In a letter to the Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Federation of Indian Pilots also said the next major international airport be named after JRD

In the last two budgets, a large part of the allocations for the Civil Aviation Ministry went towards servicing the interest of the asset holding company in which Air India’s debts are parked and to acquire VVIP aircraft.

"The strategic divestment transaction has been completed today with Government receiving a consideration of Rs 2,700 crore from Strategic Partner (M/s Talace Pvt Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of M/s Tata Sons Pvt Ltd)," the government said in a press release.

Delhi continues to lead the airport charts in the country. Mumbai is still second. The third spot was bagged by Bengaluru. Local rules restricting flights have seen some airports like Kolkata losing traffic.

Air India, which was privatised with its ownership transferred to Tata Sons in January, continues to overfly Russia for flights to the United States as well as Canada. That puts the airline in a unique position it can capitalise on. 

Some of the jets tracked by the accounts include Chelsea Football Club owner Roman Abramovich, businessman Alisher Usmanov and Leonid Mikhelson, the billionaire chairman of Russian gas producer Novatek.

The airline added 59 percent more flights in 2021 over 2020 and deployed 64 percent more capacity by ASKs in the same period. It also came very close to its pre-pandemic performance with departures being just 5.17 percent shy of 2019 and ASKs being just over…

In six hikes beginning January 1, ATF prices have been increased by Rs 36,643.88 kl or almost 50 percent