AI stir: IPG ready to talk to govt if sacked pilots taken back
The Indian Pilots Guild (IPG), spearheading the 16-day-old strike, on Wednesday expressed willingness to talk 'right now' with Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh if the 101 sacked Air India pilots
Contempt notice issued to striking Air India pilots
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday issued a contempt notice to the striking Air India pilots for not complying with its order that restraining them from continuing the 'illegal strike'.
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Jet Airways likely to order 100 planes for $3.75 billion - CAPA
Jet Airways is expected to order more than 100 narrow-body aircraft for up to $3.75 billion in 2012-13 as the largest Indian carrier grabs market share from its troubled rivals, a leading consultancy
Ready to take back sacked pilots on case-by-case basis: Ajit Singh
The sacked pilots of Air India will be reinstated on a case-by-case basis, Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh said on Wednesday.
"All relevant procedures would be followed in taking them back. We hav
'Air India to get its first Boeing 787 Dreamliner by May-end'
Air India would get its first Boeing 787 Dreamliner by this month end as scheduled, official sources said today, though Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh cancelled his US visit to receive the new-gen
Air India crisis continues for 15th day, losses Rs250cr
The crisis in Air India raged on for the 15th day on Tuesday and the national carrier's losses mounted to Rs250 crore as the impasse between agitating pilots and the management continued.
"The loss d
30 striking AI pilots sacked; 2 return to work
Air India on Monday sacked 30 more striking pilots as the agitation by over 200 pilots entered the 14th day with no signs of a resolution to end the impasse.
"The services of 30 more pilots have bee
Ajit Singh: Air India issues will be sorted out in 3 months
Union civil aviation minister Ajit Singh has promised that problems related to the Air India pilots would be sorted out within three months.
Singh appealed to the pilots on strike to return to work
Air India piles up Rs 454 crore service tax dues
Five months after its accounts were frozen for non-payment of taxes and duties, crisis-ridden Air India has piled up about Rs 454 crore of dues but has promised to clear it as soon as it gets capit
AI pilots' stir continues, strikers ignore govt appeals
There was no end in sight to the Air India pilots' strike which entered 13th day on Sunday with the cockpit group apparently ignoring all appeals by the government to return to work.
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