Aviation
Panel moots trimming of Air India staff’s incentives
01 Feb 2012
Five years after the merger of Indian Airlines and Air India, the company still does not have a uniform pay scale and well-defined career paths for different groups of employees of the two organisations
Lenders discuss ways to keep Air India afloat
20 Jan 2012
Foreign carriers evince interest in investing in Indian counterparts
19 Jan 2012
A number of international air carriers are said to be considering investing in their Indian counterparts after the proposal for allowing them to take up to 49 per cent stake gets cleared by the government
Kingfisher in talks with SC Lowly for Rs1,442cr funding
19 Jan 2012
SC Lowy is a Hong Kong-based global trading and investing firm focused on distressed companies, specialises in buying illiquid assets and creating liquidity for them
Sumitomo Mitsui to acquire RBS's aircraft-leasing business for $7.3 bn
17 Jan 2012
RBS, which came to be 83-per cent owned by the UK government after its £45.5-billion bailout, will use the proceeds from the deal to strengthen its core tier 1 capital
Oil retailers oppose Kingfisher bid to import jet fuel
16 Jan 2012
Indian Oil Corp, Hindustan Petroleum Corp Ltd and Bharat Petroleum Corp Ltd have come out strongly against Kingfisher Airlines’ proposal to directly import air turbine fuel
Air India flights hit as pilots take mass sick leave
14 Jan 2012
A section of the airline's pilots called in sick this morning, affecting flight operations in Delhi and Mumbai, leading to cancellation of atleast 14 flights
Delta Airlines eyes AMR Corp: Reports
13 Jan 2012
Part payment of dues ends Air India crew strike
12 Jan 2012
No bailout for Kingfisher, others: Ajit Singh
12 Jan 2012
Almost all airlines flout safety norms, says DGCA
10 Jan 2012
The Directorate General of Civil Aviation has hauled up virtually every airline in the country for continually flouting safety norms
Jet Airways: no longer the best way to fly
21 Dec 2011
Ever since the apparently illogical launch of Jet Konnect, the once premier airline, has been leaving its customers feeling short-changed, says financial risk analyst Amit Sukhram, a frequent flyer
Technocrat-politician Ajit Singh takes charge of aviation
By By Nithin Rao | 19 Dec 2011
The civil aviation sector in India, which has hit turbulence in recent months and faces a massive loss of between $2.5 billion and $3 billion in the current fiscal, has a new minister at the helm —— Ajit Singh, a technocrat-politician from the farm belt of western Uttar Pradesh
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