The government has again extended the deadline to bid for Air India by two months till August 31 as the COVID-19 fallout has disrupted economic activities globally.
In a bid to bring back stranded Indians abroad amid coronavirus outbreak, Air India in the fourth phase of its Vande Bharat mission will be conducting 170 flights to and from 17 countries between July 3 and 15, an official document said.
Air India has announced eight evacuation flights between India and Australia under the Vande Bharat Mission. The flights will be operated from July 1 to July 14.
Air India to operate a special/ relief flight to bring back nationals from Myanmar on July 4 (Al 1234, departure Yangon 14:30 hrs) for evacuating Indian citizens registered with the Embassy up to Lucknow and New Delhi.
An Air India pilot was found COVID-19 positive after landing a flight in Sydney from Delhi, senior airline officials said on Monday. The pilot tested positive on Saturday, they said.
Union Civil Aviation Minister, Hardeep Singh Puri called Air India, a 'first-class asset'.
Air India on Friday introduced a "shorter working week scheme" under which its permanent employees, except pilots and cabin crew members, can opt to work for three days a week at 60 per cent salary, said senior airline officials.
Air India is likely to grant a no-objection certificate (NoC) and drop the investigation against the employee, who drew salary from both the national carrier and the DGCA for two years after being deputed at the aviation regulator.
Captain Madhusmita Patnaik announced in Odia language inside a flight carrying 215 Odia people from Sharjah to Bhubaneswar in Odisha under Vande Bharat Mission.
The flight was part of Vande Bharat Mission, under which the Central government is operating special repatriation flights to bring back stranded Indians from abroad amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Two custom-made B777 aircraft, which will be used to fly Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other top Indian dignitaries, are likely to be delivered by Boeing to Air India by September, senior officials said on Monday.
The Air India website received an 'overwhelming' demand form travelers as it opened its portal for the booking for 300 international flights to destinations in countries including the US and the UK.
Air India might not have got a green light from the government to resume it's international operations, but it will begin international bookings to ferry stranded passengers to several destinations between June 9 and June 30 under the Vande Bharat Mission's third phase. The ticket booking will begin at 5 pm today. Passengers can book tickets to 7 international destinations in US and Canada.
Under Mission Vande Bharat, Air India will be operating 75 flights from India to select destinations in USA and Canada from 9th to 30th June 2020.
Air India has made it mandatory for its pilots and cabin crew members to check and confirm that their pre-flight COVID-19 test results are negative before they operate an aircraft, according to an official communication issued hours after the Delhi-Moscow flight incident involving a pilot on Saturday.
An Air India flight from Delhi to Moscow was asked to return midway on Saturday after its ground team realised that one of the pilots onboard the plane tested positive for coronavirus, officials in the airline and aviation regulator DGCA told PTI.
Air India flight (AI-1945) from Delhi to Moscow on Saturday returned midway to Delhi after the ground team realised that the pilot is COVID-19 positive. The flight was part of Aviation Ministry's 'Vande Bharat Mission' that are being run to bring back stranded Indians abroad amid COVID-19 outbreak.
A joint forum of Air India employees and staff unions has sought a Rs 50,000 crore financial succour from the government for the national carrier, stating that the airline is a necessity for the country.
All scheduled commercial passenger flights have been suspended since March 25 when the government imposed a nationwide lockdown to curb the coronavirus pandemic. The flights resumed on Monday.
Air India shall be allowed to operate non-scheduled foreign flights with middle seats booking for next 10 days, Supreme Court has ordered after hearing an urgent plea filed by Centre and Air India against Bombay High Court order to keep middle seats vacant in international flights.
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