Air Passengers

Airlines will reimburse 75 per cent of the ticket costs to passengers whose domestic flight tickets have been downgraded, with aviation regulator DGCA putting in place new norms.

Shankar Mishra, the man accused of urinating on an elderly woman co-passenger on board an Air India flight from New York to New Delhi, on Wednesday moved a Delhi court seeking bail.

Air India crew have received a refresher on how to tactfully refuse alcohol to passengers if they seem to be at risk of behaving inappropriately as the airline recoups after a slew of embarrassing incidents that have triggered fines and public anger.

Amid recent incidents of unruly passenger behaviour, Air India has modified its in-flight alcohol service policy wherein cabin crew have been told to tactfully refuse further serving of alcohol if needed.

Tata Group's Air India said on Tuesday the recent suspension of a pilot's licence by the aviation regulator was "excessive" after a passenger behaved in an unruly manner onboard one of its flights.

Cabin crew body, All India's Cabin Crew Association (AICCA), on Monday demanded that the airline should roll back derostering of the crew that operated the New York- Delhi flight where a male passenger allegedly urinated on a female co-passenger.

A crew member onboard the New York-New Delhi flight on November 26 last year had reported the incident of a drunk passenger urinating on a woman co-passenger, to top officials of the airline including its CEO Campbell Wilson, within hours of the flig

Air India has been fined Rs 30 lakh and the licence of the pilot-in-charge of its New York-Delhi flight on which a drunk passenger peed on a woman has been suspended for three months by the aviation regulator Director General of Civil Aviation.

Air India has submitted its reply to the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) in the case where passenger Shankar Mishra urinated on a woman co-passenger onboard a New York-Delhi flight in November last year.

The Federal Aviation Administration has launched an investigation after a collision was averted at New York's JFK airport.

Passengers onboard an Air Vistara flight operating from Delhi to Bhubaneswar had a narrow escape after a full emergency was declared due to hydraulic failure, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation said on Monday.

Air India, which recently made headlines after a drunken passenger was caught urinating on a co-passenger on a flight from New York to New Delhi, has been sent another showcause notice, this time for a flight between Paris and Delhi.

A passenger on the Air India New York-Delhi flight where a drunk passenger urinated on a woman told NDTV that he filed a detailed complaint but the airlines did not take any action.

A co-passenger on the Air India New York-Delhi flight where an inebriated passenger urinated on a woman, told NDTV today there was "fault at multiple levels" in the handling of the incident.

Tata Sons chairman N Chandrasekaran today said that the incident where a drunk man urinated on a female passenger on an Air India flight. was a matter of personal anguish to him.

Airlines will reimburse 75 per cent of the ticket costs to passengers whose domestic flight tickets have been downgraded, with aviation regulator DGCA putting in place new norms.

Shankar Mishra, the man accused of urinating on an elderly woman co-passenger on board an Air India flight from New York to New Delhi, on Wednesday moved a Delhi court seeking bail.

Air India crew have received a refresher on how to tactfully refuse alcohol to passengers if they seem to be at risk of behaving inappropriately as the airline recoups after a slew of embarrassing incidents that have triggered fines and public anger.

Amid recent incidents of unruly passenger behaviour, Air India has modified its in-flight alcohol service policy wherein cabin crew have been told to tactfully refuse further serving of alcohol if needed.

Tata Group's Air India said on Tuesday the recent suspension of a pilot's licence by the aviation regulator was "excessive" after a passenger behaved in an unruly manner onboard one of its flights.

Cabin crew body, All India's Cabin Crew Association (AICCA), on Monday demanded that the airline should roll back derostering of the crew that operated the New York- Delhi flight where a male passenger allegedly urinated on a female co-passenger.

A crew member onboard the New York-New Delhi flight on November 26 last year had reported the incident of a drunk passenger urinating on a woman co-passenger, to top officials of the airline including its CEO Campbell Wilson, within hours of the flig

Air India has been fined Rs 30 lakh and the licence of the pilot-in-charge of its New York-Delhi flight on which a drunk passenger peed on a woman has been suspended for three months by the aviation regulator Director General of Civil Aviation.

Air India has submitted its reply to the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) in the case where passenger Shankar Mishra urinated on a woman co-passenger onboard a New York-Delhi flight in November last year.

The Federal Aviation Administration has launched an investigation after a collision was averted at New York's JFK airport.

Passengers onboard an Air Vistara flight operating from Delhi to Bhubaneswar had a narrow escape after a full emergency was declared due to hydraulic failure, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation said on Monday.

Air India, which recently made headlines after a drunken passenger was caught urinating on a co-passenger on a flight from New York to New Delhi, has been sent another showcause notice, this time for a flight between Paris and Delhi.

A passenger on the Air India New York-Delhi flight where a drunk passenger urinated on a woman told NDTV that he filed a detailed complaint but the airlines did not take any action.

A co-passenger on the Air India New York-Delhi flight where an inebriated passenger urinated on a woman, told NDTV today there was "fault at multiple levels" in the handling of the incident.

Tata Sons chairman N Chandrasekaran today said that the incident where a drunk man urinated on a female passenger on an Air India flight. was a matter of personal anguish to him.