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16 Sep 2022

Smoke emerges out of Cochin-bound Air India Express flight, 14 injured

Muscat International Airport: Smoke was noticed on Cochin-bound Air India Express in Oman; reports suggest that 14 people have been injured in the incident.

Air India Express

17 Jul 2022

Live bird found inside cockpit of Air India Express Bahrain-Kochi flight

The bird was found in the glove compartment on co-pilot's side when the Air India Express' Bahrain-Kochi flight was at 37,000 feet altitude, the officials noted.

Air India Express

17 Jul 2022

Dubai-bound Air India Express flight diverted to Muscat due to burning smell

Air India Express aircraft VT-AXX operating flight IX-355 (Calicut-Dubai) diverted to Muscat as during the cruise, a burning smell emitted from one of the vents in the forward galley.

29 Jun 2022

Air India Express fleet to soon have 4 new Boeing 737 to address high demand

Air India Express to buy 4 new Boeing 737 planes The airline currently has a total of 24 airplanes Increased demand for the passenger is being witnessed by the company

22 Mar 2022

China plane crash: DGCA 'Enhances Surveillance' of Boeing 737 fleet in India

China Eastern Airlines plane crashes in China The airline was operating Boeing 737 plane with 132 people on board India's DGCA has 'enhanced monitoring' of Boeing 737 fleet

Operation Ganga

06 Mar 2022

2 ‘Operation Ganga’ flights bring back 370 Indians from Ukraine

Two Air India Express flights carrying Indian evacuees from Ukraine landed in Mumbai. The government has launched 'Operation Ganga' to evacuate Indian citizens. The government officials indicate that another flight is expected early on Monday morning.

Ministry of Civil Aviation

23 May 2021

Travelling abroad? Negative RT-PCR report with QR code now mandatory

Airline companies have also shared their announcements. The rule applies to travellers visiting countries that require an RT-PCR report. The decision is applicable from Saturday (May 22).

Air India Express

20 Feb 2021

Air India Express plane hits electric pole on landing at Vijaywada airport

Following landing, as the flight was taxiing on the runway towards bay number 5, it hit the electrical pole. Airport director, G Madhusudan Rao, "There were 64 passengers in the flight excluding the crew. Nobody is injured in the incident and all are safe."

18 Sep 2020

Air India Express to operate Dubai flights from Saturday as per schedule

All Air India Express flights to and from Dubai will resume its operation from Saturday. Taking to micro-blogging site Twitter, Air India Express said that all its flights "from/to Dubai will operate as per original schedule". Air India Express is a subsidiary of Air India.

18 Sep 2020

Dubai suspends Air India Express flights till October 2 for flying COVID pa

The Dubai Civil Aviation Authority has suspended Air India Express flights till October 2 for allegedly bringing passengers with COVID-positive certificates twice during the last couple of weeks. As per the UAE government rules, each passenger travelling from India need to bring original COVID-negative certificate from RT-PCR test done 96 hours prior to the journey.

Kozhikode airport

11 Aug 2020

DGCA bars use of wide-body aircraft at Kerala's Kozhikode

The DGCA has barred the operation of wide-body aircraft at Kozhikode airport this monsoon "out of abundant caution", a senior official said. The decision was taken four days after a narrow-body B737 aircraft of Air India Express overshot the runway and crashed at the Kozhikode airport. Asked about the duration of the ban, the DGCA official said, "No date has been fixed."

10 Aug 2020

Gold worth Rs 22 lakhs, hidden in shirt sleeve, garments seized in Chennai

Customs officials at the Chennai airport have been in a state of alert after the frequency of repatriation flights and special flights to the city have increased. In the latest seizure, a total of 402 grams of gold valued at Rs 22.21 lakhs was recovered and seized under the Customs Act 1962, in two separate incidents.

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07 May 2020

Air India flights take off from Kerala to bring stranded Indians from UAE

The flight to Kochi will take off from Abu Dhabi at 4.15 pm and reach the destination at 9.40 pm, while the other to Kozhikode is scheduled for departure from Dubai at5 pm and arrive at 10.40 pm, official sources said.

30 Jun 2019

Air India flight veers off after landing at Mangaluru airport

According to ANI, IX384 Air India Express flight veered off the taxiway at around 5:40 pm and got stuck in the grass at the airport.

11 Feb 2019

AI Express passengers suffer nasal bleeding due to pressurisation problem

The flight 'IX - 350' had 185 passengers, including 3 infants. It was a Boeing 737-8 aircraft.

31 Mar 2018

Air India sale a scam in the making, I am watching the deal: Subramanian Swamy

Swamy has threatened to file a complain if he finds anything wrong with the deal.

29 Mar 2018

UPA made the Maharaja a beggar: NDA Minister on Air India sale

He said the airline would be kept independent after the stake sale.

28 Mar 2018

Government wants to sell 76% stake in Air India, transfer management control

The Civil Aviation Ministry has sought Expression of Interest (EoI) for the stake sale in the loss-making carrier and two of its subsidiaries.

15 Jan 2018

Air India to be split into 4 entities ahead of sale: Jayant Sinha

Last week, India had cleared a proposal to allow foreign investors to own up to 49 percent in the carrier.

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