Air India COO Gustav Baldauf resigns
Posted by admin on Feb 28, 2011 | Leave a Comment
Air India’s Chief Operating Officer Capt Gustav Baldauf resigned today, days after being served a show cause notice over his reported remarks about political interference in the airline’s day-to-day affairs.
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Air India to hire outsiders, expats for top jobs
Posted by vivek on Jul 07, 2010 | Leave a Comment
Going ahead with its turnaround strategy, national carrier Air India has decided to recruit professionals from outside the company for senior positions in the airline. After hiring the first ever expat chief operating officer (COO) for AI, with an annual package of Rs 3.1 crore, the airline has decided to hire a COO for its subsidiary — the AI Express.
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AI curtails flights due to cabin crew shortage
Posted by admin on Jun 27, 2010 | Leave a Comment
Air India has cancelled or temporarily withdrawn as many as 12 flights from its domestic and international network, which include services to Kabul and Kuala Lumpur, due to shortage of cabin crew.
The now derecognised Air Corporation Employees Union (ACEU) had in March threatened to strike work, demanding recruitment of cabin crew in view of the manpower crunch.The airline has withdrawn as many as 12 flights across its...
Close shave for Air India passengers, again
Posted by vivek on Jun 16, 2010 | Leave a Comment
Passengers onboard an Air India plane had a close shave for the second consecutive day as it suffered a bird-hit while landing at the city airport in Indore on Wednesday.
Two tyres of the same aircraft, with 106 people on board, were found deflated on landing at the Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport yesterday, causing an alarm.
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Close shave for Air India plane carrying over 100 passengers
Posted by vivek on Jun 15, 2010 | Leave a Comment
Over 100 people on board an Air India plane had a close shave when two tyres of the left landing gear of the aircraft deflated soon after it landed at the IGI airport in New Delhi on Tuesday.
“Air India’s Mumbai-Bhopal-Indore-Delhi flight (IC-133) with 100 passengers and six crew members landed at Delhi airport around 10.58 a.m and was taxiing towards the parking bay when engineers at the ground noticed...
Air India has less room for cost cuts
Posted by vivek on Jun 13, 2010 | Leave a Comment
Air India’s Chief Operating Officer (COO) Gustav Baldauf’s announcement that he will carry on cost-cutting steps and turn around the airline in three years does not seem to find takers in the airline.
According to senior officials at Air India, there is nothing more that Air India can do on account of cost-cutting.
According to 2009 estimates, two major expenditure verticals were fuel cost, with 34.2 per cent,...
Boeing to hold talks with Air India over aircraft deliveries
Posted by vivek on Jun 13, 2010 | Leave a Comment
A team of Boeing executives is arriving in Mumbai from the United States to discuss with Air India management issues relating to aircraft deliveries, including 27 Dreamliners whose delivery has been delayed.
The team, comprising about eight officers, is likely to give a presentation to officials of the national carrier tomorrow, sources said here.
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Air India joint venture won’t employ its surplus staff
Posted by vivek on Jun 11, 2010 | Leave a Comment
Air India-Singapore Airport Terminal Services (AISATS), the ground handling arm of the state-owned carrier, will hire 90 per cent of its workforce on contract to start operations at the new terminal of the Delhi airport, according to a senior Air India (AI) official.
AISATS is a 50:50 profit sharing joint venture between AI and the Singapore-based company. The airline selected SATS as its partner in September 2008.
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Air India to get additional Rs 1,200 crore equity
Posted by vivek on Jun 11, 2010 | Leave a Comment
Government would infuse additional equity of Rs 1,200 crore into Air India over the next few months and review its performance to decide on the future course, Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel has said.
He, however, said there was no decision to divest government equity in the cash-strapped national carrier “at the moment”.
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AI will not tolerate any indiscipline : Praful Patel
Posted by vivek on May 30, 2010 | Leave a Comment
Asserting that “indiscipline” in Air India would not be tolerated, Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel on Saturday said he had given full freedom to the management to take any step to deal with disruptions like the recent strike.
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