'JRD Tata was a visionary who established civil aviation in India'.
The officials said they had no information other than that Azhar was undergoing treatment at an army hospital after suffering renal failure.
Even as the government is aiming at creating an airline behemoth to take on Asian tigers such as Singapore Airlines and Thai Airways, the merged Air-India and Indian Airlines entity will not dominate even the Indian skies.
Pricing to be outside federation's purview.
Contradicting L K Advani, former external affairs minister Jaswant Singh has said the then home minister was aware of the controversial decision about his travelling to Kandahar along with three terrorists released in exchange for the hostages of hijacked Indian Airlines plane in 1999.
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For the second time in a year, Air Deccan overtook state-owned Indian (formerly Indian Airlines) in 2006, making it country's second-largest domestic carrier.
The government of the day found itself in a bind as a huge amount of coverage given to the hijackers on the one hand and the plight of the passengers and their relatives on the other, he explained.
The aircraft had earlier received an all clear in Doha, barely an hour before landing in Bahrain.
The Federation of Indian Airlines, the group formed by various carriers, has appointed Amitabh Khosla from CII as Executive Director to head its secretariat and plans to have a Director General later.
Favouring the centre-state cooperation model adopted by northeastern states to develop aviation infrastructure in the region, Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel on Thursday asked state governments to tie up with public sector carriers to provide fo
The government is taking the first steps towards opening of the Gulf region to private airlines -- by setting a high-level committee under the aegis of the aviation ministry -- to examine the contentious issue.
Pakistan on Wednesday arrested Jaish-e-Mohammad chief Maulana Masood Azhar, his brother and "several individuals" belonging to his dreaded outfit, which is suspected to have engineered the Pathankot terror attack, and sealed its offices after India demanded action, linking it to the fate of Foreign Secretary-level talks.
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Budget carriers say no to full cost airlines' proposal to up rates.
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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.
Indian has launched a special offer under which the airline is offering free tickets to its frequent flyers.
Airfares of most major airlines will go up by Rs 150 per sector from Friday, as the carriers plan to levy a traffic congestion surcharge.
Acquiring Air Sahara will give Jet Airways the scale required to dominate the lucrative routes to West Asia and the United Kingdom.
The process of awarding contracts to restructure and modernise airports in Mumbai and Delhi would be completed before January 31, Union Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel has said.
Customers of Indian, formerly known as Indian Airlines, can avail of online reservation facilities beginning from this year-end.
The court asked the commissioner to furnish report regarding investigation against all the accused who have returned to India after serving jail terms in Pakistan.
The government also wanted to defame Pakistan, a key accused said.
No domestic flights could take off or land from the Indira Gandhi International Airport due to low visibility.
'The government will not remain a mute spectator to the goings-on in both the carriers.'
In the 42 months since Air Deccan became a credible and stable challenger to the erstwhile ruling triumvirate of Jet Airways, Indian Airlines and Sahara, the new entrants have garnered about 44 per cent of share of the market.
According to the figures for January, budget carriers alone -- such as SpiceJet, GoAir, IndiGo, apart from Deccan -- have 34 per cent share of the market. A year ago, the figure was only 20.8 per cent.
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Private carrier Air Sahara, has cancelled all its flights between Mumbai and Chennai till December 5 due to 'operational reasons'.
Reddy, who represents Andhra Pradesh's Anantapur seat in the Lok Sabha, reported late for the flight and therefore, was not allowed to board it, a source said.
