Full service product with complementary meal service would be provided on all domestic flights from December 1, with the buy-on-board concept being discontinued, an airline statement said.
German airliner Lufthansa has no plans to bid for equity in either Air-India or Indian Airlines as a counter to Air France-KLM mega merger, its executive vice-president Thierry Antinori said in New Delhi on Friday.
The new initiative allows passengers to amend or cancel their booking without any penalty fee by simply using the "manage booking" facility
Checked-in baggage allowances would increase by 10 kg for all classes of travel.
The national airline had incurred a net loss of Rs 5,859.91 crore (Rs 58.59 billion) last fiscal.
The net loss of the carrier marginally decreased to Rs 5,388.82 crore (Rs 53.88 billion) in 2013-14 as against Rs 5,490.16 crore (Rs 54.9 billion) in the previous fiscal.
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.
A picture of a lizard in the meal tray of a flyer purportedly on one of Air India's flights has gone viral on social media leaving the civil aviation minister fuming.
Air India expects to wipe out some red marks from its balance sheet.
The Union government has no 'Buy India' policy, but has a 'Buy Air India' policy.
The CMD's focus on raising employee morale and cutting costs is paying off. The airline's operating losses have shrunk and earnings are looking up
The airline's accounts are yet to be audited.
Asian and Middle Eastern airlines -- but no Indian names -- dominated the Top 10 slots at the World Airline Awards.
United, American snap code share deals, in compliance with US regulator's ruling
These trips can be as short as a month to 45 days.
Enormous debt isn't the only thing afflicting Air India. Its work culture is an equal culprit in its downfall.
Life of air passengers was different in the 1970s.
Ninety years later, BA counts the country as its second-biggest overseas market after the US.
Air India's outgoing CMD Rohit Nanda helped the airline tide over crisis.
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