Aviation & Tourism

The meeting will be addressed by Air India CEO and MD Campbell Wilson and Vistara CEO Vinod Kannan, one of the officials said on Friday.

The two parties smoked the peace pipe after a detailed discussion at the Chief Labour Commissioner’s office in New Delhi.

Singh said more than 100 cabin crew members have reported sick prior to their rostered flight duty, at the last minute, severely disrupting our operations.

Goyal had sought the interim bail on medical and humanitarian grounds as both he and his wife Anita Goyal are suffering from cancer.

With effect from May 2, the free cabin baggage allowance for the 'Comfort' and 'Comfort Plus' categories has been reduced to 15 kg from 20 kg and 25 kg, respectively.

It is also a big setback for creditors of the airline who were looking to trim their exposure from the insolvency process.

It is also a big setback for creditors of the airline who were looking to trim their exposure from the insolvency process.

Airlines cut more than half of their normal flight schedules at Paris's two main airports, Orly and Roissy Charles-de-Gaulle, with many flights in the southern city of Marseille also grounded.

Air India, Vistara, IndiGo and various international airlines have opted for alternative flight paths to the West and are avoiding the Iranian airspace amid rising tensions between Iran and Israel.

Air India, Vistara, IndiGo and various international airlines have opted for alternative flight paths to the West and are avoiding the Iranian airspace amid rising tensions between Iran and Israel.

Air India operates four weekly flights between the national capital and Israeli city.

Air India is the only Indian carrier that operates flights to Israel. It has four weekly flights connecting Delhi and Tel Aviv.

The 14 new airports where the facility is to be rolled out soon are Bagdogra, Bhubaneswar, Chandigarh, Chennai, Coimbatore, Dabolim, Indore, Mangalore, Patna, Raipur, Ranchi, Srinagar, Trivandrum and Vishakhapatnam.

The airline industry is grappling with challenges in scaling up capacity to match demand and are even using larger aircraft on domestic routes.

"Air India (along with AIX and Vistara) and BIAL will collaborate to enhance international connectivity over the next five years,” said the Tata Group airline

Vistara says it has deployed larger aircraft like its B787-9 Dreamliner TM and A321 Neo on select domestic routes to accommodate more customers, wherever possible.

The Tata Group airline cancelled many flights earlier this week due to the non-availability of pilots and has also been forced to temporarily reduce the overall flight operations in order to stabilise the situation.

The move comes against the backdrop of non-availability of pilots forcing Vistara to cancel a significant number of flights in recent days.

The liabilities with EDC stem from a loan acquired by the airline in 2011 for procurement of 15 aircraft.

India, which is one of the world's fastest-growing civil aviation markets, is also seen in some quarters as price sensitive, especially with rising number of air travellers, including first-time fliers.