Air India

By Karen Walker
With China reopened, travel demand across Asia normalizes.
Airports & Networks

By Lee Ann Shay
Aviation maintenance facilities are booked. Will the new facilities be enough?
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Swaati Ketkar
Air India has received approval from India’s Directorate General of Civil Aviation to carry out line maintenance on Airbus A350 and A320 aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

Swaati Ketkar
The airline is working with Airbus and several MROs to ramp up its in-house A350 maintenance capabilities.
Workforce & Training

By Joe Anselmo, Karen Walker, Daniel Williams
India's airlines have ordered thousands of aircraft this year, but economic realities will keep it from replicating Beijing's growth miracle anytime soon.
Check 6

By William Moore
Scandinavian Airlines (SAS), Finnair, and Air India have been chosen for comparison.
Airlines & Lessors

Martha Neubauer
Expectations for India must be tempered by its low GDP per capita and other hurdles to becoming a large player on the global stage. Some of the buzz is warranted.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Jens Flottau
Emirates plans to reveal further orders taking fleet plans into the 2030s, but new players like Riyadh Air and a revived Indian aviation sector are emerging.
Dubai Airshow

Freighter conversions and new joint ventures dominate this month’s Contracts and Briefs.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Swaati Ketkar
The new warehouse in Delhi is targeting supply chain issues related to spare parts.
Supply Chain

By Matthew Fulco
Given the benefits for Indian airlines of leasing aircraft through GIFT City, doing so could become more common in the future.
Airlines & Lessors

Salil Gupte, president of Boeing India, discusses the country's aviation growth and the importance of ramping up MRO to support the expanding Indian fleet.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By James Pozzi
The airline is planning cabin retrofits across its legacy widebody fleets and some of its narrowbody aircraft.
Interiors & Connectivity

By Swaati Ketkar
Air India Engineering Services Limited has inducted a SpicetJet-operated Boeing 737 MAX at its Trivandrum facility for a 36-month heavy check.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Swaati Ketkar
The MRO provider took a Kuwait Airways-operated Boeing 777 at its maintenance facility.
Services & Support

By Aaron Karp
Air India says it is the first Indian carrier to offer self-service baggage drop and check-in at Indira Gandhi International Airport.
Airports & Networks

By David Casey
Hong Kong will join Indian full-service carrier Vistara’s network from late October.
Airports & Networks

By David Casey
The latest airline route news, featuring network changes, schedule alterations, codeshares and interline agreements.
Airports & Networks

By Adrian Schofield
The structure harmonizes employee grades, compensation levels and benefits between Air India Express and AirAsia India, both of which fall under the Tata Group.
Airlines & Lessors

By Adrian Schofield
Air India will reportedly receive some of the aircraft it has on order via a leasing subsidiary the airline is establishing.
Airlines & Lessors

By Adrian Schofield
Now under the ownership of Tata Group, Air India is preparing for a major upgrade of its onboard product and has unveiled
Airlines & Lessors

By Lee Ann Shay
Several efforts in the aftermarket show a common theme that could improve MRO efficiencies.
Emerging Technologies

By Adrian Schofield
Vistara and Air India are set to report to the Competition Commission of India about their proposed merger.
Airlines & Lessors

By Karen Walker, Jens Flottau, Richard Maslen
Aviation Week Network editors discuss new aircraft orders and what it means to the future airline networks.
Window Seat Podcast

By Lee Ann Shay
As India’s airlines expand operations more maintenance will be needed, but barriers to domestic MRO growth remain.
Aircraft & Propulsion