Manisha Thapa, a young and dedicated air hostess from Bihar, was among the many lives lost in the devastating crash of Air India flight AI-171, which went down shortly after departing from Ahmedabad on Thursday. A native of Patna with ancestral roots in Biratnagar , Nepal, Manisha was on active duty as a cabin crew […]
Cedric Prakash muses on the great tragedy of 12th June 2025 It is a tragedy of immense proportions! One of the worst in the history of civil aviation in India! An Air India Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner (AI-171), from Ahmedabad to London, crashed shortly after take-off. The flight departed at 1:38 pm from the Sardar Vallabhbhai […]
Rethink about selling AI, BSNL and MTNL; Strategic assets must remain in Indian hands Privatisation of these companies will leave India at a disadvantage as it is not without any major security implications that they will be taken. These are the decisions no other country has taken says journalist Mantoo Banerjee in a recent article. […]
एक मई से ग्राहकों को रेलवे, बैंक और सरकारी व निजी कंपनियों की ओर से कई तरह के बदलाव होने जा रहे है। इससे आम लोगो की ज़िंदगी पर पड़ेगा सीधा असर पड़ेगा, राहत से मिलने का अनुमान है। एसबीआई ग्राहकों को राहत संभव देश की सबसे बड़ी बैंक एसबीआई (SBI) अपनी कर्ज दरों को […]
New Delhi: Some Politicians and the government seem to be ganging up to prevent boorish politicians from being thrown off flights! An MP slippered an airline staffer, refused to deplane, and caused a ruckus. Any private citizen doing such a thing would have been cooling his heels in jail, but not our ‘celebrated’ (or shall […]
New Delhi: Shiv Sena MP Ravindra Gaikwad punched and hit a 60-year-old Air India Duty Manager with his slippers nearly 20 times and tore his shirt at IGI airport here today (March 23) just because he could not travel business class in an all-economy flight. Meanwhile, the Delhi Police is seeking legal opinion on whether an […]
If you have a ‘job in the sky’ you better watch your weight. Tip the scales, and you’ll be grounded, for (literally) throwing your weight around! Air India, the National Carrier is on ‘shaping up’ spree in m ore ways than one. Read on: New Delhi,: 34 cabin crew members, including 30 air hostesses, of Air […]
Wait listed on a Rajdhani train? No sweat, just Super-Save! Fly AIR INDIA at the same prices! Right now, wait-listed passengers on Rajdhani trains can fly on the national carrier on first class AC fares, but more is to come! Aiming to attract more fliers and achieve higher seat occupancy in its flights on trunk routes, Air India […]
Would you believe that our National Carrier is handing out free Sauna services? Not so! But imagine sitting for two hours in summer without fans or air conditioning! Recently, some 300 passengers on Air India’s flight 317 from Delhi to Mumbai had a terrible aftertaste of Delhi’s sweltering heat. They were forced to undergo a […]
