NEW DELHI: Indian carriers, which are grappling with aircraft acquisition, amid global supply chain limitations, may benefit from China’s instruction to its airlines to refrain from procuring Boeing aircraft in response to US President Donald Trump’s 145% tariffs. Chinese carriers are presently awaiting delivery of approximately 100 B737 MAX – the aircraft Air India Express…
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Amrita (25) never thought that she would find herself in a quandary at Thiruvananthapuram International Airport on May 8 after hospital authorities in Oman asked her to quickly take a flight to see her critically-ill husband one last time. Now, the woman from Karamana in Thiruvananthapuram is grappling with a tragedy due to the…
NEW DELHI: Tata Group’s airline merger woes continue unabated. Budget Air India Express – which operates 350-400 flights daily, of which over 250 are domestic and 120 international – is cutting about 40 flights daily till May 13, for now. In a replay of last month’s trouble at full-service Vistara, which is being merged with…
No early relief for Air India Express passengers? Air India Express plans to curtail flights over the next few days as well, its CEO Aloke Singh has said amid cabin crew woes. Singh has said that the flight curtailment being done to cope with non-availability of crew, recover schedules.“Since last evening, more than 100 cabin…
