NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed the Centre and aviation regulator DGCA to develop guidelines to address unruly air passenger behavior, stressing on the need for “something creative” in handling such incidents, according to news agency PTI. A bench comprising Justices BR Gavai and KV Viswanathan was hearing a plea from a 73-year-old…
NEW DELHI: In a major security breach, Air India on Saturday reported the discovery of an ammunition cartridge in the pocket of a seat on a flight from Dubai to Delhi on October 27. The cartridge was found on flight AI916 after it had landed at Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport, with all passengers safely…
MUMBAI: Air India announced the cancellation of over 60 flights scheduled to operate between India and the US during the peak travel season of November and December.The airline stated it informed the passengers concerned, giving them options including a free change of date, booking them on partner airlines, or offering a refund. The news caused…
MUMBAI: Tata Group-owned Air India (AI) has cancelled about 60 US flights scheduled for the peak travel season of Nov and Dec. Airfares on flights between India and the US are typically high this time of the year, but with the cancellations, fares are set to jump further. This increase will affect fares not only…
NEW DELHI: Over 25 aircrafts of different airlines received bomb threats on Friday afternoon, PTI reported quoting sources. This included over seven flights each from IndiGo, Vistara, and SpiceJet which had received threats, while six flights from Air India were targeted.The IndiGo flights that received bomb threats include: 6E 11 (Delhi – Istanbul), 6E58 –…
Air India on Thursday issued a customer advisory to inform passengers about technical difficulties affecting its contact centers. The airline acknowledged that customers might experience intermittent problems when trying to reach their support executives due to the ongoing issue.“Our contact centres are currently experiencing technical issues and customers may intermittently not be able to reach…
NEW DELHI: Thursday yet again saw big Indian carriers getting threats for over 80 flights, after a brief respite on Wednesday. Sources across airlines say the same handle targeted flights. Under the newly changed protocol, such mass threats from the same handle are treated as non-specific to minimise disruptions by not requiring diversions.“We confirm that…
More than 70 flights of several Indian airlines received fresh bomb threats on Thursday, according to news agency PTI sources.Sources have revealed that around 20 flights each from Air India, Vistara, and IndiGo, as well as 14 flights from Akasa Air, have received bomb threats. Over the span of 11 days, nearly 250 flights operated…
New Delhi: Close to 50 flights have received bomb threats so far on Tuesday, with the menace only getting worse by the day. Officials across airlines say the trend of threats is changing with different handles targeting different airlines in past 2-3 days. Earlier the same handle would issue same number of threats to multiple…
NEW DELHI: Over 2.7 lakh passengers who had booked Vistara flights to travel on and after Nov 12, 2024, — when the airline merges into Air India — have been issued new tickets for travel on AI. However, the Tata Group has confirmed that for the next few months those who had booked Vistara will…
