Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has formally announced the formation of Riyadh Air, a new national airline run by industry veteran Tony Douglas. According to the state news agency SPA, the kingdom’s location between Asia, Africa, and Europe will allow the airline to reach over 100 locations worldwide by 2030.
Air India
A $35 billion agreement for Boeing jets is close with the Saudi sovereign wealth fund
The DGCA approves Air India’s long-pending request. An Air India pilot will now be able to fly two types of aircraft. Previously, Air India trained just eight designated examiners to operate Boeing 777 and 787 aircraft. Four authorised examiners will be taught to fly 777s and four more will be trained to fly 787s.
Another mid-air incident occurred on Saturday morning, when a flight makes emergency landing at Bengaluru’s Kempegowda International Airport (KIA) due to a mechanical glitch.
Menzies Aviation, based in London, has chosen Wipro Limited, managed by Azim Premji, to revamp its air cargo services, the IT giant announced on Thursday.
A cabin crew member of Air India Express was caught by Customs officials at Cochin International Airport in Kochi in a huge gold smuggling bust. Shafi Sharaf, the crew member, was allegedly smuggling about 1.4 kg of gold from Bahrain on Flight IX 474 to Kozhikode and Kochi.
Air India announced on Wednesday that 15% of its 1,825 pilots are female, making it the airline with the most female pilots.
To celebrate International Women’s Day, Air India has 90 flights with an all-female crew scheduled
passenger on an American Airlines trip from New York to New Delhi allegedly peed on another passenger while intoxicated
Air India plans to have a single pay structure and a pilot seniority list