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Vistara working on flight plans beyond May 24, worst is over: CEO | Company News
11Apr By adminNo Comments
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Vistara working on flight plans beyond May 24, worst is over: CEO | Company News

3 min read Last Updated : Apr 11 2024 | 3:03 PM IST Vistara has cut 10 per cent of its flights until May 24 to stabilise operations and is working on plans for later, said Chief Executive Officer Vinod Kannan on Thursday. Vistara cancelled more than 150 flights from March 31 to April 4, allegedly due to some pilots taking sudden sick leave to show their dissatisfaction with the roster and a new salary structure. The airline operates about 320 flights daily. In a message to employees, Kannan said: "It has been a challenging start to the new financial year. As you are no doubt aware, we faced significant operational disruption from March 31 to April 2. The anxiety and frustration felt by our customers was matched in even measure to the pain that all of us felt in seeing...
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Flight Cancellation Charges Compared: What are the flight ticket cancellation charges? IndiGo vs Air India vs SpiceJet vs Akasa Air – check rules | India Business News
8Apr By adminNo Comments
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Flight Cancellation Charges Compared: What are the flight ticket cancellation charges? IndiGo vs Air India vs SpiceJet vs Akasa Air – check rules | India Business News

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98% of pilots have signed new pay deal: Vistara CEO
7Apr By adminNo Comments
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98% of pilots have signed new pay deal: Vistara CEO

NEW DELHI: Over 98% of Vistara's 1,000-odd pilots have signed a new pay agreement, CEO Vinod Kannan said Saturday even as discontent simmered over reduced remuneration and disruptions plagued the Tatas-owned airline ahead of its merger with Air India (AI) by the year-end."We are aware that some pilots have some concerns and queries regarding the contract.We are engaging with them to clarify and resolve the same. However, this has not caused any visible spike in attrition among the pilots," Kannan said.The CEO acknowledged recent disruptions from merger-related issues and apologised. "While we do have adequate crew for normal operations, we have been operating on a high utilisation. We were challenged due to operational disruption. We are addressing this on a war footing... continuing to h...
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Air India Unveils New Uniforms for Cabin, Cockpit Crew; To Be Introduced In Phases Over Next Few Months
12Dec By adminNo Comments
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Air India Unveils New Uniforms for Cabin, Cockpit Crew; To Be Introduced In Phases Over Next Few Months

Air India. (Photo: Air India) Air India says the crew's new uniform perfectly captures the essence of the airline's new identityPrivate carrier Air India on Tuesday unveiled its new collection of uniforms for its cabin and cockpit crew. The new uniforms, designed by Manish Malhotra, will be introduced in a phased manner over the next few months, starting with the entry of service of Air India’s first Airbus A350 aircraft.“The female cabin crew attire features a ready-to-wear ombré saree with intricate patterns reminiscent of Indian heritage architecture (jharokha) and the Vista (new Air India logo icon), paired with a comfortable blouse and blazer. The ready-to-wear sarees can be optionally worn with comfortable pants, which provides greater flexibility to female cabin crew to choose the...
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Air India to have ‘signature lounges’ Delhi T3 & New York JFK T4; hires HBA for renovating existing ones
4Dec By adminNo Comments
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Air India to have ‘signature lounges’ Delhi T3 & New York JFK T4; hires HBA for renovating existing ones

NEW DELHI: Air India has begun reviving its lounges. The Tata Group airline has appointed Hirsch Bedner Associates (HBA), a leading hospitality interior design firm, to refurbish its lounges at Delhi Airport’s Terminal 3 and New York JFK Airport’s Terminal 4. AI says its lounges at these two places will “emerge as signature lounges after extensive refurbishment and rebuild which is planned to commence shortly, extending a world-class lounge experience to over four lakhs premium guests flying with Air India.” AI says it is “parallelly working to expand its lounge network to other major airports in India and abroad, intending towards offering similar enhanced lounge experience for its first-class, business-class, eligible frequent flyer programme and Star Alliance members.”The lounges at IG...
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After Air India, IndiGo launches AI-powered chat assistant for customers
27Nov By adminNo Comments
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After Air India, IndiGo launches AI-powered chat assistant for customers

IndiGo on Monday said it has launched an Artificial Intelligence (AI)-powered chat assistant "6Eskai" to address customer queries in 10 different languages. India's largest airline has followed the footsteps of Air India, which launched its AI-powered chat assistant "Maharaja" on November 10. While Maharaja is powered by Microsoft's Azure OpenAI service, 6Eskai is powered by Microsoft's GPT-4 technology. 6Eskai is capable of performing a wide range of tasks, including booking tickets, applying promotional discounts, booking addons, performing web check-ins, helping in seat selection, planning trips, answering FAQs (frequently asked questions), and connecting customers with an agent, IndiGo noted. Moreover, the bot is not only capable of understanding written or...
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‘Ease of flying’: How IndiGo plans to take on Air India
23Nov By adminNo Comments
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‘Ease of flying’: How IndiGo plans to take on Air India

NEW DELHI: IndiGo, India's largest airline, is considering the introduction of a premium seating class, hot meals, and a loyalty program by the end of 2024. According to a report in the Economic Times, IndiGo's move is part of its strategy to attract more business travelers and compete with Air Indiaon international routes, according to sources familiar with the matter.The airline plans to modify 35 Airbus A321 aircraft with a dual-class configuration, including a premium cabin featuring eight rows of seats, arranged two on each side.“Eight rows with extra legroom seating will be installed in those aircraft, providing 36 inches of legroom for guests to stretch out or work comfortably,” a source, who preferred anonymity, told the ET. Currently, IndiGo’s Airbus A320 and A321 aircraft offer ...
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Air India fined Rs 10 lakh for violation of civil aviation requirement
7Nov By adminNo Comments
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Air India fined Rs 10 lakh for violation of civil aviation requirement

The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) on Tuesday imposed a fine of Rs 10 lakh on Air India over violation of civil aviation requirements (CAR). The aviation regulator, in a statement, said it had issued CAR Section 3, Series M part IV titled "facilities to be provided to the passengers by airlines due to denied boarding, cancellation of flights and delays in flights" in 2010, which were revised from time to time to ensure appropriate protection for air travellers in case of flight disruptions and in particular, denied boardings, flight cancellations and delays." The DGCA said it has carried out inspections of scheduled domestic airlines at various major airports on a continuing basis since May 2023. "During the inspections of the airlines, it was observed that ...
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Air India suspends Tel Aviv flights till Nov 30
5Nov By adminNo Comments
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Air India suspends Tel Aviv flights till Nov 30

NEW DELHI: Air India has suspended its scheduled flights to Tel Aviv till November 30 amid the tensions between Israel and militant group Hamas. The airline has not operated a scheduled flight to and from Tel Aviv since October 7. An airline spokesperson on Sunday said flights to Tel Aviv have been suspended till November 30. Normally, the full-service carrier operates five weekly flights to Tel Aviv from the national capital.The service is on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday. Last month, the airline operated a few chartered flights to Tel Aviv from the national capital under the government's Operation Ajay to bring back Indians who wished to come back from Israel against the backdrop of the escalating conflict.!(function(f, b, e, v, n, t, s) { function loadFBEvents(isF...
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Indian carriers to operate 8 pc more weekly flights at 23,732 in winter schedule
23Oct By adminNo Comments
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Indian carriers to operate 8 pc more weekly flights at 23,732 in winter schedule

NEW DELHI: Indian airlines will operate a total of 23,732 flights every week during the winter schedule, which is more than 8 per cent higher than the year-ago period, amid rising air traffic demand. The winter schedule 2023 -- effective from October 29 to March 30 next year -- for the scheduled carriers has been approved by aviation regulator DGCA. Go First, which stopped flying from May 3 and is undergoing an insolvency resolution process, will not be having any operations during the winter schedule. The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) on Monday said there will be "23,732 departures per week which have been finalised to/from 118 airports" as the winter schedule 2023. In the winter schedule 2022, there were 21,941 weekly flights from 106 airports, reflecting an 8.16 per ce...
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