Air India reopens route between Copenhagen and Delhi
After almost three years of corona closure, from March 2023 there will again be direct flights three times a week from Copenhagen to the...
Singapore Airlines in discussions with Tata on Vistara and Air India
Singapore Airlines Limited (SIA) holds a 49% equity interest in Tata SIA Airlines Limited, which operates an Indian full-service airline known as Vistara, based...
Air India deepens connections to US and UK with 20 additional flights per week
Enhanced frequencies to connect London, Birmingham, San Francisco
Air India strengthens operations to the US with 40 weekly flightsIn a major initiative to...
Government sells Air India to Tata conglomerate, the highest bidder with $2.4 billion
Indian giant conglomerate Tata is buying back Air India, 89 years after founding it as Tata Air and half a century following its nationalisation,...
Air India opens for bids, but investment in the struggling airline could prove risky, says GlobalData
As the bidding war for Air India hots up, there is evidence to suggest the Indian travel market is more interested in value for...
Air India flight returns to Delhi after a bat was discovered in the cabin
On 27 May, an Air India Boeing 777 (registered VT-ALM) operated flight AI105 between Delhi, India and New York Newark, United States. Thirty minutes...
Dubai authorities suspend Air India Express for knowingly bringing Covid-19 positive passenger into the country
Air India Express has flown passengers to Dubai despite knowing they were tested positive for the novel coronavirus, thus endangering other passengers and causing...
Air India Express Boeing 737-800 with 190 people on board crashes at Kozhikode airport, India. 16 dead (Updated)
An Air India Express Boeing 737-800 (registration VT-AXH) skidded off the runway and shattered in two during a landing in heavy rain on runway...
Mandatory face masks on flights to/from India – country likely to resume domestic flights this week
"The times they are changing!" tweeted India’s Union Minister for Civil Aviation Hardeep Singh Puri together with a picture of Saturday's Air India repatriation...
Air India Airbus A321 meets jeep on runway during take-off roll; early rotation and tail scrape
On 15 February, an Air India Airbus A321 (VT-PPU) operated domestic flight AI852 between Pune and Delhi, India. During take-off roll at Pune, however,...
Air India reassures: “Not closing down its operations”
In a letter that Meenakshi Mallik, commercial director of the debt-ridden Indian flag carrier, wrote to Air India's travel partners, Mallik strongly denounces the...
[Video] Several unruly passengers on an Air India flight between Delhi and Mumbai
On 2 January, an Air India Boeing 747 (VT-EVA) was scheduled to operate domestic flight AI865 between Delhi and Mumbai, India. After a technical...
Air India Airbus A321 diverts to Raipur Airport, India after left hand engine failure
On 8 November, an Air India Airbus A321 (VT-PPT) operated domestic flight AI670 between Bhubaneswar Biju Patnaik Airport and Mumbai Airport, India. Between 26...
Air India puts crew on a diet
From Sunday (15 September), Air India crew members will become a little bit healthier. At least that is what Air India's director of operations...
Air India Express Boeing 737 overshoots runway, another company Boeing 737 suffers tail strike during landing
On 30 June, an Air India Express Boeing 737-800 (VT-AYA) operated flight IX384 between Dubai, U.A.E. and Mangalore, India. During landing, however, the aircraft...
Air India captain suspended for allegedly shoplifting a wallet in Sydney
An Air India captain has been suspended by his airline as he allegedly shoplifted a wallet from a duty free shop at Sydney Airport...
Decompression on Air India Boeing 787-8; rapid descent and return to Delhi Airport
On 6 March, an Air India Boeing 787-8 (VT-ANU) operating flight AI121 from Delhi to Frankfurt experienced a decompression flying at 22,000 feet. Oxygen...
Air India orders crew to end every speech with “Jai Hind” – ?? ????? – “Long Live India”
India's national airline Air India has told its crew members to end every in-flight announcement with the patriotic phrase, "Jai Hind". The salutation, slogan...
Wing of Air India Boeing 787-8 clips building at Stockholm Arlanda
On 28 November, an Air India Boeing 787-8 (VT-ANE) from Delhi was taxiing to its gate at Stockholm Arlanda Airport. During the taxi, however,...
Air India Express Boeing 737-800 hits runway approach lights and airport perimeter wall on take-off
On 12 October, an Air India Express Boeing 737-800 (VT-AYD) from Tiruchirapalli, India to Dubai as IX611 hit runway approach lights and the airport...