Tushar Srivastava

Man gets out-of-turn promotion in Air India for his ‘honesty’

A man working with Air India’s security wing had on several occasions returned belongings to passengers that had been left behind, including a pouch of Rs 5 lakh in foreign currency.

File FIRs against drunk pilots, DGCA tells Jet, Air India

For the first time in the history of Indian aviation, criminal cases would be registered against two senior pilots and two cabin crew members belonging to Air India (AI) and Jet Airways, who were caught drunk after operating passenger flights.

File FIRs against drunk pilots, DGCA tells Jet, Air India

63 SpiceJet pilots fly too much, suspended

63 SpiceJet pilots suspended for violating duty hour norms

In an unprecedented move, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has taken action against 63 SpiceJet pilots – more than ten per cent of its total pilot workforce – for operating flights beyond the maximum flying hours permitted by the safety regulator thereby putting passenger safety at risk.

Private airport operators can be audited: CAG

The Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) has said its right to audit the private operators of the Delhi and Mumbai airports cannot be “questioned”, raising hopes that passengers may get to know how the money paid by them towards the development of India’s two biggest airports was spent, or shared with the government.

Tipsy turvy: AI pilot fails alcohol test after hitting ground

A senior Air India (AI) pilot was caught drunk after having operated an international flight on Wednesday, in a rare incident in India’s aviation history where a pilot was tested positive for alcohol in a post-flight medical test.

Tipsy turvy: AI pilot fails alcohol test after hitting the ground

Private airport operators can be audited: CAG

AI to take its Dreamliners to US, fly Ahmedabad-Newark from Aug 15

Air India to connect Ahmedabad-Newark via London from August 15

National carrier Air India (AI) will operate its first transatlantic flight using the Boeing 787 Dreamliner, connecting Ahmedabad with Newark via London from August 15.

Jayant Sinha goes social to address flyers’ complaints

Jayant Sinha has taken the social media route to connect with flyers by directing their queries and problems to airlines and airports, and asking them to help out.

Sinha goes social to address flyers’ complaints

Send CEO-level officials for important meetings, ministry tells airlines

Aviation secretary RN Choubey has directed that chief executives and not mid-level officials should represent airlines and airport operators for important stakeholder meetings with government after finding top honchos missing from a meeting convened recently.

Aviation secretary reads riot act as CEOs skip meet, send proxies

Pay less for cancelling flight tickets, get easy returns from today

Flyers, who are more often than not at the receiving end of the arbitrary practices followed by most of the Indian carriers, now have reason to cheer as the new rules notified by the aviation regulator relating to cancellation charges, refunds, denied boarding due to overbooking, kick-in from Monday.

Lessors want Air Pegasus to return planes, approach DGCA

Troubles are mounting for regional airline Air Pegasus with lessors approaching the aviation regulator to deregister its planes so that they can take them away. 

Cash­-starved Air Pegasus suspends ops indefinitely

SpiceJet to buy its pilots lux wheels, if they don’t fly off

40 SpiceJet pilots ‘violated’ maximum flying hours limit, DGCA probe reveals

About 40 SpiceJet pilots are under the DGCA scanner for operating flights beyond the maximum flying hours permitted by the aviation regulator, putting passenger safety at risk.

Flyers to get Rs 20,000 in compensation if denied a seat

Refer a pilot and get ₹20 lakh - IndiGo’s offer for employees

Passengers will soon get up to Rs 20,000 if airline denies seat

Airlines will be penalised heavily if they deny boarding to passengers due to over booking of seats or fail to inform them of cancellation sin advance, according to new rules framed by the Directorate General of Civil Aviati on (DGCA ).

Cancellations to cost fliers less from Aug 1

New DGCA rules to bring down flight ticket cancellation fee from August 1

The revised norms that caps ticket cancellation charges and bars airlines from levying additional amount for refund process will come into force from August 1.

AI ends post-retirement freebies to discourage VRS stampede

Attrition woes: Air India to stop post-retirement benefits

To stem the attrition of employees, national carrier Air India (AI) has decided to stop extending post-retirement benefits such as free passages (tickets) and medical facilities to those seeking voluntary retirement from the company.

No free upgrades to biz class, focus on selling tickets: Air India CMD to staff

By virtue of being the CMD, Lohani’s family is entitled to travel in executive class subject to the availability of seats, an airline official said. However, Lohani’s order not to upgrade his family to a higher class is being viewed as a move to enforce discipline within AI.

Air India fares take Rajdhani Exp track

Iran, Uzbekistan: GoAir rushes in where other Indian carriers fear to tread

GoAir, which is about to become the fourth private airline from the country to operate overseas flights has chosen to start with Iran, Kuwait, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijanand Turkey, countries to which no Indian carrier flies because they are not popular tourist hubs.