Air India Express has expanded its fleet to 100 aircraft with the addition of a Boeing 737-8, which operated its inaugural flight on the Bengaluru-Hindon route, the airline announced on Monday.Fleet expansion and network growthSince its takeover by the Tata Group in January 2022, the airline has nearly doubled its fleet, growing from 26 Boeing…
NEW DELHI: A large number of Indian holidayers headed to Thailand get in “high spirits” while winging their way to the tourist paradise for desis. And when the holidayers are going from the dry state of Gujarat, the demand for onboard liquor touches new highs. Air India Express witnessed this on its inaugural Surat-Bangkok service…
NEW DELHI: An Air India Express flight IX-196 flying from Dubai to Jaipur, with 189 passengers onboard, received a bomb threat via email in the wee hours of Saturday. However, the authorities have confirmed that nothing suspicious was found after the plane landed at the Jaipur International airport. ‘After a thorough check by the security…
An Ayodhya-bound Air India Express flight on Tuesday received a bomb threat, which was sent via phone call for the IX 765 flight that flew from Jaipur at 12.25 pm.“Air India Express flight makes emergency landing in UP’s Ayodhya airport following bomb threat”, airport director Vinod Kumar told news agency PTI.The Boeing 737 Max8 aircraft…
NEW DELHI: India’s low cost carrier (LCC) space is in for a major rejig with Tata Group‘s mega Air India Express coming into being on Oct 1, 2024, when the process of merging erstwhile AirAsia India into it gets completed. The combined entity, with 7,000 employees, as of now has 84 aircraft (mainly Boeing 737s…
NEW DELHI: Air India Express is celebrating India’s 77th Independence Day with the launch of its “Freedom Sale“, which is exclusively available on the airline’s website and offers Xpress Lite fares starting at Rs 1947.Customers can book their tickets until August 5 for travel until September 30, 2024, on both domestic and international flights. Sharing…
NEW DELHI: The global Microsoft cloud services outage on Friday caused significant inconvenience for passengers at Bengaluru airport, leading to long lines at the check-in counters of all major airlines as their systems were unable to process check-ins. Indigo, Air India Express, SpiceJet, and Akasa at Bengaluru airport started checking in passengers manually on after…
KOCHI: The crisis in Air India Express is deepening. The airline had to cancel over 400 flights in the last 12 days after employees who went on mass sick leave agreed to rejoin duty, reported.In a letter to the chief labour commissioner, Air India Express Employees Union (AIEEU), affiliated with Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh, attributed the…
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…
Air India Express flights cancellation: Air India Express, the budget carrier of Tata Group, is grappling with ongoing challenges amidst the airline merger process. The airline, which operates between 350 and 400 flights daily, including more than 250 domestic and 120 international routes, has announced a reduction of approximately 40 flights per day until May…
