Air India opens international bookings from June 1
Business | April 18, 2020 16:43 ISTAir India opens up international bookings from June 1, 2020 and also opening some select domestic routes from May 4, 2020.
Air India opens up international bookings from June 1, 2020 and also opening some select domestic routes from May 4, 2020.
Air India has decided to suspend all operations till May 3 following Prime Minister Narendra Modi's call for a 19-day extension in lockdown. PM Modi earlier today said that even though the country had shown resolve in fighting coronavirus, we must follow strict lockdown till May 3 if we want to beat coronavirus.
A section of Air India staff unions on Thursday demanded setting up of coronavirus testing facilities across all stations besides treatment of all suspected coronavirus patients or those requiring isolation or hospital-quarantine at private hospitals.
Air India is planning to conduct three special flights to London from April 8-10 to repatriate Canadians who are stranded in India amid a 21-day lockdown imposed to curb the coronavirus pandemic, senior airline officials said on Monday.
Air India is not taking any domestic or international booking till April 30, more than two weeks after the lockdown comes to an end
Air India on Thursday temporarily suspended the contracts of around 200 pilots, who were re-employed after retirement, as all domestic and international commercial passenger flights have been suspended in the country till April 14 to curb the COVID-19 pandemic.
After SpiceJet announced that one of its pilots has tested positive for COVID-19, an Air India pilots' union on Sunday asked aviation regulator DGCA to temporarily suspend breath analyser (BA) test, saying the machine for it remains the same and droplets or aerosols of infected pilots may further infect the healthy.
While most confirmed cases in New Zealand were related to overseas travel, community transmission has taken place in Auckland, Wellington, Queenstown and Hamilton.
The Rs 700-crore non-convertible debentures of the national carrier were due for redemption or interest payment on Thursday.
Air India pilots' unions, IPG an ICPA, have said their members will support the government and will operate any special flight irrespective of the extent of the coronavirus pandemic.
Flag carrier Air India will operate a 'relief' flight to Tel Aviv on Thursday to fly stranded Israeli nationals in the country in the wake of visa and travel restrictions on foreign citizens, a source said.
Air India stated on Sunday that vigilante resident welfare associations (RWAs) and neighbours were ostracising and calling police on its crew members, who went abroad as a part of their duty.
National carrier Air India has decided to reduce 10 per cent of allowances paid to all employees, except cabin crew, for a period of three months to tide over the economic fallout of Covid-19.
Government-owned Air India may cut the salary of employees by 5 per cent amid its growing financial woes particularly in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, which has nearly grounded its entire international operations, sources said. The reduction will be across the board, they say.
Air India on Tuesday announced temporary suspension of its entire services to Europe and the UK from March 19.
The Andhra Pradesh government on Tuesday appointed former CMD of Air India Ashwani Lohani as the Chairman of the AP Tourism Development Corporation, assigning him the rank of a Cabinet minister.
Air India pilots sought urgent financial assistance from the government on Monday for the disinvestment-bound national carrier amid the coronavirus pandemic.
India's national carrier, Air India, has flown an aircraft bound for Italy with an objective to bring back the Indian nationals who are stranded in Italy because of the massive outbreak of coronavirus. The flight which took off on Saturday will be landing in Milan and bringing back almost 200 Indian nationals.
Air India cancels flights to Italy, France, Germany, Spain, South Korea and Sri Lanka till April 30
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