We must work out a realistic, cost-effective strategy to make the world land and fuel in India.

India has just begun to exploit the benefits that modern airports offer.

Airlines have chalked out ambitious plans to grow international business. Their journey is likely to be lengthy and tiring.

After putting disinvestment of debt-ridden Air India on the back burner, the government is set to infuse Rs 2,100 crore into the loss-making national carrier.

Jet Airways is offering discounted fares on both domestic and international flights starting today under its 9-day 'Freedom Sale' which will go on till August 15.

To begin with, Vistara will focus on regional and South-East Asian destinations - places that are three to five hours away, which is the A320's range limit - and will reportedly look at code-share with like-minded partners.

Airbus' narrow-body jets seem to be the biggest priority for Vistara, which has ordered 13 A320 neo and A321 neo aircraft from the European aerospace major. The deal with Boeing includes orders for six B787-9 Dreamliners.

Whenever a government support is extended, there will be a corresponding timeline given to Air India to deliver on those expectations, says RN Choubey, secretary, Civil Aviation.

China today welcomed Air India's decision to change Taiwan's name to Chinese Taipei on its website and asserted that foreign companies operating in the country must obey China's law and respect its sovereignty and territorial integrity.

The airlines said that considering customer feedback helps them improve their service efficiencies.

Providing solace to flyers, full-service carrier Jet Airways and budget airline IndiGo and Tata Sons-Singapore Airlines joint venture Vistara on Tuesday said they will re-accommodate the passengers who miss their flights due to monsoon rains in Mumbai.

The government is committed to provide appropriate liquidity and financial resources to Air India, Union Minister Jayant Sinha said today amid delay in payment of salaries at the airline and uncertainty over its divestment plans.

The CBI has filed a charge sheet against Paramount Airways promoter M Thiagarajan and three others for alleged cheating in getting scheduled operator licence and diverting loan funds worth Rs 19 crore from nationalised banks to a Swiss bank account, officials said today.

The big buzz on Sunday was that Vistara, the joint venture between Tata Sons Limited and Singapore Airlines, was poised to order six Boeing 787s - the most expensive model of the Dreamliner - passing over the A330neo.

One of India's oldest philanthropic organisations was raided by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for the first time in a century. It's a big deal because the organisation in question is Tata Trusts, which owns two-third of the stock holding of Tata Sons, the apex company of the Tata group of companies.

Singapore Airlines also plans to introduce non-stop flights from Singapore to Los Angeles eventually.

Challenging the odds against Air India stake sale, the government, which is yet to receive any formal bid for debt-laden national carrier, said it hoped of getting a good response on the last day of the bidding process.

AirAsia CEO Tony Fernandes seems to have landed himself in a soup. The Malaysia-born aviation tycoon, who wanted his Indian airline venture to fly internationally, was on Tuesday named in an FIR filed by the CBI.