New Delhi: A Vancouver-bound Air India flight from Delhi, operated by a Boeing 777 200LR aircraft, was forced to return to Delhi on Thursday evening after flying for over seven hours, as it was found that the aircraft deployed for the service was not approved for operations to Canada, people aware of the matter said. … Read more
IndiGo, Air India and SpiceJet have opposed the government’s directive barring airlines from charging for the selection of at least 60 per cent of seats, cautioning that the move may push up airfares.The Federation of Indian Airlines (FIA), representing the carriers, has called on the civil aviation ministry to reconsider the decision. In a letter … Read more
Air India’s AI 185 flight from Delhi to Vancouver was forced to return to the national capital after being airborne for over almost eight hours on March 19, the airline confirmed in an official statement. The flight had taken off from Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport but made a U-turn while flying through Chinese airspace, … Read more
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Indian investigators are preparing to state in the final report that Air India Flight 171 crashed because one of the pilots turned off the aircraft’s fuel switches in an “almost certainly” intentional act, Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera reported on Wednesday, citing sources in western aviation agencies. Wreckage of the crashed Air India plane being … Read more
A US-based aviation safety campaign group has alleged that the Air India Boeing 787 aircraft that crashed in Ahmedabad on June 12, 2025, suffered from multiple technical problems throughout its service life, and that safety issues linked to the aircraft type are being downplayed globally. The wreckage of the ill-fated London-bound Air India flight on … Read more
A deserted view of the Shaheed Bhagat Singh International Airport after all civilian flights were cancelled following ‘Operation Sindoor’, in Chandigarh on Wednesday. (Pic credit: ANI) NEW DELHI/MUMBAI: Twenty-seven airports in north, west and central India have been closed for commercial flights, for now till 5.29am Saturday (May 10), report Saurabh Sinha & Manju V. … Read more
Comedian and actor Vir Das has taken to social media to express his frustration with Air India after he pre-booked a wheelchair for his wife, only to end up with clueless stares from the cabin crew when the wheelchair was needed. Das, 45, said his wife ended up climbing down the aircraft stepladder with a … Read more
New Delhi: BJP leader Jaiveer Shergill on Tuesday handed national carrier Air India a clean sweep of ‘Oscar’ awards in the “worst airlines” category, as he complained of broken seats and more. In a scathing X post, Mr Shergill said, “Flying Air India is not a pleasant experience but today (it) broke all records!” “If … Read more
NEW DELHI: The list of passengers peeved at Air India‘s yet to be fixed cabin product got its most high profile entrant on Saturday when Union agriculture minister and former Madhya Pradesh CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan was allotted a broken seat on a Bhopal-Delhi flight Saturday. When the minister inquired how a broken seat can … Read more