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Air India will seek damages from Boeing over Dreamliner grounding
TransportAir India Ltd. will seek at least 2 billion rupees ($37 million) from Boeing Co. to compensate losses at the state-owned carrier following grounding of its 787 aircraft, a person familiar with the matter said. The carrier will raise the claim with Boeing shortly, said the official, who declined to be identified citing rules. G. [...]
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Air India may be on its way to becoming profitable for the first time in five years
TransportAfter several years, Air India Ltd. — which is running on a financial lifeline from the government – is showing signs of a turnaround, at least on the operating side. India’s civil aviation minister Ajit Singh said recently in Parliament that Air India’s operating performance had improved between April and September 2012. The turnaround comes [...]
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Dreamliner pilot training weighs heavy on Air India operations
TransportFlight delays owing to shortage of pilots continued to plague Air India’s domestic fleet even as one of its two pilots’ union claimed that the airline requires 200 new pilots to operate smoothly. While 40 pilots operating narrow-bodied jets until four months ago were selected for training on the newly inducted Boeing 787 Dreamliner, only one [...]
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IndiGo carried more passengers than any other Indian airline in 2012
TransportThe year 2012 has proved to be a year of gains for both Indi-Go and Air India, who beat Jet Airways in terms of market share by capitalising most on the misfortune of Kingfisher Airlines. However, high fares have kept travelers away from the skies, with the year recording negative passenger growth. While IndiGo toppled Jet [...]
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Jet Airways has a shot at joining Star Alliance alongside Air India
TransportNaresh Goyal’s Jet Airways has reason to cheer as the civil aviation ministry might give them permission to join Star Alliance simultaneously with state owned Air India . Prior to this, the government wanted the Star Alliance, comprising 27 airlines across the globe, to decide positively on Air India’s membership first. Last year, Star Alliance [...]
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Air India leverages its impressive art collection to woo Kingfisher’s previous corporate clients
TransportAir India is leaning on its rich assortment of artwork, which includes thousand-odd paintings and sculptures by leading Indian artists…to bolster its corporate image. As Air India ropes in more corporate clients with the fall of Kingfisher Airlines, which had the largest number of such fliers, artwork is also envisaged as part of marketing strategy to retain [...]
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India’s aviation minister tells Air India to buy more planes
TransportNational carrier Air India Ltd. will need to add more planes to expand its share in the local market as well as internationally, India’s aviation minister said Wednesday. The state-run airline has set up a committee headed by its chairman, Rohit Nandan, to look into its future requirement for planes, Ajit Singh told reporters. He [...]
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Air India plans to paint aircraft with sky high advertisements
TransportNew Delhi: Flag carrier Air India, reeling under accumulated losses and loans of around Rs.67,520 crore (USD 12 billion), is planning to carry advertisements on its aircraft to mobilise additional revenue. “We have plans to allow advertisers to put up ads on the aircraft. Ads can be placed on the tail or the hull of [...]
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Indian budget airlines expand international routes as incumbent carriers cut back
TransportRecent woes in the Indian aviation sector are providing a further boost to the international aspirations of the nation’s LCC operators. IndiGo and SpiceJet are changing the market dynamics by opening up new international routes to low-cost competition as the Ministry of Civil Aviation grants private carriers additional access to bilateral entitlements. While incumbent network carriers, Air India and Kingfisher [...]
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Air India’s Dreamliners are grounded in South Carolina until it pays up
TransportThree of Boeing’s cutting-edge 787 Dreamliners painted in Air India colours are parked in South Carolina, waiting for the ailing state carrier to pay for them and take possession. The 787, which promises to help modernise Air India’s ageing fleet, has instead been a source of several headaches for the money-losing carrier.
