Air India’s delinquency in payroll which earlier this year led to a strike, has led to about fifty pilots quitting.
Employees were promised incentives and raises to 30,000 employees. Currently pilots and other employees are owed a month’s salary.
Civil Aviation Minister Vayalar Ravi said ” the management of the Air India was in a constant dialogue with the unions and associations of the pilots.”
In the October strike, 100 pilots threatened to quit.
Air India owes around Rs.2,000 crore to oil retailers, and faces accumulated losses worth Rs.22,000 crore but is looking at a financial overhaul. Lenders including State Bank of India and 18 other banks will be repaid Rs.10,500 crore in 10-15 years, or through government-guaranteed bonds. The restructured debt is only one part of the improvement; the airline is also being given time to improve operational efficiency. Operational efficiency is expected to rise from 71 percent to 90 percent within two years.
Twenty seven Dreamliners will be inducted into the Air India fleet and 7,000 Air India staff will be transferred to its maintenance, repair and overhaul divisions. 12,000 staff be transferred to transportation services.
Air India flight AI-634 had to return and make a safe landing at Bhopal Airport, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India, on March 9.
The Airbus A319-100, flying from Bhopal, to Mumbai, had just climbed out of the airport when its right hand engine ingested a bird, prompting the crew to return.
The plane landed safely.
All 90 people aboard remained safe.
What: British Airways Airbus A320-200
Where: Stockholm Arlanda Sweden
When: Dec 5, 2012
Who: 0 fatalities
Why: The British Airways Airbus A320 by an icing truck. Fortunately the Airbus was on the ground at the time.
Tweets say that heavy snowfall at the Arlanda Airport has passengers waiting for flights for hours
There was apparently no visual damage to the plane, but as it must be inspected prior to flying, the flight was cancelled.
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GoAir flight G8-329 had to make an emergency landing in Delhi, India, on February 14th.
The plane flying from Mumbai, India, was descending toward Delhi when the crew declared an emergency due to an engine problem.
The plane landed safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
IndiGo flight 6E-3326 made an emergency landing in Chennai, India, on September 22nd.
The Airbus A320-200 plane flying from Kolkata, India, was on approach to Chennai when the crew noticed a hydraulic failure.
The plane landed safely and was towed to the apron. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
