The Air India group has entered into an internal codeshare with AIX Connect (formerly AirAsia India), which will involve placing the AI code on over 100 flights across 21 routes operated by AirAsia India.
Last year the winter schedule had seen a 4.4 percent reduction.
Tata Sons will likely have to make a provision of 26 billion rupees as accumulated losses for low-cost carrier AirAsia India.
Air India is seeking to take advantage of an expected increase in passenger traffic due to the FIFA World Cup tournament that will take place in November-December in Doha.
Around 50 percent of flights by IndiGo were delayed on June 2 as a large number of its employees reported sick to attend an interview at Air India
Taxibot is a semi-robotic towbarless aircraft movement equipment that tows an aircraft from the terminal gate to the take-off point (taxi-out phase) and return it to the gate after landing (taxi-in phase).
While the flights on Bengaluru-Kuala Lumpur and Chennai-Kuala Lumpur routes began on April 1, the flight on the Tiruchirapalli-Kuala Lumpur route began on April 5, it mentioned.
The Group can choose to merge Vistara with Air India, and AirAsia India with Air India Express. But, they don't have experience in turning around an aviation business.
An airline has to pay various charges like air navigation, landing, parking etc to the AAI to use facilities at any of its more than 100 airports.
Some aspiring crew officials recently received emails in the name of "AirAsia Airlines Limited", which said the company has "selected their resumes" and called them for "direct online interview".
"(As far as) 5/20 and other issues raised in the draft civil aviation policy (are concerned), a degree of consensus has already emerged," Civil Aviation Secretary R N Choubey told reporters on the sidelines of the 29th anniversary of Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS).