
New Delhi: The Air India management has derecognised the Indian Pilots Guild (IPG) and has terminated the services of 10 striking pilots. This came on day when almost 100 pilots had called in sick, following which many flights were affected. The Air India management had also warned the pilots to return to work. The management had said, "Striking pilots must return to work by 6 pm today or face action."...

01:48 PM, May 08, 2012

New Delhi: It couldn't have gotten worse for the people looking to celebrate the festival of colours with their near and dear ones. Crisis-hit Kingfisher Airlines looks set to cancel more flights on Thursday and coming days. On Wednesday, oil companies pulled the plug on supply to the cash-strapped airlines due to non-payment of dues. The International Air Transport Association (IATA) too barred its agents from booking any flights, seriously...

07:06 AM, Mar 08, 2012

Mumbai: The list of woes for Kingfisher Airlines has become longer. Oil companies have stopped fuel supply to the crisis-hit airlines due to non-payment of dues. Sources said negotiations were on. Six Kingfisher flights at Mumbai airport were delayed due to no fuel supply on Wednesday. This came on a day when the International Air Transport Association (IATA) suspended Kingfisher Airlines. It means that the international bookings of the carrier...

09:18 PM, Mar 07, 2012

New Delhi: Kingfisher Airlines resumed its Kolkata operations on Wednesday after the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) asked them not to shut down their operations in the city on Tuesday. Four flights started from Kolkata to the northeast region. However, flight cancellations in other cities continued as 14 flights were cancelled in Mumbai and four in Delhi on Wednesday. The Kingfisher management will submit a detailed revised flight schedule...

09:52 AM, Feb 22, 2012

Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh on Monday said that that the government cannot give a bailout to private airlines. ...

11:47 AM, Feb 20, 2012

Hyderabad: Flying into rough weather, Kingfisher Airlines has sent an email to its frequent flyer club members to explain the reasons for cancellation of numerous flights, asserting that the move was necessary to reconfigure its aircraft to focus on the full-service market. In the email sent to 'King Club' members on Saturday, Kingfisher Airlines Vice-President (Guest Loyalty) Anshu Sarin noted: "We have decided to focus on the full-service market; to...

03:41 PM, Nov 12, 2011

New Delhi: Ailing Kingfisher airlines on Friday said it has not asked for a bailout from the government but admitted requesting banks to increase the loan limits to enable it meet rising operating costs due to increase in fuel prices and rupee devaluation. "Kingfisher has not made any bail out request to the government. We have only asked our banks for an increase in limits due to significant increase in...

07:39 AM, Nov 12, 2011

Kingfisher Airlines CEO Sanjay Agarwal said that cancellation of flights was a well-thought, pre-determined plan. ...

11:05 PM, Nov 11, 2011

New Delhi: Aviation regulator DGCA on Thursday issued a notice to no-frill carrier IndiGo to explain why it had not taken the regulator's prior approval to curtail its flight schedules as is required by the rule. The notice was issued under Rule 140(A) of Aircraft Rules, as it was sent to Kingfisher Airlines on Wednesday. "The notice has been issued to IndiGo under these rules as it is operating lesser...

08:26 AM, Nov 11, 2011

A Pune-Delhi flight was cancelled at the last minute in January 2007. ...

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