet, the airline confirmed that the new flights are in addition to the regular flights and tickets could be booked through Air India's website, booking offices, call centre and authorised travel agents.
Civil Aviation Ministry's Secretary Pradeep Singh Kharola on Air India's disinvestment said that multiple 'Expression of Interests' have been received for the Air India privatisation.
The second phase of the strategic disinvestment of Air India will start on January 5, 2021 with the announcement of the names of the qualified bidders.
On provident fund, the union said that there are two separate Provident Fund trusts in erstwhile Air India and erstwhile Indian Airlines which are governed by the 1925 PF Trust Act.
Even MPs have taken a lower pay cut, the pilots said. "While the parliamentarians themselves have taken a cut of only 30 per cent on gross emoluments and vehemently refused to take a higher cut."
Air India's Kolkata-Hyderabad flight with CJI SA Bobde onboard made an emergency landing on Wednesday, soon after take-off and declared full emergency due to technical reasons.
Air India on Monday announced that all Air India flights to and from Oman will stand suspended after the decision of the Sultanate to close all travel outlets from December 22, 1 am onwards for a period of one week.
Salt-to-software conglomerate Tata Group and US-based fund Interups Inc were among "multiple" entities that put in preliminary bids last week for buying loss-making carrier Air India.
A group of 219 employees of Air India along with a private financial institution have submitted an expression of interest (EOI) for the national carrier.
The government has been trying for two years to divest Air India. It wants to divest 100 per cent stake in Air India and budget carrier AI Express, and sell its 50 per cent share in Air India SATS Airport Services.
Air India has got some reprieve from a UK court as it allowed India’s flag carrier time until early January to make payments in a case of unpaid dues of over USD 17.6 million, with the judge accepting the 'broad thrust' of the airline’s financial difficulties, especially due to the grounding of flights during the COVID-19 lockdown.
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