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Retail Asia02/01/2024

Air India welcomed the first of 20 Airbus A350-900 aircraft on 23 December sporting the airline’s latest livery. The widebody aircraft, registered VT-JRA, arrived in New Delhi at 13:46 (local time) after the delivery flight from the Airbus facility in Toulouse. With the latest delivery, Air India is now the first carrier in the country […]

Retail Asia11/02/2020

Tata Sons may partner Singapore Airlines (SQ, Singapore Changi) in bidding for Air India, amid hopes it will merge its AirAsia India subsidiary with the flag carrier’s low-cost unit Air India Express, local media reported on February 4. The Indian conglomerate already operates Vistara as a 51/49 venture with Singapore Airlines. A combination of Air India and Vistara would give Tata Sons […]

Retail Asia11/07/2017

Coming from some other debt-ridden airline, it might have been shrugged off as just another service cutback. But not this time: When Air India announced on Monday that coach passengers on its domestic flights would now be offered only vegetarian meals, the move provoked an uproar on social media. G. P. Rao, a spokesman for […]

Retail Asia29/01/2016

Direct flights between India and Indonesia are likely to begin this year to facilitate tourism, Indonesian ambassador Rizali W. Indrakesuma said on Wednesday.”The Indian government has already given permission; it is a matter of how Indonesia responds. We are hoping that direct flights between the two countries begin by this year or by next year […]

Retail Asia23/08/2015

This year’s Diwali is set to usher in loads of surprises for the high-flying Surtis. Air India is preparing to introduce daily evening flight between Delhi and Surat by deploying the 168-seater Airbus-320 from October 1. This will be over and above the existing morning flight to Delhi. Hence, the Diamond City will have two […]

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Air India reveals new livery on its first A350

Tata mulls AirAsia India, Air India Express merger

Switch to Vegetarian Food on Air India Causes an Uproar

Direct flights between Indonesia, India likely this year

Air India to start evening Surat-Delhi flight from Oct 1