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.
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.
Air India has been in the red since the merger of then Air India and Indian Airlines in 2007.
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.
In 2015, India's domestic aviation market clocked 81 million flights.
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.
Aluminium has one third the weight of steel and is highly malleable and elastic.
Amber Dubey explains why India needs to stop blocking competition if it ever wants to become the top aviation market.
Chartered flights may increase 34% from last year as more Russian tourists come calling.
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.
