Last Friday, DGCA issued a show cause notice to the airline why its operating permit should not be suspended.
The airline had quit the Mumbai-London route in 2009 because of losses
Any rise in charges has to be approved by the Airports Economic Regulatory Authority, which is examining MIAL's proposal.
Air India Express currently operates 145 daily flights, down from about 200 six months ago.
Etihad and Qatar Airways have held informal talks with Kingfisher and SpiceJet to expand their footprints in India.
The move comes amid expectations that the government would allow foreign airlines to invest directly in Indian carriers.
Also limits on-flight catering costs at foreign airports to save cost
Aviation companies plan to join hands for importing aviation turbine fuel (ATF) in a bid to bring down their fuel bills.
IATA informed travel agents that they would have to remit the ticket sale proceeds to airlines every week.
Jet Airways, the largest domestic airline, will merge its no-frills brands JetLite and Jet Konnect and operate under the brand name of the latter.
Maharashtra Cabinet changes norms to make present occupiers of slums eligible for rehabilitation.
The 3,000-odd cabin crew of Jet Airways cabin has been asked to take a day's leave without pay each month as a cost-saving exercise.
The no-frills brand is poised for a big leap by debuting in some international routes as well.
The Air India management has reached an agreement with pilots from the erstwhile Indian Airlines on the contentious issue of pay parity. Fearing another agitation from the Indian Commercial Pilots Association (ICPA), the airline's management has agreed to the union's demands for fixed allowances each month.
The government-owned airline has 63 narrow body planes from Airbus, including the A319 and A321.
Kingfisher Airlines is exploring hiving off its engineering department into a separate maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) unit. This is one of several measures being considered by the airline management to tide over its current financial crisis.
His debt woes may continue and losses double, but the King of Good Times was clearly in a defiant mood at a press meet in a packed venue in a suburban hotel in Mumbai on Tuesday.
The negotiations will be held in Mumbai on Tueday at the International Civil Aviation Negotiations Conference which will be inaugurated by President Pratibha Patil.
AI Express operates 195 weekly flights, mostly from Kerala.
Low-cost carriers (LCCs) like Air Asia and Ryan Air are among the best because they are frugal, have flexibility in operations and certain standardisation of aircraft and operations.
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