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Five senior pilots of Air India died in May due to Covid

NEW DELHI : Five senior pilots of Air India have died in May due to COVID-19, senior officials said on Thursday, adding that the carrier has started vaccinating its employees from May 15 onwards after a delay due to non-availability of vaccines.These five senior pilots were Captain Harsh Tiwary, Captain G P S Gill, Captain Prasad Karmakar, Captain Sandeep Rana and Captain Amitesh Prasad, they said.Meanwhile, private carriers such as Vistara and AirAsia India have given at least the first dose of COVID-19 vaccine to around 99 per cent and 96 per cent of their eligible employees respectively as of now. People who are being treated for COVID-19 or have recently recovered from COVID-19 are not considered eligible for vaccination.Air India had

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Kerala includes 11 more categories in priority group for Covid vaccination. Details here

Kerala government has included 11 more categories, in the priority group under the 18-44 age group for Covid-19 vaccination. These were added on the orders of Governor, Principal Secretary, Rajan Khobragade said, news agency ANI reported.As per the new decision, field workers of Meteorology Department, field workers of Metro rail, field worker of water metro, Haj pilgrims, ambulance drivers, bank employees, medical representatives, Air India field officers, police trainee, volunteers working in the field and all above 18 years in Tribal colonies will also come in the group.

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Travel plan changed due to Covid infection? This is what Air India is offering

Air India is offering waivers to facilitate Covid-19 positive patients."In case you are unwell and diagnosed COVID-19 positive, necessitating a change in your travel plan, we are offering waivers to facilitate you, "Air India said in a tweet.#FlyAI : In case you are unwell and diagnosed COVID-19 positive, necessitating a change in your travel plan, we are offering waivers to facilitate you.

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India's national carrier says hack leaked data of passengers

NEW DELHI – Personal data of an unspecified number of travelers has been comprised after a company that serves India’s national carrier was hacked, Air India said.

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Air India pilots' union seeks suitable compensation for families for Covid death

Mumbai: Air India wide-body pilots union IPG has urged the airline management to "immediately" provide suitable compensation to the families of pilots who have lost their lives due to Covid-19.In a letter to the Air India chairman and managing director on Saturday, the Indian Pilots Guild(IPG) also questioned the company's HR policies, alleging that the national carrier is the "only PSU" which is "relatively complacent" in terms of compensation in case of death of an employee.Citing the case of a pilot who died recently due to COVID-19, the IPG said that staff notice informed of "an ad-hoc payment to the family/ legal heir of employees, who die during the period of COVID-19.""We were surprised to learn that a domestic private airline runs a

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Covid-19 updates: Air India will vaccinate all its staff by May-end

Air India narrow-body aircraft pilots' body ICPA had demanded vaccination camps across the country for the flying crew on a priority basis.In a letter to Air India director for operations R S Sandhu, the Indian Commercial Pilots Association (ICAP) threatened to stop work if the management fails to come up with such camps. The pilot body alleged that many crews have been tested positive for Covid-19 and are struggling to get oxygen cylinders.

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Air India set to post record loss in FY21 on pandemic woes

The airline is likely to incur a net loss of ₹9,500-10,000 crore in the year through March, up from a ₹8,000 crore loss recorded in the previous year, a senior official at Air India said, requesting anonymity.Also Read | Scarcity on high seas hurting India’s exportsThe carrier has never made a net profit since its merger with Indian Airlines in 2007. It posted losses of ₹7,982.83 crore (provisional figure) in 2019-20, ₹8,556.35 crore in 2018-19, and ₹5,348.18 crore in 2017-18.The carrier is expected to post a cash loss of around ₹6,000 crore this fiscal, up from ₹3,600 crore last year, the official said.

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Air India pilots ask management for details of new Covid strain found in UK

New Delhi: Air India pilots on Tuesday have demanded the airline’s management to provide them with details of the "distinct Phylogenetic cluster of Sars-CoV-2" that has been discovered in the United Kingdom (UK).

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New Covid strain in UK: Air India offers free rescheduling for passengers who booked from 22-31 Dec

flights to the United Kingdom (UK) from 22 December to 31 December, and Oman and Saudi Arabia from 22nd December to 29th December, national carrier Air India on Monday decided to offer one-time free reschedule to passengers booked to travel during the period.However, Air India said the rescheduled travel should be completed within 31 December this month.The airline also said that all penalties for one-time rescheduling, cancellation, rerouting will be waived for bookings between 22 and 31 December this year.#FlyAI : In view of GoI directive on suspension of flights to UK, from 22nd-31st Dec'20, Oman & Saudi Arabia both from 22nd-29th Dec '20, Air India is offering passengers booked to travel during the period one-time free reschedule for

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Air India privatisation unlikely to conclude this fiscal: Official

Air India may spill into next fiscal year as the divestment process is unlikely to conclude in the remaining a little over three months of 2020-21, an official said.Salt-to-software conglomerate Tata Group and US-based fund Interups Inc were among "multiple" entities that put in preliminary bids last week for buying loss-making carrier Air India.A group of over 200 Air India employees also submitted an expression of interest (EoI) for the carrier in partnership with Interups at the close of the deadline on December 14.“The Transaction Advisor will inform the qualified bidders by January 6 following which the bidders will be given access to virtual data room (VDR) of Air India," an official said.The share purchase pact will be shared with

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'Covid-19 negative reports from lab': Air India as 19 test positive at Wuhan airport

Covid-19 at Wuhan Airport in China.The airline maintained that all passengers boarded the flight with valid Covid negative reports."On October 30, 19 passengers on Air India's Vande Bharat flight to Wuhan tested positive for Covid-19 at Wuhan Airport, China. The airline is aware of the incident.

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7 Air India passengers tested positive for COVID-19 in New Zealand

NEW DELHI : Seven passengers who travelled from Delhi to Auckland in New Zealand on Sunday on an Air India flight have tested positive for COVID-19 three days after their arrival, a senior government official said on Friday.Earlier this month, all Air India passenger flights were barred from landing in Hong Kong till August-end after 14 passengers on its Delhi-Hong Kong flight of August 14 tested positive for COVID-19 post arrival."Seven passengers on Sunday's Air India Delhi-Auckland flight have tested positive for COVID-19 three days after arrival," the government official said.Air India did not respond to PTI's request for a statement on this matter.While scheduled international passenger flights remain suspended in India since March 23

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Coronavirus exposures reported on 3 more flights through Vancouver

novel coronavirus on three more flights through Vancouver.The BC Centre for Disease Control says two of the flights were domestic, and one was from India. Possible coronavirus exposures reported at 2 Coquitlam pubs [ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ]Passengers on the affected flights are advised to self-monitor for symptoms for 14 days.

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Dozens hurt after Air India Express plane from Dubai crash-lands in Kerala

Air India Express flight crash-landed at Kozhikode International Airport in Calicut, located in the state of Kerala.The flight was arriving from Dubai when it skidded off the runway during landing, according to the civil aviation ministry.The ministry said 191 passengers and crew were on board the Boeing-737 at the time, including ten infants. At least 35 others have been injured, a spokesperson said.

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No flight for Australia till July 14 due to Covid-19 imposed restrictions

Vande Bharat Mission scheduled for various destinations in Australia between July 4 to July 14 have been postponed because of restrictions imposed due to Covid-19."Due to the recent Covid-19 related restrictions imposed on international flights in Australia, the following flights in the next phase of Vande Bharat Mission from Australia are being rescheduled," Air India said in a statement.All rescheduled flights will now operate from July 15 onwards, according to the national carrier.Late last month, Air India had announced eight evacuation flights between India and Australia under the Vande Bharat Mission.

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Relief for airlines as SC confirms there's no need to keep middle seat vacant

New Delhi: In a relief for airlines, Supreme Court on Friday settled the middle seat row by confirming that that there is no need to keep middle seat vacant.The Supreme Court upheld Bombay High Court order that held that in the wake of pandemic adequate safety measures had been deployed by the carriers for safety and health of passengers.Supreme Court Bench of Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Bhushan Gavai dismissed Air India pilot Deven Kanani's challenge against Bombay HC order permitting middle-seat occupancy for Air India and all other domestic airlines.The pilot had filed special leave petition against aviation regulator DGCA decision announced on 31 May, which allowed airlines to sell middle seats in the flight.DGCA on Friday had

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Vande Bharat Mission: Air India to operate additional repatriation flights to six countries

NEW DELHI : Air India said it will operate additional repatriation flights to six countries between June 4 and June 6 to bring back stranded Indians under the phase 2 of Vande Bharat Mission.

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₹50,000 crore financial package

NEW DELHI : A joint forum of Air India employees and staff unions has sought a ₹50,000 crore financial succour from the government for the national carrier, stating that the airline is a necessity for the country.

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Passenger on Alliance Air's Delhi-Ludhiana flight tests positive for coronavirus

NEW DELHI : Air India on Wednesday said a passenger who was onboard an Alliance Air flight from the national capital to Ludhiana has tested positive for coronavirus and a total of 41 people, including five crew members, have been quarantined.

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Five Air India pilots test negative for coronavirus in second round

MUMBAI : Five Air India pilots, who had tested positive for coronavirus, have now tested negative, an airline source said on Monday.

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5 Air India pilots, who flew cargo flights to China, test positive for COVID-19

NEW DELHI : Five Air India pilots, who had undertaken cargo flights to China, have tested positive for coronavirus during the pre-flight COVID-19 test. Sources in the national carrier told ANI that all five pilots are currently asymptomatic and are based in Mumbai.

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Screening of crews delays Air India evacuation plan by a day

Air India spokesperson said the repatriation fights have been delayed by a day due to 'airport-related issues'

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Overseas flights unlikely before July, airlines told to not take bookings

NEW DELHI: India is unlikely to allow international flights to take off from its land before July as new cases of coronavirus continue to emerge both within and outside the country, according to sources familiar with the development.

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Flight booking open from 15 April: AirAsia

Mumbai: Budget carrier AirAsia India on Saturday said bookings for its flights are open from April 15, but it it is open to any change in case aviation regulator DGCA issues fresh directives on the issue.

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A month short of retirement, Air India captain aces the trickiest mission of his career

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