Rohit Nandan

• Aviation PSUs to Fill Top Posts

  Two major aviation PSUs - Airports Authority of India (AAI) and Pawan Hans Helicopters Limited, which were headless for several months, would soon have their top posts filled, with the Public Enterprises Selection Board(PESB) shortlisting candidates for the two positions.

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  In Major Bureaucratic Reshuffle, Centre Transfers 16 Top Officials

  As many as 16 appointments were approved today by the Appointments Committee of Cabinet headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and include 15 new Secretaries and one for the position of National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) Chairman.

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  Air India Crew to Get Rs 10,000 'Haj Incentive' to be on Time

  In a bid to ensure on-time performance during Haj, the national carrier has offered a special incentive to crewmembers who report to duty on time and take limited leave during the 40-day pilgrimage season

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  We're Highly Stressed in Cockpit, Say Air India Pilots in Salary Dispute

  Weeks after the Germanwings crash in the French Alps in which 150 people died, allegedly because the co-pilot deliberately flew the plane into a mountain, Air India pilots who are warring with the airline over salaries, have warned that they are "highly-stressed and financially over-burdened". This, they say in a letter to civil aviation regulator ...

• Aviation PSUs to Fill Top Posts

  Two major aviation PSUs - Airports Authority of India (AAI) and Pawan Hans Helicopters Limited, which were headless for several months, would soon have their top posts filled, with the Public Enterprises Selection Board(PESB) shortlisting candidates for the two positions.

• Air India expected to join global network by summer: Star Alliance

  Ending almost seven years of wait, Air India is finally expected to join Star Alliance, a global network of airlines, by this summer.

• Air India to start talks on joining Star Alliance

  Air India is to start talks to join the Star Alliance group of carriers, the grouping said on Friday.

• Boeing expert team flying to India: Ajit Singh

  A Boeing team of experts would be flying to India to assess the situation arising out of a series of faults in Air India's Dreamliner aircraft, even as the airline insisted that the aircraft is safe.

• Air India using Dreamliners for more hours than global average: report

  While all nine planes were being flown daily, the tenth aircraft that arrived two days ago would be put into flight operations by November 15, a top Air India official said.

• Air India: Fuel prices, rupee fall adding Rs 100 crore to monthly expenses

  But the national carrier is hopeful that it will tide over the situation and meet the financial targets set by the government under the turnaround plan.

• Air India hopeful of meeting financial targets: CMD

  He said the national carrier has managed to bring its losses down to about Rs 11 crore per day from around Rs 50 crore per day.

• Boeing to meet US aviation administration on Dreamliner fixes: report

  A senior Boeing Co executive will meet with the head of the US FAA on Friday and present a series of measures aimed at preventing battery failures that grounded its 787 Dreamliner fleet for five weeks, according to a source familiar with the plans.

• Boeing to compensate Air India for Dreamliner battery trouble

  Air India would get compensated by Boeing for the battery trouble plaguing its latest Dreamliner planes, all of which have been grounded, but discussions on the issue would take place later.

• Boeing hopeful of getting Dreamliners back in service by April: Air India

  Boeing's 50 Dreamliners in service have been grounded since mid-January following two incidents involving battery problems.

• Air India troubles increase; 22 executive pilots report 'sick'

  22 of AI's around 120 Executive pilots have reported 'sick' at a time when the national carrier is struggling to maintain its international operations.