NEW DELHI: A section of Air India pilots, technicians and employees on Thursday marched to Parliament demanding immediate government action to save the cash-strapped national carrier. The employees, holding Air India CMD Arvind Jadhav responsible for the present condition of the airline, also demanded his removal and regularization of the payment of their due salary and productivity linked incentive. Read the rest of this entry »

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An Air Deccan flight, which was grounded because of a bird hit at the Visakhapatnam airport. Bird hits have proved especially expensive to airlines this year.

Cash-strapped airlines have been pounded on another front suffering a loss of at least Rs 7 crore this year on account of bird hits. As of October, 241 bird-hit cases were reported. Read the rest of this entry »

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Air India is to again start the process of negotiations on productivity-linked incentives (PLI) in pay with the staff unions. Earlier meetings held to agree on an amount to cut from salaries have not yielded satisfactory results. Read the rest of this entry »

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State carrier Air India on Wednesday said that it has incurred a loss of Rs 5,550 crore in the fiscal year 2008-09. The Air India board, which met in Chennai, said the losses were primarily due to global economic slowdown, resulting in fewer passengers travelling and lower load factor. Read the rest of this entry »

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NEW DELHI: The aviation regulator on Wednesday de-rostered six pilots of Kingfisher Airlines, Air India and Go Air for violating norms and landing on a short runway under rainy conditions at the Mumbai airport. Read the rest of this entry »

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NEW DELHI: Faced with a strike threat by its pilots, Air India paid a month’s incentives and allowances to its 30,000 employees as it prepares for a crucial meeting of its Board tomorrow to decide on major cost-cutting initiatives. Read the rest of this entry »

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NEW DELHI: Air India is likely to cut salaries of top management in a bid to rein in costs despite a similar the aborted bid to pare the remuneration of pilots in late September . An immediate strike by the pilots had crippled the carrier for days together, forcing it to take back the decision. Read the rest of this entry »

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New Delhi: The country’s national carrier, Air India, has been forced to delay the start of its domestic low-fare service from this month to November 2009 as it’s in the middle of reassessing fleet plans, according to at least three company executives. Read the rest of this entry »

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Mumbai (PTI): Air India on Monday took off duty the two pilots of its Shanghai-bound flight from Mumbai following a near-collision with a Kolkata-bound Jet Airways flight at Mumbai Airport on Sunday but the pilot of the private airliner was given a clean chit. Read the rest of this entry »

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Air India has introduced two new flights from Thiruvananthapuram connecting Chennai and Bangalore, effective today. The morning flight IC-909 will be operated by A319 aircraft leaving Thiruvananthapuram at 6:00 a.m., reaching Chennai at 7:10 a.m. It will depart from Chennai at 7:50 a.m., reaching Bangalore at 8:40 a.m. The flight will leave Bangalore at 9:20 a.m. and reach Thiruvananthapuram at 10:20 a.m. Read the rest of this entry »

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