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    • Air India seeks loan of about $200 million for Boeing 777 purchase

      The purchase of aircraft takes place as Air India struggles to expand its fleet due to supply chain constraints impacting deliveries and its ability to get planes from the open market.

    • MC Exclusive | Air India looking to hire 20 more foreign commanders as it expands widebody fleet

      Air India has shared plans with the DGCA about the requirement for fifty additional flight commanders in the current financial year, after hiring around fifty foreign pilots in 2023-24

    • Singapore Airlines passenger recounts harrowing ordeal, says crew did 'everything they could'

      Reflecting on the ordeal, Andrew Davies expressed his gratitude for the crew and emergency responders, while mourning the tragic loss of life. 'It was a surreal and frightening experience. My thoughts are with everyone affected by this terrible incident,' he wrote.

    • Challenge Group says it may pull out of Jet Airways aircraft deal, seek return of money with interest

      Michael Koish, Chief Investment Officer of Challenges Airlines, which won the bid for three of Jet Airways' Boeing 777-300 aircraft, told Moneycontrol that the bankrupt airline's monitoring committee has become unresponsive despite court orders to hand over possession of the aircraft.

    • Air India to upgrade Boeing 777, 787 fleet with Thales inflight entertainment system

      Thales is into developing advanced technologies within three domains — defence & security, aeronautics & space, and digital identity & security.

    • Air India to unveil Airbus A350, Boeing 777-9 to debut at Wings India air show in Hyderabad

      The Wings India 2024 event is all set to take flight from January 18 to 21 at Begumpet Airport, showcasing an array of new-generation aircraft displays, allied aviation services, auxiliary unit industries, and advancements in the tourism sector.

    • NCLAT refuses to restrain sale of Jet Airways aircraft to Ace Aviation

      The aircrafts are expected to be sold for Rs. 400 crore to a Malta based company called Ace aviation. The company claims to have deposited Rs. 50 crore already.

    • Civil aviation ministry, DGCA to look into former pilot's complaint against Air India

      The pilot, who had served as a B777 commander, complained about the practice to the ministry and the DGCA on October 29.

    • Jet Airways aircraft deal delay forcing us to seek alternatives: Challenge Airlines CEO

      Eshel Heffetz, CEO, Challenges Airlines, told Moneycontrol, that while they have confidence in the Indian judiciary, it was starting to grow concerned by the mounting legal cost and the ultimate price tag for the work that will be needed to reactivate the aircraft.

    • Air India onboarded 650 pilots since April this year, says CEO

      Besides, Air India's widebody Boeing 777 fleet will have two more B777s by the first week of this month, with one of them already added to the fleet, which will help the airline enhance services to the US and upgauge capacity, he said.

    • 'Will not be tolerated': Crew blasted by airline for posing, dancing on plane's wing. Watch

      The video of the crew members was shot by a traveller waiting in the terminal. In the clip, a female attendant can be seen posing like a Disney princess and waving to a male member to join her.

    • IndiGo opens reservations for wet-leased Boeing 777 aircraft for Delhi-Istanbul route

      The airline will operate the wet leased aircraft between Delhi and Istanbul - the hub of Turkish Airlines, from whom the airline has been wet leased.

    • IndiGo seeks final DGCA nod to wet lease Boeing 777 aircraft for Delhi-Istanbul route

      After DGCA's nod, IndiGo will make Boeing 777 aircrafts available for sale on the Delhi-Intanbul route. The wet lease solution will allow IndiGo to better utilize A321 narrow-body fleet aircrafts.

    • Air India to lease 12 more aircraft comprising A320 neo, Boeing 777

      Air India said it has leased 42 aircraft since its privatisation in January this year.

    • Air India plans to hire expat pilots for wide-body planes

      The carrier is looking to rope in around 100 pilots for the wide-body Boeing 777 fleet and has approached various agencies that provide expat flight crew to airlines

    • Emirates buys 5 Boeing 777 freighters in $1.7 billion-valued deal

      Emirates previously announced a USD 1 billion investment to its cargo flights, including buying two new Boeing 777s and converting 10 Boeing 700-300ER passenger planes into freighter aircraft.

    • Boeing’s 777 at risk of fuel-tank explosion as US urges fix

      A proposed airworthiness directive from the US Federal Aviation Administration calls for operators to inspect the jets and install Teflon sleeves and cap fasteners to certain parts of the center, left and right main fuel tanks, according to the filing. The order would apply to 282 aircraft, the FAA said.

    • Boeing 777 plane in Dutch Administrator custody sold; insolvency process to close now: Jet Airways

      Jet Airways is facing insolvency proceedings in the Netherlands in response to a complaint, where it was declared bankrupt in response to a complaint by two European creditors.

    • Boeing 777 makes emergency landing in Moscow after engine sensor problem

      The plane was a 15-year-old 777-300ER, according to flight tracking website FlightRadar24, which means it has General Electric engines.

    • US orders inspections of Pratt & Whitney motors after engine failure of Boeing 777

      Metal fatigue has emerged as the chief suspect in the spectacular engine failure on a United Airlines plane.

    • Explained: Why Boeing 777's engine exploded over Denver

      A Boeing 777 operated by United Airlines had to make an emergency landing in Denver after one of its engines blew apart, spewing huge chunks of wreckage that landed in neighborhoods and sports fields. Passengers captured video of the crippled engine, wobbling and still on fire, as pilots made a safe return to the airport minutes after the plane bound for Hawaii took off.

    • Jet plans to scrap first class in its Boeing 777 planes

      The carrier, earlier this week, told investors about its plans for strategic growth where the key focus would be on cost minimisation. According to the official, Jet Airways is looking at doing away with first class seats in B777 planes in order to increase the number of seats in them as part of larger cost reduction efforts.

    • India's Anny Divya is the youngest woman commander of a Boeing 777

      Anny overcame hurdles to achieve something that was always considered an out-of-bounds job for women in India.

    • Air India launches Delhi-Washington flight

    • AI flies into record books with flight by all-women crew

      In a quest to set a new world record, Air India has operated a flight around the world with an all-women crew ahead of International Women's Day.

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