Air India Express, a new low-cost airline, and a subsidiary of Air India, is aimed at Keralites working in the Gulf.
Indonesia's foreign ministry could lodge a formal protest over the incident, Transport Minister Hatta Rajasa reportedly said.
The overall responsibility of the low-cost carrier, Air India Express, would be that of Joint Managing Director Vishwapati Trivedi, with P P Singh being appointed its Chief Operating Officer. Both of them would be based in Delhi, sources said.
'We are going to have plane crashes left, right and centre.'
Eyeing potential business opportunity, Boeing Corporation is planning to approach the proposed Tata-Singapore Airlines.
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.
The 1.4 million non-resident Indian community in the UAE, which includes 200,000 Mangaloreans are expected to benefit from the new service, which was launched on Tuesday. \n
'The lay of the runway is not at all safe.' 'Even operating a 737 is dangerous there.' 'During the monsoon, they must ban landing on runway 10.'
Passengers flying by Air India Express from Qatar to India will have to shell out more with ticket price of the no-frills carrier shooting up by nearly 40 per cent due to holiday season.
They defeated Maharashtra 3-1 in extra time in the final.
Rain during the last two days forced the organisers to postpone Monday's matches and reschedule the quarter-final league in the National Football Championship.
V Thulasidas, Air India Chairman and Managing Director, has announced a bonanza package of 2,000 additional seats comprising seven additional flights from Kerala to destinations in the Gulf and Middle East.
In what could be the first, state-sponsored airline company in the country, the Kerala cabinet on Wednesday gave an in-principle approval for setting up an aviation company in the joint sector to operate international services.
The Middle East-India route is hotting up in December as several airlines are busy raising the number of flights.
A 3-0 victory over Delhi 3-0 gave Kerala their second victory in the three-team quarter-final league in the National football championship.
Abhishek Yadav scored a hat trick as Maharashtra overcame Services 5-3.
According to airline sources, the software, which is of Atlanta-based SITA company, was not functioning approximately from 3 am to 9 am on Saturday. Consequently, boarding passes could not be issued at major airports across the world and various flights were delayed.
'If you are selling family silver, and if you are not getting the right value, then what is the point?'
It's too big to digest as one whole airline.'
Alliance Air, a subsidiary of Indian Airlines, is facing the brunt of pilot exodus with as many as 29 pilots leaving the airlines for greener pastures during the current year.
The Kerala government has requested the centre to permit Air Arabia operate its flights from the state to the Gulf sector, Chief Minister Oommen Chandy said on Tuesday.
A 2-0 victory gave Maharashtra their second victory in the Group III quarter-final league and a place in the semi-finals of the Santosh Trophy National Football Championship.
Anthony Pereira scored four goals as Goa routed Assam 6-0 in the quarter-final league of the National Football Championship, for the Santosh Trophy.
The last year's runner-up were held to a 2-2 draw by Karnataka in a quarter-final league match of the Santosh Trophy football tournament.
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.
Indians in Bahrain, who are awaiting the low-cost Air India Express flights in April, are unhappy, as the services would not benefit a majority of low-paid workers.
The low cost public sector carrier, Air India Express, will soon start operations from some southern cities to the Gulf and West Asia at 30 per cent lower fares than the regular ones, Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel said on Thursday.
Goa and Punjab edged out Manipur and Karnataka respectively on goal difference to make the grade in the National Football Championship.
Weighed down by surging jet fuel prices, Air-India's net profit plunged by a huge 82.54 per cent at Rs 16.29 crore (Rs 162.9 million) for the year 2005-06.
Government officials say a shareholding structure has been mandated to discourage non-serious bidders from accessing Air India's data room
Flights from Mumbai and Kerala will also have to transit through these routes due to restrictions
