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Air India to begin nonstop SFO-New Delhi flights in December

Air India will begin the first-ever nonstop flights between San Francisco and New Delhi on December 2, 2015.

Emirates airline makes Wi-Fi available on 106 of its aircraft

Dubai-based Emirates airline now offers Wi-Fi on 106 of its aircraft, with two to three more aircraft being installed with the connectivity every month.

Air India can't find a single lessor for A320s, another tender in the offing

Air India has been unable to lease 19 Airbus 320 aircraft, for which it put out a global tender last month, and may have to alter tender conditions before seeking quotations from lessors again.

Jet-Etihad deal: How AI will take on competition in foreign skies

Air India is planning an aggressive expansion strategy by using direct flights from India to the US and Europe, with New Delhi as its base.

Air India lures holiday travellers with 60-day advance fare offer

For example, a one-way ticket between Delhi-Mumbai on Air India will cost Rs 3,981 while travel between Delhi-Lucknow will cost Rs 2,566.

No lessors for Boeing: AI puts 5 B777s on block to raise $450 mn

Earlier, the carrier had sought to 'sale and lease back' the fuel-guzzling five Boeing planes. However, despite repeated attempts, Air India did not find any taker for them, eventually forcing to put them on the block.

IndiGo is making money hand over fist; Jet struggles

CAPA says IndiGo made its best profit ever in the June quarter. GoAir is also doing fine, but Jet is under the weather and Kingfisher is about to go kaput

Merging AI & Indian Airlines: Tall task for Ajit Singh

The civil aviation minister is now tasked with the most unpleasant task of all: laying off employees, giving lesser allowances and ensuring the wide gulf between the two sets of employees is bridged.

After KFA, unpaid Jet, AI pilots threaten to strike

Given the changing political equations because of the UP election results, which further weaken an already weak central government, it remains to be seen whether reforms such as allowing foreign airlines to invest up to 49 percent in local carriers will actually be passed.

Images: Air India pilots mark 50th day of strike with fast

Air India pilots who have been on strike since 7 May and pledging their allegiance to the Indian Pilots Guild participated in a hunger strike against Air India's management in Mumbai today.