Star Alliance Membership for Air India

Air India is adding 400 daily flights and more than 40 new destinations in India to the Star Alliance network.

The far reaching Indian flag carrier now offers through check-in to the final destination for connecting flights operated by any alliance member airline, this is for both passengers and their baggage.  Air India's membership brings the Star Alliance network up to 27 member airlines, offering over  18,500 daily flights to amazing 1,316 destinations in 192 countries.

Passengers will benefit from a wider choice on routes connecting North America, Europe, Asia and Australia via the Indian sub-continent.  Star Alliance chief executive Mark Schwab said: “This is an important day for us. We have said for many years that we needed a strong home carrier in the Indian market and by welcoming Air India to our Star Alliance family, we have achieved this goal.  We know that the ‘new’ Air India is looking forward to providing the Star Alliance customer benefits to many more travellers.”

The airline’s chairman and managing director Rohit Nandan said: “From today, we open up a completely different world for our passengers, who can now travel to over 1,300 destinations right across the network and enjoy world-class service, better connectivity and seamless travel wherever they go.”

Dreamliner for Air India

Air India Ltd. is set to take delivery this week of its first 787 Dreamliner jet after a wait of some four years and following a long, public battle between the airlines and Boeing Co. over compensation for the delay.

The first of the aircraft could land in New Delhi Wednesday or Thursday, and two more will follow "in quick succession," an Air India executive told Dow Jones Newswires Monday.

Air India cancels 5 flights as oil companies stop fuel supply

 

 

Air India pays oil companies Rs 22.5 crore everyday now.

 

At least five flights of Air India (AI) were cancelled on Friday after the public sector oil marketing companies stopped cash and carry terms to the airline on Friday morning.
The oil companies' decision forced the national flag carrier to cancel the flights from Thiruvananthapuram, including an international flight to Riyadh. The passengers strongly protested the cancellations as they were informed about it at the airport.
Like other private carriers, Air India also owes a huge amount to the oil companies. According to sources, its liability to the oil companies stood at Rs 1,200 crore.
Oil companies had introduced the cash and carry terms earlier this year. AI pays oil companies Rs 22.5 crore everyday now

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Air India Returning To Normal Schedules

 

 

Air India's flight operations are slowly returning to normal this weekend after pilots ended a 10-day strike that cost the ailing airline millions of dollars in revenues.

 

Air India cancels 221 flights -

 

As many as 221 Air India flights on the domestic operations were cancelled, as the strike by nearly half of the carrier's 1,600 pilots entered the eighth day on Wednesday, with operations restricted to the trunk routes between metros.
But the Air India management said some 100-odd flights of sister budget carrier Alliance Air had been deployed to ferry passengers as no reconciliation was in sight between the management and the striking pilots, co-opted from the erstwhile Indian Airlines .

Air India cancels flights as pilots strike for pay | ajc.com

 

Air India pilots demanding more pay are on strike for a fifth day in defiance of a court order to return to work and spare the airline from further losses.