Air India has decided to add more economy class seats by reducing business class seats in its 24 narrow body aircraft as the airline has been witnessing more passengers in that class. ...
10:50 PM, Mar 13, 2013
New Delhi: The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) on Wednesday submitted its report on the Kingfisher Airlines to the Civil Aviation Minister. The DGCA, in its report, alleged that the safety of Kingfisher Airlines operations was seriously jeopardised. The DGCA has also raised serious concerns over the non-payment of salaries to its employees, asking Kingfisher to submit concrete plan before resuming operations. The aviation regulator has reiterated that the...
08:44 PM, Oct 03, 2012
New Delhi: Air India has been ordered by a consumer forum to pay Rs 35,000 as compensation to a woman for demand of bribe from her son by its airport staffer to allow him carry extra luggage on his way to Singapore for studies. The forum ordered compensation for complainant Beena Shah saying that the demand of the bribe amounted to causing harassment to her as her son was entitled...
04:51 PM, Jul 31, 2012
New Delhi: Over 2,800 complaints were registered at various airports for issues like poor service, bad food, lost luggage or other problems, with Delhi and Hyderabad topping the list. Out of 2,888 complaints, around 587 complaints were registered at the Delhi airport while Hyderabad stood second with 236 complaints, followed by Bangalore and Nagpur airports with 186 and 170 complaints respectively. Of the six private-run airports, Mumbai and Cochin registered...
11:23 AM, Mar 18, 2012
New Delhi: The Ministry of Civil Aviation has doggedly refused to grant sanction to the CBI to prosecute six people who were responsible for signing a deal with Airbus to procure 43 aircraft for Air India (AI) and cause a loss to the exchequer. The CBI completed its preliminary enquiry into the Airbus procurement deal in 2011 and sought permission from the Ministry of Civil Aviation to lodge an FIR...
06:38 PM, Feb 01, 2012
Nagpur: After playing out draws in their respective Plate division matches against Vidarbha and Himachal Pradesh, Hyderabad and Maharashtra have booked their places in this year's knock-out stage of the Ranji Trophy and have also ensured of playing with the other Elite teams in the next season. Hyderabad pipped Vidarbha by virtue of a better run-rate, while Maharashtra made their entry based on a first-innings lead. The two teams replace ...
03:34 AM, Apr 03, 2008
