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Air India Express plane. | Photo Credit: PTI Air India Express has issued termination letters to around 25 cabin crew members who reported sick that led to the cancellation of more than 90 flights, airline sources said on May 9. The Tata Group-owned airline has also given an ultimatum to the remaining cabin crew members…
Besides Air India Express flight cancellations, scores of flights were also delayed (File photo) New Delhi: Air India Express on Thursday cancelled at least 74 flights as a section of cabin crew was fired, a day after nearly 300 employees of the airline called in sick and switched off their phones. Flights that were cancelled…
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New Delhi: The Air India Express Employees Union, or AIXEU, has written to the Chairman of Air India to express concerns like “growing unrest and dissatisfaction among employees”. In a two-page letter addressed to Natarajan Chandrasekaran, the Chairman of the Tata Sons-owned Air India Limited (of which Air India Express is a subsidiary) to red-flag…
According to sources, the Civil Aviation Ministry has asked Air India Express for a report. New Delhi: Air India Express sources today said that the airline does not recognise any workers’ union amidst protests from employees who are opposing a new merit-based assessment system. This system, part of a broader performance appreciation policy, aims to…
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Representational image of an Air India express aircraft | Photo Credit: G. RAMAKRISHNA Air India Express has cancelled “scores of flights” due to a shortage of cabin crew members as a section of them are reporting sick to protest against alleged mismanagement at the Tata Group-owned airline, according to sources. Discontent has been brewing among…
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Air India Express management is currently trying to reach out to the crew (File photo) Over 70 Air India Express flights were canceled on Wednesday after the cabin crew members went on a “mass sick leave”, official sources said. As many as 79 international and domestic flights were canceled after about 300 senior cabin crew…
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An Air India Express flight from Dubai to Amritsar was diverted to Karachi due to a medical emergency on Saturday. An airline spokesperson said a passenger had a sudden medical complication onboard the flight and the crew opted to divert the flight to Karachi since it was the closest location to provide immediate medical assistance….
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Air India Express is set to induct 50 new Boeing 737 MAX planes in next 15 months. New Delhi: Air India Express, which is in the process of merging AIX Connect with itself, plans to induct 50 new B737 MAX planes in the next 15 months as the Tata Group bolsters its aviation business. Besides,…
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These Boeing 737-8 aircraft are fuel-efficient and technologically advanced (Representational) Mumbai: Air India subsidiary Air India Express on Friday said it has taken the delivery of its first two new Boeing 737 MAX-8 aircraft at the Boeing facility in Washington, USA. These deliveries are a part of the 470 aircraft order that Air India Group…
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