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Resume work today or else, Patel to pilots

Wednesday 30 September '09

The govt said 'all options were open' for AI, and the airline may approach the Directorate General of Civil Aviation to seek cancellation of pilots’ licences.
Day 3: Pilots adamant, AI threatens shutdown

Tuesday 29 September '09

Airline website stops selling tickets, PMO steps in; another meeting called today....
Jet pilots get 2nd show-cause notice

Tuesday 29 September '09

Barely a fortnight after the Jet Airways pilots’ wildcat strike was called off, the regional labour commissioner has issued a second show-cause notice to the newly formed pilots’ union National Aviators’ Guild....
Pilots’ strike fails to hit AI hard, 13 flights cancelled

Sunday 27 September '09

The protest by executive pilots failed to have any major impact on operations of Air India on the first day of the stir even as around 20 protesting executive pilots...
AI pilots could hijack festive cheer

Saturday 26 September '09

Around 400 executive pilots of the National Aviation Company of India Limited (Nacil) — the company that runs Air India....
Can’t cancel order now: Boeing to AI

Friday 25 September '09

The loss-making Air India’s efforts to cancel the deliveries of six Boeing aircraft has run into rough weather as the aircraft company Boeing...
GoM will now also look into Jet pilots’ workman status

Thursday 24 September '09

Finance minister Pranab Mukherjee has asked civil aviation minister Praful Patel to expand the terms of reference of the...
Airports regulator pushes for financial autonomy

Tuesday 22 September '09

The newly-established Airports’ Economic Regulatory Authority (AERA) is pushing for an amendment to the current legislation...
UAE low-cost carrier Fly Dubai hits air pocket

Monday 21 September '09

Yielding to strong lobbying by Indian carriers and opposition by political parties, the ministry of civil aviation has put a spoke on...
Nath to ask for secure loans to push road growth

Saturday 19 September '09

Plan to break up NHAI into 4-5 regional zones for better management....
Initial DGCA probe questions flight path of YSR chopper

Friday 18 September '09

In its preliminary investigation into the chopper crash of former Andhra Pradesh chief minister Y S Rajasekhara Reddy on September 2....
Cost estimate: DIAL seeks extension

Friday 18 September '09

The Delhi International Airport Ltd (DIAL), which was to submit its final project cost estimation by August 31, has sought an extension of six months....
50 pc cut in incentives for Air India top brass coming

Wednesday 16 September '09

After holding extensive discussions with stakeholders, national carrier Air India is close to finalising an arrangement to rationalise...
Communication loss with pilots, should have been in contact earlier: Jet top man

Monday 14 September '09

In a rare admission by a company that bore the brunt of a five-day crippling strike, Jet Airways Executive Director Saroj Datta....
Sacking of two Jet pilots illegal, says labour commissioner

Friday 11 September '09

The sacking of two pilots by the Jet Airways management on Day 1 of the wildcat strike by protesting Jet pilots has been termed...
Day 2 of Jet strike: Govt looks at taking pilots out of ‘workmen’ status

Thursday 10 September '09

The government is considering changing a 60-year-old law to exclude airline pilots and commanders-in-charge from the definition of ‘workmen’....
Home loans up to Rs 10 lakh to get 1 pc interest subsidy

Thursday 10 September '09

To give a fillip to affordable housing across the country, the government is likely to clear a proposal to provide one per cent...
AI told to finalise cost-cutting plans linked to govt aid

Sunday 30 August '09

The finance ministry told Air India that any government assistance would come with a string of riders.
Interest subsidy likely via micro-finance institutions

Saturday 29 August '09

The UPA government is considering a proposal to implement housing-loan interest subsidy schemes through micro-housing finance institutions....
FinMin wants AI to recast, phase out incentive scheme

Saturday 29 August '09

Govt will push for timebound restructuring before agreeing to help Air India financially....
Slum-free India deadline now 7 yrs

Friday 28 August '09

Three months after setting a five-year timeframe for a slum-free India, the UPA government has pushed the deadline to seven years....
Housing shortage may be far more acute than govt estimate

Thursday 27 August '09

The housing ministry had till recently been projecting a housing shortage of 247 lakh in urban areas across the nation.
Air India plans low-cost flights in high-density domestic sectors

Wednesday 26 August '09

The ailing Air India hopes to shore up its revenues by launching low-cost operations in high-density sectors which may include...
What the world is reading

Tuesday 25 August '09

The release of Lockerbie bomber, Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed al Megrahi, has caused much uproar, with victims’ families...
Lean months, swine flu send fares south

Friday 21 August '09

Coinciding with the traditionally lean travel months, the swine flu scare has spelt lower fares, in several instances almost 50 per cent....
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