Media reports indicate that some state-run oil marketing companies (OMCs) agreed to sell aviation turbine fuel (ATF) to the loss-making Air India at a concessional rate at the behest of the government. It is learnt that Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) agreed to sell fuel to Air India at a discount of 8 per cent. Some reports indicate that Air India will be charged Rs 5,300 lowe
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Govt releases Rs 800 cr to Air India
Air India has got Rs 800 crore from the Union Ministry of Civil Aviation. It is the first tranche of the sum assured to Air India this financial year as part of the turnaround plan to infuse equity for the revival of the cash-strapped national carrier. The government reviewed the performance of the airline and is satisfied with the feedback it has received, an official concerned said.
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AI gives 1st priority to PSUs to lease its real estate assets
Air India is to give preference to State-owned enterprises to lease its 1.7-lakh sq ft office in central Delhi's Baba Kharak Singh Marg. AI's decision is part of its programme to monetise real estate assets. The loss-making and debt laden airline had decided in February to monetise its properties spread over India and various parts of the world over the next three years to raise an estimated Rs 5,000 crore, kick starting the process with its city terminal office at Baba Kharak Singh Marg.
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AI’s weekly 3 flights between Blore-Tirupati from Apr 1
To meet the holiday season rush of passengers between Bangalore and Tirupati, Air India will be launching new thrice-weekly flights from April 1 through its subsidiary Alliance Air.
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Air India may turn into no frills airline
A five-member panel headed by IIM professor RH Dholakia has asked Air India, the Indian national air carrier, to take a cue from no-frill airline model and cut costs. This includes reducing 26,000-strong staff. The suggestion comes at a time while the country's aviation sector waits for the entry of foreign airlines like Air Asia, Air India may become a no-frills low cost operator.
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AI calls for bids to rent out 8 floors of Mumbai building
Air India is once again putting up some floors of its iconic sea-facing Mumbai headquarters building in Nariman Point for rent. After the dull response to its first attempt at leasing 12 of the 23 floors (1,59,000 sq. ft) in its building in October last year, the debt-laden national carrier has now invited fresh bids, the second time in the last five months.
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Air India’s 10% fleet lying idle for want of spares
For want of spares and engines, more than 10 per cent of Air IndiaÂ’s (AI) fleet is lying idle, with 13 of its 106 planes grounded. Such high number of grounded aircraft indicate highly mismanaged affairs at the ailing carrier, feel industry sources. Such a situation should not
have arisen at all as the government has pumped in more than Rs 6,500 crore into the airline in this fiscal year alone, an official said
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AI offers fares matching AC train charges
Offering air fare prices close to air-conditioned train fares Air India has launched a 60-day advance purchase fare scheme to woo holiday makers. The advance purchase fare (Apex) tickets are available for sale on various routes and customers can travel from the middle of May, the airline said in a statement.
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Air India Express fleet to get 15 more aircraft
As part of the turnaround plan of Air India, 15 more aircraft would be added in the fleet of the State-owned carrier Air India Express (AIE), Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh said on March 7. The turnaround plan of Air India of which AIE is a subsidiary, envisages increase in the fleet strength of AIE from the present 21 to 36 aircraft by March 2018, he told the Rajya Sabha.
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AI-owned Dreamliners may fly again next month
Air India's Dreamliner planes may fly again by mid-April, with the airline expressing hope that a permanent solution to the battery-fire that led to the grounding of all the 50 Boeing 787s flying worldwide will be achieved by the month-end, sources said on March 4. Air India's hopes were strengthened after a meeting of officials aviation regulators of seven countries, including the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) and the US Federal Aviation Administration, US Department of Transport