Total revenue dropped to Rs 5,406 crore in the first quarter of the current financial year from Rs 5,508 crore in the same period a year ago
Air India's entire European operations are carried out with Boeing Dreamliner planes.
To sell five Boeing 777s, replacing these with cheaper aircraft
would also take on board its strategic investment partner Etihad
In 2014, about 650,000 customers used Emirates' Wi-Fi service on board.
Following the incident, all flights at Stansted had to be temporarily grounded, according to British media reports.
Over 240 people on board a Singapore Airlines flight on Monday had a narrow escape as their jet caught fire while making an emergency landing at Changi Airport here after it turned back en route to Milan following an engine oil warning message but they were safely evacuated.
In another development, SBI Capital Markets, which had issued the expressions of interest on April 8, extended the deadline for submission of initial bids to April 12.
On Indian routes, Air France, British Airways and Virgin Atlantic are offering premium economy seating
The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) is probing the incident of an Air India flight, AI 123, from New Delhi to Rome losing radio contact over Italy on October 16.
With IndiGo executing its long haul low-cost plans the airline will certainly need a lot of cash going forward.
Five decades ago, 87 plane crashes took away the lives of 1,597 people.
The government has cleared the lone bid of Airbus-TATA consortium for replacing Indian Air Force's fleet of ageing Avro transport aircraft for Rs 11,930 crore besides approving Russia's offer to build Kamov Ka-226T helicopters under 'Make in India' initiative.
At present, Air India offers eight first class, 35 business class and 195 economy class seats in its Boeing 777 200-LRs.
National carrier Air India became part of the 27-member global airlines grouping Star Alliance, as budget airline AirAsia India launched operations and Tata-SIA joint venture carrier Vistara received the flying permit and announced its intentions to start operations from January 9.
With introduction of double-decked Airbus A380, the whole first class space has undergone transformation.
Whether this happens because DGCA actually cares about the future of the national carrier or for other motives is not clear.
Ninety years later, BA counts the country as its second-biggest overseas market after the US.
A financial turnaround with the Etihad partnership and debt restructuring has not fully materialised.
