Over 600 slots at three major airports - Heathrow, Dubai and New York's JFK International - could be at stake.
The Congress has alleged that the government caused loss of over Rs 41,000 crore to the exchequer and endangered national security by bypassing the state-run HAL in favour of some businessman "friends".
This closure has led to increase in flight duration and has put a strain on Mumbai's air traffic controllers, who are working extra shifts to handle the increase in traffic.
China remains in firm control of an estimated 600-800 square kilometres of Indian territory.
Air India's former executive director Jitender Bhargava feels the airline should oppose the Tata-Singapore Airline plan to set up a hub in Delhi.
A consortium of insurers, led by Anil Ambani group's Reliance General Insurance, has made final payment of $20 million (about Rs 90 crore) towards aircraft insurance claims arising from the Mangalore crash in May.
Insurers have already paid 60 per cent of the total hull losses, which was estimated at $50 million (about Rs 230 crore), while AI will receive the balance 40 per cent by this week, industry sources said.
The airline dropped fares to gain customer load, but failed to cover the cost of its flights
The airline has adopted a counterintuitive strategy of adding new aircraft and expanding capacity amid the slowdown, which seems to be paying off.
Mr Rahul Gandhi himself has given seven different prices in different speeches with regard to the Rafale, that is the 2007 offer.
The airline has informed its flight attendants that they would be eligible for leave without pay between November 1 and December 20
The additional stake will cost the promoters Rs 312 crore (Rs 3.12 billion).
'The COVID-19 pandemic must push the military into a long-term reconsideration of its primary challenges.' 'There must be greater emphasis on humanitarian aid and disaster relief including the management of contagious illnesses and impending crises caused by climate change,' notes Ajai Shukla.
The national airline had incurred a net loss of Rs 5,859.91 crore (Rs 58.59 billion) last fiscal.
An India-bound Malaysia Airlines flight was on Sunday forced to turn back due to an auto-pilot defect, landing safely here, said the loss-making carrier already hit by the twin tragedies this year.
Old-timers say Jet boss Naresh Goyal, although still razor sharp, doesn't have the same energy he once did and this reflects in his 'baby'.
"The Indian government approached asking us to open the airspace. We conveyed our concerns that first India must withdraw its fighter planes placed forward," Nusrat told the committee.
In a bid to cut mounting annual fuel bills of Rs 8,000 crore (Rs 80 billion), Air India is to shed weight on its flights by carrying less food, newspapers and a half-filled water-tank on board.
SpiceJet had last year announced a $4.4-bn deal for 42 Boeing 737 Max.
Last week, the carrier had asked about 60 pilots who had resigned to leave after serving only half the six-month notice period.
The team visited several locations in Arunachal Pradesh to determine if the reported sites can be definitively correlated with known crash sites involving missing US servicemen.
Indian budget airline SpiceJet has agreed to buy around 40 Boeing 737 passenger jets worth over $4 billion at list prices as it seeks to modernize its fleet and climb out of the red, industry sources said on Tuesday.
Ajit Singh says will seek cabinet nod to scrap 5-year, 20 aircraft rule.
The Supreme Court has admitted for hearing a public interest litigation (PIL) alleging a major scam during the tenure of Praful Patel as the Civil Aviation Minister in the UPA-I government.
Out of the total amount, Rs 17,359.77 crore is aircraft loan, while Rs 31,517.04 crore is working capital loan.
Lease and maintenance rentals of aircraft, salaries to expatriate pilots, parking and landing rates at international airports and jet fuel prices are all dollar-denominated costs.
While the fate of the pilot could not be immediately ascertained, there was no loss of life or property on the ground as the plane crashed in a field outside the village.
This is also the highest ever profit recorded by the carrier, which was facing turbulent times a year ago.
The 16-hour flight will be the first direct one from India to the US west coast.
Patel is being questioned in connection with a money laundering probe related to losses suffered by Air India as part of an alleged multi-crore aviation scam.
The parent entity, (Holdings) Ltd, have also expressed concern over the company's significant exposure to the airline.
The promoter-brothers, distant cousins to IndiGo's Rahul Bhatia, are eyeing Air India's ground handling subsidiary to augment their aviation services business even as they make a big play in EVs.
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IndiGo's co-founder and interim CEO Rahul Bhatia said profitability was significantly impacted by costs pressure from the increases in fuel price and the depreciation of rupee as well as competitive fare environment.
Though India is one of the largest growing markets in terms of passenger volumes, airlines have not been able to add capacity to match growth.
Domestic passenger traffic soared by almost 40 per cent this year. This prompted nearly all the airlines to place orders for buying new aircraft, undeterred by the fact that they posted combined losses of about Rs 2,000 crore (Rs 20 billion) largely on account of rising fuel costs and payments of aircraft.
Price appreciation since the aircraft order in 2005 could yield Rs 7,200-crore gain.
AI also working on proposal to trim pilots' pay 15-20%
