PM Modi visits crash site, meets lone survivor at hospital New Delhi: The Union Government is considering grounding the Boeing Dreamliner 787-8 fleet, sources said today, a day after an Air India aircraft from this fleet crashed seconds after take-off from Ahmedabad Airport. A comprehensive safety review of the American wide-body airliner is likely, sources…
Air Rage
January 28, 2023Most of us love travelling. We don’t mind rustic travel when we are young, but as we get older, we are inclined to have, if not a luxurious travel experience, then at least a comfortable one, especially foreign travel. This, of course, costs more money, but I won’t give up. Over the years, I have…
Musings on MySugar: May the sugar be sweeter
October 23, 2021Air-India comes back to TATAs ; Business of Government is not to be in business Our Mandya farmers must be the happier lot now. After years of uncertainty about the local Sugar Factory (Mysore Sugar Company Limited) which was deep in loss and was virtually closed, the farmers whose primary commercial crop is sugarcane, heard…
Air India to commence non-stop flights from Bengaluru to San Francisco and Hyderabad to Chicago
January 5, 2021Bengaluru: Air India set to commence Non stop flights from Bengaluru to San Francisco and Hyderabad to Chicago Air India is set to spread its wings further in the United States with the commencement of its first-ever non-stop service between Bengaluru and San Francisco and between Hyderabad and Chicago from Jan. 9 and Jan. 13…
Air India to start Mysuru-Mangaluru flight from Oct.25
October 17, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Expanding its air traffic services in the State, the Air India has decided to operate Mysuru-Mangaluru flight from Oct.25. Mysuru-Kodagu MP Pratap Simha and several Industrial bodies had appealed the air service provider to operate flights between the two important cities of the State. Air India has already been operating Bengaluru-Mangaluru flight, with departure…
Regular flights from Mysuru to Kochi, Goa, Hyderabad resume
May 28, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Flights from Mysuru to Bengaluru and Belagavi have commenced, signalling the gradual resumption of domestic air services that were suspended from Mar. 25 due to lockdown. As per the schedule released by the Airports Authority of India at Mysuru, Alliance Air, a subsidiary of Air India, and TruJet Airlines are operating the services. Flight…
Alliance Air, TruJet to start Mysuru flights from May 25
May 24, 2020Seven-day institutional quarantine mandatory for out-of-State passengers Mysore/Mysuru: Alliance Air, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Air India, is all set to commence flight operations from Mysuru from May 25 (Monday). The detailed schedule of the flight operations from May 25 to June 30 is available under Alliance Air section of www.airindia.in. TruJet, a regional airline, too…
Centre issues bid document to sell 100 percent stake of Air India
January 27, 2020New Delhi: The Government of India (GoI), today, issued a bid document to sell 100 per cent stakes of Air India (AI). ‘The GoI has given ‘in-principle’ approval for the Strategic disinvestment of AI by way of the transfer of management control and sale of 100 per cent equity share capital of AI held by…
Daily Mysuru-Kalaburagi flight from Dec. 27
December 21, 2019Mysuru: After Bengaluru, Chennai, Hyderabad and Goa, one more new daily flight will be added to Gulbarga (Kalaburagi) from Dec. 27. This will boost travel to North Karnataka from the South region (Mysuru). A new airport at Kalaburagi was inaugurated recently. Alliance Air, a wholly owned subsidiary of Air India will operate the Kalaburagi flight….
‘Akasha Ambari’ flights to continue depending on passenger demand: Tourism Minister
October 22, 2018Mysuru: The introduction of Air India’s Alliance Air flight ‘Akasha Ambari’ between Bengaluru and Mysuru as part of Dasara celebrations has drawn a good response and if the demand continues the service will be continued, said Tourism Minister S.R. Mahesh. He was addressing the media after giving send-off to the Dasara elephants by offering them…
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