In a crackdown, Air India on Tuesday sacked ten agitating pilots, de-recognised their union and sealed its offices as around 160 of them failed to join duty, leading to cancellation of five international flights since midnight.

Air India plans to deploy the Boeing-787 Dreamliner aircraft on domestic routes to save on fuel, train the crew and add flexibility to its operations by flying out to select overseas destinations.

Th

The threat of another pilots' stir in Air India loomed large on Saturday, as one of its international flight was cancelled and two more delayed by over 16 hours after a section of pilots reported sick

The US Transportation Department has slapped a $80,000 fine on Air India for failing to post customer service and tarmac delay contingency plans on its website and adequately inform passengers about i

There is no staff shortage in Air India which now has a strength of 26,851 employees, including 1543 pilots, Lok Sabha was informed on Wednesday.

The national carrier has a fleet of 121 aircraft as

A Dubai-bound Air India flight with 148 passengers on board landed under emergency conditions at the nearby Karipur International Airport soon after take off as it suffered a bird hit.

The Airbus A-3

Two Air India flights with 254 passengers on board made emergency landings at Kozhikode and Chennai airports respectively after suffering a bird hit and oil leakage, airport sources said.

The Dubai-b

US aerospace giant Boeing on Friday rolled out the first 787 Dreamliner built at its new plant in South Carolina and destined for Air India.

The rollout marked the first time the Chicago-based Boeing

Two parliamentary panels have castigated the government over the precarious health of Air India, with one of them saying 'unscrupulous and vested interests' had worked overtime to 'suck the life out'

Civil Aviation Ministry is learnt to have strongly opposed the budget proposal imposing a four-time hike in service tax on air travel, terming it a retrograde step that would hit fliers and airline