AirAsia India: News
05 Jun 2024
Air IndiaAir India CEO announces major fleet overhaul, consolidation strategy
Air India is set to retrofit over 100 aircraft, including 40 wide-body planes, as part of a fleet revamp, according to CEO Campbell Wilson.
14 May 2024
Air India ExpressAI flight cancellation fiasco: Woman couldn't meet husband before death
The family of a woman said she couldn't bid farewell to her husband—who was in an ICU in Oman—before he passed away because her Air India Express flight was canceled last week.
09 May 2024
Air India ExpressAI Express fires cabin crew members over 'premeditated' sick leave
The Air India Express terminated the services of 25 cabin crew members on Thursday—a day after around 300 airline employees took a "massive sick leave."
08 May 2024
Air India ExpressAviation ministry seeks Air India Express's report over flight cancellations
The Ministry of Civil Aviation has sought a comprehensive report from Air India Express over the cancellation of nearly 90 flights since Tuesday night.
11 Feb 2023
Directorate General of Civil AviationDGCA fines AirAsia India Rs. 20 lakh for violating rules
Indian aviation regulator, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), has fined AirAsia (India) Rs. 20 lakh after its surveillance inspection found that a series of mandatory exercises for the pilots of the airline was not completed as per the schedule.
02 Nov 2022
Air IndiaAirAsia sells remaining stakes in Indian arm to Air India
AirAsia Aviation Group Ltd. (AAGL) has sold its remaining shares in its Indian arm AirAsia (India) to Tata's Air India.
04 Jul 2022
Jet AirwaysOver 50% IndiGo flights delayed as crew attend job interviews
More than 50% of the flights operated by IndiGo were delayed on Saturday due to Air India's recruitment process on the same day, according to the reports.
24 Aug 2021
IndiGoWhen AirAsia, IndiGo flights came shockingly close to each other
AirAsia India's Ahmedabad-Chennai flight and IndiGo's Bengaluru-Vadodara flight came within eight kilometers of each other with 300 ft vertical separation between them over Mumbai airspace on January 29, according to an Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) report.
14 Dec 2020
Air IndiaDecades after exit, Tata Group expresses interest in Air India
One of India's largest conglomerates, the Tata Group, has submitted an expression of interest for acquiring the beleaguered national carrier Air India.
28 Oct 2018
BBCChopper carrying Leicester City chairman crashes outside King Power Stadium
A helicopter believed to be carrying Thai billionaire Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, the chairman of football club Leicester City, crashed outside the King Power Stadium shortly after Leicester's home draw with West Ham United on Saturday night.
06 Sep 2018
KarnatakaBengaluru International Airport to introduce facial recognition facility from 2019
Bengaluru International Airport Thursday said it plans to roll out facial recognition facility for the passengers of some select airlines from early next year as it seeks to make the boarding process paperless.
03 Sep 2018
AsiaAirAsia offering discounted fares: Rs. 1,399 (international), Rs. 999 (domestic)
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29 Aug 2018
KolkataAirAsia India inducts 19th aircraft; needs one more for international-operations
AirAsia India today announced the induction of 19th aircraft in its fleet and said it will add two new routes to its flight network from October.
27 Jul 2018
Delhi Police19-year-old, 'unaware of pregnancy,' delivers and abandons dead-foetus on flight
A woman who gave birth to a premature stillborn baby onboard an Imphal-Guwahati-Delhi Air Asia flight two days ago wasn't aware she was pregnant, she has said.
25 Jul 2018
Delhi PoliceNewborn's body with paper stuffed in mouth found on flight
In a shocking incident, the dead-body of an infant was found onboard a New Delhi-bound AirAsia flight inside the toilet.
19 Jul 2018
MalaysiaMalaysia: AirAsia announces $30bn deal for 100 Airbus planes
Malaysian budget airline AirAsia today announced an additional order of 34 Airbus A330neo planes, bringing the total value of its expanded 100-plane order to $30 billion.
22 Jun 2018
West BengalDGCA probing altercation between AirAsia staff, passengers: Jayant Sinha
The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has started a probe in an incident in which passengers of an AirAsia India flight from Kolkata to Bagdogra got into an altercation with the airline staff after the flight was delayed by over 4-hours.
21 Jun 2018
KolkataCrying children, vomiting women: AirAsia's flight delay turns horrific
Many passengers on board an AirAsia flight bound for Bagdogra from Kolkata complained of ill-treatment by staff while the aircraft was grounded for over four hours.
08 May 2018
SuratSurat-Bengaluru daily flights from June, courtesy AirAsia
In a first, AirAsia will start a daily flight connecting Bengaluru with Surat from June 1 this year, the same month it completes 4 years in the business.
08 Apr 2018
KolkataAirAsia India expands its fleet size to 18 planes
AirAsia India has expanded its fleet size to 18 planes with the induction of a new Airbus A320, which will help it add new routes and enhance the frequency between Kolkata and Bagdogra.
26 Feb 2018
Jet AirwaysBengaluru: Check-in from airport buses, skip line
Have no check-in luggage, yet have to stand in queue to get your boarding pass? Why not take the BMTC volvo bus to the airport and do the check-in in the kiosks installed inside and get a printed boarding pass?
24 Feb 2018
ChennaiAirAsia reintroduces Chennai-Bengaluru flights
Budget carrier AirAsia has resumed its service in the Chennai-Bengaluru sector, more than two years after it suspended operations on that route.
15 Jan 2018
IndiaFake jobs scam targets AirAsia: Know how to protect yourself
Fake jobs scam in India are a dime a dozen. The latest to warn people is AirAsia, which has reportedly received several complaints regarding fraudulent offers on their behalf.
21 Aug 2017
DelhiDrone scare at IGI Airport, operations disrupted
Operations at Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport were suspended twice after an unidentified flying object (UFO) was sighted near the airport.
01 Jan 2017
DelhiDelhi High Court rules on myriad issues
Delhi High Court has seen a significant number of public interest litigations (PIL) and litigation on a variety of issues.
