DGCA grounds six pilots of three airlines

Six pilots of Kingfisher Airlines, GoAir and Air India have been de-rostered by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation after they violated guidelines while landing on a short runway at Mumbai......

Exclusive: Watch out Dr Singh, Sonia's coming

Sheela Bhatt reveals how Sonia Gandhi has decided to take an active role in governance with the resurrection of the powerful National Advisory Council. A rediff exclusive: A big change in the......

Rohit Nandan is new CMD of Air India

Rohit Nandan, joint secretary, civil aviation ministry, was appointed the chairman and managing director of Air India on Friday for a three-year period. Arvind Jadhav, a senior IAS officer and the......

Anand Mahindra offers to resign from AI board

Mahindra & Mahindra vice-chairman Anand Mahindra on Monday offered to resign from the board of NACIL that runs state-owned carrier Air India, citing conflict of interest.In a letter to Civil......

Kingfisher gets 3 months to repay BPCL dues

Vijay Mallya-promoted Kingfisher Airlines has turned second time lucky; the state-run Bharat Petroleum Corporation (BPCL) has granted it a three-month reprieve to pay jet fuel dues.BPCL had decided......

AI to pay its employees interim relief

Cash-strapped Air India, whose management has been considering slashing salaries and allowances of its employees, has signed an MoU with its officers' association to pay interim relief which would......