Air India staff unions are protesting what they call an ‘unfair’ pay cut and have demanded continuation of medical benefits and payment of arrears before privatisation of the company takes place. While the pilot unions have asked their members not to undertake extra duties, Air India Employees Union (AIEU) has sought a meeting with Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep
Air India is considering refurbishing two of its Boeing 777-300ERs with its latest business class product. The airline will reportedly use the seats from the “Air India One,” the two VIP 777s which were recently upgraded. The seats from the old aircraft have since been flown to an Air India facility, possibly to be retrofitted.
Dubai: A 12-year-old Indian boy in the UAE has entered into the Guinness Book of World Records by identifying the most aeroplane tails in a minute, media reports said on Thursday. Siddhant Gumber, an Abu Dhabi-based homeschooled boy who identified 39 aeroplane tails in 60 seconds, is also the youngest Indian to identify top 100
In a letter to Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri, Air India Employees Union (AIEU) has demanded that medical scheme, leave encashment and provident fund benefits must continue even after the successful disinvestment or privatisation of the airline. The union said the existing medical scheme in Air India should be continued as it is for serving
New Delhi: Amid fears over the new coronavirus strain that has been found in the United Kingdom, the news of five UK returnees, who went. untraceable from Delhi airport, has put authorities on alert. Reports inform that as many as five COVID-19 positive passengers fled after arriving at the Delhi airport from the UK on December
Bengaluru: Karnataka Health Minister K Sudhakar on Friday said so far 10 people who have come to the state from the UK have tested positive for COVID-19 and their samples have been sent for genetic sequencing to find out whether it is a new strain of virus that has infected them. “Among the UK returnees
Air India is considering refurbishing two of its Boeing 777-300ERs with its latest business class product. The airline will reportedly use the seats from the “Air India One,” the two VIP 777s which were recently upgraded. The seats from the old aircraft have since been flown to an Air India facility, possibly to be retrofitted.
Latest Air India News : The government of India will start roadshows for privatisation of state-run Air India this week in Singapore with Disinvestment Secretary T.K. Pandey along with senior aviation ministry ,DIPAM Officials and Air India officials to brief the prospective buyers for complete stake sale in the airline. The government plans roadshows for
Civil Minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Thursday said the government was committed to “strategic disinvestment”. The’unsustainable debt burden’ considered the reason for Air India’s downfall and hence the government committed to strategic disinvestment of Air India. As far as disinvestment of Air India concerned, Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Puri said as soon as the government
Over 22,000 employees of Jet Airways – including pilots, cabin crew, technicians and ground staff -are staring at unemployment with the airline shutting down. But help is pouring in from various quarters. However, the competing airlines are exploiting the opportunity by hiring cheap labor. Budget airline SpiceJet Ltd said that it has already absorbed over
