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Over 3,200 departures per week will be operated from India per week during this year’s summer schedule which commences on Sunday. According to aviation regulator DGCA, 1,466 departures per week have been approved for Indian carriers. On the other hand, 1,783 departures per week will be operated by foreign airlines. The Summer Schedule 2022 is effective from March 27, 2022, till October 29, 2022. “A total of 1,466 departures per week have been approved to 43 destinations in 27 countries,” the Directorate General of Civil…

In an apparent bid to encourage a significant section of its employees to voluntarily retire, Air India on Wednesday reduced the eligibility age from 55 to 40 and announced a cash incentive. The Tata Group took control of Air India on January 27 after successfully winning the bid for the airline on October 8 last year. Since April, the airline’s chairman N Chandrasekaran has rejigged the top management of the airline, bringing in senior and middle-level executives who have worked in other companies of the Tata group such…

Image for representation. (Image: Alliance Air)In a tweet, India's national air carrier Air India has announced that Alliance Air is no longer its subsidiary.In a tweet, India’s national air carrier Air India has announced that Alliance Air is no longer its subsidiary. The announcement comes a few months after Tata Sons took over Air India as the government had accepted its winning bid of Rs 18,000 crore to acquire 100 per cent of the debt-laden state-run carrier.In the tweet, Air India has stated that passengers who have…

Regional airline Alliance Air has become an independent business unit under the Central government’s control. Alliance Air was formerly part of Air India prior to the latter’s disinvestment. At present, it is operated as a division under the Air India Asset Holdings Pvt Ltd (AIAHL). It was founded in 1996 as a wholly-owned subsidiary of then Indian Airlines, which later merged with Air India. The airline mainly operates on domestic regional routes as part of the government’s Regional Connectivity Scheme. Currently, it has…

Hong Kong has banned Air India services till April 24 after three passengers on one of its flights tested positive for COVID-19 post arrival on Saturday, a senior government official has said.| Passengers from India can arrive in Hong Kong only if they have a COVID-19 negative certificate from a test done 48 hours prior to the journey, according to rules issued by the Hong Kong government, said the official on Sunday. Moreover, all international passengers are required to take a post-flight COVID-19 test at the airport…

Air India has lost its preferential access to bilateral rights that are needed to operate flights to another country, according to a circular issued by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA). Air India had preferential access to bilateral rights, which are granted under air services agreements signed between two countries — as it was a government-owned national carrier.However, the Tata Group took control of Air India on January 27, after successfully winning the bid for the airline on October 8 last year.…