Air India

Air India will buy 250 Airbus planes in a deal aimed at transforming the former national carrier, it said Tuesday, after decades as a monumental burden on the public purse. The airline’s first new aircraft purchase...

The record purchase of 470 aircraft by Air India from Airbus and Boeing comes as the airline strives to establish itself as “a world-class offering,” in the words of N Chandrasekaran, chairman of the Tata Group,...

Air India has been fined $37,000 for its handling of an incident in which a drunk senior US bank executive was accused of urinating on a female passenger, Indian media reported. The man allegedly relieved himself...

Air India, India’s leading airline and a Star Alliance member, announced its “FogCare” initiative to mitigate the impact of disruptions due to fog on passengers. This initiative, which will initially be launched for flights departing from...

Tata Group-owned Air India is in talks with Boeing and Airbus about ordering new aircraft and is meeting its immediate needs by leasing planes and repairing grounded aircraft, the airline’s chief executive said on Saturday. The...

After purchasing Air India from the Indian government, Tata Sons has selected a new director. Ratan is a business magnate. Tata Sons named Ilker Ayci, a Turkish businessman and former director of Turkish Airlines, as the...

India’s loss making national carrier Air India has been sold to the Tata group, the country’s largest conglomerate. The government has sold the airline to the company, which was the highest bidder at nearly $2.4bn (£1.7bn)....

An Air India Express plane with 191 people on board has crashed at an airport in the southern state of Kerala, officials say. The aircraft, en route from Dubai, skidded off the runway and broke in...

India’s aviation regulator has barred a senior pilot from flying for three years after he failed an alcohol test. Captain Arvind Kathpalia, who is also the Director of Operations at state-owned Air India, was to command...

News Hour: India’s national airline claimed on Monday to have set a new record with the first round-the-world flight staffed entirely by women. Air India said its Boeing 777 traveled from Delhi to San Francisco and...