Air India to look for higher compensation from Boeing

Air India's plan to trim its 27,000 bloated workforce by offering a voluntary retirement scheme (VRS) is stuck in the North Block, with the Finance Ministry questioning the rationale behind the proposed scheme.

Currently only IndiGo charges extra for seating, whereas Air India and Jet Airways charge Rs 250 for every kilo of baggage above the free limit of 15 kgs Reuters New Delhi: The Ministry of Civil Aviation has directed domestic airlines to limit the number of ...

A plane-load of passengers went through a harrowing time at Kolkata airport on Friday night as Air India kept them guessing on their flight to Dhaka. They were made to board and then alight from a plane a half-hour after Dhaka airport announced the ...

Facing a court case for allegedly turning a blind eye towards safety violations on-board some international Air India flights, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has rapped the national carrier. Sources said the regulator has told the airline to ...

Air India's flight no AI952 reached Rajiv Gandhi International Airport at 7 am yesterday. State ministers and political leaders had to leave for Delhi. Hence the political leaders were sent to Delhi through the same flight. According to details Air ...

the Kerala government decided to drop pacer Sreesanth from state lotteries' advertisement followed by Air India suspending its employees Chavan and Chandila. Kerala Finance Minister K.M. Mani said the decision was taken in the wake of Sreesanth's arrest for ...

Two Air India pilots put the lives of 166 passengers on a Bangkok-Delhi flight in danger by taking a 40-minute break from the cockpit and getting two stewardesses to operate the plane in their absence. ...

The government on Friday participated in a bid to acquire a few floors on lease in the Air India building at Nariman Point as the Mantralaya building is slated to undergo an extensive makeover and the government wants to shift most of its departments under ...

Times are changing, so is air travel. The year 2013 has been an eventful one for the aviation sector. First came the news of the entry of a new player in the domestic scene ? Air Asia India. Then, the Jet-Etihad deal was finalised. Even as the ...