Ensure timely arrival of baggage at airports after aircraft landing: BCAS tells airlines

Ensure timely arrival of baggage at airports after aircraft landing: BCAS tells airlines

Image used for representative purpose only | Photo Credit: K. Pichumani Regulator BCAS has directed airlines to ensure that all baggage of passengers are delivered within 30 minutes of landing of a flight at an airport. The directive from the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS) to seven scheduled airlines also comes against the backdrop … Read more

DGCA slaps ₹10 lakh penalty on Air India

DGCA slaps ₹10 lakh penalty on Air India

Aviation watchdog DGCA has imposed a penalty of ₹10 lakh on Air India for its failure to comply with norms pertaining to facilities that are required to be provided to passengers. After carrying out inspections of airlines at Delhi, Kochi and Bangalore airports, the regulator observed that Air India was not complying with the provisions … Read more

The Hindu Morning Digest, November 6, 2023

The Hindu Morning Digest, November 6, 2023

Wall paintings ahead of Mizoram Assembly election in Aizawl town on November 05, 2023. | Photo Credit: Ritu Raj Konwar Campaigning ends in Mizoram and for 20 seats in Chhattisgarh The campaign for the elections to the 40-member Mizoram Assembly and 20 Assembly segments in Chhattisgarh came to a close on Sunday ahead of the … Read more

Sikh separatist Gurpatwant Pannun threatens to blow up Air India flight on November 19

Sikh separatist Gurpatwant Pannun threatens to blow up Air India flight on November 19

Designated terrorist Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, the founder of the banned Sikhs for Justice threatens to blow up Air India flight. File | Photo Credit: AFP Designated terrorist Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, the founder of the banned Sikhs for Justice (SFJ), has released a new video asking Sikhs not to fly in Air India aircraft after November … Read more

Air India’s update won’t kill the sari

Air India’s update won’t kill the sari

 (Clockwise from top left) Air India’s air hostesses; sari-clad scientists; air hostesses welcoming guests; a 1950s ad for a ‘modern’ girl; and designer Manish Malhotra with Katrina Kaif. | Photo Credit: Getty Images and Special Arrangement No more saris? Air India may bring in new look for flight crew” was the headline. The article continued, … Read more

Air India deboards unruly passenger from Delhi-London flight

Air India deboards unruly passenger from Delhi-London flight

Flight AI 111 returned to the Indira Gandhi International Airport after a passenger reportedly misbehaved. Image for representational purpose only. | Photo Credit: VELANKANNI RAJ B. Air India on April 10 deboarded an unruly passenger from its Delhi-London flight, which returned to the national capital, according to sources. The sources said flight AI 111, which … Read more

Morning Digest | SC says NEET violates the basic structure of right to equality; AAP leader Manish Sisodia summoned by CBI, and more  

Morning Digest | SC says NEET violates the basic structure of right to equality; AAP leader Manish Sisodia summoned by CBI, and more  

The Supreme Court of India. | Photo Credit: SUSHIL KUMAR VERMA Tamil Nadu government moves Supreme Court, says NEET violates basic structure, equality and federalism The Tamil Nadu government on Saturday moved an original suit in the Supreme Court for a declaration that the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) as the sole gateway for entry into … Read more

Air India places order for 840 aircraft; includes option to buy 370 planes: Official

Air India places order for 840 aircraft; includes option to buy 370 planes: Official

Tata Group-owned Air India has placed an order for 840 planes with Airbus and Boeing, including the option to acquire 370 aircraft, with a senior airline official on Thursday saying the order is a “landmark moment” in the Indian aviation history. The announcement by Air India’s Chief Commercial and Transformation Officer Nipun Aggarwal comes a … Read more

Urinating incident | Air India’s response should have been much swifter: Tata Sons chairman

Urinating incident | Air India’s response should have been much swifter: Tata Sons chairman

“We fell short of addressing this situation the way it should have been,” Tata Sons chairman N. Chandrasekaran said in a statement, on January 8, 2023. File  | Photo Credit: The Hindu photo library Tata Sons chairman N. Chandrasekaran on January 8 said the urinating incident on November 26 aboard an Air India flight from … Read more

Drunk man urinates on senior citizen woman co-passenger on Air India flight

Drunk man urinates on senior citizen woman co-passenger on Air India flight

Representational file image. | Photo Credit: Reuters The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) is investigating an incident aboard Air India in which a co-passenger peed all over a septuagenarian female passenger travelling in business class and exposed his private parts to her on a flight from New York to Delhi. “We are seeking a … Read more