In its bid to grab Air India orders, US aircraft manufacturer Boeing on Tuesday said it had offered a "comprehensive competitive pricing" to the public sector carrier, whose decision to purchase 50 aircraft of different makes was yet to get governmen
"Co-developed and verified" by Indian IT major, HCL Technologies, this chip would be integrated into the system data acquisition computer of the aircraft, a top company official has said.
Air-India's decision to purchase Boeing's 787 Dreamliners has re-ignited the fight for supremacy between Boeing and Europe's Airbus in the civil aviation market, media reports said in Washington.
The national carrier's capacity is expected to grow by 9.2 per cent with the addition of six more Boeing 787 Dreamliners to the fleet, they said. As of February this year, the airline has 13 Dreamliners in its fleet out of a total order of 27.
The issue had come up during a presentation by the Civil Aviation Ministry.
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Last October, the national carrier sold five planes of the same type to Etihad Airways for about $350 million.
'It is very clear that Air India cannot be managed by the government.' 'Air India should be run as a separate profit entity.'
Air India and Indian Airlines merged in 2007.
The Indira Gandhi International airport and Birmingham Airport signed an MoU to develop further links and formalise a working relationship.
EasyJet agreed to buy 35 current-generation A320 aircraft and 100 new-generation A320neo jets, with options for a further 100, the airline announced on the second day of the Paris Airshow.
The company powered its ecoDemonstrator 787 flight test airplane on December 2 with a blend of 15 per cent green diesel and 85 per cent petroleum jet fuel in the left engine.
Air India pilots and crew often play musical chairs, leading to a substantial revenue loss for the airline in an inefficiently managed set-up
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The airline asserted that the incident "did not affect the flight safety of any crew"
Air India expects to wipe out some red marks from its balance sheet.
The airline is trying to save on wage costs by cutting the normal notice period of six months by about half for pilots who have already resigned.
Jet Airways remains the number one airline serving foreign routes.
Air India's home market share has fallen from 19.8% in January to 18% in July.
The decision cuts the order book for the European company's newest jet, which is due to enter service in around six months' time, by around 10 per cent.
Air India Express along with SpiceJet and Jet Airways is one of the three main targets for Boeing in the country as it promotes its new 737 MAX aircraft, which is scheduled to enter commercial operations in 2017.
Air India has been in the red since the merger of then Air India and Indian Airlines in 2007.
In a bid to slash costs, Air India has hedged 10,000 barrels of jet fuel for its aircraft this month, four weeks after its Board gave a nod to the move.
On Monday night, Air India hosted a dinner Melbourne for the Indian diaspora and Australian leader and government officials to mark its launch in Victoria.
Ending a seven-year-long wait, the Star Alliance Chief Executive Board, at its meeting in London on Monday, gave an endorsement vote to induct Air India into the fold.
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The national carrier has drawn a blueprint to cut the number of recognised unions in the airline from 15 to two -- one for pilots and another for the rest of the employees.
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At present, Air India offers eight first class, 35 business class and 195 economy class seats in its Boeing 777 200-LRs.
The company has dismissed 194 cabin crew and 11 pilots over past year for unauthorised absence and such reasons.
That it has been threatening to review this rule for a while is old hat anyway.
Whether this happens because DGCA actually cares about the future of the national carrier or for other motives is not clear.
There were many who had reposed faith in the Narendra Modi government for expeditious action but are today beginning to feel disillusioned, notes Jitender Bhargava.
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