While it may take some more time for the Women’s Reservation Bill to become law, on another front parity has finally been achieved so far as women and their male colleagues are concerned, reports Tushar Srivastava.
China has ordered its airlines to make safety checks on more than 400 aircraft made by US giant Boeing due to concerns over possible problems with tail flaps, state media reported on Thursday.
India's national carrier Air India has said its subsidiary Air India Express will ply three flights a week between Abu Dhabi and Amritsar.
Last week, 180 passengers waited for more than six hours at Mumbai airport before they were told that their Air India flight to Chennai had been cancelled as its air-conditioning unit was not working.
Jet Airways continued with its domination of the domestic market, while the state-owned National Aviation Company of India Ltd finished third, according to the latest air traffic data for February released by the civil aviation ministry.
BJP today demanded a Parliamentary probe into allegations of corruption and mismanagement in Air India and blamed government policies for grave financial situation in the national carrier.
The Wadia group-promoted budget air-carrier, Go Air, plans to add 200 flights in its summer schedule, starting from March 29.
With Indians and their assets in Afghanistan coming under constant attack from Taliban and Al-Qaeda, Air India has beefed up security in flights to and from Kabul following information that it was a "sitting duck" for terror groups.
British Airways PLC cabin crew announced plans today to strike for seven days this month, potentially disrupting thousands of travelers ahead of the Easter holidays.
The government is planning to reconstitute India's aviation regulatory body as an autonomous one and has asked International Civil Aviation Organisation to carry out the feasibility and advisory study in this regard.
The ailing national carrier Air India has decided to increase the domestic capacity by 10 per cent from March 29 to tap the summer rush, besides introducing in-flight entertainment on the metro routes, according to a senior airline official.
With passenger traffic set to grow 19 per cent per year, domestic carriers are fighting for a pie in the sky While dominant ones such as Kingfisher Airlines, Jet Airways and Air India are trying to retain market shares despite mounting debts, low-cost airlines such as IndiGo, SpiceJet and Go Air are making an aggressive bid to grow market share by acquiring more aircraft.
The Uttar Pradesh government has announced plans to set up an international airport at Meerut, but in this excitement, it seems to have forgotten to obtain the mandatory clearance from the civil aviation ministry.
National carrier Air India is expected to incur a loss of about Rs 5,400 crore during 2009-10 and the trend of losses is likely to continue for few more years, Parliament was informed.
Qatar Airways is ramping up capacity both in the India-Qatar sector as well as in other long haul routes to become West Asia’s preferred airline, outbidding rivals in the region, reports Lalatendu Mishra.