RSS-affiliate Swadeshi Jagran Manch had last Friday said the government should not give clearance to the appointment of Ilker Ayci 'keeping in view national security'
The AI Express flight IX-1202 from Bucharest via Kuwait touched down the runway at 7.40 am
Tata Group-owned Air India Express said it will operate a Bucharest-Mumbai flight Monday night with 182 stranded passengers
Air India's two evacuation flights came from Romanian capital Bucharest and Hungarian capital Budapest to Delhi on Monday with 489 Indian nationals who were stranded in Ukraine
As Air India ferries hundreds of Indians stranded in Ukraine, the cost of operating a two-way evacuation flight will be more than Rs 1.10 crore and amount will go up depending on duration of flights
The government is looking to hire a person to manage and monetise land as well as other immovable properties of AI Assets Holding Ltd (AIAHL) that are estimated to be worth around Rs 14,000 crore.
Air India's two evacuation flights, one from Bucharest and another from Budapest, carrying 490 Indian nationals who were stranded in Ukraine landed in Delhi on Sunday morning
Union minister Piyush Goyal was at the airport to receive the Indian nationals returning from war-hit Ukraine
According to a statement from CSMIA earlier in the day, the first flight with Indian evacuees from Ukraine is expected to arrive from Bucharest at 8 pm
The second evacuation flight AI1942 is expected to return to the Delhi airport on early Sunday morning with another 250 Indian nationals
The Ukrainian airspace has been closed for civil aircraft operations since the morning of February 24 and therefore, the evacuation flights are operating out of Bucharest and Budapest
This comes as government agencies carry out what one government official said were more intensive than usual background checks on Ayci
Air India is planning to operate two flights to Romanian capital Bucharest on Friday to evacuate Indians stranded in Ukraine due to a Russian military offensive, senior government officials said.
Airlines executives said the Ministry of External Affairs had planned to operate flights in Moldova.
The passengers coming from Ukraine to Qatar will be able to board flights operating between Qatar and India
The planemaker is in constant talks with current and prospective customers concerning fleet requirements
Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia on Thursday said an Air India flight which took off from Delhi to bring back Indian citizens from Ukraine has returned mid-air after the "things escalated"
A special Air India flight returning from mid-air as Ukraine airspace is closed due to notice to airmen (NOTAM) as war has been started between Russia and Ukraine.An empty flight of Air India AI-1947 is returning from over Iran air space as Ukraine imposed restrictions on civilian aircraft, sources said."Air India flight AI1947 is coming back to Delhi due to NOTAM at, Kyiv, Ukraine," Air India informed.Notice to airmen (NOTAM), is a notice filed with an aviation authority to alert aircraft pilots of potential hazards along a flight route or at a location that could affect the flight.Air India is scheduled to operate a second special flight for Ukraine to bring back stranded Indian citizens.Amid the ongoing crisis in Ukraine, several airlines are operating special flights, including Air India, to bring back Indian nationals safely."A special flight of Ukraine International Airlines (UIA) landed at Delhi Airport from Kyiv, at 7:45 am today, with 182 Indian citizens, including students,"
Meanwhile, a Ukraine International Airlines flight from Kyiv landed at the Delhi airport at around 7.45 am on Thursday.
Speculation that frosty relations between an Erdogan-led Turkey and India may interrupt the plan