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Dozens of cabin crew at Air India Express called in sick earlier this week, forcing the budget carrier to cancel 85 flights since Tuesday evening and disrupting the travel plans of thousands of ...
Air Georgian, a Canadian charter airline, began offering repatriation flights. [75] [76] On 29 May Air Georgian ceased operations. [77] Air India Express Flight 1344 was a repatriation flight from Dubai, United Arab Emirates, to Kozhikode, India, for people who had been stranded abroad due to the pandemic, under the Vande Bharat Mission. [78]
Being a low-cost airline, Akasa Air operates an all economy configuration in their Boeing 737 MAX variants, with a total of 189 or 174 passengers in -8 variant and 197 in -200 variant. [ 78 ] [ 79 ] To keep fares at a low price, the airline does not provide any in-flight meal; however, the airline operates Café Akasa, its own catering service ...
Air India Express came into existence on 29 April 2005, with the launch of three flights that took off simultaneously from Thiruvananthapuram, Kochi and Kozhikode.The airline was launched as a low-cost carrier with the objective of providing convenient connectivity to short-haul international routes in the Middle East and Southeast Asia for the Indian expatriate community.
India: Indian airlines are estimated to report a loss of US$600 million (not including state-owned Air India) for the January–March quarter. The government of India is planning a rescue package for the aviation industry for as much as ₹120 billion (US$1.6 billion). [129]
As well as hundreds of narrow-body jets, Air India has ordered 20 Boeing 787 Dreamliners and 10 Boeing 777X jets. The 777X has been much anticipated throughout the industry but has faced several ...
In India, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) placed all Boeing 737 aircraft flown by Indian carriers under "enhanced surveillance." SpiceJet, Vistara and Air India Express have the aircraft in their fleets. An official from the regulatory body said that "safety is serious business" and that the situation was being closely monitored.
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