New Delhi: Air India today grounded all its six Boeing-787 Dreamliner planes after a global directive by US regulator, Federal Aviation Administration, to stop operations of all the 50 such planes delivered so far to various airlines. The FAA directive was immediately adhered to by aviation regulator of countries whose airlines have so far bought [...]
Mumbai: State-owned Air India will resume most of its international operations by the end of the month. The airline was forced to scale down its international operations massively following the recent two-month strike by a section of pilots. “We will be ready to restart our full international operations by the end of August. We will [...]
New Delhi: Refuting claims of a section of Air India pilots regarding delayed salary payments, Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh today said they were getting their dues on a regular basis. “Their salaries may be a few months late, but for many months they are getting paid regularly. They are being paid salaries regularly for [...]
Dubai: Air India’s dreamliner was welcomed with a traditional Water Canon Salute on arrival at the Dubai International Airport. The senior management of Air India in the UAE held a traditional function at Check-in area of Dubai International Airport. Traditional lamp was lit by the dignitaries as a mark of new beginning, which was followed [...]
New Delhi: Labour trouble is brewing again for Air India as a pilots’ union has sent a legal notice to the national carrier for implementing new flight duty time limitation (FDTL) norms given by the aviation regulator. The guidelines govern aspects like the maximum daily flight duty period including flying hours limitations, rest period, staff on [...]
Air India had almost got into an agreement with Air Canada to lease these planes, but the deal fell through at the last minute due to the poor seat configuration There seem to be no takers for the five Boeing 777s which the cash-strapped Air India is trying to dry-lease for 6-10 year period, apparently [...]
Mumbai: There seem to be no takers for the five Boeing 777s which the cash-strapped Air India is trying to dry-lease for 6-10 year period, apparently because of the poor seat configuration. “The airline has floated tenders to lease out these B 777-200 LR (long range) aircraft as many as three times in the last [...]
New Delhi: Air India’s long wait for the Boeing 787 Dreamliner is finally over, with the first of these long-haul planes set to arrive here on Saturday, sources said today. The national carrier, which had placed orders for 27 of these aircraft six years ago, would get its first Dreamliner on Saturday, which is to [...]
Air India’s Central Training Establishment began its second batch of Airbus A-320 type rating training course for external candidates in the City. Capt. RS Dhillon, general manager (Ops-Trg) and in-charge of training, Air India CTE, inaugurated the course by lighting the lamp. The thirteen candidates being trained include a women. The duration of the course [...]
New Delhi: A Group of Ministers (GoM) today approved a compensation package sought by Air India from US aircraft maker Boeing for a four-year delay in delivery of Boeing 787 Dreamliner planes. “The GoM considered it and now we will send it to the CCEA (Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs). … It will be taken [...]
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Humorist Jaspal Bhatti, had he been alive, would have found stunning material for a flop show in the BJP’s behaviour of late. How the ‘national opposition party’ turned into a ‘notional’ party is a story worth caricaturing with potential for record viewing-rate.
Chinese president Xi Jinping is a chemical engineer. No wonder he knows the chemical formula to pursue his country’s global ambitions. If anybody in India believed Xi would extend a warm friendship to this country, he should be naive. He has been on a global Sino initiative to widen the Chinese visions of the century. [...]
“India is China’s important neighbour. (The purpose of) my current visit to India is three-fold — to increase mutual interest, intensify cooperation and to face the future,” said Chinese Premier Li Keqiang during his visit to India. To this the Indian prime minister’s response could n0t have been more fitting that “the rest of the [...]
Adopt and restore a lake is new mantra
It’s interesting that the Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority (HMDA) has invited interested individuals, voluntary and corporate organisations to adopt lakes in and around the city in order to protect and preserve water bodies. Last week, HMDA Commissioner Neerabh Kumar Prasad said 176 lakes in the jurisdiction of the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) and another [...]
About Traditional Russian values
Russia has decided to review its adoption pact that it has with France after the latter legalised gay marriage. This is in the wake of the statement of the Russian president Vladmir Putin which he made last month that Russia could change its adoption agreements with the countries which allowed gay marriage that goes against [...]
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