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
Visakhapatnam: A medical team led by a senior medical officer has been deployed at the Visakhapatnam International Airport since Tuesday night to check the passengers flying in from Mumbai, New Delhi, Chennai and Hyderabad. “We have asked the medical personnel to check tickets of passengers to ensure they did not fly in from England or
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.
Bengaluru: Star Air, after running successful operations in Ahmedabad, has now expanded its wings further, by launching its services to one more city of Gujarat. This airline vertical of prominent Indian business conglomerate – Sanjay Ghodawat Group recently commenced its operations in the Silk City of India i.e. Surat from 21st December 2020. The company
Dubai: Etihad Airways said on Saturday it has postponed its arrangements to continue trips by about fourteen days, and now plans to re-start traveler procedure on May 16 at the soonest. The transporter said it had planned to “continue a decreased system of booked traveler administrations from May 1, subject to UAE government forced travel
World’s leading aircraft carrier i.e. Emirates Airlines will be the first airline in the World to conduct on site rapid test for corona. In coordination with Dubai Health Authority (DHA) and Emirates Airlines will be introducing additional precautions. Passengers on today’s flight to Tunisia were all tested for COVID-19 before departing from Dubai. Emirates is
The future is here : When top notch companies in Aeronautics and Automobile field join hand i.e Airbus and Aston Martin joining hands – Aston Martin Lagonda and Airbus Corporate Helicopters today revealed a new partnership that brings together the best of automotive and aeronautical design. For the past 12 months, designers from both brands
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
Nine European Union states have called on the bloc’s incoming executive Commission to introduce an EU-wide tax on aviation so as to charge a polluting industry more for its emissions and put all member states on level pegging. Taxing air travel for climate is a scam to steal from travelers. Aviation is only 2% of
New Delhi: Union Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri, speaking in the Lok Sabha, denied any role of the government in raising funds for the cash-strapped Jet Airways (India) Limited stating that it is an internal matter of the airline. According to the Union Minister, the government has no intention of stepping in to sort
