Aviation
Kingfisher pays part salaries for February
06 Jul 2012
M&M in talks to acquire stake in Beechcraft: reports
05 Jul 2012
India’s biggest utility vehicles maker M&M is considering a bid for bankrupt aircraft maker Hawker Beechcraft Corporation, to boost its aerospace business
Air India pilots to call off strike immediately
03 Jul 2012
Agitating Air India pilots today told the Delhi High Court that they would call off their 58-day-long strike with immediate effect
Kingfisher pilots strike work to protest salary delay
02 Jul 2012
A section of Kingfisher pilots has struck work in protest against delayed salaries, which threatened to cripple the airline's skeletal operations
GVK sues Kingfisher for issuing rubber cheques
23 Jun 2012
LAN Airlines merges with Brazil’s TAM to create LATAM Airlines
23 Jun 2012
The takeover completed yesterday marks the emergence of the second-largest airline by market value
Air France-KLM to eliminate 5,122 jobs by 2013
22 Jun 2012
Europe's largest carrier yesterday announced plans to eliminate 5,122 jobs by 2013, as part of its €2 billion cost-cutting programme
Task force set up for development of airports
19 Jun 2012
Air India to sack all striking pilots, hire afresh
11 Jun 2012
The Air India management on Sunday decided to sack all the 300 or more pilots who have been on strike for 36 days as of today
Striking AI pilots will have to reapply for their jobs: Ajit Singh
06 Jun 2012
If the pilots refuse to accept the Justice Dharmadhikari report on the revamp of the national carrier, there is no point in taking them back, says civil aviation minister Ajit Singh
Aviation ministry proposes 4% sales tax on ATF
04 Jun 2012
The government is toying with a series of measures to boost the industry’s fortunes, including slashing sales tax on aviation turbine fuel
Pilots Guild slams Dharmadhikari report
02 Jun 2012
Strike-hit AI puts truncated flight plan into operation
01 Jun 2012
The airline is expected to fully shift to the truncated interim schedule from today, dropping seven international destinations
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