In a tragic incident at Mumbai’s Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport, an 80-year-old passenger lost his life on February 16 after he was not provided a wheelchair and had to walk from the plane to the terminal. The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has imposed a Continue Reading
The National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC) has recently ruled in favor of four passengers, directing Air India to pay a compensation of Rs 2 lakh due to extensive flight delays dating back to 2003. The complaint centered around a journey from Thiruvananthapuram to Kolkata and then Kolkata to Dibrugarh, Assam, wherein continuous delays led […]Continue Reading
The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has granted permission to Vistara and IndiGo airlines to commence new international flights starting in August. Vistara intends to launch flights from New Delhi to Bali, Indonesia, while IndiGo plans to provide air connectivity from New Delhi to Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia. The approval has been given […]Continue Reading
Famous chef Sanjeev Kapoor harshly criticised Air India for their onboard dinner on Monday. The chef aboard a flight from Nagpur to Mumbai expressed his displeasure with the cuisine he received on Twitter. The chef claimed he received cold chicken tikka with cucumber, watermelon, and a tiny amount of stuffing in a sandwich, as well […]Continue Reading
In the largest purchase in commercial aviation history, Air India, a subsidiary of the Tata group, has made multi-billion dollar agreements to purchase 470 passenger aircraft from American and French aircraft manufacturers Airbus and Boeing. The airline, which the Tata Group acquired from the government in October 2021, will purchase 220 Boeing aircraft and 250 […]Continue Reading
In an effort to revitalise the airline and compete with far larger rivals, Air India will on Friday finalise half of a multibillion dollar contract with Boeing, engine suppliers General Electric and CFM International, and a total of 495 planes. On the day that marks one year since Tata Group took control of the former […]Continue Reading
The aviation watchdog Director General of Civil Aviation fined Air India 30 lakh and suspended the pilot-in-license command’s for three months on the New York-Delhi flight where an intoxicated passenger urinated on a female passenger. “We acknowledge gaps in our reporting and are taking relevant steps to ensure that they are addressed,” said the airline Continue Reading
According to news agency ANI, Shankar Mishra has been banned from Air India for four months after peeing on an elderly passenger. The incident, which sparked outrage across the country, happened on a flight between New York and Delhi on November 26. Six weeks after reportedly performing this heinous deed on a 72-year-old passenger, Shankar […]Continue Reading
After too many drinks, Shankar Mishra, who was arrested for peeing on a woman on an Air India flight from New York to Delhi last year, was “incoherent” and kept asking the same question, a fellow passenger told NDTV. On the journey from November 26 to December 1, a doctor from the US named Sugata Bhattacharjee […]Continue Reading
In an effort to broaden its reach, Air India announced on Wednesday the beginning of new flights connecting Mumbai with New York, Paris, and Frankfurt as well as the restart of nonstop service between Delhi and Copenhagen, Milan, and Vienna. “This expansion comes as the airline continues to make progress in augmenting its fleet with […]Continue Reading