Debt-ridden Air India and Bharat Petroleum will be sold by the government by March next year, said Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. The statement from the Finance Minister comes at a time when Air India is sitting on a debt pile of around Rs. 58,000 crore.

Qatar Airways CEO Akbar Al Baker added that he is interested in buying a stake in IndiGo but this is not the right time as issues among promoters are yet to be resolved.

The singer on Saturday shared his bad flight experience on the social media and accused the airlines of mishandling his sitar; he also said the staff should be sensitised on how to handle the music instruments.

An Air India Mumbai-Newark flight has reportedly been diverted and escorted by the fighter jets to London's Stansted airport. A tweet, that has been deleted now, read that plane made a "precautionary landing due to a bomb threat".

The incident has been reported on Saturday after an Australian Regional Manager filed a complaint of stealing against the pilot.

Over 20 passenger of a Guwahati bound Air India flight were left screaming on the Delhi's Indira Gandhi Airport after they were denied boarding pass for their journey on Wednesday.

National carrier Air India announced hefty discounts on the last minute ticket bookings, giving a huge relief to passengers from heavy prices post grounding of Jet Airways.

Any violation of the Air India order will be viewed very seriously and appropriate action as per applicable service regulations/ instructions would be taken against those found violating the same.

A couple of Jet Airways' grounded planes will again touch the sky from next week; a news report said that SpiceJet will temporarily take over 30-40 Jet's Boeing 737s while Air India will take five of the wide body Boeing 777s.

Writing a letter to the Director, Operations of Air India, the IPG, referring to information about the airline planning to hire B-777 rated Captains and co-pilots on contract basis, said it will be a brutal waste of money when the company is facing a tough financial situation.