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Air India To Send Certain Employees On Leave Without Pay For Upto 5 Years
Air India has started the process of identifying employees, based on various factors like efficiency, health and redundancy, who will be sent on compulsory leave without pay (LWP) for up to five years, according to an official order.
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Air India To Operate 75 Flights To US, Canada Under Vande Bharat Mission
Air India on Wednesday said it will operate 75 outbound passenger flights to select destinations in the US and Canada between June 9 and June 30 under the Vande Bharat Mission.
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Air India Delhi-Moscow Flight Returns As Pilot Has COVID, Probe Ordered
The aviation regulator DGCA will order a probe into a "lapse" after an empty Air India plane flying from Delhi to Moscow returned midway when the pilot was found infected with coronavirus. The state-run carrier's ground team realised the pilot was a COVID-19 patient only after the Airbus A320NEO had taken off.
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Top Court Junks Plea Against Middle-Seat Occupancy In Air India Flights
The Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to entertain a pilot's plea seeking modification of its order which allowed Air India to fill the middle seats while operating its non-scheduled flights to bring back Indians stranded abroad up to June 6.
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Air India Flight Brings Back Over 160 Stranded Indians From US To Hyderabad
Over 160 Indian citizens from Chicago in the US arrived in Hyderabad today on board an Air India flight, the ninth such service to reach the city sincethe beginning of the Vande Bharat Mission to repatriate people from the country stranded due to coronavirus lockdown.
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5 Air India Pilots Don't Have Coronavirus; Test Kits May Have Been Faulty
All five Air India pilots who tested positive for COVID-19 on Saturday have had false positive results. Re-tests conducted on a priority basis indicate they are clear of the coronavirus. Separately, a technician and a driver have also tested positive. It is unclear at the moment whether the two will be re-tested. Both remain in quarantine.
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Air India Flight With Stranded Indians From Manila Lands In Mumbai
Air India evacuation flight carrying Indians, who were stranded in the Philippines due to coronavirus lockdown, has arrived in Mumbai, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Monday.
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Air India Flight Brings Back Over 300 Stranded Indians From UK
A total of 329 people who were stranded in the UK due to travel restrictions arrived here in an Air India flight today morning.
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Inside The Special Flight That Brought Indians Home From Gulf
Celebrations broke out among the crew inside an Air India Express aircraft that brought Indians from abroad amid the coronavirus lockdown before it left Abu Dhabi for Kerala's Kochi. In light blue coveralls, masks and protective plastic shields on their faces, a group of the state-run carrier's crew is seen raising their hands and shouting "hip, hi...
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Pregnant Women, Students Will get Priority On Non-Scheduled Flights: India
The Indian government has decided to facilitate the return of Indian nationals from the United States, who could not return due to COVID-19 related international travel restrictions, in a phased manner.
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Coronavirus: Israel Thanks Air India For Rescuing Its Stranded Nationals
Amid the coronavirus pandemic, an Air India special flight carrying 314 Israelis landed in Tel Aviv on Thursday evening with many relieved passengers holding the flags of India and Israel thanking the Indian national carrier and its crew for flying them back home in difficult circumstances.
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Leh Flight Turns Back After Mandatory Quarantine Begins At Srinagar
An Air India flight from Leh to Srinagar was told to turn back this morning when it was halfway to its destination. Reason - an order from the Jammu and Kashmir administration that anyone flying into the Srinagar airport has to undergo compulsory 14-day quarantine in view of the coronavirus threat.
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Air India Sends Aircraft To Bring Back Indians From Italy Amid Coronavirus Fear
National carrier Air India has sent an aircraft to Milan, Italy, to bring back stranded Indians due to the coronavirus outbreak.
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China Denies Delay In Granting Permission To Special Indian Flight To Wuhan
China on Friday denied any delay in allowing a special Indian flight to the coronavirus-hit Wuhan city to deliver medical supplies and evacuate remaining Indians from there, saying the concerned departments of both the countries were in touch to finalise the schedule.
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Wuhan Airport Reminds Air India Pilot Of A Zombie Apocalypse
As an Air India flight landed at the airport in Wuhan last month to rescue Indians stranded in the coronavirus-hit city, Captain Kamal Mohan couldn't help but think that he had entered a post-apocalyptic film set.
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Air India To Send Certain Employees On Leave Without Pay For Upto 5 Years
Air India has started the process of identifying employees, based on various factors like efficiency, health and redundancy, who will be sent on compulsory leave without pay (LWP) for up to five years, according to an official order.
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Air India To Operate 75 Flights To US, Canada Under Vande Bharat Mission
Air India on Wednesday said it will operate 75 outbound passenger flights to select destinations in the US and Canada between June 9 and June 30 under the Vande Bharat Mission.
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Air India Delhi-Moscow Flight Returns As Pilot Has COVID, Probe Ordered
The aviation regulator DGCA will order a probe into a "lapse" after an empty Air India plane flying from Delhi to Moscow returned midway when the pilot was found infected with coronavirus. The state-run carrier's ground team realised the pilot was a COVID-19 patient only after the Airbus A320NEO had taken off.
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Top Court Junks Plea Against Middle-Seat Occupancy In Air India Flights
The Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to entertain a pilot's plea seeking modification of its order which allowed Air India to fill the middle seats while operating its non-scheduled flights to bring back Indians stranded abroad up to June 6.
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Air India Flight Brings Back Over 160 Stranded Indians From US To Hyderabad
Over 160 Indian citizens from Chicago in the US arrived in Hyderabad today on board an Air India flight, the ninth such service to reach the city sincethe beginning of the Vande Bharat Mission to repatriate people from the country stranded due to coronavirus lockdown.
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5 Air India Pilots Don't Have Coronavirus; Test Kits May Have Been Faulty
All five Air India pilots who tested positive for COVID-19 on Saturday have had false positive results. Re-tests conducted on a priority basis indicate they are clear of the coronavirus. Separately, a technician and a driver have also tested positive. It is unclear at the moment whether the two will be re-tested. Both remain in quarantine.
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Air India Flight With Stranded Indians From Manila Lands In Mumbai
Air India evacuation flight carrying Indians, who were stranded in the Philippines due to coronavirus lockdown, has arrived in Mumbai, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Monday.
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Air India Flight Brings Back Over 300 Stranded Indians From UK
A total of 329 people who were stranded in the UK due to travel restrictions arrived here in an Air India flight today morning.
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Inside The Special Flight That Brought Indians Home From Gulf
Celebrations broke out among the crew inside an Air India Express aircraft that brought Indians from abroad amid the coronavirus lockdown before it left Abu Dhabi for Kerala's Kochi. In light blue coveralls, masks and protective plastic shields on their faces, a group of the state-run carrier's crew is seen raising their hands and shouting "hip, hi...
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Pregnant Women, Students Will get Priority On Non-Scheduled Flights: India
The Indian government has decided to facilitate the return of Indian nationals from the United States, who could not return due to COVID-19 related international travel restrictions, in a phased manner.
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Coronavirus: Israel Thanks Air India For Rescuing Its Stranded Nationals
Amid the coronavirus pandemic, an Air India special flight carrying 314 Israelis landed in Tel Aviv on Thursday evening with many relieved passengers holding the flags of India and Israel thanking the Indian national carrier and its crew for flying them back home in difficult circumstances.
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Leh Flight Turns Back After Mandatory Quarantine Begins At Srinagar
An Air India flight from Leh to Srinagar was told to turn back this morning when it was halfway to its destination. Reason - an order from the Jammu and Kashmir administration that anyone flying into the Srinagar airport has to undergo compulsory 14-day quarantine in view of the coronavirus threat.
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Air India Sends Aircraft To Bring Back Indians From Italy Amid Coronavirus Fear
National carrier Air India has sent an aircraft to Milan, Italy, to bring back stranded Indians due to the coronavirus outbreak.
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China Denies Delay In Granting Permission To Special Indian Flight To Wuhan
China on Friday denied any delay in allowing a special Indian flight to the coronavirus-hit Wuhan city to deliver medical supplies and evacuate remaining Indians from there, saying the concerned departments of both the countries were in touch to finalise the schedule.
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Wuhan Airport Reminds Air India Pilot Of A Zombie Apocalypse
As an Air India flight landed at the airport in Wuhan last month to rescue Indians stranded in the coronavirus-hit city, Captain Kamal Mohan couldn't help but think that he had entered a post-apocalyptic film set.
