The CBI today registered three FIRs and a preliminary enquiry to probe alleged irregularities in Indian Airlines-Air India merger and purchase of 111 aircraft, leasing of planes and giving up of profit-making routes by Air India, causing a loss of thousands of crore of rupees.
The flight arrived at Wuhan's Tianhe International Airport on Friday evening. While the official number of students to be airlifted in the two flights is not known, Indians who reached the Wuhan airport on Friday said they were told that 374 were expected to be airlifted by the Air India flight. India has taken an undertaking from the Indians travelling in the two flights that they would be quarantined for 14 days after their arrival, besides undergoing special checks at the Wuhan airport.
Air India is a brand, a brand symbolising the nation, especially amongst the Indian diaspora and travellers overseas.
The government is ready to support Air India, but wants the airline to improve its performance.
Maharaja will soon come to help wait-listed passengers of Rajdhani trains as such travelers will be provided with the option to fly by Air India by paying little extra.
'It is not as bad an airline as it is made out to be: We serve wonderful food, the leg space is more, our cabin crew is warm and friendly.' 'The customer needs to be apprised of these things.'
Prima facie it appears that fractured railway track is the cause of accident as per local assessment.
The railways was not intimated about a Dussehra event along the tracks that led to the deaths of at least 61 people in Amritsar.
10 women and six minors are among the injured, the officials said.
Would all the planes standing around in the floodwaters able to fly out this weekend, if the waters recede? Or would they need to go for a health check-up?
An eyewitness travelling in the train claimed some passengers suffered minor injuries.
Prabhu said he was 'extremely pained by the unfortunate accidents, injuries to passengers and loss of precious lives'.
Air India is in a better state now than it was when Lohani's predecessor took over in 2011, four years after a merger with state-run carrier Indian Airlines.
He said four weeks have been given to submit the report to find out who was at fault.
Punjab chief minister Capt.Amarinder Singh has announced Rs 5 lakh to kin of each deceased and free treatment to injured in government and private hospitals.
Gaikwad was travelling from Pune to New Delhi when the scuffle broke out over the sitting arrangement.
'There are enough funds to solve this problem.'
A Mumbai-Delhi air ticket is now available upwards of Rs 3,700 for next day travel on all airlines.
In February 2013, the airline under the then chairman Rohit Nandan decided to shift its base to New Delhi.
Only nine of the airline's 370 daily flights were making profits.
The disappointment of the year is government's failure in finalising the re-drafted aviation policy.
"Unless he tenders an unconditional apology to AI employees, and undertakes in writing to abide by the Chicago and Tokyo Conventions & Rules of the Air and follow all cabin safety and public behaviour norms, we must not let him on board," says the letter.
'This is not just Make in India; this is much more than that. Right from design to delivery, everything was done in India.'
The DGCA probe detected serious issues related to safety oversight.
Air India's outgoing CMD Rohit Nanda helped the airline tide over crisis.
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