Air India flight from Delhi to Muscat diverted to Jamnagar after passenger suffers cardiac arrest
India | May 20, 2019 1:21 ISTThe patient was rushed to Jamnagar Civil Hospital accompanied by an IAF doctor
The patient was rushed to Jamnagar Civil Hospital accompanied by an IAF doctor
India-Dubai is considered one of the most lucrative sectors as demand is always very high on the route due to high business as well as leisure travel. About half a dozen local and domestic carriers connect 20 Indian cities with the city-state.
Unimpressed by IndiGo's suggestion to allot grounded Jet Airways' unused slots in proportion to the fleet size of rival carriers, the government has decided to give higher seat quota on foreign routes to the carriers launching flights on unserved sectors or those witnessing spike in air fares.
The woman pilot in her complaint to the management said the senior caption asked her several "inappropriate questions".
State-run Air India seems to be finally getting its preferential rights in allocation of traffic rights over foreign routes after losing it to private carriers in the previous UPA government.
Allaying fears among growing number of Israelis using Air India flights to Delhi, India's national carrier has rubbished as "baseless" the claims in certain sections of the Israeli media that it is on the verge of bankruptcy.
State-run Air India has decided to offer a 40 per cent discount on 'tatkal' air tickets on domestic routes.
Currently, the national passenger carrier has 19 aircraft grounded due to various reasons most prominent amongst them being expensive spare parts and engine overhauls.
Last week, an Air India union official had criticised the government's plan to privatise the airline saying that handing over of a company to private players was not a remedy.
Despite two technical glitches causing operational disruption and financial loss, state-run Air India has refused to claim compensation from its passenger service system (PSS) provider SITA.
Air India pilot Arvind Kathpalia, whose flying licence was suspended in November 2018 after he failed pre-flight alcohol tests, has been promoted to the position of Regional Director (Northern Region) in the airline, according to an official statement Tuesday.
Thousands of passengers had a harrowing time on Saturday morning at airports across the world as Air India's passenger service system (PSS) software, which looks after check-in, baggage and reservation, did not function from 3.30 am to 8.45 am due to a technical glitch.
The national carrier's chairman and managing director (CMD) Ashwani Lohani said that the passenger service system (PSS) software, which looks after check-in, baggage and reservation, did not work from 3.30 am to 8.45 am on Saturday.
Air India flights affected as airline's SITA server is down all over India & overseas since 3:30 am
Air India's software solution is managed by SITA, a global airlines IT services major, which provides its check-in, boarding and baggage tracking technology.
"It has been decided that for sale and travel, effective May 1, 2019, all domestic tickets will have the free look-in option for change and cancellation as prescribed by the DGCA," an Air India circular said.
An engine of an empty Boeing 777 aircraft of Air India shut down at the Delhi airport during a technical inspection on Wednesday night and "black fumes" were seen coming out of it, the airline said.
Multiple explosions on Easter Sunday claimed the lives of 290 people across Sri Lanka. More than 500 have been reported injured in the blasts.
The government will now allot 280 slots at Mumbai and 160 at Delhi as well as those at other airports to Indian carriers for three months. This has come as a great opportunity for airlines ahead of the summer travel season.
In a bizarre turn of events, a probe into the disappearance of Air India official Sulakshana Narula, missing since September 2018, cannot be completed because of what is called 'Maha Dosh' in astrological terms.
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