Washington: San Francisco International Airport has welcomed the decision of India’s national flag carrier Air India to fly the first-ever non-stop flights between San Francisco and Bengaluru to cater to the growing demand of passengers. Beginning January 9, Air India will operate two non-stop flights per week to Kempegowda International Airport in Bangalore, departing on
After the receipt of security clearance, the state-run Airport Authority of India will sign the concession agreement for Jaipur, Guwahati, Trivandrum airports with a private player. According to Airport Authority of India (AAI) Chairman Arvind Singh, the security clearances have been received and the concession agreement will be signed in January. A presentation by the
New Delhi: The government has removed the January 5, 2021, for notifying qualified bidders for Air India. The transaction adviser will now inform the qualified parties that submitted their expression of interest (EOI) for the airline. There are at least two confirmed EOIs for AI — from the airline’s founder Tata Group that is largely
New Delhi: In a letter, Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik requested Prime Minister Modi to ask the Ministry of Civil Aviation to establish an international airport in Puri as a priority project. The proposed airport will help bring Jagannath devotees from across the world to Puri. Patnaik informed in the letter that the land has
Mumbai: Full-service carrier Vistara will continue with pay cuts of its staff till March but will do away with the three-day leave without pay for pilots effective from January 1. For the pilots, the carrier will implement a 10 per cent salary cut while at the same time increase their monthly base flying allowance to
New Delhi: IndiGo Delhi-Bengaluru flight made an emergency landing at Indore on Wednesday after infant developed a medical complication. According to reports, the flight made an emergency landing at Indore airport on Wednesday evening at about 5.55 pm. According to the officials of the Airports Authority of India (AAI), the infant was rushed to a
In view of government’s directive to extend the suspension of flights to and from UK, till 7th January, Air India is offering one-time free rescheduling, rerouting for travel to be completed within 31st Dec ’21 for ticketed itinerary between 1st & 7th January, 2021. India’s Civil Aviation Minister on Wednesday said that the ban on
SkyCargo, the cargo arm of Gulf carrier Emirates, has successfully flown a Brazalian satellite in a charter freighter from Sao Jose dos Campos (Brazil) to Chennai, which is to be launched into space from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in February next year, the airline said on Wednesday. Emirates SkyCargo has expertise in transporting satellites
The first week of 2021 will see the Indian aviation industry get its newest airline Flybig, which will begin operations on January 3. The inaugural flight will take off from Indore, the airline’s base, at 2.30 in the afternoon to Ahmedabad. The total flying time will be an hour and five minutes. In the initial
New Delhi: The Tata Group is hiking its stake in AirAsia India (AAIPL) from 51% to 83.67%. Tony Fernandes’ AirAsia group will have its stake reduced in this JV from 49% to 16.33%, accordingly. AirAsia Berhad informed the Malaysian stock exchange on Tuesday about selling its 32.67% stake in AAIPL to Tatas for about $37.7
